Titanium NetMech/MercNet in XP

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ugoff
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Titanium NetMech/MercNet in XP

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I have successfully ran and used both the Titanium verions of NetMech and MercNet in XP. I experienced the InitDrawMode error everyone was getting. Upon reading a post about modifying the netshell.dll of Mercenaries 1.1 to run in XP, I made the same modification to each dll in both games. It seems to do the trick.

Using a hex-editor, open the desired netshell.dll. Do a plain-text/ASCII search for GDI32.DLL. When found, replace the 3 with a 4 (GDI42.DLL). Of course, make sure this file is in the game directory before you try to run it. (I think 31CC was missing it, so I grabbed it from Mercs.) Save and run. Easy as that, assuming all the other XP patching was done, Glide wrapper has been installed, and compatibility mode settings have been enabled.
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Re: Titanium NetMech/MercNet in XP

Post by Sir MMPD Radick »

Yep, Kontzas trick. :)
Glad ya posted it though, better to have the info out there rather than obscurity.

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