MW2 weird issues in pure DOS environ
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 6:23 pm
Okay, first thing I want to establish is that I'm using an actual old comp to play Mechwarrior 2.
I checked the version I own on the version comparison's chart. I have the version 1.0 IBM CD-ROM version. I have the graphical details all set to high, and chunky explosions on.
The first time I played it, it allowed me to play training mode and one mission without giving me a hiccup. I called it a day after that.
Then I installed Ghost Bear's Legacy, and then installed the 1.1 patch. This is where things got weird.
I started a new pilot, and went to training... but it kept making the game crash (keep in mind I'm booting directly to DOS, not Windows). If I tried to play a mission, I'd get an error message and sent back to the clan hall with an automatic victory (which I'm way too honorable to take advantage of).
Since then, I've completely deleted and reinstalled the game three times, once I reinstalled the patch, and once I didn't. In the unpatched state, I was able to nearly finish the first Clan Jade Falcon mission before the game crashed on me. Even before that though, I noticed that pressing the space bar just ONCE caused my mech to fire an entire volley of missiles instead of just one, and I'm not sure if that's normal.
Can someone explain to me why installing the patch would cause the game to behave worse? And also, what I probably should do? Is there any recommended DOS settings I should try putting in my Autoexec and Config?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: In the game's install folder there is also a syslog.txt that claims the program couldn't find certain .mek files it was trying to load. Should I be worried about this? (The "MEK" subdirectory is completely blank)
I checked the version I own on the version comparison's chart. I have the version 1.0 IBM CD-ROM version. I have the graphical details all set to high, and chunky explosions on.
The first time I played it, it allowed me to play training mode and one mission without giving me a hiccup. I called it a day after that.
Then I installed Ghost Bear's Legacy, and then installed the 1.1 patch. This is where things got weird.
I started a new pilot, and went to training... but it kept making the game crash (keep in mind I'm booting directly to DOS, not Windows). If I tried to play a mission, I'd get an error message and sent back to the clan hall with an automatic victory (which I'm way too honorable to take advantage of).
Since then, I've completely deleted and reinstalled the game three times, once I reinstalled the patch, and once I didn't. In the unpatched state, I was able to nearly finish the first Clan Jade Falcon mission before the game crashed on me. Even before that though, I noticed that pressing the space bar just ONCE caused my mech to fire an entire volley of missiles instead of just one, and I'm not sure if that's normal.
Can someone explain to me why installing the patch would cause the game to behave worse? And also, what I probably should do? Is there any recommended DOS settings I should try putting in my Autoexec and Config?
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: In the game's install folder there is also a syslog.txt that claims the program couldn't find certain .mek files it was trying to load. Should I be worried about this? (The "MEK" subdirectory is completely blank)