Dandion's Familiar Looks OpenMW Texture Path Fix
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.2% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #21 of 84 Body, Face, and Hair mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
OpenMW and MGE XE/MWSE define textures in different ways, and depending on how a mod is set up this can lead to textures looking fine in one version of the game and wrong in another. This is a texture fix for Dandion's Familiar Looks - Unique Characters MacKom-ed for OpenMW users.
OpenMW identifies and renders Dandion's normal maps as detail maps but tries to apply them as normal maps regardless - resulting in some weirdness. This "fix" does not add OpenMW compatible normal maps, but instead changes the file names of the normal maps and the texture paths inside the .nif files so that OpenMW applies them as detail maps - this means that you still won't be getting proper normal maps but it will look much closer to as intended.
OpenMW fix for two of Dandion's other Mackom-like mods by bobbythibs here, whose fixes inspired this one.
If you are not using OpenMW with normal maps enabled, you do not need this
The original mod download is actually incompatible with this one as OpenMW seems to want to apply the original normal maps with the _n prefix even after having their path removed in the .nif
This is a compatibility patch for Dandion's Familiar Looks - Unique, fixing texture path issues between OpenMW and MGE XE/MWSE. It ensures the mod's textures display correctly in both engine versions. For players using OpenMW with this popular mod, this fix is essential.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Essential fix for OpenMW users – without it, textures may look wrong in one engine.
- Small, focused patch that does exactly what it says, no bloat.
- Decent download count (27,568) shows many players need this fix.
⚠️ Cons
- Only 65 endorsements – relatively low compared to downloads, maybe not widely tested.
- Requires the original Dandion's Familiar Looks - Unique mod to be installed first.
- No detailed instructions or compatibility notes provided by the author.
For Morrowind players who use OpenMW and have Dandion's Familiar Looks - Unique installed. If you're on MGE XE/MWSE, you might not need this, but it won't hurt. Skip if you don't use that mod.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the original mod installed before adding this patch.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file overwrites to avoid conflicts.
- Test in-game after installation to confirm textures appear correctly in OpenMW.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Morrowind Mods
- Author
- jstans
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 27,568
- Endorsements
- 65
- Category
- Body, Face, and Hair
- Created
- 3/7/2025
- Updated
- 3/7/2025
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