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[BentLent98]

Why does it require another game thats 20 DOLLARS to run, why can't they just make it a standalone game, they have the CryEngine 3 Free SDK right in front of them! Why cant they just make it with the CryEngine 3 Free SDK?

[Masterbaiter]

This is new.....you need to have
Mechwarrior: Living Legends in order to play Mechwarrior online.....what gives ????

[SquareSphere]

whut?

[BentLent98]

************, on 03 June 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

This is new.....you need to have
Mechwarrior: Living Legends in order to play Mechwarrior online.....what gives ????

I should have put "HELP or DO NOT POST!" first...

[Oswin Aurelius]

Um, because it's a mod. Of Crysis Wars. Thus you need Crysis Wars to play it.

Mechwarrior: Online will be it's own game, and Free-to-Play, thus you will not need to purchase anything at all in order to play it.

[ToxinTractor]

BentLent98, on 03 June 2012 - 07:21 AM, said:

Why does it require another game thats 20 DOLLARS to run, why can't they just make it a standalone game, they have the CryEngine 3 Free SDK right in front of them! Why cant they just make it with the CryEngine 3 Free SDK?

A. its a mod thats been around since 07. B. No one wanted to make a standalone game at the time. And C. They are not going to move it over to cry engine 3 right now because of all the work/time they spent getting the cry engine 2 to do what they need and they are still learning how to work it. IF you think bout it would you want to put a game youve been working on since 07 on a new engine which would require you to change every unit, every map and so on and so forth. That would take aleast another year with how much stuff they have on it.

[BentLent98]

Oswin Aurelius, on 03 June 2012 - 07:34 AM, said:

Um, because it's a mod. Of Crysis Wars. Thus you need Crysis Wars to play it.

Mechwarrior: Online will be it's own game, and Free-to-Play, thus you will not need to purchase anything at all in order to play it.

Im just saying, why cant they use the CryEngine 3 Free SDK to make it a standalone game and free game, I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING BEFORE MWO COMES OUT MAN!

Edit: Ninja Alert!!! But still, it would be a great opportunity to get more players!

Edited by BentLent98, 03 June 2012 - 07:38 AM.

[War Dogz]

BentLent98, on 03 June 2012 - 07:37 AM, said:

Im just saying, why cant they use the CryEngine 3 Free SDK to make it a standalone game and free game, I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOMETHING BEFORE MWO COMES OUT MAN!

Edit: Ninja Alert!!! But still, it would be a great opportunity to get more players!

Maybe you should be asking the ppl who made the mod this question since MWO has nothing to do with it.

[ToxinTractor]

Well they cant, and the licence they have from microsoft means even if they wanted to they cant. Crysis warhead goes on sale often so just keep looking tho i hear its 10$ on Amazon.

[TwoFaced]

Nothing is truely free in this world, hope everyone understands that. Money will exchange for one reason or another.

[BentLent98]

ToxinTractor, on 03 June 2012 - 07:41 AM, said:

Well they cant, and the licence they have from microsoft means even if they wanted to they cant. Crysis warhead goes on sale often so just keep looking tho i hear its 10$ on Amazon.

Microsoft doesn't even own Mechwarrior anymore! They cant have a licence from them anymore... What does their real fake licence say any way?

Edited by BentLent98, 03 June 2012 - 07:45 AM.

[Hartsblade]

BentLent98, on 03 June 2012 - 07:21 AM, said:

Why does it require another game thats 20 DOLLARS to run, why can't they just make it a standalone game, they have the CryEngine 3 Free SDK right in front of them! Why cant they just make it with the CryEngine 3 Free SDK?

ToxinTractor, on 03 June 2012 - 07:36 AM, said:

A. its a mod thats been around since 07. B. No one wanted to make a standalone game at the time. And C. They are not going to move it over to cry engine 3 right now because of all the work/time they spent getting the cry engine 2 to do what they need and they are still learning how to work it. IF you think bout it would you want to put a game youve been working on since 07 on a new engine which would require you to change every unit, every map and so on and so forth. That would take aleast another year with how much stuff they have on it.

I'm a big fan of MWLL, It's a great mod, well worth the twenty bucks (or less, Crysis Wars is constantly on sale for under $10.00), but I think you will get more information on the MWLL forum. I know for a fact that this topic has been gone over a number of times.

[BentLent98]

Hartsblade, on 03 June 2012 - 07:47 AM, said:

(or less, Crysis Wars is constantly on sale for under $10.00)

Not on steam...

[infinite xaer0]

BentLent98, on 03 June 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

Microsoft doesn't even own Mechwarrior anymore! They cant have a licence from them anymore... What does their real fake licence say any way?

i'm fairly certain that M$ never sold the license to MW..

also, MW:LL isn't going to be ported over to cryengine 3 b/c it would take 9+ months to do the job, and the devs don't want to leave the game dormant for that long.

[ToxinTractor]

Im not sure what the details are of their licence but all i know is they are not a loud to make profit, they are not a loud to be a competitor (So a game that is the same as MWO or extremely similar). And from what the devs are saying, nothing has changed regarding that. though im pretty sure Microsoft has power of the MW titles. I dont see why your complaining over it really, its a great mod with a amazing community. Its just really the hardcore TT fans/MW4 guys who seem to shun it. Id say give it a try before you condem it, it has a community run TS that every one uses and is a good way to practice for MWO. And these days man 20$ isnt much to shell out for a game. They have plenty of guides with install/game play.
This is better suited for their forums though instead of here as the devs can give you a more complete answer.

[BoxOfAids]

infinite xaer0, on 03 June 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

also, MW:LL isn't going to be ported over to cryengine 3 b/c it would take 9+ months to do the job, and the devs don't want to leave the game dormant for that long.

Basically this. If they made it standalone, it would take probably about a full YEAR to get it working. It would be easier for them in the long run, but in the meantime they have the current mod being left behind, never getting any updates for a full year, which would kill much of the community that they already have. So even if they started now, you would have MWO many many months before MWLL became standalone.

Also, you should have bought Crysis/Warhead when is was $10 for both on steam.

[Ghogiel]

There is a thread on their forums addressing this question.

If would be great to be able to get into the mod for free. but well.. it's just a bummer really.

[zudukai]

lol ffs, mektek.net has MW4 for free, and hosts the current (not) zonematch ("mekmatch"), microsoft basically GAVE it to them, to give to us, so, go play it!

[redreaper]

The reason is rather simple converting all the content they have now from cryengine 2 to 3 would take a long time for them plus having to learn how cryengine 3 works that would basically mean their would be no new content till after they had it completely remade it in cryengine 3 well after MWO comes out.

[SquareSphere]

BentLent98, on 03 June 2012 - 07:45 AM, said:

Microsoft doesn't even own Mechwarrior anymore! They cant have a licence from them anymore... What does their real fake licence say any way?

You are 10000% wrong. MS does retain the mechwarrior licence. I suggest you do some reading on a thing called google.

Edited by SquareSphere, 03 June 2012 - 08:27 AM.