use the vertex colours that morrowind supplies for a lot of meshes

components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp

@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ void NIFLoader::createMaterial(const String &name,
         /*TextureUnitState *txt =*/
         pass->createTextureUnitState(texName);
 
+        pass->setVertexColourTracking(TVC_DIFFUSE);
+
         // As of yet UNTESTED code from Chris:
         /*pass->setTextureFiltering(Ogre::TFO_ANISOTROPIC);
         pass->setDepthFunction(Ogre::CMPF_LESS_EQUAL);