MechWarrior: Living Legends

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

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

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[edit]

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

Essential improvements[edit]

Crysis Wars Multiplayer Mod[edit]

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[edit]

Skip company logos^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Game\Localized\Video\
Delete or move these files:

bg.sfd
Trailer_Wandering_Samurai_Studios.sfd

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Video settings[edit]

Launcher options menu.

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.

Field of view (FOV)^{[citation needed]}

Open the console (~).
Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
Enter cl_fov XX where XX is you desired field of view.

Anisotropic filtering (AF)[edit]

Anisotropic Filtering^{[citation needed]}

Open the console (~).
Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
Enter r_TexMaxAnisotropy XX where XX is you desired AF from range 1 to 16.

Input settings[edit]

External key map settings.

External joystick settings.

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Disabled by default. See Mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration[edit]

Mouse acceleration^{[citation needed]}

Open the console (~).
Enter con_restricted=0 to enable all console commands.
Enter i_mouse_accel X where X is 1 or 0. Default 0 disables acceleration.

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.1
Subtitles		No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

Network[edit]

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[edit]

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

Hangs on startup[edit]

Run the 64-bit version of the game^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Bin64.
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[edit]

API[edit]

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[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Multiplayer	GameSpy
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

System requirements[edit]

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	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS/640

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

[1] MechWarrior: Living Legends Main Site

[versions-2] 2.0 ^2.1 MechWarrior: Living Legends/Versions

[3] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[4] Crysis Warhead & Crysis Wars Failure To Launch Issues - Page 3 - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

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Developers

	Wandering Samurai Studios
Engines
	CryEngine 2
Release dates
Windows	December 26, 2009