How to Integrate OpenMW with Steam

NOTE: Check out Lil Lumby's new guide for an updated method. This guide should still work however I haven't tested it in a while since I switched to linux.


I found it so annoying when i tried to use openmw as steam didn't identify it as morrowind. After a lot of research I couldn't Find any guide on how to do it, However after dabbling into steam's launch commands I found a way to run morrowind through steam.

NOTE: As of 0.43 this won't work if you run morrowind as an administrator

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING PLEASE BACKUP YOUR MORROWIND DIRECTORY AND SAVES!!

1. After you installed Openmw copy all the contents of the OpenMW folder into Morrowind's Main Directory (Note that I am refering to the main Directory which contains Morrowind.exe)

2. Backup Morrowind.exe and Morrowind Launcher.exe

3. Remove Morrowind Launcher and rename Openmw_Launcher.exe Into Morrowind Launcher.exe

4. Go to your Steam Library and Right click on Morrowind and select Properties

5. Click on "Set Launch Options" and add "-benchmark"

6. Launch Morrowind through Steam and you should be able to play OpenMW with Steam

If you followed the steps correctly you should be able to Launch morrowind through steam and be Greeted with Openmw's Launcher. This Should work with TES3MP though I haven't Tried it yet.

Please send me a message if you’re facing any issues

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