MechWarrior

MechWarrior

Developers
	Dynamix
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
DOS	September 16, 1989

MechWarrior

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

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Requires the manual to answer copy protection questions.

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run MechWarrior correctly in DOSBox make the following changes to the DOSBox configuration file:

• Change cycles=auto to cycles=4000
• Change mpu401=intelligent to mpu401=uart (this prevents a freeze when completing a mission)

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\*.GAM

In-game settings are stored in each save rather than shared.

Video settings

In-game options menu

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Layout is quite archaic compared to modern standards. The manual has a list of the keys on page 27. Changing the controls may be achievable in DOSBox using the remapper.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Limited native support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Game freezes when completing a mission

Change mpu401=intelligent to mpu401=uart in the DOSBox configuration file (see run in DOSBox).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA, CGA, Tandy

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	6.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel 286
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA graphics card