My head is going to explode :D (COM related)

[trix]

Hi, I made an account here because I seriously can't get this mod to work. I tried a bunch of things, and I later found out that none of those problems are mine. To put it simply, every time I try to play Morrowind with Children of Morrowind enabled, it gives me tons of pop ups about meshes not found or whatever, and then crashes after I click yes on everything.

I clicked on the BSAreg, it simply said that all the files were registered, though it still doesn't work.

I have the Morrowind Code Patch.

I downloaded that rocking horse fix on the site because I was desperate.

I read the ref bug page and it was talking about ini files, so I browsed through the folder and I have 2 ini files. One says BAK and one says BAF. Is it suppose to be like that? Anyways I opened both and neither had the BSA file on their archives, so I edited both of them and nothing changed whatsoever. >.> Are they just copies? Idk, I really want this mod to work but I can't get it to. >.<

[Jac]

You should have a file that just says "morrowind.ini". If you don't, then COM won't work. What version of Morrowind are you using? Steam or disc? Are you on Windows Vista or 7 64-bit?

[trix]

I'm using the Steam version and Windows Vista.

[Jac]

Try this:

When setting up Morrowind on a Vista Machine. Let Morrowind go ahead install to the default position. When it is finished installing. Right Click on the Morrowind Icon and follow the procedures of Compatibility. Open your C: drive and create a new folder and name it Bethesda. Then copy the Morrowind folder from the deafualt positon and install it in the new folder you just created.

IE: default folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\common\Bethesda Softworks\Morrowind

New folder location: C:\Morrowind

That *should* allow you to modify the morrowind.ini file in the C:\Morrowind folder, or wherever else you put it. There's some more information about playing Morrowind under Vista in this thread.

[trix]

Thanks, I got it. ^.^

[Jac]

Happy to help. Vista isn't very kind to older games like Morrowind unfortunately. That and Steam has its own ways of dealing with older games and when they're together, well, things don't always work out the way they should.