[ReidZB]

Yes! OpenMW is amazing. I just did a full play-through without any issues and heavily modded to boot. Very stable, good performance, etc.

I also recommend this site:

https://modding-openmw.com/

for a good curated list of mods. It takes an age and a half to go through the installation of any of the lists, but the results have been very pleasant.

[caslon]

You can also play OpenMW in VR! It's one of the coolest forks of any software I've ever tried!

https://openmw-vr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/manuals/installat...

[malux85]

I wish someone would script this, or publish a completed folder (less the official assets that those of us who own a copy can paste in), I want to play this, but there's no way I'm going to spend hours and hours and hours following those instructions ...

[NoboruWataya]

There is portmod, which is an attempt to semi-automate the process. It's still a rather manual and clunky process, for example there is no scripted downloading of mods from Nexus. But it automates some parts and holds your hand through the others.

https://gitlab.com/portmod/portmod

[Aeolun]

I believe a lot of mod authors frown upon this for some reason.

[chme]

Mod authors like having feedback and recognition on their own work, which might get lost if their mod becomes part of a whole big mod pack.

[Aeolun]

Yeah, but the end result is that I just never see their work at all. Seems a bit counterproductive to me.