Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.


Warning for game developers: PCGamingWiki staff members will only ever reach out to you using the official press@pcgamingwiki.com mail address.
Be aware of scammers claiming to be representatives or affiliates of PCGamingWiki who promise a PCGW page for a game key.

MechWarrior: Living Legends

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
MechWarrior: Living Legends
MechWarrior: Living Legends cover
Developers
Wandering Samurai Studios
Engines
CryEngine 2
Release dates
Windows December 26, 2009
MechWarrior: Living Legends on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Subseries of BattleTech
MechWarrior 1989
MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat 1995
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries 1996
MechWarrior 3 1999
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance 2000
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries 2002
MechWarrior: Living Legends (unofficial game) 2009
MechWarrior Online 2012
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries 2019
MechWarrior 5: Clans 2024

Key points

Total conversion mod for Crysis Wars (multiplayer component of Crysis: Warhead).
Back in active development[1] since October 28, 2016[2]
Now comes preinstalled with OpenSpy.[2]

General information

Official website
Official forums
Official wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Full installation instructions are included.
Windows
Developer website
DRM-free
Community Edition.
Windows

Essential improvements

Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod

This mod updates the game to use new multiplayer master servers, re-enabling online support lost by the GameSpy service shutdown.

Full details and download links can be found on the German Crysis Forums.

Or just follow this installation guide.

Skip intro videos

Skip company logos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Localized\Video\
  2. Delete or move these files:
bg.sfd
Trailer_Wandering_Samurai_Studios.sfd

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Crysis_WARHEAD\

Video settings

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.
In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Field of view (FOV)[citation needed]
  1. Open the console (~).
  2. Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
  3. Enter cl_fov XX where XX is you desired field of view.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Anisotropic Filtering[citation needed]
  1. Open the console (~).
  2. Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
  3. Enter r_TexMaxAnisotropy XX where XX is you desired AF from range 1 to 16.

Input settings

External key map settings.
External key map settings.
External joystick settings.
External joystick settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Mouse acceleration

Mouse acceleration[citation needed]
  1. Open the console (~).
  2. Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
  3. Enter i_mouse_accel X where X is 1 or 0. Default 0 disables acceleration.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32 Versus
Online play
32 Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
All servers need to be launched via the mod laucnher.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 80, 443, 6667, 28910, 29900-29901
UDP 27900-27901, 29910, 64087
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Hangs on startup

Run the 64-bit version of the game[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Bin64.
  2. Launch the crysis64.exe file with the -mod MWLL command line argument to play the 64-bit version of the game.
Stop your antivirus or add the game to its exceptions[4]
(0.8.3) Disable vJoy virtual joytick in device manager[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 10
Shader Model support 3, 4
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit can be found under <path-to-game>\Bin64.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Multiplayer GameSpy
Anti-cheat PunkBuster

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU) 2.8 GHz (XP)
3.2 GHz (Vista)
System memory (RAM) 1.0 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Vista) or faster, AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Vista) or faster.
Supported chipsets: Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

References