Thread: Finally! Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries cleared for free distribution!

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Man this thing is slow. It better be worth it, or, well, I don't know, it just better be worth it.

it;s MW4 mercs... with updated graphics...(slightly, no overhaul or anything)


I wish it recognized the x axis on my mouse and the extra buttons on my mouse or even the scroll button... but it's all the same.

Originally Posted by Sleepybean2

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Man this thing is slow. It better be worth it, or, well, I don't know, it just better be worth it.

it;s MW4 mercs... with updated graphics...(slightly, no overhaul or anything)


I wish it recognized the x axis on my mouse and the extra buttons on my mouse or even the scroll button... but it's all the same.

Weird that folks are having that happen. I haven't had any problems with it recognizing any of my buttons on anything.

Another update.

http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/

MECHWARRIOR IS BACK! MEKTEK CRASHES HARD DURING RELEASE!

The web server is back online and we have a new version of MTX available.

The new version brings with it an offline mode, allowing you to install games and updates when the web servers are down. A critical flaw in our design pattern has been addressed where MTX would fail when our servers went down. There are risks involved with installing and updating in offline mode as the client can't verify the files to make sure they haven't become corrupted, but it does give you the option if you wish to install when the web server is unavailable. If the files are corrupted, you will have to re-download and reinstall in order to connect to servers running the correct version. If you already obtained the MTX patches else where then you should be able to download and install those patches with MTX by using the Browse > Open *.mtx function.

We've also removed the skin from MTX in this version. At some point we will allow for custom skins so you will have the ability to customize MTX's appearance. The public outcry of the application being laggy has been addressed and the result is a much more snappy windows form application.

We strongly recommend that you install the current public beta version 1.0.3.5 by clicking here. This version is not dependent on our website and should function much better under heavy traffic.

Some people have expressed questions and concerns about using MTX to install the game.
The main reason we are using MTX to deliver this free distribution of Mechwarrior: Mercenaries is to be able to serve the many updates we have planned in the near future. Patching and updating Mercs without an easy method of distribution to the amount of people who will need the patches and updates, will become a much larger problem than simply being patient with us and MTX while we work out the bugs. The community will fragment with all the different versions that will be out there once we start releasing updates without a system in place to deliver the updates to everyone playing the free release. We are aware of hardware issues and long standing bugs with Mechwarrior4 which we plan to address in the future. Also worth noting that we are planning to release more Mechwarrior titles via MTX in the future. We realize MTX caused grief for many folk and we apologize. We hope our 100,000 guests that crashed our server this weekend will return and not be too disgruntled.

MekTek will be releasing a self extracting installer containing both MTX and Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries very shortly. However, in the meantime, if you have your MTX files, download the new installer of MTX, and give it a try.

MTX is still in open beta and with your help, we can resolve the issues that some of you are having.

Please remember that we are not being paid to bring you this game, at absolutely no cost to you. But please realize,that there is considerable cost to us, not only in time, but also financially. Between the costs of server upgrades, insurance, lost time from our day jobs, and sleepless nights attempting to bring you this game, we have paid a considerable price. All we ask in return is a little bit of patience.
As we have for the last 10 years, we do what we do for the love of the franchise. Our ultimate goal in this is to help revive Mechwarrior, a series that we hold dear.

Thank you for your continued support.

The MekTek Team.

Originally Posted by 619summon

Originally Posted by CivilWars

Man this thing is slow. It better be worth it, or, well, I don't know, it just better be worth it.

whats slow?

I think he is referring to the download.

The download speeds up eventually. At peak, I was DLing at 1.5MB/s.

Originally Posted by 619summon

Done installing, but it wants a disk.

I was to lazy to read anything did i miss something?

Did you update the client?

Originally Posted by Blakeman

Originally Posted by 619summon

Done installing, but it wants a disk.

I was to lazy to read anything did i miss something?

Did you update the client?

Yup that worked for me.

BL