Plugins dont work!!!

Rahvin · Post by **Rahvin** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:33 pm

I downloaded the helm, the armor, and master index plugins, and unzipped them to the data files, and they wont show up on the data screen before i play!! help!!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 4:15 pm

Hmm did you unzip them to seperate folders in the data files? All plug ins need to be in the data file not a subfolder. Thats the only time I've had plugins not show up.

Rahvin · Post by **Rahvin** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 5:00 pm

yea, they were in D:/morrowind/datafiles. nutin shows up, all thats there is the main file, and a plugin i made with a house

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 6:06 pm

When you look at the data folder, while not in the game, do the plugins show up with the knife icon?

Rahvin · Post by **Rahvin** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 7:56 am

I figured it out and got it to work yesterday, but couldnt get on to tell you, I have 2 data file folders, I was putting them in the wrong one. Srry!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 8:32 am

No problem

I'm glad you got it figured

On a related topic, sometimes the plugins have extra meshes or textures which need to be put in the proper folders or they don't work.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 11:05 pm

Originally posted by T'lainya
No problem I'm glad you got it figured
On a related topic, sometimes the plugins have extra meshes or textures which need to be put in the proper folders or they don't work.

The official plug-ins are zipped up with the proper path-names, so if you unzip them using the "Use Folder names" option into your data folder, they'll all go where they're supposed to.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Wed Aug 21, 2002 7:58 am

True, but a lot of the unofficial ones don't do that

Ixion · Post by **Ixion** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 12:01 pm

I'm not very slick when it comes to Windows. I downloaded three of four of the official plug-ins in to their own individual folders in C/morrowind/datafiles. I then used 'extract all' on each folder. None of the extracted files appeared when I when I started the game and went in under 'data files'. What am I doing wrong? What a charity case!

Rahvin · Post by **Rahvin** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 1:04 pm

extract them to your "Data Files" folder

Ixion · Post by **Ixion** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 1:36 pm

@ Rhavin

Alas, the plug-ins were originally downloaded into morrowind/datafiles and were also extracted there. When I try to go into 'data files' in the morrowind directory, I only see the main game and my previous saves...no plug-ins. I must be a compu-idiot!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:22 pm

Hmmm, you could do a file search or you could use windows explorer or just open the morrowind folders manually to look for them. Did you accidentally extract the files to a subfolder of the datafiles? (textures, mesh etc) Or you might have managed to create a second data folder.

Ixion · Post by **Ixion** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:54 pm

@ T'Lainya

I can't figure it out: the extracted plug-ins are sitting there in the C:/programfiles/morrowind/datafile as plain as day along with the original compressed version of each file. Yet, when I start the game, and select 'data files' from the main menu, all I can get to come up is the master file, my quicksave and my autosave. My game just won't recognize the plug-ins for some stupid reason.

I REALLY appreciate the responses I've receives so far, and hope to receive more.

How frustrating...!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:25 pm

Ok, are the files in seperate folders in the datafiles? They shouldn't be. The knife icons for the .esp files should be in the data folder, not in any subfolders.

Ixion · Post by **Ixion** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 7:19 pm

@ T'lainya

I did it! When I originally unzipped the files to the morrowind/datafile, they were in their own separate subfolder. By dragging the knife-iconed file from each individual folder to the greater data file, the game was able to recognize them...BRAVO and thanks much!

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 8:36 am

@ Ixion, You're welcome

I don't think they explained some of those things too well

Rahvin · Post by **Rahvin** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 4:19 pm

beatme to it...i have 2 data files folders, use the one with capital d and f