Free FPS for OpenMW 1.1 — The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Posted: June 3rd, 2026, 15:46
Overview
Fork of OpenMW built with added occlusion culling and soft shadows to reclaim +15-30 FPS in dense areas
More in-depth info can be found on the Nexus page here.
Installation Instructions
- Download the mod
- Find your OpenMW installation
- Clear the folder
- Extract the contents of the 7z file to the folder
- Password is the gamer word
- Play!
You may need to add an exclusion to Windows Virus and Threat Protection. I didn't have to, though
Credits
- Rebelember on Nexus for the original Free FPS for OpenMW fork
- Kartoffels for the optimizations originally, in OpenMW Experimental Graphics Optimizations
Source Code
https://gitgud.io/loregamer/openmw-fps
Originally came from this GitHub fork:
https://github.com/RebelSiren/openmwocc ... on-shadows
Which was a fork from this:
https://github.com/kartoffels-ci/openmw/tree/wip-merged