Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries free release! (SOON!)

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:02 am

So what are you waiting for? Just download this baby and get MW4 Mercs for free! (if you're interested):
http://www.mektek.net/mtx/beta/SetupMTX1.0.1.7.exe

Unfortunitely you need the CD of Mechwarrior 4 Mercenearies to play (NOT for installation (which is optional).

Please note that the following mechs originated from Macross are removed:
Archer
Wasp
Rifleman
Warhammer
Marauder
Marauder 2
(I think that's all of them)

EDIT: Technically... this is not the free release yet.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:51 am

Is this OpenGL or DirectX? I'm on Linux and DirectX stuff doesn't run well, in VB; it's buggy.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:49 am

Mechwarrior is a DX-based game I believe, yes. It's old, but that's no guarantee it'll work.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 9:54 am

I'll ask a friend if I could install it on his game rig. Problem solved.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:51 am

SW, that was a bit mis-leading.

This is the new Mekpak release, not the Mech 4 free release.

this mekpak will be part of what's releases with Mech4. Sirus, from all I'll look into the linux application. They might be doing something with it, but I'm not 100% sure; you are correct though.

so this is the \"Un-April Fool's Day\" joke Sapphire?

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:07 pm

*facepalm*
I know it's not completely free.
EDIT: I changed the word free to \"Semi-free\" within the title of this thread.

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:31 pm

*bump*
The true-free-release of Mechwarrior 4 is coming soon via MTX!
Here are the words from the man of Mektek-

Vam at mektek.net wrote: If you've been following the drama surrounding the free release of Mechwarrior4, than you would be aware that the initial [url=http://"http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/mechwarrior-to-be-distributed-free-on-battletech-com.php"]announcement[/url], made last summer, was a bit premature. After nearly a year since the announcement came, [url=http://"http://www.mektekdev.com"]MekTek Studios[/url] is pleased to announce, that Microsoft Legal has given the all clear for the free release of Mechwarrior4. This hallmark movement by Microsoft Games couldn't come at a better time, as the Mechwarrior community is attempting a rebirth, amidst [url=http://"http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002275p1.html"]announcement[/url] of a Mechwarrior Reboot. Thank you Microsoft.

A few weeks ago we stuck our neck out and [url=http://"http://www.mektek.net/index.php?ind=news&op=news_show_single&ide=1137"]announced[/url] that our studio was struggling to see this release through to the end. We also released our [url=http://"http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/"]MekPak 3.1[/url], through our distribution and patching system MTX, which gave our developers an opportunity evaluate any unknown bugs. We're glad our announcement and release worked, and we have many to thank for raising awareness, as the release of Mechwarrior4 is now imminent.

Some of the people we'd like to thank, to name a few, are those reporting gaming news such as [url=http://"http://www.joystiq.com"]Joystiq[/url], [url=http://"http://www.bluesnews.com/"]Bluesnews[/url], [url=http://"http://www.bigdownload.com/"]BigDownload[/url], [url=http://"http://www.fragland.net/"]Fragland[/url], [url=http://"http://www.gamespy.com/"]Gamespy[/url], [url=http://"http://www.ign.com/"]IGN[/url], [url=http://"http://www.shacknews.com/"]Shacknews[/url], and [url=http://"http://slashdot.org/"]Slashdot[/url]. We'd also like to thank all major gaming forums for keeping this topic in discussion and not letting people forget about the promise of a Mechwarrior free release. Of course, we'd like to thank our partners for pressing Microsoft to allow for the release of Mechwarrior to the community including [url=http://"http://www.smithandtinker.com/"]Smith and Tinker, INC.[/url], [url=http://"http://www.virtualworld.com/"]Virtual World Entertainment, LLC.[/url], and [url=http://"http://catalystgamelabs.com/"]Catalyst Game Labs[/url]. And finally we'd like to thank our community and the Mechwarrior fans for standing behind MekTek when things appeared to be at their worst. Thank you for your continued support. Please stay tuned for the release launch!

Source:
http://www.mektek.net/index.php?ind=new ... e&ide=1143