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the mechwarrior 2/netmech revival LIVES! http://s10.invisionfree.com/NETMECH_CLASSIC/index.php? i finally decided it was time to create a forum all about bringing netmech/mechwarrior 2 back to life. it (the forum) was born today - PLEASE swing by!! i, hooby, the admin, also plan on adding a subforum to it thats all about getting mechwarrior 2 running, so all you support-happy folk can feel right at home! THANK YOU!

Originally posted by dosfreak: Quote: Of course, but the site isn't helpful for 2000/XP users. you and i seem to be sharing similar goals; recently a friend and i picked up our aging copies of mech2 and were like "we never played netmech." so, i did a boatload of googling and figured a few things out. for the past week or so we have been playing netmech with eachother on kali, using the dos version under XP. my current goal is to collect all the 3d enhanced versions, release their special files online, and install win9x on a partition. then i would like to run them (with or without older video hardware (lots of experimentation with glide wrappers, etc)), and play netmech online with my buddies, 3d-enhanced-style. i think at that point i will release a nice webpage that tells people what to do to in order to join us. i call it "the 10th anniversary mech2/netmech revival movement!" i never played titanium, and would like to - but ive heard mixed things about it, like that it just doesnt bring forth the same "feel" as the original and 3d enhanced versions. if these things sound cool to you, go here: http://s7.invisionfree.com/odm/index.php?showforum=6 and make a post to just let me know you are interested. you seem to know what you are doing. thanks! ps - i am hooby

Originally posted by dosfreak: Quote: When you do find a copy read this: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=7728 I wish I had all the different versions of Mechwarrior. Then I could simply run a windiff against them, find out what's different and then it would be simple to simply upload whatever files are needed for whichever ver of Mechwarrior a person had. The versions of Mechwarrior aren't that different. Unfortunately, it is pretty hard to get the copies unless you resort to downloading them off the net or scoure ebay/internet for hours. have you ever been here: http://www.geocities.com/k_lupinsky/ ? in my opinion, that is the most useful mech2 site on the internet. read the FAQ.

i was able to play MechWarrior 2 fully with the DOS install under XP - and yes, i was even able to go to the clan halls and play each clan's single-player missions, as well as ToG. i have a soundblaster live! card, and it does a great job of emulating old soundblasters. so, when i used to try to play the game i could only play ToG - and it worked perfectly with full sound and no modification. however, when i tried to go to a clan hall, the cutscene would play and then it would exit. i decided to try NOLFB, and now it works without a hitch. so, using ONLY a batch file with NOLFB and MECH2, i am able to play the game under XP (No VDMSound at all). this helped: http://www.mektek.net/forums/index.php?a...668176ac2fdfe3a but that thread is essentially this one.