drybones wrote:
> "DeAnn" <DeAnn000.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1183675863.874422.273930@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 5, 6:44 pm, Greg Johnson <greg.....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:26:03 -0700, "drybones"
>>>
>>> <drybo....TakeThisOut@nospamcharter.net> wrote:
>>>> Loaded Morrowind / Tribunal / Bloodmoon (old individual game CD's) then
>>>> downloaded
>>>> the Bloodmoon patch from Bethesda and installed to the game directory on
>>>> D:\
>>>> drive.
>>>> Game loads and the latest Bloodmoon patch 1.61 is not shown in the lower
>>>> left hand
>>>> corner. Then installed the Bloodmoon patch to the Morrowind Data
>>>> directory.
>>>> <sigh>
>>>> same results.
>>> When you say 'installed to', this suggests you might have got the
>>> patch inside an archive, and it's unpacking the patch to that location
>>> for you to run. I say this because the actual patch does not give you
>>> any choice about where it installs - it autodetects your Morrowind
>>> directory and patches files there. Check the location you installed it
>>> to and see if there's a file "Bloodmoon_v1.6.1820.exe" present. If so,
>>> run it.
>> And welcome back. Morrowind has missed you.
>>
>
> Greg,
> Thanks for reminding me that I had to click upon the Bloodmoon update in
> order to get it run. All is well now.
>
> DeAnn,
>
> Thanks for the welcome back.
> I allowed Oblivion then the Gothic's and finally Lords of the Ring Online to
> distract me but became aware that they all lacked the real interest that
> Morrowind with all it's possible nuances, not to begin to mention the
> multitude of Modifications, that I had accumulated over the past 5 years
> constantly beckoned me to return. And return I have.
>
> It is a real shame that the intellectual groups of game makers have turned
> to pandering to the, WOW crowd and have forgotten that some of us are
> thirsting hungrily for games of real substance and not the glorified flowery
> games that require vast amounts of memory, Video power ($700 video cards
> that run in SLI therefore costing some $1400 dollars to set up and play a
> game that has only a tenth of the value of Morrowind. Yes they are very
> pretty to observe, and so are paintings of the Masters, but they all lack
> the staying power of Morrowind.
>
> Shame upon Bethesda for not following the path of Morrowind instead of
> trudging to Oblivion.
>
> drybones
>
>
Personally I wish they had stayed on the path of Arena and Daggerfall.
I have tried a couple of times to get back into Morrowind, won't even
bother with Oblivion, and give up as nothing has changed. I loved the
fact that each game of Arena or Daggerfall was different. In Morrowind
the temptation is too great to go to a cave outside of Balmora, then go
to Vivec and talk to a person to get a reward of a Daedric Katana while
the character is still first level.
In Arena to find any artifacts you had to ask for rumors that would lead
to you talking to a person that would sell you a map to a dungeon. That
dungeon would have a map to another dungeon containing a random
artifact. I considered it a real coup to get the Ebony Mail in Arena.
In Morrowind, getting the Ebony Mail is no challenge. Also, Arena and
Daggerfall made improved items available as your level improved. No
finding suits of Ebony Armor laying around in dungeons, or adamantium
armor laying around unguarded in shops for first level characters to
"borrow". Shopping became a real task as you had to go to each store in
each town looking for the items you were looking for. A merchant might
have an Ebony katana one day when you didn't have the cash but would not
have it when you returned from the dungeons with the cash.
>> Stay informed about: Okay~~~ Morrowind re-install 
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