 Mechwarrior 4 Free Release finally available! |
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 Apr 30 2010, 11:27 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker  Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50  |
Announced at GenCon last year, MW4 is now available for free via MekTek!
http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/ |
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May 1 2010, 01:56 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Does it have a campaign mode or is it all multi-player?
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May 1 2010, 06:48 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
I never played MW4 (My computer at the time it came out couldn;t run it), but if it's anything like MW2 and 3, it should have a campaign.
Also, Caine_Hazen is talking about setting up a server for Dumpshock, so... We can do MP that way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bull |
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May 1 2010, 07:28 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
It has a campaign mode, just don't expect this to work too smoothly . .
it made me jump through all kinds of hoops for several hours, and then without me changing anything all of a sudden it simply worked . . |
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May 1 2010, 02:24 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Yuck. I can't even get their weird BitTorrent client to run properly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) Why are all the game companies doing these awful 'launcher/platform' things these days?
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May 1 2010, 02:35 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
page seems to be down.
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May 1 2010, 03:02 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
Oh dear mechtek died. They knew they'd get a shit load of hits as well as they dealyed this a bit to upgrade their severs. Man this must have really hit the news XD.
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May 1 2010, 03:05 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Well, they should just give out the torrent as a free file. Instant server problem solved.
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May 1 2010, 03:08 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
True I think they have/are but their site with the DL links ect is down dur to massive viewing.
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May 1 2010, 07:14 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
QUOTE (Bull @ May 1 2010, 01:48 AM)  I never played MW4 (My computer at the time it came out couldn;t run it), but if it's anything like MW2 and 3, it should have a campaign. Also, Caine_Hazen is talking about setting up a server for Dumpshock, so... We can do MP that way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bull Oh, that would be fun. |
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May 1 2010, 08:35 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Yeah, apparently within an hour of the announcement, they got nailed with over 100K unique page views and 10K simutaneous downloads, and their page choked and died.
I do agree to an extent about the Steam-like thing they have going on, but... There's a convenience factor to it as well (When it works). Besides you being able to see a full list of the most recent programs and patches (Which for this is important, since they're incorporating a bunch of the Mektek created addons for it to boost the games options), it also looks like it acts like a connection hub (ala Blizzards Battlenet) to make setting up and running online games easier. Right now, it's a problem with them not having the network in place to handle the demand. Hopefully it'll be sorted out in the next day or so. I know I'm having issues with it right now myself... I set it up to download, and went off to play board games last night. At some point, my computer rebooted. Now when I try and launch the MTX program, it keeps telling me it can't find an active internet connection and can't launch without one. Hopefully once the game is downloaded and installed I can ignore the MTX launcher and just play the game stright "offline". Bull |
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May 2 2010, 04:52 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,883 Joined: 16-December 06 Member No.: 10,386 |
Yeah, it's a real downer. The most irritating bit about all this is that the launcher error messages pop up REAL fast and also has a nasty habit of disabling the rest of the front end; You have to ninja the dang thing shut after hitting "Okay" in some cases because otherwise the darn error message will pop right back up and shut you down again before you can shut it.
And speaking of Steam-like front ends, I must say that the real Steam's latest UI changes upset me. Not because I think they are bad, per se, but because it lists how long you've played some of your games. Including how much time I've spent playing Civ IV. I gotta admit, the numbers are pretty harrowing when you consider that it doesn't even touch upon how much time I spent playing the previous games. |
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May 2 2010, 02:29 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
As the site is still down I dug these up for you guys.
Torrent Mirror http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AL579RW9 And You need the Mektek X to install the mtx file which is here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1HD0ND6Y Enjoy |
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May 2 2010, 03:49 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
i'm seeding the torrent.
with 10MBit upload, it should help a bit i guess . . |
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May 2 2010, 04:57 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
I will go back to seeding after installation.
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May 2 2010, 06:11 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Since this is a free distribution, this is one of those times that I would guess linking toa torrent would be ok (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
ANyone gota direct torrent link by chance? |
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May 2 2010, 06:15 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Nevermind, I'm a doofus. That first Megaupload link IS the torrent. Heh. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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May 2 2010, 06:24 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
And the .exe need to run it. I'll upload the torrents for the upadates to as I get them.
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May 2 2010, 06:32 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
The MTX uploader is actually working for me now, so it may have evened out and gotten back online... I'm going to see if it will pick up the download where it broke off (I have about 800 MB downloaded from the original attempt)
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May 2 2010, 06:37 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
Yeah I've noticed that the traker and such are up not the site is still down so my link to the .exe is still needed.
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May 2 2010, 07:55 PM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Gotcha. I had already downloaded mtx.exe, which is why it's working for me. I'm figuring it out now, slowly but surely (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
And it does look like my original download is intact. the MTX downloader shot up to about the halfway point pretty quick, then settled down into a normal download mode. More or less. Flaky wireless isn't helping any, but... That's normal for me. I'm hitting the torrent as well, just to be safe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bull |
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May 2 2010, 09:31 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
The torrent tend to runfaster its the exact same torrent the program uses but just useing it via a diffrent client tends to be quicker.
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May 17 2010, 04:18 AM
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Grumpy Old Ork Decker Group: Admin Posts: 3,794 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orwell, Ohio Member No.: 50 |
Ok, just an update from my own perspective, everything is up and running again, for the most part, it seems. Caine Hazen and I both have it installed and have played a bunch. Fun stuff. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I'm going to poke at him about getting a Dumpshock server up and running at some point in the near future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'd love to set up a few Lance on Lance fights (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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May 17 2010, 07:06 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,026 Joined: 13-February 10 Member No.: 18,155 |
QUOTE (Bull @ May 16 2010, 09:18 PM) Ok, just an update from my own perspective, everything is up and running again, for the most part, it seems. Caine Hazen and I both have it installed and have played a bunch. Fun stuff. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'm going to poke at him about getting a Dumpshock server up and running at some point in the near future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I'd love to set up a few Lance on Lance fights (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) That would be AWESOME. I rabidly went about playing MW4 for the last day or two. >.> |
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May 17 2010, 09:17 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
Also, MekTek came out with Patch .21 not too long ago, which is supposed to fix some problems.
Also, there's a complete .21 installer, so you don't need to apply all the patches. Just get the 1.78Gig download of the .21 Version and you are done. Untill the next patch comes out, at least. |
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