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Revision as of 07:12, 4 October 2021
Developers | |
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FASA Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 17, 2001 |
MechCommander | |
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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 | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Official website | 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
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | 4:3 and 5:4 resolutions only. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate cap. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Radio Chatter, Computer Message. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
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
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16