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[KingCobra]

I would like to suggest Russ,Brian,& PGI make a Download on this site for
Mechwarrior2&expansions,Mechwarrior3&expansions,Mechwarrior4 Vengeance,Mechwarrior4BlackKnight,and Mechwarrior4Mercinaries.Tell us if you can do this becouse now you own the rights to all Battletech\Mechwarrior IP's.That way all the fans could have a free pc game copy and practice till MW:0 comes out.


Signed Your fathful fans.

Edited by KingCobra, 14 January 2012 - 04:34 PM.

[Glory in the Highest]

Perhaps you were unaware...

MW4 Mercs is already free

Edited by glory, 14 January 2012 - 03:36 PM.

[KingCobra]

Perhaps i was not talking about Mektek or there Mod ? We are playing the free mektek mod on gameranger but i dont see you there? Plus Fans would like some Downloadable Clean copys without the Mektek Mod in it im sure fans and players would even pay a few bucks to have the Clean retail versions.

[Glory in the Highest]

Yikes, dude. Rawr much? I actually just don't play it on Game Ranger but that's cool that you do.

(( There now I'm playing on GameRanger just for you. ))

Edited by glory, 14 January 2012 - 05:28 PM.

[Adridos]

So you basically mean they will make a section of their site and put a downloable version of each Mechwarrior game? Cool idea, but MW1 and 2 are already abandonware and I think they would have to ask M$ specifically for releasing MW 3 free.

[Jalkuranis]

I'd love it if they could do this. My cd rom has been on the fritz so I can't install my MW's. . Really ready to be out of college with an actual job so I can build me a comp... Mine is old and will suck big ones lol

[Ironheart]

KingCobra, on 14 January 2012 - 03:21 PM, said:

I would like to suggest Russ,Brian,& PGI make a Download on this site for
Mechwarrior2&expansions,Mechwarrior3&expansions,Mechwarrior4 Vengeance,Mechwarrior4BlackKnight,and Mechwarrior4Mercinaries.Tell us if you can do this becouse now you own the rights to all Battletech\Mechwarrior IP's.That way all the fans could have a free pc game copy and practice till MW:0 comes out.

Signed Your fathful fans.

There is a difference between owning an IP and the rights to a game.
Same thing why artists don't always own the rights to their own songs.

Also, MechCommander 1 and 2 are open source.

Edited by Ironheart, 02 February 2012 - 01:35 AM.

[Tizzer]

I've started Replaying MW4 again recently but always played offline , is this still "alive" offline . if anyone knows good servers etc would be great however I would personally prefer non competitive rather then Tourneys (I am gonna be naff to start with having learnt anti AI tactics)

[Star Ranger]

I have the disks and having someone use demon tools to make digital copies torun off the hard drive

[Frantic Pryde]

KC, as much as I love this idea... I would much rather them focus on MWO so it comes out sooner, and at its finest possible quality

[BerserX]

Frantic Pryde, on 08 February 2012 - 02:51 PM, said:

KC, as much as I love this idea... I would much rather them focus on MWO so it comes out sooner, and at its finest possible quality

I'm with you. I would much rather the developers stay devoted to the game. I would LOVE to play something other than the MW4 titles (I looked up MW3 online - the cheapest I could find was near $100), but I would prefer that associated work remain dedicated to MWO.

The sooner, the better; but the smoother/clearer, the awesomer.

[Charlic Wolf]

KingCobra, on 14 January 2012 - 03:44 PM, said:

Perhaps i was not talking about Mektek or there Mod ? We are playing the free mektek mod on gameranger but i dont see you there? Plus Fans would like some Downloadable Clean copys without the Mektek Mod in it im sure fans and players would even pay a few bucks to have the Clean retail versions.

calm... yo... self...
AND WHO THE HECK WOULD WANT IT WITHOUT THE MEKTEK MODS? THE AME IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE TONS OF ICONIC MECHS IT PROVIDES I COULD RANT FOR EVER BUT no.

but i do support the idea of MW 2 and 3. idk if 1 is much fun, but i think i had it once... didnt ever play it... cept for once, but i couldnt figure out the main menu :/

[Lorcan Lladd]

What could happen is, PGI buys the rights for those games, fixes them so they work on newer systems, and then sells them at low prices, before GOG does.

I don't know how expensive bandwidth is on Canada, but they probably can't afford to give away copies of MechWarrior 3 and 4 for free, in addition to those of MechWarrior Online.
The older games are another matter, though.

[NameTheftVictim]

BerserX, on 08 February 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

(I looked up MW3 online - the cheapest I could find was near $100)

I'm assuming you were only looking at new copies? Because I found used copies for as little as $10.

[Chuckie]

Ironheart, on 02 February 2012 - 01:31 AM, said:

Also, MechCommander 1 and 2 are open source.

Where can you download them..?

[Zarax]

Mechcommander Omnitech is available here: http://www.hard-ligh...php?board=210.0

[NameTheftVictim]

It would be great if MekTek obtained permission from Microsoft to patch up and release all of the Mech games and their expansions like they did with MW4: Mercs, but something tells me that's not gonna happen.

The main hope I have is that Microsoft or whoever holds the rights to all of the games rerelease all the games in one big collection to cash in on MechWarrior Online.

[Opus]

Sadly, I still have all the original disks; to include the 2.5 and 5 inch floppies that Crescent Hawks I and R was released on..

I kept them all,

If you lived in Hell I would "share"

but sadly, it is hard to get within the 7th circle

we're a select group

Edited by Opus, 09 February 2012 - 09:35 AM.

[Chuckie]

Zarax, on 09 February 2012 - 01:47 AM, said:

Mechcommander Omnitech is available here: http://www.hard-ligh...php?board=210.0

Sweet MC2 was one of my favorite games.. but not having the Multiplayer is a killer.. much rather play against others.

Any idea if they are going to release a "Play at own risk or on a LAN" MP support..

[Zarax]

Chuckie, on 09 February 2012 - 09:40 AM, said:

Sweet MC2 was one of my favorite games.. but not having the Multiplayer is a killer.. much rather play against others.

Any idea if they are going to release a "Play at own risk or on a LAN" MP support..

It's not planned for now, especially as the team is working on rebalancing the game towards canon values.
If the teams gets a few extra coders everything would be faster of course, with a lot of luck and time it could become a nice RTS counterpart to MWO...