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MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:08 pm
by IronChefBoyardee
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?
Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:45 pm
by Skyfaller
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
For NetMech, use either the MechVM plugin or the standalone download. Installing NetMech from CD is currently not supported, because the NetMech client has numerous customizations.
Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:26 pm
by IronChefBoyardee
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?
Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:15 pm
by Sir MMPD Radick
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.
Re: MW2 Pentium w/Netmech in-game problem
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:25 am
by IronChefBoyardee
Just got the DOS version in the mail and it works perfectly with MechVM. Thanks to everyone who provided advice.