Solvent Merchants

Solvent Merchants

Solvent Merchants is a small OpenMW Lua mod that gives merchants configurable, regenerating barter gold. Instead of simply resetting merchants to their vanilla gold, it gives each merchant a computed maximum and lets them gain or lose a bit over time. Everything is configurable from the in-game OpenMW settings menu.

This is a companion mod designed to work alongside Item Price Patcher. Together they aim to make the Morrowind economy more fun, engaging, and immersive.

Merchant finances update once per configured interval: daily, weekly, or monthly. Profit and loss are configured separately, so merchants can be steady, generous, stingy, or a little unpredictable.

If a merchant ends up above their computed maximum, Solvent Merchants does not instantly snap them down. By default, only the surplus above the cap slowly decays over time.

Features

• []Fully configurable in-game (see below)[/]

  []Merchant gold multiplier[/]

  []Simulated merchant profit and loss over time[/]

  []Daily, weekly, or monthly update frequency[/]

  []Supports ALL merchants[/]

  []Optional blacklist and whitelist modes[/]

  []Safe to add or remove mid-save[/]

  Requirements

  • []OpenMW 0. 51. 0+[/]

    Installation

    • []Extract the archive[/]

      []Add the Solvent Merchants for OpenMW folder as a data directory[/]

      []Enable SolventMerchants.omwscripts.[/]

    Manual openmw.cfg example:

    data="/path/to/Solvent Merchants for OpenMW"

    content=SolventMerchants.omwscripts

    Configuration

    Esc > Options > Scripts > Solvent Merchants

    - Enable Mod: enables or disables the mod. When disabled, active merchants are restored to vanilla barter gold.

    - Gold Multiplier: multiplies each merchant’s vanilla base barter gold. Default: 10.

    - Merchant Filter: choose whether Solvent Merchants affects all merchants, all except blacklist IDs, or only whitelist IDs. Default: All Merchants.

    - Blacklist IDs: comma-separated merchant record IDs or placed actor IDs to exclude when Merchant Filter is All Except Blacklist.

    - Whitelist IDs: comma-separated merchant record IDs or placed actor IDs to include when Merchant Filter is Whitelist Only.

    - Fill to Max on First Encounter: raises newly seen merchants to their computed maximum if they are below it. Default: enabled.

    - Allow Profit: controls when merchants are allowed to gain gold. Options: Always, Below Cap, or Never. Default: Below Cap.

    - Minimum Profit: lowest possible profit as a percentage of computed maximum gold. Default: 0%.

    - Maximum Profit: highest possible profit as a percentag