alright so I've been trying to get MERCENARIES running as well.
I've decided to go the Virtual PC route and emulate Win95, since MS is offering VirtualPC 2004 for free now, and I thought it would be relatively simple to setup and may perhaps.
I've labored through getting Win95 installed on my Virtual Machine, and I've got Mercs installed and patched to V1.1 (optioned for the D3D install)
Everything seems to be working OK, all the way up 'till I launch. The game goes through the "synchronizing neurohelmet interface" deal, and proceeds to go to a black screen and stops responding. I've read that VirtualPC does not support Direct3D, which could very well be what is causing this crash. I'm not home though ATM and can't test whether or not patching w/o D3D remedies the problem. Any other ideas? I've no experience with VirtualPC prior to this, so I'm pretty much of a noob when it coems to the little do's and don'ts about this prog.
I'm running:
Dell Inspiron 600m Laptop (on a port replicator)
XP Pro
1.4Ghz Pentium M
1024MB Ram
64MB Mobility ATI Radeon 9000
External USB SoundBlaster Audigy 2 NX <--- could be an issue, haven't tried using onboard sound card
any expert help would be very much appreciated. feel free to email me at mcs47@drexel.edu
