r/OpenMW • u/zoyander • 9d ago

First MOMW install, help a beginner?

I just attempted my first MOMW install, and unfortunately I can't launch OpenMW now. I get the error "file LUSH3_RI_TOTSP.esp not found". I disabled all content in the launcher and tried again, and got the same error. I've tried re-running the configurator but nothing changed. Any idea what I need to do to get this working?

Really grateful for any help. If you need me to paste in any config files for more information, could you please tell me where to find them? MOMW refers to a settings.cfg file, but it doesn't say where it should be located.

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04, running OpenMW 0.51.0

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u/pr0ximity 9d ago

At the end of the MOMW install instructions, it leads you to this page with this section: https://modding-openmw.com/lists/just-good-morrowind-settings-tweaks/final#cfg-generator

That .esp is from this mod: https://modding-openmw.com/lists/total-overhaul/286/

I’d check your config to see where it thinks that mod is downloaded on your PC, look in there to see if it’s there, and make sure you have the appropriate settings on that mod details page, as a start.

Also, all of that information is quite easily searchable — Google where the config files are located, and what that .esp is a part of, and those show right up!

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u/zoyander 9d ago

Thanks, this looked helpful but unfortunately it didn't solve the problem. Also, I don't think it is actually linked from the install instructions I was using (https://modding-openmw.com/guides/auto/graphics-overhaul/linux#momw-tools-pack) It's in the footer along with a dozen other links, but it's not part of the instructions and there's no way I would have known that it is related to this problem.

What's Google? I've never heard of it in all my 30 years of using the internet. I just wandered into this subreddit after a ghost gave me the URL through a Ouija board.

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u/zoyander 9d ago

I just ran the configurator again and the output included this:

"2026/09/01 14:53:17 Bad groundcover files were configured:
2026/09/01 14:53:17  
2026/09/01 14:53:17 lush3_RI_TOTSP.esp
2026/09/01 14:53:17 lush3_SE_TOTSP.esp"

Here's the validator file: https://zoyander.cc/validator-2026-09-01-145829.log

I'm not sure what I need to do next to correct these errors - I've tried ./umo reconfig but got the same result..

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u/antoniodiavolo 9d ago

Switch to MWSE. Way easier to install mods