MGE XE - Distant Land Generation Texture Error Fix

This mod gets rid of the following error messages which occur during the distant land generation phase when using the latest version of Morrowind MGE XE version (0. 10. 0b24)

Texture 'tx_ma_sandstone02.tga' in plugin 'b:\games\steam\steamapps\common\morrowind\data files\tr_mainland.esm' failed to load (Object reference not set to an instance of an object.)

Texture 'tx_lavacrust00.tga' in plugin 'b:\games\steam\steamapps\common\morrowind\data files\tr_mainland.esm' failed to load (Object reference not set to an instance of an object.)

Most likely newer versions of MGE will get them too because the fault is in the  Morrowind esm and MGE is correctly reporting there is an issue with the landscape textures.

The Morrowind.esm contains references to two landscape textures 'tx_ma_sandstone02.tga' &' tx_lavacrust00.tga' that were not used in the vanilla game

nor did Bethesda provide the two textures either in the Morrowind.bsa archive or with the data files supplied for the construction set. MGE XE can detect the presence of textrure references in the Morrowind.esm and generates an error reort when it correctly identifies that there is no corresponding texture.

This Fix works by providing the two textures that MGE XE is searching for. I simply copied and renamed two of the vanilla landscape textures to act as substitutes for the originals. Simply drop the 2 textures provided into your Morrowind/Data files/Textures  folder and you should be able to generate distant land without getting these error messages. This is not an essential fix as the error messages are harmless.

Permissions

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You may use/translate/upload this mod in your Morrowind related projects, however if you use my stuff then please give credit where credit is due.