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General information
- BattleTech Wiki - A massive wiki for everything BattleTech related
- Mechcommander 2 on TheGameEngine.org - solving some technical issues.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
- The freeware version of the game is missing cinematics.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Sound Effects, Radio Chatter, Computer Message. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
| 8 |
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Online play |
| 8 |
The official MSN Gaming Zone service has been shut down. |
Issues fixed
Very poor performance, blocky textures, grey colors / distortion, poor particle effects
Move, delete or rename files[citation needed]
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- Move, rename or delete any copies of the files
vidcard.csv and badcard.csv in <path-to-game> .
- (Original CD version only): Move, delete or rename the file
imagehlp.dll in <path-to-game>\assets\binaries . This should start the game in 3D mode.
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Game is unable to launch
Missing mouse cursor
Disable Hardware Mouse Update under Graphics[citation needed]
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Mouse cursor trails in Encyclopedia
Launch the Encyclopedia from within the game instead of directly[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Multiplayer |
MSN Gaming Zone |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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