First post, by Nomad
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- Newbie
I've been fiddling with all the MechWarrior games of late, trying to get them to work in XP.
I've managed to get MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries working somewhat. I've got the Win 95 version of the game. (not Titanium edition, not 3D enhanced graphics version)
I've discovered that if you run mercs.exe (and not mercswin.exe), the game runs. It runs a little fast and with no sound. (I ran the 1.05 patch and 1.06 patch, but I don't think they're required)
I've tried running the game in DosBox, but it says it can not find the cdrom. I've mounted it using: Mount d d:\ -t cdrom -label MERCENARIES -ioctl
I think the problem might be that dos doesn't understand the label being more than 8 characters long (not sure whether dos allowed for that or not).
If anybody has any hints of how I can mount my cdrom so mercenaries can see it, I will be very grateful. DosBox proberbly won't be able to run at the required speed for the game, but it's a step in the right direction.
Imagine a world where we can play all DOS games. Wouldn't it be nice?