Separate installs of openMW and vanilla MW - best method?

[gnarly1]

I want to play MW via openMW and also have a vanilla MW install (plus all the fixes, MWSE, MGEXE etc) for modding.

 

Is the 'best' method to make a copy of the Data Files folder and point openMW at that?

[HadToRegister]

That's what I did, but you can also just point it at MW folder, but I wanted completely separate installs
YOu have to make sure you copy EVERYTHING though, because I ended up with missing Interface parts because I didn't realize I needed the Meshes, Textures folders, and just thought I needed the ESM, ESP and BSA

So, Entire Data Files folder, EVERYTHING in it.
You can put it right in the OpenMW folder just like the original game

There's also a version of WryeMash by Polemos for OpenMW

It still needs work, because it's slightly different to use than regular WryeMash, but I got it working once I understood how it was doing things

[gnarly1]

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Thanks for your help.

 

I used WryeMash last time I modded MW several years ago but I'm using MO2 this time.

 

Would you recommend Polemos' fork of WryeMash for openMW rather than MO2 or is it really just personal preference?

[HadToRegister]

 

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Thanks for your help.

 

I used WryeMash last time I modded MW several years ago but I'm using MO2 this time.

 

Would you recommend Polemos' fork of WryeMash for openMW rather than MO2 or is it really just personal preference?

 

 

 

If MO2 works with OpenMW, then by all means use it.

 

I didn't know that MO2 could handle the strange way that OpenMW adds mods (in the .OpenMW.cfg file)