MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
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- I.S. Baby
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MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
I'm running XP, trying to play what I assume is the pentium edition (has netmech, 95 only). I installed it using Mechvm, and it initially didn't play, so I renamed _dplay.dll to dplay.dll and still only gives me a gray screen when trying to run. Is there any solution for this?
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Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
You have two alternatives:
- Run MW2 in a virtual machine like Virtual PC or VMWare
- Buy a DOS edition, which runs best with the fewest problems anyway
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- I.S. Baby
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Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
I'm not able to run a virtual machine at this time, and I'm working on finding a copy of the DOS version. So in the meantime I decided to use Slug's patch after installing the 1.1 update. The menus and cinematics ran perfectly, but once it started to get in game, I got a generic "MECH2.EXE has encountered and error and needs to shut down" error message. If there is no way for Mechvm to work, is there a way to fix this problem?
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Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
95 versions are unpredictable. They work whenever they want to and stop at random.
Some people can run them others cannot. DOS like you said is the easiest version to run on any OS either via DOSBOX or in XP directly.
Some people can run them others cannot. DOS like you said is the easiest version to run on any OS either via DOSBOX or in XP directly.
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And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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- I.S. Baby
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Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Just got the DOS version in the mail and it works perfectly with MechVM. Thanks to everyone who provided advice.