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MechCommander 2
MechCommander 2 cover
Developers
FASA Interactive
Publishers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows July 17, 2001
MechCommander 2 on Wikipedia
MechCommander
Subseries of BattleTech
MechCommander 1998
MechCommander 2 2001

Key points

Re-released as a free download as part of the Shared Source Release.
Includes a game editor.

General information

BattleTech Wiki - A massive wiki for everything BattleTech related
Mechcommander 2 on TheGameEngine.org - solving some technical issues.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
Official website
DRM-free
Shared Source Release
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Shared Source Release

The Microsoft MechCommander 2 Shared Source Release includes the full game in its FinalBuild folder. The game is Mc2Rel.exe and the editor is EditRel.exe.

Notes

This version of the game will be missing cinematics such as intro and ending videos and video mission briefings.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\options.cfg[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\data\savegame[Note 2]

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8
Online play
8 Zone.com integration has been shut down.

Issues fixed

Missing mouse cursor

Disable Hardware Mouse Update under Graphics. The cursor will then become visible again.

Mouse cursor trails in Encyclopedia

Launch the Encyclopedia from within the game instead of directly; the mouse cursor will then display normally.

Very poor performance, blocky textures, grey colors / distortion, poor particle effects

Delete any copies of the files vidcard.csv and badcard.csv in your MC2 folder.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU) 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA 2D video card
8 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References