Hey GHF
I hate to make my first post as a request for help, but I really need help with this.
I used MGE (not XE) fine between 2010 and 2012, with all the distant beauty and all. Max settings, as my PC is pretty powerful, built to be fast a few years ago, with a nVidia 560 Ti, and 7gb of Ram. Then, I came back to play Morrowind a couple of months ago, and found that upon launching, the Bethesda logo screen started to love at 1fps or even slower, and the sound was equally slow and jerky. Running without MGE I found the game played as smooth as ever.
I completely reinstalled Morrowind after tinkering around and finding myself unable to fix it, installed the expansions, and downloaded the final patch the GOTY requires. I then installed the Overhaull pack, which in turn installed the new MGEXE. This version doesn't even give me the unplayabe '30 minutes to load all files and plugins' state. It just maxes out to full screen, stays black for a split seconds, and then crashes with the fails to respond message. I have found reverting to an older version can return me to the old issue, but at the moment I find myself stuck playing with the 'disable MGE' tickbox, and its just not the same. Without MGE and MCA I forgot just how barren Vvardenfell feels.
Has anyone experienced my problem? And can anyone offer assistance? It has really stumped me, because it used to work, so all the correct software is installed. And I tried reinstalling/repairing a lot of it anyway, just incase. Have the latest nVidia graphics drivers rendered MGE broken? Could it be upgrading my card to 560 from my 460? Because i'm not sure if I did that since I last played.
If worst comes to worst, i'm stuck playing with morrowindfpsoptimizer to make the fog just a little further away, but its still just not the same. (Having to roleplay that Vvardenfell is constantly in the midst of a sea-fret is boring.)
If I can't get it working, is anyone aware of any alternatives? MGE made the distant land, so I assume it is still there beyonf the mist, so getting rid of the fog might be good enough.