Dynamic Reticle - Enemy HP bar. Hitmarkers. HUD effects. Sound effects. Slow-mo. -- OpenMW

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A (less metal) spiritual successor to a Stupid-Metal Hitmarker-Mod

Yeah, I know, the name is a mouthful, this mod adds multiple seemingly disconnected things that do actually make sense together. Just trust me, alright?

Was developed to be used in tandem with a Dynamic Camera mod , but will work without it.

Installation

The usual - install using Mod Organiser 2 or extract the archive into Morrowind/Data Files.

Disable vanilla crosshair in Options->Prefs->Crosshair(at the bottom).

Ensure that shaders are enabled in game settings (enemy HP widget is a shader).

Configuration

Check Options->Scripts->Dynamic Reticle - the mod is very configurable. You can even drop new reticle images into a supported folder (it's specified also there in options) and be able to select between them in script options.

How To Remove Vanilla Enemy Health Bar

1. Find ./OpenMW/resources/vfs/mygui/openmw_hud.layout (inside your OpenMW folder, not your Morrowind folder!), if you are using a mod replacing/modifying vanilla hud, such as the beautiful Centered HUD for OpenMW - look for /mygui/openmw_hud.layout inside the mod folder instead (if you are using a mod manager to install it)

2. Open the file with a text editor

3. Find an element with a name EnemyHealth (name="EnemyHealth")

4. In the "position" property of that element - 3rd number is this element's length - set it to 0 to hide the element

e.g you might find an element that looks like this

<Widget type="ProgressBar" skin="MW_EnergyBar_Yellow" position="0 131 80 12" align="Center Bottom" name="EnemyHealth">

<Property key="Visible" value="false"/>

</Widget>

inside position = "..." change 80 to 0. Save the file. Play the game.

Note on 22 Feb 2026 Update

Some default setting values were changed. Default hit and death marker sounds are now different (less outlandish) and their corresponding volumes are higher. Old sounds were "tamborine" for hit and "crash" for death - they are still selectable in settings. A new sound was added - if you are in a mood for something exciting - set "orchestral_hit" as death marker sound.

Credits

Some reticle assets are taken from WoW combat mode plugin (thanks to choirbug) and Fargoth Morrowind Icon

Sounds introduced in 1. 2 update are from Ovani Sound, picked by Sikreci.