Mercenary won't start. Anyone seen this error yet?

Moon · Post by **Moon** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:22 pm

Error
Unable to load level file
d3merc.d3l

Weirder and weirder. I haven't moved any files around but this message pops up.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:42 pm

General method to fixing problems with D3 and Merc, install D3 right over the old install, install merc over that, patch to 1.4.

Moon · Post by **Moon** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:51 am

Didn't work for me, had to do a complete reinstall of both D3 and Merc. Weird, cause this version was the one I'd made a backup of on DVD to stop scratching my original D3 discs even more thanks to the cheap packacking...

DigiJo · Post by **DigiJo** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:54 am

ah i had the same problem once, made a backup from my usb hdd. that d3 error pops up cause the uninstaller string+path for merc is missing in the windows registry.

just bind this keys to your registry with correct path and it works again:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Descent3]
\"UninstallString\"=\"C:\\\\WINDOWS\\\\ISUN0407.EXE -fC:\\\\descent3\\\\Uninst.isu -cC:\\\\descent3\\\\d3uninst.dll\"
\"DisplayName\"=\"Descent 3\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\Descent3 Mercenary]
\"UninstallString\"=\"C:\\\\descent3\\\\unmerc.exe -c C:\\\\descent3\\\\\"
\"DisplayName\"=\"Descent 3: Mercenary\"

_________________

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:52 am

Actually it doesn't even have to be the correct path. I have not reinstalled D3 in years, even though I have formatted my boot drive several times and reinstalled the OS / changed computers several times. You just backup the registry entries in LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Outrage and Outrage Entertainment Inc.

Even if the registry points to C: and Descent3 is installed on D: or E: it will still work. I backed up my registry settings ages ago from a C: install, they work fine even though D3 is on D:.