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by weary_old_man
Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:41 pm
Forum: MechVM
Topic: Files Modified During MechVM Installs
Replies: 2
Views: 109145

Re: Files Modified During MechVM Installs

Upon further examination, I seem to be conflating what MechVM is doing with something that might be just a bug in Mech2 V1.1. It seems to have something to do with MW2SHELL.EXE in Mech2 V1.1. When using a V1.1 shell file, the Rifleman config, for example is overweight, but when I copy an original, M...
by weary_old_man
Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: MechVM
Topic: Files Modified During MechVM Installs
Replies: 2
Views: 109145

Re: Files Modified During MechVM Installs

Hi again, It looks like MechVM does change some files that then get reverted when patching. For example, installing MW2:31st from MechVM corrects some mech configurations, e.g., the overweight rifleman, but upgrading that installation from v1.0 to v1.1 overwrites those configuration changes. Is ther...
by weary_old_man
Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:22 am
Forum: MechVM
Topic: Files Modified During MechVM Installs
Replies: 2
Views: 109145

Files Modified During MechVM Installs

Greetings, new (old) Mechwarrior here, I recently installed MW2:31st and MW2:Mercs with MechVM, and was curious what/if game files, like MW2.PRJ, are modified during the installation. I'd like to get my DOS versions patched to 1.1 and 1.06, respectively, but want to make sure I don't goof up or can ...