MechWarrior 2: Resource Forum

I just made an interesting discovery. Turns out I was using dgVoodooSetup wrong. By default it configures glide2x.dll. But MW2 uses glide.dll. By deleting glide2x.dll, the setup will default to glide.dll. Now my settings actually do something. And I found that if I force windowed mode, the game beco...

The 3DFX version of MW2 31CC is my favorite version of MW2, and it works fine for me in Windows XP SP3 32-bit by using MW2Hook, dgVoodoo, and Windows 95 compatibility mode. However, Windows 7 64 is the future, so I'm trying to future-proof all my games by figuring out how to run them on a Win7 machi...

Just for the hell of it, here's a beautiful MW1 shot:

All three DOS versions support wireframe mode, and so does MW2 3DFX. Mercs 1.1 and Titanium do not.

Which 3d enhanced versions are you using? All but the DOS versions are 3D enhanced. Aside from Titanium Trilogy, that leaves two 3D enhanced versions - MW2 3DFX, and Mercs 1.1. MW2 3DFX requires a special promotional version of the game, which was by far the hardest to find a copy of. Mercs 1.1 is ...

I've gotten ahold of all the MW2 versions that I think matter: Three versions of MW2:31CC - DOS, 3DFX, and Titanium. Two versions of GBL - DOS and Titanium Three versions of Mercs - DOS 1.06, Windows 1.1, and Titanium. I've taken one shot from each version, to show the difference in the graphics. Sh...

If you move the cursor to the top of the screen while in any of the 2D screens, you'll see an "options" toolbar. In that toolbar is a "video options" item. Select that - the "Primary Display Adapter" option will be in there. Also, I noticed that your MW2.PRJ file is abo...

You did run MechPrep.exe, right? Is the game set to use "Primary Display Adapter" as the video renderer? That should be the default - Mercs 1.1 has serious problems with software rendering. Also, what video card are you using? And do you have the latest GPU drivers installed? Also, since y...

Big thanks to Kontza for making the Mercs patching method and the MechPrep tool. I wouldn't have been able to get Mercs 1.1 working in the first place without them. This took a lot of trial and error, and I'm not even sure what all the steps involved were, but I've gotten Mercs 1.1 XP to run on 3 di...

I've been trying to figure out how to create the "ultimate" MechWarrior II experience for all three games in it. First I was trying to figure out how to solve the problems with Titanium compared to DOS, but eventually settled for just using DOS. However, recently I've been reading about th...