Morrowind Stability

[Chaotic16]

Picking up Morrowind Game of the Year Edition soon ... I wanted to jump right into it after I've finished Oblivion. I've been reading up some of the Lore in-game with books and spent quite a bit of time on the UESPWiki - and I've heard that Morrowind gives better emphasis on story. I've heard a lot of people complain about how Oblivion has been dumbed down for the console kiddies, which I can relate all too well to. I've always been more of a classic gamer myself, and I am aware of the drastic difference of gameplay Morrowind will be offering me. But I was wondering about the stability of Morrowind in comparison to Oblivion.

 

Granted my current game is decently modded out (no real overhauls though), but even without mods, Oblivion still seems pretty freakin' unstable. How does Morrowind compare?

[Crisb92]

I can't speak for everyone, but I just reinstalled Morrowind a few days ago and haven't experienced a crash in the game once yet, although I have grabbed the community made patches from this guide: http://morrowind2009.wordpress.com/

 

I've also played the game a fair bit previously and can't remember any stability issues, but I may just have been lucky.

 

Good luck, and have fun.

 

Chris.

[Chaotic16]

Sounds good, I'll check out that site when the time comes. Namely, I mean to ask about alt+tabbing. CAN you alt tab with Morrowind? Because the typical case with Oblivion is it WILL crash to desktop. Maybe not when I alt+tab back in-game, but it WILL crash at some point after I've alt+tabbed out once.

 

Also to note, auto & quick-saving seems to be the cause of not only my problem, but for a large portion of players as well. Loading another save slot while in-game leads to a crash every single time also, so...do any of these problems exist in Morrowind I wonder?

[Tchos]

I always play in a window, same size as my desktop, instead of fullscreen. This prevents any problems with alt-tabbing.

[Chaotic16]

I always play in a window, same size as my desktop, instead of fullscreen. This prevents any problems with alt-tabbing.

 

You talking about with Oblivion? Because I don't see any viable way to play in windowed mode. It's not like in World of Warcraft where you can play a frameless, maximized windowed version.

 

...or is it?

[Tchos]

Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Torchlight, Dragon Age, you name it, I play it in a window. It works.

 

Edit: No, you can't maximise the window, you just have to set the game resolution equal to your desktop resolution, and it's essentially the same thing.

[Chaotic16]

 

 

This is what happens when I do that, just so we're on the same page. The lower bottom of the screen is cut off. Are you implying you can play windowed without this problem?

[Povuholo]

You can alt+tab in Morrowind normally but I would try to avoid it, I doubt it will do the stability any good. :P

 

But if you're using the Morrowind Graphics Extender alt+tabbing WILL crash the game.

 

Definitely get the Morrowind Code Patch for lots of fixes and a potential stability increase.

[Chaotic16]

You can alt+tab in Morrowind normally but I would try to avoid it, I doubt it will do the stability any good. :P

 

But if you're using the Morrowind Graphics Extender alt+tabbing WILL crash the game.

 

Definitely get the Morrowind Code Patch for lots of fixes and a potential stability increase.

 

Shame, I was planning on using the Graphics Extender (still am, though). Is the Morrowind Code Patch kind of like Oblivion's "Unofficial Patch"?

[Tchos]

This is what happens when I do that, just so we're on the same page. The lower bottom of the screen is cut off. Are you implying you can play windowed without this problem?

Okay, minor correction. My desktop resolution is set to 1280x1024, and the game resolution is set to 1280x960. This prevents the bottom from being cut off.

 

What the other poster said about MGE causing guaranteed crashes on alt-tab does not apply if you're using windowed mode.