mccloed wrote:I can't even install Any of the Titanium edition MW's! I've tried the compatibility thing and it never worked. I got it to install on an older rig running XP, but the game won't play, it jst crashes. Can somebody help me out?
The Titanium Trilogy runs on the Mercs 1.1 engine, which is STRICTLY Win9x. Your only hope is crappy emulation(Virtual PC or VMware)or actually acquiring & installing a Win9x OS.
Now, to update on my problems-it doesn't really matter what the OS is-DOS, Win9x, Win2000 Pro or WinXP Home, they're all prone to crash.
Mercs 1.1 Windows: Only runs under Win9x. If you try to actually play the game(Instant Action or a mission), I get an error referring to mercsw.dll.
Mercs 1.06(?) DOS w/NAIS Shell: Runs on ALL OSes. Turning on Object Textures, Terrain Textures or setting Display Detail to High will result in a crash right after the "Initializing Neurohelmet" loading screen. The redbook audio will sill keep playing, though. Keeping those settings off, if you fire certain weapons, your jump jets in 3rd-person view, or hit an enemy 'Mech, the game WILL crash UNLESS enhanced vision mode is active(where everything is viewed in wireframe mode).
What surprises me the most is that the game doesn't run properly EVEN UNDER Win9x. I don't know if re-claiming my Xpert 98 from my dad is going to help in any way...might as well scrounge a couple of Voodoo 2's & an SB16 ISA from somewhere...maybe even a TM FCS/WCS/RCS old-school HOTAS setup...got any pointers?
EDIT: My Voodoo 2 just came in. Installed & ready to go(though the stupid vendor forgot to ship a VGA passthrough with it), but it's knocked out my SB Live! Value for some strange reason. With it, I played Mercs 1.1 quite well under Win98(I mean ALL the eyecandy on!)-now all I needed was some sound. However, my Win98 installation has just been crapping out on me, and I don't know what to do now since I don't have the Win98 SE disc.
EDIT 2: Okay, so I got Win98SE is running smoother than ever at the cost of the ability to boot into Linux, and this time with sound!
But there's still a problem with Mercs 1.1: The game hitches A LOT with my 12 MB Voodoo 2. I definitely don't remember my old Xpert 98 having that problem. More irony on top of a "3Dfx Edition" that uses D3D instead of Glide like it should.