Is this a glitch?
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2013 8:41 pm
Okay, here's the basics:
My Mercs CD includes both the DOS and Windows versions. I installed the Windows one.
I am running it on a Windows 98SE computer (700mhz, 512mb of RAM, Voodoo 3 grafx card, Soundblaster 16 soundcard), using a Mouse and Keyboard for control.
I have NOT installed any patches or mods.
Okay, so I'm in that set of missions where you're with rebels against the Draconis Combine. I did the one where you kill Sho-sa Varus, and then another that involved finding a mech encampment so artillery can bomb them.
So now I'm on a mission where I have to escort some trucks and rescue POWs, and suddenly things get weird.
First off, the mech I'm piloting is NOT the same one I've had the last three missions! I have different weapons, and no jump jets. Okay, fine, as all around it seems more powerful than the customized Jenner I was using. So I play the mission until we reach the POW camp.
The trucks then do nothing except go in circles forever.
I wonder what the issue is, so I go thru the map and eliminate any enemies I find. I get to a point where the game actually acknowledges that I've cleared the map. But still the trucks aren't heading back to base. I try simply walking back to the dustoff site, but that doesn't end the mission either. So I'm forced to abort the mission (which deems it a failure even though it wasn't).
Okay, so I go and check and make sure I'm piloting the right mech--and it turns out I am. So I then go to the Mech Lab and make sure it didn't change things on me. It didn't. So I shrug and start the mission again.
But I'm still piloting this other mech with different weapons and no jump jets...
What the heck is going on?
My Mercs CD includes both the DOS and Windows versions. I installed the Windows one.
I am running it on a Windows 98SE computer (700mhz, 512mb of RAM, Voodoo 3 grafx card, Soundblaster 16 soundcard), using a Mouse and Keyboard for control.
I have NOT installed any patches or mods.
Okay, so I'm in that set of missions where you're with rebels against the Draconis Combine. I did the one where you kill Sho-sa Varus, and then another that involved finding a mech encampment so artillery can bomb them.
So now I'm on a mission where I have to escort some trucks and rescue POWs, and suddenly things get weird.
First off, the mech I'm piloting is NOT the same one I've had the last three missions! I have different weapons, and no jump jets. Okay, fine, as all around it seems more powerful than the customized Jenner I was using. So I play the mission until we reach the POW camp.
The trucks then do nothing except go in circles forever.
I wonder what the issue is, so I go thru the map and eliminate any enemies I find. I get to a point where the game actually acknowledges that I've cleared the map. But still the trucks aren't heading back to base. I try simply walking back to the dustoff site, but that doesn't end the mission either. So I'm forced to abort the mission (which deems it a failure even though it wasn't).
Okay, so I go and check and make sure I'm piloting the right mech--and it turns out I am. So I then go to the Mech Lab and make sure it didn't change things on me. It didn't. So I shrug and start the mission again.
But I'm still piloting this other mech with different weapons and no jump jets...
What the heck is going on?