I was just on the Bethesda forums and there are numerous locked topics regarding Morroblivion. Almost all of them are asking "why was this mod pulled?".

Sure enough, the mod is no longer accessible from the Tesnexus site now.


Here's Bethesda's response on why:
"It has to do with whether the mod uses actual resources from one game in the other. You can't, for example, take a Morrowind texture file, alter it appropriately, and then use it in an Oblivion game."

Well, we know this is false from a technical standpoint, but lets continue...

"There are many reasons why this is so; among others, it is important to protect the original licensor's rights when Bethsoft has licensed a resource to use in a game. That license may allow use of the resource in that game alone, and Bethsoft is duty-bound to prevent the resource from being used in any other game, including their own."

Using this logic... if I buy both Microsoft Office and Microsoft Money, I shouldn't expect them to work together because of licensing conflicts? Please.

And if its 2kGames and Ubisoft who have a problem with this mod, they are dim-witted morons. If they can't see the potential in boosting sales by encouraging fans of one game to buy them both, they are about as short sighted as a company can get.

"But Bethsoft has stated in plain language that you cannot use a resource from one game in another, so there is no need for further discussion. Closed before somebody says something that amounts to piracy talk."

I'm hoping we can have some discussion on this here, as obviously Bethesda is willing to censor any discussion about it.

I for one find this extremely disturbing. I bought both products. Why the hell can't I use them together? What I do with my games in my own home should be my business.

And what about Tamriel Rebuilt? I guess they will never be able to include Morrowind in their Oblivion engine build because of this (if they ever get that far)?

Don't ya love corporate BS?

Somewhere in the last 10-15 years money went from being a means to an end, to being the overriding factor determining every single element of human interaction. It's happened subtly, you gotta love those government think tanks and the media too, they have done an impressive job on the people. Are they recruiting?! I shall await a special messenger visiting me in the night

i dont see why morroblivion was squooshed.

it uses nothing from either morrowind or oblivion.

it is merely a TOOL that ALLOWS YOU TO CONVERT FILES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE.

they are saying that it uses files from either game, which it does not.

so i do not understand their reasoning behind it.

unless they are doing it so that they can make an "official expansion" that puts morrowind into oblivion. that would be the only good excuse to do it.

Bethesda are sure as hell aloud too. They own both games. The problem is with us doing that type of thing. And hopefully they won't remake morrowind on the oblivion engine, because the oblivion engine is somewhat lacking.

Nice.. Arse-kissing some crappy company.


I also see the same flaws in Bethesda's logic. Seems a bit petty to me.

Why am i so irritated regarding this being pulled? I no longer had Oblivion OR Morrowind. I bought them both, go to the website to find out that Morroblivion had been pulled, meaning that i wasted how much money?

I'm seriously never going to buy another crappy game from Bethesda. Hope you all enjoy Elder Scrolls 5, because the only way I will play is if i download it. FOR FREE. On WAREZ.

Because i wasted money once, i sure as hell won't do that piss again.