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Posted November 21, 2008
Hi there..
I must say this site is awsome, I plan on getting a few games with out a dought. messaih is first on the list. I just built a new computer, and im using vista now and one of my favorite games is mech warrior mercanarys. It was one of the first games i installed too. Well the other games i loaded in have worked fine, but this one i cant seam to get to run. It just hangs on start. I installed no probs, and i can get the basic part to start, aka put disk in, the pop up comes up and you click on PLAY to start the game. It just hangs there..
Is this game just too old and is a perfect reason it should be here? Or does anyone know if it will run somehow??
If it is a contender for this site.. I will say its a great game.. 2002 still has the best mech game to date.. though i would say id love to see mech 2 and mech 3 along with the expansions on this great site... is there some where to post requests? *grin
Posted November 21, 2008
A mercenary Canary?!?!
Anyway, it sounds like your game probably isn't compatible with your operating system.
EDIT:
Yup, if you have a modern day OS (WinXP, Vista) it is incompatible with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechwarrior_4_Mercenaries
Post edited November 21, 2008 by Weclock
Posted November 21, 2008
here use this
Posted November 21, 2008
heh, looks like other people had the same idea already.. over 200 votes on um.. though i guess its behind the planescape votes just a tad.
this will be great if old titles like this can be found and picked up cheap and conveinent.
Posted November 21, 2008
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Weclock: A mercenary Canary?!?!
Anyway, it sounds like your game probably isn't compatible with your operating system.
EDIT:
Yup, if you have a modern day OS (WinXP, Vista) it is incompatible with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechwarrior_4_Mercenaries

I don't see how that can be Wec, at least in the case of XP (Vista, not so surprised about). The game was released on XP so how is it now incompatible with it? It was a game made by MS and I can't imagine they would make a game that didn't work with their current OS at the time. Not to mention, the previous MW4 game, Vengeance, works just fine on XP. Technically, Mercenaries is a stand-alone expansion of Vengeance, so if Vengeance works on XP, Mercenaries must.
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JeCy: Hi there..
I must say this site is awsome, I plan on getting a few games with out a dought. messaih is first on the list. I just built a new computer, and im using vista now and one of my favorite games is mech warrior mercanarys. It was one of the first games i installed too. Well the other games i loaded in have worked fine, but this one i cant seam to get to run. It just hangs on start. I installed no probs, and i can get the basic part to start, aka put disk in, the pop up comes up and you click on PLAY to start the game. It just hangs there..
Is this game just too old and is a perfect reason it should be here? Or does anyone know if it will run somehow??
If it is a contender for this site.. I will say its a great game.. 2002 still has the best mech game to date.. though i would say id love to see mech 2 and mech 3 along with the expansions on this great site... is there some where to post requests? *grin

Stupid Question, but have you applied the latest patch for the game?
http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4mercs/downloads.aspx
Post edited November 21, 2008 by cogadh
Posted November 21, 2008
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cogadh: I don't see how that can be Wec, at least in the case of XP (Vista, not so surprised about). The game was released on XP so how is it now incompatible with it

the wiki says the requirements are:
System requirements 700 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, 16 MB video card RAM, 8X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.1, 1.0 GB available hard disk space, Windows 98
//farkin forum quote hell
Post edited November 21, 2008 by Weclock
Posted November 21, 2008
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cogadh: I don't see how that can be Wec, at least in the case of XP (Vista, not so surprised about). The game was released on XP so how is it now incompatible with it
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Weclock: the wiki says the requirements are:
System requirements 700 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, 16 MB video card RAM, 8X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.1, 1.0 GB available hard disk space, Windows 98
//farkin forum quote hell
Not according to Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4mercs/requirements.aspx
* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
* 128MB Ram
* 700Mhz
* 1 GB Hard drive space
* 16MB Video Card
* 24x CD drive
* Sound card & speakers/headphones
Never trust Wikipedia as a reliable source, always go to the true source.
Post edited November 21, 2008 by cogadh
Posted November 21, 2008
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Weclock: the wiki says the requirements are:
System requirements 700 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM, 16 MB video card RAM, 8X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 8.1, 1.0 GB available hard disk space, Windows 98
//farkin forum quote hell
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cogadh: Not according to Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4mercs/requirements.aspx
* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
* 128MB Ram
* 700Mhz
* 1 GB Hard drive space
* 16MB Video Card
* 24x CD drive
* Sound card & speakers/headphones
Never trust Wikipedia as a reliable source, always go to the true source.

this is what you're referring to, I suppose.
And also the November 7th 2002 release date.
Posted November 21, 2008
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cogadh: Not according to Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/mw4mercs/requirements.aspx
* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
* 128MB Ram
* 700Mhz
* 1 GB Hard drive space
* 16MB Video Card
* 24x CD drive
* Sound card & speakers/headphones
Never trust Wikipedia as a reliable source, always go to the true source.

I believe the OP is talking about Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries. Which was released on Win95. Its a game I am having problems running as well.
In an earlier thread of mine on this same sublect I was given this site: http://sites.google.com/site/mw2mercxp/ It was able to get me into the game, but it was so choppy as to be unplayable. I obviously have some more tweaking to do.
Developer: Activision
Release date: 1996
System requirements DOS: 486, 8 MB RAM, 2X CD-ROM drive
Windows: Pentium 90 MHz, 12 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_2:_31st_Century_Combat]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MechWarrior_2:_31st_Century_Combat[/url] (scroll down a bit to get to Mercenaries)
Post edited November 21, 2008 by Qikdraw
Posted November 21, 2008
I really doubt he was referring to that, considering he specifically mentioned the 2002 release year of the game and MW 2, 3 and their expansions separately from it.
Post edited November 21, 2008 by cogadh
Posted November 21, 2008
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cogadh: I really doubt he was referring to that, considering he specifically mentioned the 2002 release year of the game and MW 2, 3 and their expansions separately from it.

Well then he should have been because mech 2 mercs is far better than the mech 4 merc game. :)
Posted November 21, 2008
If you are indeed talking about MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, I know just the thing to help get it running on modern systems.
http://sites.google.com/site/mw2mercxp/
Unfortunately, the game still seems to not want to work on my modern Vista system...but my older XP-based PC from 2002 will now run the game just fine because of it.
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