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Crusier

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Running Mechwarrior 3 on windows 10 64bit
« on: 15 December 2017, 14:55:09 »
So I spent around 6 hours getting Mechwarrior 4 vengeance and mercenaries working last night but have not been able to get 3 running. It crashes when I try to start it. I have heard that a program called voodoo something or other used to be able to get it to work but it seems to have gone down everywhere and not sure it would work on windows new updates. I am running Windows 10 64 bit with a GTX 1070 Ti. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Running Mechwarrior 3 on windows 10 64bit
« Reply #1 on: 15 December 2017, 17:12:53 »
Found the voodoo thing, seems URLs have changed a bit http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html

Google "mechwarrior 3 windows 10 64bit" and read the first reddit link for guide if you need one (provided you're lucky enough Google gives you same results as me), not linking it directly because reasons.

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Re: Running Mechwarrior 3 on windows 10 64bit
« Reply #2 on: 09 November 2020, 00:47:01 »
ok time to bring up the dead since mechwarrior 5 was so "overwhelmingly" good that it made me miss the old mechwarrior 3.
ok to get it installed on windows 10 on 64 bit proffesional and above do following but first obtain patches 1.1 , 1.2 and amazingly enough a high rez patch to run  1920x1080 is available here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cldiX4BG7F8 with instructions


1 obtain an ISO of mechwarrior 3 or convert your original disk to ISO
2 mount the ISO on virtual drive (recommend deamon tools lite)
3 open ISO in new window from your virtual drive
4 click on installer windows 10 will tell you which compatibility mode to run it
5 run installer in compatibility mode (windows 98/ me seems to work on most systems)
6 install
7. patch the game (add hi rez patch optional)
8 run the game
9 enjoy!

i tried it on windows 10 home edition and install fought me with hand tooth and claw and no i will not say more about it.
but as long as you can get a copy of virtual windows xp from microsoft which is available for free you should be able to run and install mechwarrior 3

now how in  the bloody world i can get the microsoft sidewinder joystick to work with it. once i do i will post it
if some one already knows let me know

ill look into mechwarrior 4 soon

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ok apparently i came across something that got triggered on my friends windows 10 professional edition during the game install. direct play was required to play the game. apparently he did not have it installed. we let it auto install and tried to install the game again ... no issues after direct play was installed.
« Last Edit: 09 November 2020, 11:25:38 by elf25s »
you sure cannot out run death...but sure as hell you can make that bastard work for it!

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Re: Running Mechwarrior 3 on windows 10 64bit
« Reply #3 on: 19 December 2020, 03:28:18 »
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=42714
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cldiX4BG7F8
how to play mechwarrior3 in hi def...
just got it and it is working and my face is trying to do something it is not capable of doing due to nerve damage...i think its called smile i cant tell
you sure cannot out run death...but sure as hell you can make that bastard work for it!