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Mar 2002
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I just bought the GOTY edition for Xbox, so I will be replaying this game shortly (well, after I play KOTOR2)

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I've always dropped my stuff inside the shop, no one has ever complained. it's funny when they won't deal with someone having that stuff in their inventory, but have no problem with skooma sitting on their counter.

The woman at the bottom of the mages guild in Balmora will by skooma and that moonsugar stuff.

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Nov 2001
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Once on the floor of the shop the shopkeeper(or owner of house) will think it is now theirs!


Um. No. You can place it on the floor, counter, anywhere, just remeber wht you dropped so you dont accidently pick up something that isnt yours.

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ah yes ok. strange but true - i was mistaken, probably getting confused with the 'once you've stolen a particular item from someone who offers to trade in that item, then they will think the item your selling is their stolen item thereafter' - something like that?

I'm lvl 40 now and have the first stage of my redoran stronghold built

I'm still getting an odd crash in my game(especialy going into and out of Skar in Aldhrun) - so i've taken a break and installed Daggerfall again(which so far has crashed less often!).

For some reason i find it much more of a game to sink my teeth into, for all its flaws.

So imho Morrowind is fun for a light rpg, Daggerfall for something more hardcore.

For example i'm actualy scared when i go into a combat situ in Daggerfall, something that rarely happend in Morrowind(even with the difficulty adjusted to +80).

Still i remember the grief of trying to find Daggerfall, and then the weeks of finding the right stuff to download to make it as stable as possible(patch+Andyfall), and then get a stable install, as each time you install it can vary on how stable the game will play!(or so it can seem).

I might run a Daggerfall thread to go along side this one

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I think you can drop your stuff anywhere inside or outside. As someone else said, be careful that you dont pick someone else's stuff up. And also - dont drop it too close to where an NPC is standing or they might wind up standing on your stuff next time you see them.

I think I read somewhere that herbs and other alchemy components can decay after a while. Havent seen that happen myself..

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In the Xbox version it is possible to cheat by using a "pick up item then drop straightaway before you get into trouble" method. I presume that this is not available on the PC version but would welcome confirmation.

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  Old Post 28-04-2005 20:14
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The woman at the bottom of the mages guild in Balmora will by skooma and that moonsugar stuff.

All Khajiit merchants will buy them.

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yeah Khajiits. I couldn't remember the name for them.

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Does anyone have any problems with Xbox version freezing up or constantly saying "dirty disk error"? Its getting to the point that I cant play anymore because one of these things happen about every 20 minutes. I clean the disk often.. I think it has something to do with how many items you leave laying around and how many dead bodies you leave laying around.. Maybe I will try storing the items in a container or something..

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yes bfg9000, i think its a bug that Bethseda specalise in on the xbox, as Pirates of the Caribbean does the same eventualy.

The way to cure it is on the official faq for the xbox at the elderscrolls forums http://www.elderscrolls.com

Basicaly you need to load up three or four different games and then try Morrowind again.

The next stage in the problem is what i got - constant game crashes(black screens, usualy when loading in a new section of the game entering or leaving a building). I followed the advice for that and unfortunatly it looks like my save games must have become corrupted as i still get the problem to the extent the game has become almost unplayable

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I've done some research and it seems as if saved games of size greater than 200 blocks are guaranteed to cause trouble.

Here is a laundry list of things that you can do to cut down on the size of the files as well as preventing disc read errors to occur during gameplay. This is taken from Bethesda's support:

- Find a place to rest. If in a town, walk just outside of the town.

- Rest for three days straight.

- Once you have rested for three days, make a new saved game. Don't save over a previous game, make a new saved game.

- Once the game is saved, immediately load the game that was just saved.

This will help to clean up any items that have been left laying around, as well as reset any objects that have been moved in the game. The combination of these two items will help reduce the amount of memory needed to load up an area, as well as minimize the size of the save game files. This, in combination with the steps below, will help to prevent most problems from occurring.

Try and save on a new save game file every few hours of play. Most people find that saving their progress to a new saved game once they are done playing for the day helps to prevent problems from appearing.

Don't leave corpses laying around. If you kill something, dispose of the corpse. If the body has items you don't want, put them into a container. Items left in a container will disappear faster than if they are lying on the ground.

Don't move items that don't need to be moved. While it may be a neat trick to play on an NPC, rearranging their house actually takes up more of the Xbox's memory and increases the size of the save game file.

If you notice your inventory becoming rather full, take a moment to go through it. If there are any items that you find you don't need, either sell them or put them into a container.

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I've done some research and it seems as if saved games of size greater than 200 blocks are guaranteed to cause trouble.

Here is a laundry list of things that you can do to cut down on the size of the files as well as preventing disc read errors to occur during gameplay. This is taken from Bethesda's support:

- Find a place to rest. If in a town, walk just outside of the town.

- Rest for three days straight.

- Once you have rested for three days, make a new saved game. Don't save over a previous game, make a new saved game.

- Once the game is saved, immediately load the game that was just saved.

This will help to clean up any items that have been left laying around, as well as reset any objects that have been moved in the game. The combination of these two items will help reduce the amount of memory needed to load up an area, as well as minimize the size of the save game files. This, in combination with the steps below, will help to prevent most problems from occurring.

Try and save on a new save game file every few hours of play. Most people find that saving their progress to a new saved game once they are done playing for the day helps to prevent problems from appearing.

Don't leave corpses laying around. If you kill something, dispose of the corpse. If the body has items you don't want, put them into a container. Items left in a container will disappear faster than if they are lying on the ground.

Don't move items that don't need to be moved. While it may be a neat trick to play on an NPC, rearranging their house actually takes up more of the Xbox's memory and increases the size of the save game file.

If you notice your inventory becoming rather full, take a moment to go through it. If there are any items that you find you don't need, either sell them or put them into a container.


Good info bfg9000

Still those last two paragraphs are a little depressing, they're one of the most fun things about Morrowind for me I'll check my save game file sizes, i didn't know about that.

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Good info bfg9000

Still those last two paragraphs are a little depressing, they're one of the most fun things about Morrowind for me I'll check my save game file sizes, i didn't know about that.



For me, the biggest pain is not leaving the corpses around. It is hard enough to manage my inventory to keep from getting too heavy. Now, every time I kill something, I'm supposed to carry around all the junk it owned until I can find a crate to dispose of it?!

I am doing this and still my saved game sizes are not getting smaller. They are at 266 blocks now.. File sizes were fine until I switched to GOTY..

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For me, the biggest pain is not leaving the corpses around. It is hard enough to manage my inventory to keep from getting too heavy. Now, every time I kill something, I'm supposed to carry around all the junk it owned until I can find a crate to dispose of it?!

I am doing this and still my saved game sizes are not getting smaller. They are at 266 blocks now.. File sizes were fine until I switched to GOTY..


Yes i'm beginning to wonder about GOTY as well.......sadly i got rid of my origonal Morrowind game so i'm stuck now. Still i'm daggerfalling until the next Elderscrolls(or until they maybe fix GOTY?)

Actualy ref the corpses lying around, i think you can press the white button to get rid of the corpse AND all its equipement?(not 100% on this - i'll have to test it out). So you should be able to avoid carrying all the stuff, but if you can do that you would loose it all forever.

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What is your character's armor configuration?
I have a level 50 character who can pretty much choose from anything that is out there. He is wearing:

Adamantium Helm
Glass Pauldrons
Her Hand's Gauntlets
Cuirass of the Savior's Hide
Glass Greaves
Boots of Blinding Speed
Ebony Shield

Helm is enchanted w/Fortify Light Armor 1-19 constant effect..
Shield is enchanted w/Fortify Strength 1-59 constant effect...
(Ebony shields have an incredible 150 enchantment points!)

Armor rating = 219.

Also equipped regularly:

Exq. shirt - ench. Fortify Luck 1-23 constant
Exq. pants - ench Fortify Agility 1-16 constant.
Trebonius' Necromancer amulet
Royal Signet Ring
One of my other various constant effect rings

No robe - I dont like the way the character looks with a robe on!

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My character is a lv49 Nord.

Either i wear full dark brotherhood armour using a dwermer shortsword, for theif type missions. I cant get involved in tough fights like this, so will run away if i get to many people/creatures after me.
Magical item is a shadow amulet(chamaleon 80%).

Or my main combat setup is:

Dragonscale cuirass and helmet(they just look cool)
Imperial chain pauldrons
Leather Boots
Imperial templar greaves
Dwermer gauntlets
Steel battle axe(two handed)/ magical lightning damage.

or Dwermer shield + Black saints short sword.

magic item is an ebony right guantlet of levitation.

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What is your favorite NPC's name?

Mine would be "Malpenix Blonia". I think that name translates from Latin into something vulgar...

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NPC name? hmmm they are difficult to remember for the most part, but probably Ra'vir from Balmora.

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I remember Cassius (though I can't remember the last name)

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Cosades.

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So if I'm interested in checking this out are there any essential mods before I start playing? I've heard of some that improve the graphics. Where would I find these?

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there are no essentual mods in my opinion. And I think the graphics already look pretty damn good. Even though the game is getting a little dated, it still looks pretty good.

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Yeh ... just start the game (and i'd even go so far as to say that you don't need, or even want, the expansions right off the bat - they're cool later, but at first they can be sort of annoying because they throw some higher level stuff at you earlier than you'd normally get it, and earlier than you want to do the expandsion quests - you can add them in and then go into the expansion areas later on. )

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Giants and Wilderness by Pumaman are really good mods, and I consider them necessary for the game to have much difficulty later on. There are a couple good weapon's mods like Assassin's Armory,
Weapon Compilation Mod, and Marksman that you should pick up too. Real Signposts is a fairly useful mod that may take away atmosphere but makes it much easier to read signposts.

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I just found out that I can move Creeper around with a Command Creature spell! I'm taking him back to my stronghold!

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Hmmm....good idea. It's not like he's too hard to get to anyway though. Since I am home for the summmer I really want to get into Morrowind again, but I'm too wraped up in WoW.

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Nice.

Having just one location to go to at the end of trips certainly does help though.

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Yeh ... just start the game (and i'd even go so far as to say that you don't need, or even want, the expansions right off the bat - they're cool later, but at first they can be sort of annoying because they throw some higher level stuff at you earlier than you'd normally get it, and earlier than you want to do the expandsion quests - you can add them in and then go into the expansion areas later on. )

Yeah I agree, the expansions throw things at you that you don't need as a newbie. My own home made mod rules off course I doubt anyone agrees though since it removes things like creeper, mudcrap and fast travel from the game

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I have trouble with this game; I was so used to my old character, a god among men, that now I'm always dying because I get in fights with everyone I see

And I'm in the middle of nowhere.

But at least Morrowind gives me the freedom to get lost!

 
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