Nah, doesn't work for me.
Windbg output below:

myne wrote on 2024-07-20, 09:26:

Nah, doesn't work for me.
Windbg output below:

I am a little confused. I can see an access violation in Disasm.dll. When did this start happening? What is the earliest mw2installer or DxWnd package that worked?

I was just attempting to update the dxwnd package from the one bundled with the installer. That's the one that worked. I haven't checked the version.

May i suggest updating the package for mercenaries with 1.1 patch for the 3dfx release?

I never got the mercs patch working 😒

The attempt (files) are in the second link in the first post if you want to see if you can figure it out

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-15, 23:28:

May i suggest updating the package for mercenaries with 1.1 patch for the 3dfx release?

Give me a week to test it, busy days...

By the way another thing, which needs to be checked with mech2.org discord if anyone here has contact with them
back in the days of the xp patch for mech 2, there it was a resolution hack for meck 2 that permitted higher resolutions for mw2 and mercs, but due to win 8 and 10's release that was lost, their discord may remember the res program.
you could simply click and chose any res and execute the game, it was a better alternative to the _mw2res and _titanRes files

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-16, 13:40:

By the way another thing, which needs to be checked with mech2.org discord if anyone here has contact with them
back in the days of the xp patch for mech 2, there it was a resolution hack for meck 2 that permitted higher resolutions for mw2 and mercs, but due to win 8 and 10's release that was lost, their discord may remember the res program.
you could simply click and chose any res and execute the game, it was a better alternative to the _mw2res and _titanRes files

If it can be put on the MechVM installation of the game, there's still a chance it can work on Win8+. No promises, just speculation as the game still works with MechVM on Win8+, although DxWnd hook is needed to run sideways.

Hi I am new here, but i have been trying to use the mw2 installer that is linked in myne's signature to install mechwarrior 2 titanium edition on windows 10 but it is not able to install the version of mech 2 mercs i have in my disc drive. Does anyone have any ideas? I have attached the picture of the error that also shows i have the disc in my drive

I also took a look at the powershell script and wondered if my version of mech 2 mercs might not be listed here. seems like this section looks at the cd in the drive and selects a install method automatically based on the cd.

Yep. That's exactly it.
Copy, paste and modify one of the existing Titanium mercs lines to match and it will probably work.

Then paste the modded script here if it works.

I tried to make the script understandable by anyone with basic knowledge - because I and Beennath can't always fix everything and more eyes =better results.

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-16, 13:40:

back in the days of the xp patch for mech 2, there it was a resolution hack for meck 2 that permitted higher resolutions for mw2 and mercs, but due to win 8 and 10's release that was lost, their discord may remember the res program.

Change the resolution with the dgvoodoo exe.
It'll do 4k for the engine, but not the HUD.

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-16, 13:40:

back in the days of the xp patch for mech 2, there it was a resolution hack for meck 2 that permitted higher resolutions for mw2 and mercs, but due to win 8 and 10's release that was lost, their discord may remember the res program.

It looks like there is none for the Windows version? Only the DOS with some DLL edits? Even Vogons has denied the existence of any for Win

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-15, 23:28:

May i suggest updating the package for mercenaries with 1.1 patch for the 3dfx release?

Can you check if this is the game you meant? (run the splash.exe of your game)

So here is an update, the 3dfx installer for mercs doesnt work here at all, even the old cd i had as "other means", so it must be hardware related issue due to the 2600x i am using.

But the 3d positional and 3d enhanced version works as mech2.org 1.1 patch for it which has the mechprep i spoke earlier that changes the game resolution, which makes me wonder if its possible to use mechprep alongside dxwnd to increase the game res to full hd, or have dxwnd use dgvoodoo's own ddraw to crank the res to full hd.

Also Audio works because i am dumb and i forgot to set dxwnd to audio files.

Here is Mech 2 3dfx in its all glory and "wireframe" mode, all is left now is the hud transparency issues, but is working flawlessly.
Though a .MAP edit to add modern KBM controls would be necessary.

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-17, 15:06:

Here is Mech 2 3dfx in its all glory and "wireframe" mode, all is left now is the hud transparency issues, but is working flawlessly.
Though a .MAP edit to add modern KBM controls would be necessary.

MechWarrior 2 3Dfx Edition doesn't load HUD in mission as well as pause menu ?

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2024-09-18, 10:21:

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-17, 15:06:

Here is Mech 2 3dfx in its all glory and "wireframe" mode, all is left now is the hud transparency issues, but is working flawlessly.
Though a .MAP edit to add modern KBM controls would be necessary.

MechWarrior 2 3Dfx Edition doesn't load HUD in mission as well as pause menu ?

i mean that the hud's transparency issues i reported it to dege and related to another game, which is Uprising, but i fixed myself later.
As for mech 2 3dfx, this is what i meant

The ui is reacting to the surroundings due to this transparency issue.
when i activate external camera, the ui is has no transparency issues due to the black color in the background.

Edit, i saw the problem at the other thread, and i think it is related to the issue i found with uprising.

As for Mercenaries with the mech2.org patch, i decided to use dgvoodoo2 ddraw and it works in full hd and higher res and scaling, the only issue is the menu flickering, but it is in full hd

So i decided to install reshade now to see how it is with the games
Both MercsD3D and MW2 3dfx works greatly, but Ghost Bear Legacy has a strange issue which is more related to dgvoodoo2 on which the screen flickers and loses color depth, and later works fine through some meshes becomes invisible, menu also has this strange scaling issue where it also flickers and the screen goes black and you see only minimized, i tested it later with cnc-ddraw and i found that the game works but the moment you quit a mission or completes it, the game crashes.

it would be nice if dege could investigate this issue with ddraw.dll compatibility because its happening without reshade's own dxgi.dll.

Also on a note, i decided to test the battlepack edition of GBL and it didn't work accusing missing files, later i got a virtual machine and patched it to 1.05 and it didnt work either because even with the cd or image on the tray it claims that the cd isn't there.

It's great that you're doing this.
Are you able to take some notes on exactly what and how you're doing it?
If you're finding tweaks to dxwnd settings or dgvoodoo, it will be easy to incorporate for others.
And exactly what versions (there are about 40)?
You note gbl, but not which.
The simple way would be to copy the installers version string eg mw2-titanium-mw2titanium

Also, are you using the installer? Is it working for you?

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-27, 01:27:

So i decided to install reshade now to see how it is with the games Both MercsD3D and MW2 3dfx works greatly, but Ghost Bear Leg […]
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So i decided to install reshade now to see how it is with the games
Both MercsD3D and MW2 3dfx works greatly, but Ghost Bear Legacy has a strange issue which is more related to dgvoodoo2 on which the screen flickers and loses color depth, and later works fine through some meshes becomes invisible, menu also has this strange scaling issue where it also flickers and the screen goes black and you see only minimized, i tested it later with cnc-ddraw and i found that the game works but the moment you quit a mission or completes it, the game crashes.

it would be nice if dege could investigate this issue with ddraw.dll compatibility because its happening without reshade's own dxgi.dll.

Also on a note, i decided to test the battlepack edition of GBL and it didn't work accusing missing files, later i got a virtual machine and patched it to 1.05 and it didnt work either because even with the cd or image on the tray it claims that the cd isn't there.

I think the screen flickering isn't related to dgVoodoo2. Can you check this: play a mission, exit it and then reenter, and see if the flickering happens?

myne wrote on 2024-09-27, 02:25:

It's great that you're doing this. Are you able to take some notes on exactly what and how you're doing it? If you're finding tw […]
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It's great that you're doing this.
Are you able to take some notes on exactly what and how you're doing it?
If you're finding tweaks to dxwnd settings or dgvoodoo, it will be easy to incorporate for others.
And exactly what versions (there are about 40)?
You note gbl, but not which.
The simple way would be to copy the installers version string eg mw2-titanium-mw2titanium

Also, are you using the installer? Is it working for you?

Yes the installer is working perfectly for the other mech 2, only Battlepack seems to be the issue.
As for Mercs, Enhanced 3d edition uses DDRAW primarily as its render since there is no glide support in this version.
Also something Dege could check it out but it seems that the voices ingame disappears as the voices and sound effects in menu, ill post the config now so it is easy to check it out.

BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2024-09-27, 07:51:

Deffnator wrote on 2024-09-27, 01:27:

So i decided to install reshade now to see how it is with the games Both MercsD3D and MW2 3dfx works greatly, but Ghost Bear Leg […]
Show full quote

So i decided to install reshade now to see how it is with the games
Both MercsD3D and MW2 3dfx works greatly, but Ghost Bear Legacy has a strange issue which is more related to dgvoodoo2 on which the screen flickers and loses color depth, and later works fine through some meshes becomes invisible, menu also has this strange scaling issue where it also flickers and the screen goes black and you see only minimized, i tested it later with cnc-ddraw and i found that the game works but the moment you quit a mission or completes it, the game crashes.

it would be nice if dege could investigate this issue with ddraw.dll compatibility because its happening without reshade's own dxgi.dll.

Also on a note, i decided to test the battlepack edition of GBL and it didn't work accusing missing files, later i got a virtual machine and patched it to 1.05 and it didnt work either because even with the cd or image on the tray it claims that the cd isn't there.

I think the screen flickering isn't related to dgVoodoo2. Can you check this: play a mission, exit it and then reenter, and see if the flickering happens?

The flickering is now fixed, i'll post both conf files at the dgvoodoo thread, the issue now is just the meshes becoming invisible and 3d mercs audio and not recognizing the ripped audio even with the most up to date version of winmm ogg.