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Posted September 12, 2008
Anyone managed to play the game expansion? because when i try to, it plays the video, but right after it the game says "Error unable to load level file MERC1.D3L". =/
Edit: Googling, i came up with this forum thread
http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=4328&sid=910d0b039635b9fd47cd31c4a4c59719
but the solution the users figured obviously doesnt apply to the GOG version of the game.
Post edited September 12, 2008 by LaleX
Posted September 12, 2008
Tried to start the expansion right now and I'm getting the same error you have.
The only solutions I've found are rehashed versions of the one you linked to (involving reinstalling the expansion again over a previous installation and/or repatching to 1.4).
EDIT: Found a possible solution in another thread, posted by Ch3rokee: it involves renaming the file merc.hog to extra.hog in the installation directory. It worked for me as well, though considering that there's already a file named extra.hog there, I don't know if the fix may not have any other consequence.
Have you opened a ticket with GoG.com support already? Maybe the staff can repack the installer with a version working "out of the box".
Post edited September 12, 2008 by Kismet
Posted September 12, 2008
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Kismet: Tried to start the expansion right now and I'm getting the same error you have.
The only solutions I've found are rehashed versions of the one you linked to (involving reinstalling the expansion again over a previous installation and/or repatching to 1.4).
EDIT: Found a possible solution in another thread, posted by Ch3rokee: it involves renaming the file merc.hog to extra.hog in the installation directory. It worked for me as well, though considering that there's already a file named extra.hog there, I don't know if the fix may not have any other consequence.
Have you opened a ticket with GoG.com support already? Maybe the staff can repack the installer with a version working "out of the box".

Hey, it works, thanks man! =)
About the ticket, well, since it's an easy fix, i won't ask them that.
Thanks again!
Posted September 13, 2008
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Kismet: Tried to start the expansion right now and I'm getting the same error you have.
The only solutions I've found are rehashed versions of the one you linked to (involving reinstalling the expansion again over a previous installation and/or repatching to 1.4).
EDIT: Found a possible solution in another thread, posted by Ch3rokee: it involves renaming the file merc.hog to extra.hog in the installation directory. It worked for me as well, though considering that there's already a file named extra.hog there, I don't know if the fix may not have any other consequence.
Have you opened a ticket with GoG.com support already? Maybe the staff can repack the installer with a version working "out of the box".

I have sent a customer support request, when I get a GOG answer I will gladly post it.
Post edited September 13, 2008 by ZaphodB42
Posted September 13, 2008
Thank you ZaphodB42. I'm under the impression this may be an error not limited to specific users, so probably a repack of the game, made following the procedures mentioned in the threads linked above, may be a good idea while we're still in beta.
Posted September 22, 2008
Just wanted to say that I also experienced this problem, and the above fix of renaming MERC.HOG to EXTRA.HOG works. I backed up the old EXTRA.HOG but I haven't noticed any problems caused by overwriting it.
Posted September 28, 2008
The odd thing is, the expansion works perfectly fine for me. So did they fix it? Or what?
Posted September 28, 2008
I dunno. I still haven't received an email to my customer support inquiry.
Posted September 30, 2008
Ok, since my MD5 checksum didn't match GOGs, I re-downloaded it with their downloader, MD5 checksum is correct, and Mercinary works perfect without having to rename anything. I suggest you check your installer, as a re-download may fix the problem.
Posted September 30, 2008
I myself have been patiently waiting for this issue to be resolved, it is a shame it is taking so long. After reading Sir_Brizz's post earlier, it occurred to me to try downloading the installer again and reinstalling. Well, I did that tonight and it did work for a short time; however, Descent 3 crashed during the first level. Now after starting it back up , I looked around in pilot configuration menu and then proceeded to start Mercenary again. Unfortunately, I ended up getting the same error as before. I just checked the MD5 checksum for the installer and it says it's OK. Nice to hear that it worked for you, ZaphodB42, but let me know if it continues to work after a time.
Posted October 01, 2008
Made it to level 2 on mercenary so far so good.
Posted October 01, 2008
If that's the case, then maybe I should try reinstalling. As an aside, is the black pyro selectable under the ship configuration section of pilot configuration? Because it doesn't seem to show up on mine, even with the renaming, I could have sworn that I heard that the expansion allowed the black pyro to be used in multiplayer.
Posted October 02, 2008
Am on Mission #4. Lovin' it!
Posted October 02, 2008
yeah the black pyro should pop up as a usable ship. I know cause I use at and am right now and it works fine.
Posted October 08, 2008
Ok, I''ve solved my problem. I know it has been awhile, but I had some computer trouble and didn't get around to posting my solution. Basically, Mercenary will work if you run the game as an Administrator. This is why it would work the first time, because I was launching from the installer that has to be executed with administrator privileges. The strange thing that threw me off for the longest time is that the regular Descent 3 stuff will work perfectly fine when the application is run as a power user.
So anyone else who is running into this problem:
-Check the Run As option in the shortcut and run the process under admin.
Post edited October 11, 2008 by The_Raven
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