I buggered that one up.
Commented some important lines.

Figured GBL out.
Different 1.1 patch.

The following CD labels appear to work.

TITAN_MW2
TITAN_GBL
TITAN_MERCS
MECH2
GBLWIN95
Mercenaries
mercs3dfx

myne wrote on 2023-11-25, 03:36:

Figured GBL out. Different 1.1 patch. […]
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Figured GBL out.
Different 1.1 patch.

The following CD labels appear to work.

TITAN_MW2
TITAN_GBL
TITAN_MERCS
MECH2
GBLWIN95
Mercenaries
mercs3dfx

I will test it now, I wasn't able to test the previous release anyways.

One thing you have to note that there are multiple "MECH2" CDs. For example, the ATI, the 3Dfx, the S3, the Pentium Ed all have the same CD label. That's yet another problem! Also the main Mercs and D3Ds one has same label probably too.

GBLWIN95 has another label, GBL, at least in US releases.

Keep it granular if you like.
It's now using CDLABEL + PRODUCTID + PRODUCTNAME

I've integrated the mercs 1.1 patch, but it's not set to install on ANY of them yet.
I couldn't make it work for whatever reason. Possibly the wrong initial version.
Unfortunately that now makes it much bigger and with the 5mb attachment limit, it's now 4 files.

Feel free to test adding editions.

This is the part to add the granular editions
If you want to add an edition just add something like
$nameyoulike ="MechWarrior 2 SPECIALEDITION"

1#Recognised editions from product.ini on CD 
2#$recognisedvers="GBW","Mercs3DSW95","MercsW95","MW2W","TITW95","TITMW2W95","TITMERW95"
3    #w95
4$MW2W="MechWarrior 2 - 31st Centrury Combat"
5$GBW ="MechWarrior 2 - Ghost Bears Legacy"
6$MercsW95="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries"
7    #tit
8$TITGBLW95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - Ghost Bears Legacy"
9$TITMW2W95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - 31st Centrury Combat"
10$TITMERW95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - Mercenaries"
11    #3dfx
12$mercs3dfx="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries 3DFX"
13    #direct 3d
14$Mercs3DSW95 ="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries D3D"

This is the part where you decide which edition config to install
Here you combine the cdlabel with the ProductID and Productname from the cd's product.ini, and then add {$edition="Whateveryoulike"; break;
eg
"MECH2 MW2SPECIALEDITIONMECH2 Special Edition" {$edition="Whateveryoulike"; break;

1switch ("$cdlabel$ProductID$productname") {
2    "MECH2MW2WMechWarrior 2"                                  {$edition="MW2W"; break}
3    "TITMW2W95MW2 Titanium Edition"                           {$edition="TITMW2W95"; break}
4    "GBLWIN95   GBWGhost Bear's Legacy"                       {$edition="GBW"; break}
5    "TITAN_GBL   TITW95Titanium Trilogy"                      {$edition="TITGBLW95"; break}
6    "MERCS3DFXMERCS3DFXMercenaries 3DFX"                      {$edition="mercs3dfx"; break}
7    "MERCENARIES   MercsW95Mercenaries"                       {$edition="MercsW95"; break}
8    "Mercenaries   Mercs3DSW95Mercenaries D3D"                {$edition="$Mercs3DSW95"; break}
9    "TITAN_MERCS   TITMERW95Mercenaries Titanium Edition"     {$edition="TITMERW95"; break}
10}

If you've having problems getting the exact label+prodid+prodname
Put

1write-host "$cdlabel$ProductID$productname"

just before

1switch ("$cdlabel$ProductID$productname") {

Then you can copy it from the window

This is an example of an edition's config
To add one you'd just copy one existing one, and change the top line to
If ($edition -eq "WHATEVERYOULIKE") {
and then change the config options

1#GBL titanium
2If ($edition -eq "TITGBLW95") {
3    $cdexe=""
4    $origexe="gblwin.exe"
5    $renameexename="gbltit.exe"
6    $compatpatch="gbltit.sdb"
7    $dxwicon=$dxwgblicon
8    $shortcuticon="gbl.ico"
9    $movehelp="yes"
10    $copydirectplay="yes"    
11    $copycommonfiles="Yes"
12    $copytitfixes="Yes"
13    $copyfolders="smk","launch","help"
14    $copyotherfolders="$CDDRIVE\install\data\","$CDDRIVE\install\16bit\"
15    $copyfiles=""
16    $copy11mw2patch="no"
17    $copy11gblpatch="no"
18    $copy11merpatch="no"
19    $install="yes"
20    $delfiles=$null
21}

You shouldn't need to do anything else unless I've forgotten something

myne wrote on 2023-11-25, 06:11:

Keep it granular if you like. It's now using CDLABEL + PRODUCTID + PRODUCTNAME […]
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Keep it granular if you like.
It's now using CDLABEL + PRODUCTID + PRODUCTNAME

I've integrated the mercs 1.1 patch, but it's not set to install on ANY of them yet.
I couldn't make it work for whatever reason. Possibly the wrong initial version.
Unfortunately that now makes it much bigger and with the 5mb attachment limit, it's now 4 files.

Feel free to test adding editions.

This is the part to add the granular editions

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1#Recognised editions from product.ini on CD 
2#$recognisedvers="GBW","Mercs3DSW95","MercsW95","MW2W","TITW95","TITMW2W95","TITMERW95"
3    #w95
4$MW2W="MechWarrior 2 - 31st Centrury Combat"
5$GBW ="MechWarrior 2 - Ghost Bears Legacy"
6$MercsW95="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries"
7    #tit
8$TITGBLW95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - Ghost Bears Legacy"
9$TITMW2W95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - 31st Centrury Combat"
10$TITMERW95="MechWarrior 2 Titanium - Mercenaries"
11    #3dfx
12$mercs3dfx="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries 3DFX"
13    #direct 3d
14$Mercs3DSW95 ="MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries D3D"

This is the part where you decide which edition config to install

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1switch ("$cdlabel$ProductID$productname") {
2    "MECH2MW2WMechWarrior 2"                                  {$edition="MW2W"; break}
3    "TITMW2W95MW2 Titanium Edition"                           {$edition="TITMW2W95"; break}
4    "GBLWIN95   GBWGhost Bear's Legacy"                       {$edition="GBW"; break}
5    "TITAN_GBL   TITW95Titanium Trilogy"                      {$edition="TITGBLW95"; break}
6    "MERCS3DFXMERCS3DFXMercenaries 3DFX"                      {$edition="mercs3dfx"; break}
7    "MERCENARIES   MercsW95Mercenaries"                       {$edition="MercsW95"; break}
8    "Mercenaries   Mercs3DSW95Mercenaries D3D"                {$edition="$Mercs3DSW95"; break}
9    "TITAN_MERCS   TITMERW95Mercenaries Titanium Edition"     {$edition="TITMERW95"; break}
10}

This is an example of an edition's config

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1#GBL titanium
2If ($edition -eq "TITGBLW95") {
3    $cdexe=""
4    $origexe="gblwin.exe"
5    $renameexename="gbltit.exe"
6    $compatpatch="gbltit.sdb"
7    $dxwicon=$dxwgblicon
8    $shortcuticon="gbl.ico"
9    $movehelp="yes"
10    $copydirectplay="yes"    
11    $copycommonfiles="Yes"
12    $copytitfixes="Yes"
13    $copyfolders="smk","launch","help"
14    $copyotherfolders="$CDDRIVE\install\data\","$CDDRIVE\install\16bit\"
15    $copyfiles=""
16    $copy11mw2patch="no"
17    $copy11gblpatch="no"
18    $copy11merpatch="no"
19    $install="yes"
20    $delfiles=$null
21}

This one looks better. This one should be enough.

I added the GBL CD too, its working.

Looking into the multiple MECH2 CDs now.

Good to hear.
How many damned editions were there? 🤣

myne wrote on 2023-11-25, 06:47:

Good to hear.
How many damned editions were there? 🤣

37, 36 according to http://www.mech2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28 … topic.php?t=281 + PowerVR version

Edit: One problem is the 3Dfx Mech2 31st CC doesn't copy the dgVoodoo2 files. Now I feel like reversing the Product label and CD label but then I think about Titanium

Update: Also all the HW accelerated MECH2 don't use the same patch. Most are pre-patched, some are not compatible with the 1.1 patch. Give me some time to think 🤣

just put $copytitfixes="Yes" to get dgvoodoo over

myne wrote on 2023-11-25, 08:03:

just put $copytitfixes="Yes" to get dgvoodoo over

Some misc updates:

1) The necessity to install the sdb file is removed. I will change this in the next DxWnd version.
2) Mercenaries still doesn't work well on Win11. I am trying to check where the issue lies, usually WinXP and Win7 comparisions were giving constant results but for this one it isn't.

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2023-11-25, 16:33:

Some misc updates: […]
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myne wrote on 2023-11-25, 08:03:

just put $copytitfixes="Yes" to get dgvoodoo over

Some misc updates:

1) The necessity to install the sdb file is removed. I will change this in the next DxWnd version.
2) Mercenaries still doesn't work well on Win11. I am trying to check where the issue lies, usually WinXP and Win7 comparisions were giving constant results but for this one it isn't.

@myne Can you test this profile for Mercenaries Win95. Rename file to MECH2.EXE or MERCSWIN.EXE or MWTIT.EXE whatever SDB you have already installed. From DxWnd/Tweaks remove IgnoreScheduler.

When you run a mission, exit it and launch it again. The mouse should work then with no desktop flickering. This problem will probably take some extra time.

I uh...
Already didn't have that set by default?

I think what we need is some of the other people who've downloaded the installer to state the version they tested it on and what issues they had.

Also, might be worth updating the first post with the installer as the first method so more people see it and try it.

myne wrote on 2023-11-26, 02:21:

I uh... Already didn't have that set by default? […]
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I uh...
Already didn't have that set by default?

mercsdxw.JPG

I think what we need is some of the other people who've downloaded the installer to state the version they tested it on and what issues they had.

This was for the Mercenaries D3D. I already updated that in a previous post. The settings I now published is for Mercenaries Win95/Pentium Ed.

myne wrote on 2023-11-26, 02:32:

Also, might be worth updating the first post with the installer as the first method so more people see it and try it.

Done. There will be some changes needed in the installer for DxWnd 2.06.01. We will no longer need the sdb installation part.

Mercswin wasn't being renamed, and they were using the same compatibility patch anyway.

#MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries
If ($edition -eq "MercsW95") {
$cdexe=""
$origexe="mercswin.exe"
$renameexename="mercswin.exe"
$compatpatch="mercs3dmissionfix.sdb"
$dxwicon=$dxwMercsicon
$shortcuticon="mercswin.exe"
$movehelp="no"
$copycommonfiles="Yes"
$copydirectplay="no"
$copytitfixes="Yes"
$copyfolders="Keating","smk","CFGS","DLL","GIDDI","GIDDIWIN","MISSIONS","RMG","SMK","SND","VFX","WAV"
$copyotherfolders="$CDDRIVE\mercs\"
$copyfiles=""
$copy11mw2patch="no"
$copy11gblpatch="no"
$copy11merpatch="no"
$install="yes"
$delfiles=$null
}

I'm not seeing much change on the first post?
I was thinking put "try the installer" as the first option.
Then detail the manual method(s).

myne wrote on 2023-11-26, 06:21:

Mercswin wasn't being renamed, and they were using the same compatibility patch anyway. […]
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Mercswin wasn't being renamed, and they were using the same compatibility patch anyway.

#MechWarrior 2 - Mercenaries
If ($edition -eq "MercsW95") {
$cdexe=""
$origexe="mercswin.exe"
$renameexename="mercswin.exe"
$compatpatch="mercs3dmissionfix.sdb"
$dxwicon=$dxwMercsicon
$shortcuticon="mercswin.exe"
$movehelp="no"
$copycommonfiles="Yes"
$copydirectplay="no"
$copytitfixes="Yes"
$copyfolders="Keating","smk","CFGS","DLL","GIDDI","GIDDIWIN","MISSIONS","RMG","SMK","SND","VFX","WAV"
$copyotherfolders="$CDDRIVE\mercs\"
$copyfiles=""
$copy11mw2patch="no"
$copy11gblpatch="no"
$copy11merpatch="no"
$install="yes"
$delfiles=$null
}

I'm not seeing much change on the first post?
I was thinking put "try the installer" as the first option.
Then detail the manual method(s).

Ok I will change that when I get home

Btw you didn't say if Mercenaries worked

Well... it was working before, and nothing's changed, so... yes?

myne wrote on 2023-11-26, 07:58:

Well... it was working before, and nothing's changed, so... yes?

Ok it didn't work for me, I had to add another heap mechanism to it.

I am making some future changes to the installer.

There's another update: setting Windows 95 compatibility modes in installers should not be needed anymore. The 2001 version of ACT can apply SDB patches to non-executable files too. With that I could have every installer running natively without the EmulateHeap crash interfering.

myne wrote on 2023-11-26, 07:58:

Well... it was working before, and nothing's changed, so... yes?

I changed a few more stuffs, uploading tomorrow:

The original installers for Titanium and Win95 games shouldn't need compatibility modes and will be replaced by SDB.

I changed your installer to place dgVoodoo2 for more fame versions. For eg, MECH2 could mean 3dfx mech2 or the directdraw game, so having 3dfx wrapper won't harm either game in any way.

Yeah, fair enough.
That's why I tried to make it easy to add editions.
We could simply put the dgvoodoo files in common and get rid of that titfixes folder.

I have found some logic bugs with the cdlable+productid+productname.
They don't stop it working, but it's not 'right'