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[Hexenhammer]

Microsoft released the source code for MechCommander 2 (way back when). Time to get some killin on!
http://www.microsoft...s.aspx?id=11457

[BigJim]

Nice spot - D/Ling.

[Tarrasque]

Thanks for this. MC is one of my favorite iterations of Battletech, though maybe not so much MC2, but I'll take what I can get.

[Arcane Angel]

Good call, very nice. Thanks much for the tip!

[BigJim]

Denied
After the package unzips, it autoruns the .msi installer. Just before it completes I get;

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Error 1304.Error writing to file Microsoft.Xna.UI.MC2Viewer.dll. Verify that you have access to that directory.

The readme links to the 2006 DirectX redistributable. So second time round I installed that, but still get the same error.
Not much help on google since it's so old.
Will keep looking & come back if I find a fix.

Ps: This is on 32bit XP SP3.

[Remorse]

I couldnt get it work either. Didnt get any errors though, or I missed them. I couldnt find any launcher or exe to use all those filed downloaded.

[Jell0r]

theres also 'Mechcommander Omnitech' which is a complete redo of MC2 with extra playermade campaigns and replacement mech models, they are still updating it afaik, and they are working on some higher poly models

http://www.hard-ligh...php?board=210.0

been enjoying that for a while

[BigJim]

Jell0r, on 23 June 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:

theres also 'Mechcommander Omnitech' which is a complete redo of MC2 with extra playermade campaigns and replacement mech models, they are still updating it afaik, and they are working on some higher poly models

http://www.hard-ligh...php?board=210.0

been enjoying that for a while

Nice, I see they've also got a bunch of user-made campaigns up there - As someone who did this for UT2k4 I'm very interested.
Hopefully it has it's own way of installing the full MC2 game without requiring it to already be installed as unless I go "yaarh" I don't think I can install it, not using the MS link above.

[Vashts1985]

Jell0r, on 23 June 2012 - 12:20 PM, said:

theres also 'Mechcommander Omnitech' which is a complete redo of MC2 with extra playermade campaigns and replacement mech models, they are still updating it afaik, and they are working on some higher poly models

http://www.hard-ligh...php?board=210.0

been enjoying that for a while

my Win7 64x install says nope.

[SinnerX]

I was able to get MCO working on my Win7 64 bit. It does act kind of weird, though. The menu screens are super "zoomed in" and I have to go to windowed mode to see anything. Then when I start a mission, it automatically goes back to full screen and looks fine.

If it matters, I installed MC2 from the MS link first(couldn't get that one to run at all, that's why I went to MCO).

[BigJim]

MCO working fine here under XP. Happy bunnies.
Ps: Sinner; You think the fact I can't install it (the MS release) is related the fact I'm running a 32bit OS?


In other news, I got my mitts on an .iso for Mech Commander Gold - I'm not gonna replay the Port Arthur campaign as I now it so well, but the expansion pack is fair game as I never completed it iirc. (love those widdle Bushwhackers!)

[Vashts1985]

so MC2 works fine on my home computer, but completely refuses to work on my m14x

a window pops up then closes and nothing happens. MC2rel is still running in processes along with the rundll32 and its eating up cpu resources. tried all sorts of compatibility modes and everything. the kicker is the Encyclopedia works just fine.

its driving me mad

[Maxxinator]

I still have it on CD, I have "The Mech Collection" Which includes Vengeance, the Black Knight expansion pack and Mech Commander 2

[Adrienne Vorton]

MCO works pretty fine on my win7 64. not having any problems. but it´s MechCommander, not MC2..

MC2 is just not running on my machine, tried everything (don´t have the CD version though, and that seems to be the only version with good workaround to run it on win7 64)

[Rushin Roulette]

To all of you haveing problems with MC2. Try forcing the game into single CPU Mode (Right clicking the application in the taskmanager and selecting affiliation and checking only one CPU Core). My PC was lagging like mad with all 3 cores running the game and workes nice and smooth with only one core.

P. S. MechWarrior 4 and Mech commander 1 (As well as the gold pack) have also been released to the public, although I have not been able to figure out how to use Dosbox so that I can run or install MC1. Any help with that would be really apreciated

P. P. S. Sorry, couldnt add the download links for the above mentioned games, but a quick Google for "Mech Commander Gold Free" or "Mechwarrior 4 Free" should do the trick

[Thronen]

Oh dear. There goes what little free time I had this week.

[Joe Davion 86]

been following MCO for a while, looks like put a new release a lilttle back. gonna dl it and pew pew some MORE mechs between mekwars3025 and mekwars legends, I am wrecking some perfectly good mechs lol. also ive got MC Gold and it runs quite nicely once you tell it to run in Win95 compatible mode and run it as admin. Win7 Ultimate here. i have MW3 running just fine as well. dont hate!

[Haar]

Adrienne Vorton, on 24 June 2012 - 11:55 PM, said:

MCO works pretty fine on my win7 64. not having any problems. but it´s MechCommander, not MC2..

MC2 is just not running on my machine, tried everything (don´t have the CD version though, and that seems to be the only version with good workaround to run it on win7 64)

If you have an Alienware machine add /gosnojoystick to the file name in properties on the shortcut. That should fix it.

[CharliePapaLima]

Downloading now, I had a copy back when it came out but I can't find it for the life of me. Thanks for the info its great to play this again.

[Marillion551]

I downloaded the fe source code but can anyone explain to me how to actually make it work? I don't know much about programming and all that stuff