Mechwarrior 4's out

flaagan · May 2010

http://kotaku.com/5528551/free-mechwarrior-4-here-whos-ready

Here's the link for the actual site, but it's currently not loading (I wonder why...

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http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/

oXYnary · May 2010

Time to break out my Microsoft Sidewinder FF 2...

flaagan · May 2010

oXYnary wrote: »

Time to break out my Microsoft Sidewinder FF 2...

I was digging around earlier, I think I still have my Panther XL buried somewhere.. not that I can hook it up to my current rig.

This game combined with the Black Prophecy MMO, may mean it's finally time to buy a joystick for my comp. :poly142:

rolfness · May 2010

this is like the worst cocktease ever.. announce that MW4 is out with a website that DOESN'T WORK !!!!wtf...

MALicivs · May 2010

OMGOMGOMG!

humm.. yeah the link doesn't work

Vrav · May 2010

Is down for me too, but I had it open from earlier.
Apparently their downloader is super slow, so I was given a torrent..!

chatlog wrote:

[20:56] Vrv: You got the torrent?
[20:56] Optic: findy linky
[20:56] Vrv: Eee
[20:56] Optic: http://www.mektek.net/mw4free/torrents/files/mechwarrior4mercenaries.all.to.51.03.01.0017.mtx.torrent
[20:57] Vrv: Downloads!
[20:59] Optic: "Download the torrent, download mechwarrior4mercenaries.all.to.51.03.01.0017.mtx , rename the file extension from *.mtx to .zip, and then unzip it to a subdirectory. Finally run baseMW4Mercs.exe to play the game."
[21:00] Vrv: Awesome

*IMPORTANT UPDATE*

We are noticing an issue when people begin downloading via torrent and then switch to HTTP. This is causing the file core.mw4 to become corrupted.

Please DO NOT switch from Torrent to HTTP in the middle of the download.
An update to MTX will be issued shortly to prevent this from happening in the future.
If you are having problems joining servers or are getting kicked upon entering a game, you will need to download a good copy of the file core.mw4 by clicking here.

Once downloaded, unzip the file then replace the bad core.mw4 file, located in Program Filesmektek.netMechwarrior Mercenaries - Mektek MekpakRESOURCE, with the new one.

Also, it is advisable to to delete your MTX temp folder located at Program Filesmektek.netMTXtemp

Finally, the long awaited moment has arrived!

Studio MekTek, in association with Smith and Tinker, INC., Virtual World Entertainment, LLC, Catalyst Game Labs, and Microsoft Games, is happy to announce the release of Mechwarrior4 Free.

Getting started is easy. Just download and install MTX, MekTek's free content delivery and updating system. Once installed, simply click the Games Available tab, select Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries and click install. The game will download and install, all within MTX, and as updates become available, MTX will help you keep your game up to date.

Once again, a big thanks to Microsoft Games and all of our partners for making this free release possible, and a special thanks to all of you in the community. Without our community, MekTek wouldn't be what it is today. Your continued support and financial contributions have made all of this possible.

Download Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries Free Release (1.7 GB) via MTX today!

Links:

Technical Reference Manual

Corrine's Strategy, Map and Variant Guides

MekMatch

One of the greatest features of MekPak3.1 and of Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries in general, is the ability to customize. Mechwarrior always has been about the Mechlab, especially multiplayer. The Mechlab truly distinguishes MW4 from a long list of shooters that have come out in the past 10 years. The ability to create literally thousands of configurations allows the game to continue in popularity over its lengthy life span. Since the Free Release not only comes with the original mechs and weapons of Mercenaries, but also with the Clan and IS Mech Packs and all the Mektek mechs and weapons here is what you are getting...for free.

111 different mechs ranging from 20 to 100 tons.

9 Battle Armor

6 Infantry

32 Beam Weapons

43 Ballistic Weapons

44 Missile Weapons

7 Electronic Components

3 different types of armor

And, let's not forget the ability to add Heat Sinks to help with Heat Management, upgrading the Engine to increase Speed, and the option to add armor in incremental amounts. The same Mechlab you love has only gotten better over the years.

As if that wasn't enough, the Free Release comes with many improvements over the original Mercs thanks to the Mektek Mekpaks, like added security and a new kind of zone for multiplayer.

That brings us to what many of you have been looking forward to most of all - the new and exciting features and improvements that have been added solely for this special release.

Clan and IS Mech Pack mechs available in campaign

Mektek mechs and weapons added to campaigns

Zonematch has been replaced with MekMatch in all visible text and is the one and only mech-matching service

5 new MekMatch servers to host and play on! You can change servers whenever you like. Each server has a dedicated community to cater to
League Server

New Players

Australia

Europe

North America

"Connect" and "Host" default to the last server chosen

For those that will be hosting games:

New features for dedicated servers like the ability to add a fixed number of bots to a dedicated server upon launch chosen in setup! Bot Levels can also be set. Default game length has been changed to 30 minutes instead of original 10.

Other Improvements:

Game loads much quicker and no longer requires a CD

Original mechs, Clan and IS Mech Pack, and Mektek mechs arranged alphabetically in Mechlab list (no longer have special symbols in front of the mech name except for Battle Armors and Infantry).

New Screenshot Folder for in-game screenshots (instead of the main Mercs installation folder where it was difficult to locate them).

Improvements on-screen:

LTRI (Long Tom Range Indicator) added when a weapon with trajectory is installed on a mech! Torso pitch angle in degrees is also shown! Even height of mech has been calculated and accounted for in range.

Mission and Computer Clock added as part of the UI. Mission Clock is a semi-transparent pie chart indicating how much time is left on a multiplayer map!

Additional Chat state. Besides the in-game chat box's normal and large size you have the option of completely turning off chat (disappears). Pressing the "y" or "u" key (general chat and team chat) causes the chat box to reappear!

rolfness · May 2010

torrent linky also phucked..

Vrav · May 2010

Oh right, 'cause it's on that site! Whoops.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/398143/Files/mechwarrior4mercenaries.all.to.51.03.01.0017.mtx.torrent

rolfness · May 2010

good work fella!!!

DL 118kb sec ^__^

oh yeah whys it free ?

Flaringo · May 2010

This MTX stuff is absolute shite.

Skamberin · May 2010

I remember seeing screenshots from this years back and wanting it badly.
Never played a MW game, now I can.

Gilgamesh · May 2010

Mektek are a bunch of jokers to be honest, they have been doing stuff for MW4 along time and it turned me off the whole series, ill be keeping to MWLL instead I think.

Vrav · May 2010

Yeah... I wouldn't have pasted all that crap if I knew it didn't even work anyway. Fail.

flaagan · May 2010

Vrav wrote: »

Yeah... I wouldn't have pasted all that crap if I knew it didn't even work anyway. Fail.

Huh?

Oh yah, and that torrent downloaded FAST. :poly142:

willy-wilson · May 2010

its downloading fast for me about 800kbs

Vrav · May 2010

Huh! So unzipping the torrent works for you? Guess I spoke too soon. Must be something random on my end that's not letting the game load up. Hmm, I guess I will just have to create my own homebrew Mechwarrior game... out of sticks... and a dead rat.

willy-wilson · May 2010

im not really sure if its going to work but im downloading it

vcool · May 2010

Finished downloading, will check it out later tonight.

willy-wilson · May 2010

If you download the Torrent outside of MTX to install it you have to open MTX click on file / Open File (*.mtx) point it to your torrent that finished to install it could take a bit to install. This will get you the Core file installed

and since there site is down here a link to the setup for mtx

Vrav · May 2010

Read elsewhere that the MTX installer doesn't work because it can't authenticate on their servers.

I eventually did get the game to run just from extracting the torrent and loading \base\MW4Mercs.exe, just had to let it sit for five minutes before it decided to load up. Was a one-time config thing. Game runs pretty sweet, haha, but it's definitely weird... last I played was MechWarrior 3, which was a lot more... concise? I have no idea. Campaign's neat, much like MW2: Mercs.

Friend and I are going to check out the co-op mod, see if we can have some fun.

http://www.fileplanet.com/165727/160000/fileinfo/MechWarrior-4:-Mercenaries---Co-Op-Mod

Mongrelman · May 2010

MW4 was fun, but playing in a League made the game sooooo much better, especially being a fan of the books. I'm glad this stuff is coming out, just hope that it all ends up working and the community picks up more.

Mechwarrior 4's out

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