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Let's just hope they won't fuck it up.
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 17:05 Post subject: |
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http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/mechwarrior-to-be-distributed-free-on-battletech-com.php
| Quote: | 7/09/2009
MechWarrior to be Distributed Free on BattleTech.com
In honor of BattleTech's 25th anniversary, Smith & Tinker has authorized MekTek.net and MekTek Studios to distribute MechWarrior 4 (along with its expansion packs) completely free. For years, MekTek.net has been the central point for online distribution of MechWarrior 4 expansion packs. Now they can provide the core game free to the fans as well. Keep an eye on BattleTech.com – the free download will be available soon! |
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| Posted: Fri, 10th Jul 2009 17:39 Post subject: |
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| VGAdeadcafe wrote: | http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/mechwarrior-to-be-distributed-free-on-battletech-com.php
| Quote: | 7/09/2009
MechWarrior to be Distributed Free on BattleTech.com
In honor of BattleTech's 25th anniversary, Smith & Tinker has authorized MekTek.net and MekTek Studios to distribute MechWarrior 4 (along with its expansion packs) completely free. For years, MekTek.net has been the central point for online distribution of MechWarrior 4 expansion packs. Now they can provide the core game free to the fans as well. Keep an eye on BattleTech.com – the free download will be available soon! |
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http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1009456#1009456
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LuckyStrike
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LuckyStrike
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Jul 2009 14:33 Post subject: |
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UPDATE For the discerning mechwarrior: About the free Mech 4 and packs release
http://www.mektek.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=138700
Got questions about whats going on ask here.
Q: What will be free?
A: Clan Pack, Is Pack, Mech 4 Mercs. Mech 4 Vengeance, Blackknight will not be included. We do not have the technology to support it or the capabilities to remove the copy protection and everything else that goes along with these.
Though it seems as though it will not be possible for us to release Vengeance and Black Knight with the initial release of Mercs, we will continue to look into the possibility of releasing them, or at least their campaigns, at a later date. Hopefully using the built-in patcher that we are developing.
Q: How is this even close to legal?
A: We have received official permission from the owners of the MechWarrior 4 IP to do this.
http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/mechwar...tletech-com.php
http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/200...battletech-com/
http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/200...battletech-com/
Q: What all will be included?
A: Clan Pack, Is Pack, Mech 4 Mercs, MekPak 3.1. Maps that are confirmed working. Basically everything we can.
Q: Will I need a CD?
A: No, we're going to be removing the need for a CD.
Q: How will we be able to get it?
A: We're looking at a few ways to get it. Direct download from sites and bit torrent which we have used in the past.
It will be in iso format around 3 to 4 gigs in size that you can burn to a DVD. We will of course try to find ways to make
it as small as possible to help those with limited bandwidth/bandwidth caps.
We might have both a single large download and multi-part download.
We are working out the details of the release now. There are a lot if technical aspects that need to be ironed out.
We are hoping to make things as simple and possible for everyone.
Q: Why won't it include MP4?
A: MP4 will not be ready for release when we are ready to release the total Mech4 pack.
Q: When can we expect to see the download?
A: Its going to be at least a few weeks before its ready. We have to put it together and test it to make sure everything will work.
Q: Will the Clan and IS paks included work with X64 systems?
A: Mostly likely we'll simply "unlock" them, and get rid of the need to "install" them in the first place.
Q: Is this going to be an all in one install. Click install and it will install right to the latest MekPak?
A: Currently thats what we are looking at.
Q: Is the New install going to be compatible with HDP?
A: Not sure if it will be compatible with older versions, but If newer versions are put out for the new full install of the game then it should be.
Q: This will just have one installer for everything right?
A: Yes it will more then likely be only one installer.
Q: Is this free release forever or is it for a limited time?
A: This will be free forever.
Q: Will installing the original games (Vengenance, Mercenaries & Black Knight) + Mekpaks be the same as this free release? or is it recommended that everyone use this free release install package now and avoid using their previous game CD's to install it?
A: It will be recommended that you install the free release as it will include an auto updater and will make updating in the future easier with less chance of errors.
Q: Will there be widescreen support, as well as resolutions above 1600x1200? I'm salivating over the idea of playing Mercs at 2560x1600.
A: We're looking into it. We don't know if we will be able to or not.
Q: I was thinking it might be advantagous to update the default controls to something more fitting for new players?
A: No we're not. You can after all change your controls to your own liking. There are however some new commands which will be added to the default controls.
Q: What if we are not fans of the Mek Tek mech packs. Will there be a option of only installing Mercs, Clan Pack, and the IS Pak?
A: Nope.
Q: Will all the mektek mechs have there own status images or will there be just one generic status image on every mech?
A: For MP3.1 more then likely generic. For MP4 maybe.
Q: Will players that have BK, be able to install it with the Mech4-Pack MekTek will be releasing?
A: No you will have to install Vengeance for that.
Q: Is the multiplayer game going to loose anything not having Vengance and Black Knight?
A: No, Mercs has those mechs and much more.
Q: Will the Free Version have Better Graphics like Bloom/Hdr and Bumpmap?
A: No. What you see in 3.02b graphically is what you get.
Q: Will the Coop Mod works with your Release?
A: If it works in 3.02b then it will more then likely work in 3.1.
If you have any more questions, ask below we will try to answer them as best we can.
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| Posted: Wed, 22nd Jul 2009 20:11 Post subject: |
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Wow I missed this!
Holy fucking asscrackers this is some of the best news for a long while, I just love the original series (yes, including the M$ ones  ) and have been replaying the fourth installment numerous times. This almost makes me cry!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 22:05 Post subject: |
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Its a couple of days old already but noone has posted anything about it so here goes. It seems Mechwarrior 5 might be delayed or even canceled because of this
Legal troubles
On September 3, 2009, shortly after posting preview videos and images of the game, IGN was issued a cease and desist order by Harmony Gold USA (owners of the Robotech franchise), citing copyright infringement. In 1996, FASA (the former owners of the Battletech franchise) lost a legal case to Harmony Gold over the use of mecha designs derived from the Macross series. The trailer for MechWarrior featured the Warhammer, which is designed similarly to the Destroid Tomahawk from Macross.
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:01 Post subject: |
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whats IGN got to do with developing m5
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:07 Post subject: |
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| moosenoodles wrote: | | whats IGN got to do with developing m5 |
| Quote: | | shortly after posting preview videos and images of the game, IGN was issued a cease and desist order by Harmony Gold USA |
they were told to remove the images and videos |
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:11 Post subject: |
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yeah sorry to my reading it makes no sense to this from the poster
| Quote: | It seems Mechwarrior 5 might be delayed or even canceled because of this
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all they done is been told to remove the early preview content perse' its just slapping wrists no? why would they say sorry were not making it no more, you shouldnt of showed screenshots and trailer.. bah naughty u now we dont makey gamey.. sulk sulk?
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:35 Post subject: |
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What mech exactly are the offending ones and did they appear in previous mech warrior games?
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:48 Post subject: |
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Not to mention most people prob wouldnt notice a diff in mechs perse, when i watched it i didnt go oh thats whats his name mech from so and so. It was 2 machines shooting at eachother thats what i saw 
not to mention all they did was duck right and left at same time everytime something fired at them lol.. still i dont see the problem. such tight ass people about today.. Ill sue u!!!!! u farted in my scent...
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Sep 2009 23:52 Post subject: |
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Shadow: I can't remember the names, but there was a few posts on here about it a couple weeks ago. Someone mentioned the names of the offending mechs, and no - they weren't in the originals, to the best of my knowledge.
They're not EXACTLY the same mech, but almost identical - which was enough to get the sharks circling.
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2009 00:45 Post subject: |
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Damn...wonder where the free MW4 is?
Correcting people since 2007 even if they're not wrong.
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2009 00:50 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2009 01:33 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2009 01:48 Post subject: |
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probably still working on it. They said it was in beta
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LuckyStrike
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Sep 2009 11:27 Post subject: |
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| NuclearShadow wrote: |
What mech exactly are the offending ones and did they appear in previous mech warrior games? |
The sad thing is that the IMO best designs from the classic battletech board game are based on Robotech/Macross mechs (Warhammer, Archer, Rifleman, Marauder, etc.). As far as I remember, they also didn't show up in previous Mechwarrior games.
I was shocked to learn about this. I've played Battletech a lot as a kid. But as I am not a big fan of anime, I didn't even know about this Macross series... this was total news to me!
BTW, here's a link to page (in German unfortuntely) which shows where the Battletech mechs are derived from:
http://www.twobt.de/902.0.html
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LuckyStrike
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2009 09:24 Post subject: |
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There's probably more behind the scenes that we don't know about, but this isn't the first time FASA/MechWarrior has been in legal trouble regarding mech designs. If memory serves, they settled last time too.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Tue, 15th Sep 2009 22:29 Post subject: |
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I think people are forgetting the obvious, they're for the most part humanoid robots, theres a limit to how varied you can design them.
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| Posted: Sat, 1st May 2010 00:54 Post subject: |
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For all of those interested Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries Free Release Sorry it's not Mechwarrior 5, but the free version was mentioned in this thread so this is where i posted this info rather than create another thread.
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| Posted: Sat, 1st May 2010 01:54 Post subject: |
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