Edited by Alabamatick, 14 June 2012 - 03:53 PM.
Mech commander / MW2 mercenaries
#1
Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:52 PM
#2
Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:56 PM
#4
Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:58 PM
#5
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:00 PM
Alabamatick, on 14 June 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:
here my friend MECHVM works for mechwarrior 2 and its expansions
It is recommended that you use titanium edition for stability reasons, but you can play it with any of them.
Edit: adding instructions (these are more a road map, you will need to fill in the fine details yourself)
the file is a RAR file so you need to extract it, you will then have a folder called "MechVM-win32-2011-04-04c" at the extraction site (it is a 32bit program but it will work on a 64bit operating system)
open the file called "mechVM"
you will notice that there is 4 options choose "install+import" you now have the option to install from a disk drive or install a CD image. I trust you can follow through without further instruction on installation.
you can now go to the "play game" option and select your installed MW2 game (different versions have different names) click the one you want to play and hit "start campaign"
Edited by Lt muffins, 14 June 2012 - 04:07 PM.
#6
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:01 PM
mc/mc2- i installed windows xp on a virtual machine i believe it was vmware as it was about a year ago. then simply popped in the disk and installed it. also. recently i had mc2 running on windows 7 in "xpmode" available from microsoft, although it was glitchy, id suggest using the virtual machine. heck, if u even wanna go there, you can run mech1 on dosbox lol
#7
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:03 PM
- Open MechVM
- Go to Install+Import
- It should detect the version, so just click the button with the name of your version.
- After it is installed you can either run it through the Play button or go to the games folder in the mechvm folder and you can find the game installed.
#8
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:07 PM
Mechxican JAKE, on 14 June 2012 - 04:03 PM, said:
- Open MechVM
- Go to Install+Import
- It should detect the version, so just click the button with the name of your version.
- After it is installed you can either run it through the Play button or go to the games folder in the mechvm folder and you can find the game installed.
I have the DOS versions and Titanium versions both working perfectly on MechVM
#9
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:12 PM
Alabamatick, on 14 June 2012 - 03:52 PM, said:
DO NOT USE MECHVM. IT WILL NOT PROPERLY INSTALL ON VISTA. COMPATIBILITY MODE WILL NOT WORK EITHER
Here i'll give you the step by step of how I did it.
1st, download DOSBox, which Nikoliy linked you. Install it to your desktop or C: drive. Don't install it in your download or program files.
2. Next, insert Mechwarrior 2: Mercs cd into your CD-Rom drive.
3. You need to burn an image of the cd. I recommend MagicISO. When you burn this image, you want to burn a .cue file. Not sure if a .img image will work or not. To play it safe, burn a .cue image.
4. Open Dosbox. You will be prompted to a Z:>. Here you type this:(DO NOT TYPE THE BOLD)
Z:\>mount c C:\(pathway to the Dosbox program)
Since mine is installed in my C:, I enter the following
Z:\>mount c C:\DOSBox-0.74
5. Next you need to mount the image file of Mercs. To do so you type the following:
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\(pathway to image file)" -t iso
Since mine is installed in my documents, I type this
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\Users\Bryce\Documents\Mercs2.cue" -t iso
6. Now you need to install the game in Dos mode. You cannot install the windows version. To do this, you first change your directory and install from the CD image. Change to the D drive (where you mounted the image), and change directory to 'dos', then type install.
Example:
Z:\> D:
D:\> cd dos
D:\DOS>install
Follow the installation instructions from there.
You will have to mount the cd image every time, since it replaces the cd itself. To play, you will load from the C: however. To load, type the following
Z:\> C:
C:\> cd MERCS
C:\MERCS> MERCS
And your done!
Lt muffins, on 14 June 2012 - 04:00 PM, said:
here my friend MECHVM works for mechwarrior 2 and its expansions
It is recommended that you use titanium edition for stability reasons, but you can play it with any of them.
Edit: adding instructions (these are more a road map, you will need to fill in the fine details yourself)
the file is a RAR file so you need to extract it, you will then have a folder called "MechVM-win32-2011-04-04c" at the extraction site (it is a 32bit program but it will work on a 64bit operating system)
open the file called "mechVM"
you will notice that there is 4 options choose "install+import" you now have the option to install from a disk drive or install a CD image. I trust you can follow through without further instruction on installation.
you can now go to the "play game" option and select your installed MW2 game (different versions have different names) click the one you want to play and hit "start campaign"
Mechxican JAKE, on 14 June 2012 - 04:03 PM, said:
- Open MechVM
- Go to Install+Import
- It should detect the version, so just click the button with the name of your version.
- After it is installed you can either run it through the Play button or go to the games folder in the mechvm folder and you can find the game installed.
MECHVM WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA. The above method is the only surefire method to get MERCS to play on Vista. This is cited by the website www.mech2.org
Edited by Hawkeye 72, 14 June 2012 - 04:15 PM.
#10
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:18 PM
Hawkeye 72, on 14 June 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
DO NOT USE MECHVM. IT WILL NOT PROPERLY INSTALL ON VISTA. COMPATIBILITY MODE WILL NOT WORK EITHER
Here i'll give you the step by step of how I did it.
1st, download DOSBox, which Nikoliy linked you. Install it to your desktop or C: drive. Don't install it in your download or program files.
2. Next, insert Mechwarrior 2: Mercs cd into your CD-Rom drive.
3. You need to burn an image of the cd. I recommend MagicISO. When you burn this image, you want to burn a .cue file. Not sure if a .img image will work or not. To play it safe, burn a .cue image.
4. Open Dosbox. You will be prompted to a Z:>. Here you type this:(DO NOT TYPE THE BOLD)
Z:\>mount c C:\(pathway to the Dosbox program)
Since mine is installed in my C:, I enter the following
Z:\>mount c C:\DOSBox-0.74
5. Next you need to mount the image file of Mercs. To do so you type the following:
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\(pathway to image file)" -t iso
Since mine is installed in my documents, I type this
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\Users\Bryce\Documents\Mercs2.cue" -t iso
6. Now you need to install the game in Dos mode. You cannot install the windows version. To do this, you first change your directory and install from the CD image. Change to the D drive (where you mounted the image), and change directory to 'dos', then type install.
Example:
Z:\> D:
D:\> cd dos
D:\DOS>install
Follow the installation instructions from there.
You will have to mount the cd image every time, since it replaces the cd itself. To play, you will load from the C: however. To load, type the following
Z:\> C:
C:\> cd MERCS
C:\MERCS> MERCS
And your done!
MECHVM WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA. The above method is the only surefire method to get MERCS to play on Vista. This is cited by the website www.mech2.org
Im looking at my laptop right now, yep its still a Vista, everything continues to work flawlessly despite what the website said
#11
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:24 PM
Hawkeye 72, on 14 June 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:
Ah I kinda assumed that if it worked on win7 it would work on vista
Edited by Lt muffins, 14 June 2012 - 04:25 PM.
#12
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:27 PM
Mechxican JAKE, on 14 June 2012 - 04:18 PM, said:
Well then go make a post on mech2.org because this is what they say
"Question: I have Vista will this work?
Answer: Yes! There is no other reliable method to get Mech2 to run in Vista."
LINK
If you have the titanium version it might work with mechVM
but I failed on every attempt
Edited by Hawkeye 72, 14 June 2012 - 04:28 PM.
#13
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:33 PM
#14
Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:43 PM
Try this version of mech commander it will run on vista and windows 64 bit,
#16
Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:08 PM
For Mechcommander, i don't have any probs running this under Win7, if you have any, maybe tell axactly what is wrong.
#17
Posted 15 June 2012 - 08:58 AM
I tried using daemon tools lite to make a virtual drive this didn't work cant remember why (it was a couple of months ago) i read somewhere somebody said they extracted the contents of the iso installed it and run from mcx.exe, this didn't work either, i then tried to burn the image to a cd but got an error just before it finished and ruined the cd so i gave up i'll try again tomorrow
as for mw2 mercs i have tried dosbox and know how to use it, when i start it i get the message mechwarrior mercanaries cd not found, it does start from mw2shell and works untill i click launch mission from the dropship mission control screen then it drops back to the mercs command line.
also what is and how do you create and use a cue file
Edited by Alabamatick, 15 June 2012 - 08:59 AM.
#18
Posted 15 June 2012 - 09:09 AM
Alabamatick, on 15 June 2012 - 08:58 AM, said:
as for mw2 mercs i have tried dosbox and know how to use it, when i start it i get the message mechwarrior mercanaries cd not found, it does start from mw2shell and works untill i click launch mission from the dropship mission control screen then it drops back to the mercs command line.
also what is and how do you create and use a cue file
This is usually the problem people run into. Mercenaries, even when installed, must still read from the cd.
A .cue file is what you make when making an image of the cd. This is essentially a file that copies all the cd's contents from it and stores it in a file on your computer. The mw2shell will run like normal except when you do drop into the mission, because your computer doesn't have the TOOLS file on the mercs cd to create the mission.
I will repost what I typed before. If this isn't clear enough I will load up a few screenshots of what to do.
You need to burn an image of the cd. I recommend MagicISO. When you burn this image, you want to burn a .cue file. Not sure if a .img image will work or not. To play it safe, burn a .cue image. To do this, insert your mercs cd. After open my computer, and right click on your D drive. MagicISO should prompt you with an option to burn the image. Click on it and MagicISO will open. It should automatically open a window with the burn options. Select the path for your image file, then change the output format to a .bin/.cue file. This will be the third option on the window. Select make CD image, and hit OK. It will burn the cd to file.
Open Dosbox. You will be prompted to a Z:>. Here you type this:(DO NOT TYPE THE BOLD)
Z:\>mount c C:\(pathway to the Dosbox program)
Since mine is installed in my C:, I enter the following
Z:\>mount c C:\DOSBox-0.74
5. Next you need to mount the image file of Mercs. To do so you type the following:
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\(pathway to image file)" -t iso
Since mine is installed in my documents, I type this
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\Users\Bryce\Documents\Mercs2.cue" -t iso
6. Now you need to install the game in Dos mode. You cannot install the windows version. To do this, you first change your directory and install from the CD image. Change to the D drive (where you mounted the image), and change directory to 'dos', then type install.
Example:
Z:\> D:
D:\> cd dos
D:\DOS>install
Follow the installation instructions from there.
You will have to mount the cd image every time, since it replaces the cd itself. To play, you will load from the C: however. To load, type the following
Z:\> C:
C:\> cd MERCS
C:\MERCS> MERCS
#19
Posted 17 June 2012 - 08:13 AM
Hawkeye 72, on 15 June 2012 - 09:09 AM, said:
This is usually the problem people run into. Mercenaries, even when installed, must still read from the cd.
A .cue file is what you make when making an image of the cd. This is essentially a file that copies all the cd's contents from it and stores it in a file on your computer. The mw2shell will run like normal except when you do drop into the mission, because your computer doesn't have the TOOLS file on the mercs cd to create the mission.
I will repost what I typed before. If this isn't clear enough I will load up a few screenshots of what to do.
You need to burn an image of the cd. I recommend MagicISO. When you burn this image, you want to burn a .cue file. Not sure if a .img image will work or not. To play it safe, burn a .cue image. To do this, insert your mercs cd. After open my computer, and right click on your D drive. MagicISO should prompt you with an option to burn the image. Click on it and MagicISO will open. It should automatically open a window with the burn options. Select the path for your image file, then change the output format to a .bin/.cue file. This will be the third option on the window. Select make CD image, and hit OK. It will burn the cd to file.
Open Dosbox. You will be prompted to a Z:>. Here you type this:(DO NOT TYPE THE BOLD)
Z:\>mount c C:\(pathway to the Dosbox program)
Since mine is installed in my C:, I enter the following
Z:\>mount c C:\DOSBox-0.74
5. Next you need to mount the image file of Mercs. To do so you type the following:
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\(pathway to image file)" -t iso
Since mine is installed in my documents, I type this
Z:\>imgmount d "C:\Users\Bryce\Documents\Mercs2.cue" -t iso
6. Now you need to install the game in Dos mode. You cannot install the windows version. To do this, you first change your directory and install from the CD image. Change to the D drive (where you mounted the image), and change directory to 'dos', then type install.
Example:
Z:\> D:
D:\> cd dos
D:\DOS>install
Follow the installation instructions from there.
You will have to mount the cd image every time, since it replaces the cd itself. To play, you will load from the C: however. To load, type the following
Z:\> C:
C:\> cd MERCS
C:\MERCS> MERCS
thx 4 that, with 1 change it worked fine (i had to put the image in a seperate folder just in the c drive (not documents)), its strange though that tie fighter cd works fine just by mounting a d drive with no faffing, (as in mount d d:\ -t cdrom), ( you don't need an image)
as 4 mech commander gold, i tried magic disc, the launcher worked but when trying to install it says this is a 32 bit application and not commpatible with 64 bit systems, on other forums i've read people have got it working on 64 bit but not how, any ideas ?
EDIT: i found how to do mech commander gold on another forum, extract all the files from the iso to a seperate folder, name it MCG (or whatever you like) then double click MCX.EXE, no installation required
EPIC
Edited by Alabamatick, 19 June 2012 - 03:22 PM.
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