There's actually a game store near me with a copy + controller of Tekki/Steel Battalion. I'm sure they want an arm and a leg for it though. Then there's that whole you being in Deutchland part.

Yah, over here, it's harder to get by <.<;,
And yes, they WILL want an Arm and a Leg for it.
I think at one point it was 200 Bucks for the Game with the Controller.

I think either $150 or $200 was the original sticker price for Steel Battalion. A buddy of mine had it for a while, though he got frustrated and traded it in at Gamestop after a year or so, due to the lack of a real "save feature" and a mission he still couldn't figure out how to beat after 6 months and several internet walkthroughs.

Still, an impressive controller

Bull

I think the original price tag was $150, but I could be crazy. I still have the original box for it and all, although sadly the controller is now in storage as there is no way to play it on my 360. /sad

The game was tough and unforgiving and amazing all at the same time. The feeling of claustrophobia in the early VTs, which close up on you and have just a single viewscreen in the front. Finally getting a 2nd generation mech with more gas and overdrive functions, in addition to a larger viewscreen, The rush of knowing that failing to eject (or getting the extremely random, but documented, pilot shots) is not just a simple game over, but the delegating of that pilot to a mere record, never to be played again. Easily my favorite mech game, followed by Heavy Gear and MW2 Mercs.

I miss good mech games. MW4 is decent but I'm still excited to see if we ever get that new MW game which I believe was in trouble with Harmony Gold for using the Invisibles (isn't their trademark for IP gone by now? I thought they only lasted 14 years if you renewed them?)

Get Crysis or Crysis Warhead with the WARS part and download the mod: MECHWARRIOR LIVING LEGENDS
It's Mechwarrior. But with the eye candy engine of Crysis.

I don't think it works with Crysis Wars yet, the latest news post on the Living Legends website says that they'll be switching over to Wars by the time they release version 0.5.0

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/

No no . .
It DOES work with Wars since 0.4.0
they will just stop supporting Crysis Vanilla with 0.5.0

Ah, didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out (must've read about it only working for Crysis back before the 0.4.0 update).

No Problem, i've been with that mod and that community since 0.1.0 . .
Sad it doesn't see more players <.<

HOW!!!!??? I haz one and needs a use for it!!

Trust me, it is NOT a pretty process.

msg me the linky, I can solder if I have to.

show me/us the results, if you can get it working ^^

It's honestly been years since I've seen the links to rigs guys had set up. You may just have to <search engine of choice> it and start looking around.

done?

Forgot how much I love mechwarrior till I played this again, ran through the entire campaign including all the solaris league matches in a few days. The final mission my entire lance loaded up in Daishi's and steamrolled Nondi.

Yah, that's how i do it too usually . .
Basically, if you don't have at least half of your two lances in 100t mechs by 3 fourths of the game, you have done something wrong.
also, the steiner ending is slightly easier, due to clan honour rules for dueling . . just take a daishi and put 3xCUAC20 in there.
call it a day.

When I tried to run it it came up saying it was a Trojan. Anyone else have issues with that or is AVG just being pissy because it was a torrent?

AVG being pissy.

Professor Farnsworth:"Good News everybody! I have invented a Machine that will make you hear this post you are reading read in my very own voice!"

Do you remember Love? < = Good Movie, watch it.
Do you remember your Love for Solaris VII?
The World where Warfare is business as usual.
Where Gladiators fight like they did in Rome.
Where you had your greatest Triumphs in MW4 Mercenaries?
Which were commented by DUNCAN FISHER, the VOICE OF WAR?

WELCOME HOME EVERYBODY!
http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2011-05/m...a-0-5-0-teaser/
Yes, that is, indeed, Solaris VII.
Yes, that is, indeed, Duncan Fisher(George Ledoux)

Not only is one of the Devs of MW(301)5 active on MWLL, but the Voice of War himself is too!

Apparently they are developing a new Steel Batallion for the Kinect. While I will miss my enormous controller, I'm very excited.

(also news, 2 amazing treasure games from the Saturn era being remade for XBLA, Radiant Silvergun and Guardian Heroes. Rejoice!)

Grrr. . .. Now I need to go back and play MW4 again
"This is Duncan Fisher. Live from The Coliseum."

I will too, as soon as MekTek releases the next MekPak.

Just as a note about mech games in general... for those of us lucky enough to own Steel Battalion (or at least the monsterous controller setup) there are drivers available for it that allow it to work on the PC for MW4 (possibly MW3) and also Freespace 2.

... How?

I've got two controllers, so this is of great interest to me.

http://vt.beckament.net/

Well, uh... What do you plug in, and into where?

You get an Xbox to USB adapter and plug into a USB port on your PC. Then you need the F-ton of drivers and profiles.

Or, you wait.
BOTH MWO AND HAWKEN will get their own dedicated Controllers ala Steel Bataillon.
Which will hopefuly both use USB and thus be compatible with basically anything you want . .
Links:
http://www.razerzone.com/artemis
Rechts:
http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/6/30...-to-battle-bots

I'll take the second one, please.

yeah, i'd prefer that one too ^^

I have to admit, it is really neat that the first option has a screen built into it, but it strikes me that the latter option would have more usability for other games.

Yeah, the screen is a gimmick.
It will display certain information from the MWO-Game, probably Radar Map.
Other Games won't use that and this limits it's usefullness.
The other Controller(Hawken) will be useable better and it can be pulled apart.
The MWO Controller is one single unit.

And it reminds me of my beloved Steel Battalion... I'll pay the $250 if that's what he asks for it!

Does anyone have any interesting Solaris gimmick mechs?

My Novacat small laser boat has been more effective than I expected. Better if one or two of the 14 small lasers are replaced with something long-range enough to get the attention of the other combatants. Either way, it's fun taking down heavies with the least effective laser. Relatively low heat, low enough weight that I can pack on armor and engines, and a 2 second recycle time.

I'd like to try an all machine-gun build, but I'm not sure what chassis would have enough ballistic/omni/direct fire slots to do any sort of damage. Also, fast and armored enough to survive getting up close. The annihilator is close, but too slow and too many non-ballistic slots. I'm also not sure about going up against assault mechs with so little damage.

Buddy of mine thought massive braces of large bore weaponry was the way to go, and in a lot of ways, he's right; *if* you take out the human element.

A large amount of small bore LB-X auto cannons are just amazing. On hit, they rock the cockpit of the enemy mech skyward, making aiming impossible and fine movement very difficult. The rapid reload speed of the cannons themselves allow you to indefinitely keep an opponent off balance with only two or three cannons, depending on your accuracy. Personally, I suck at the game, so I find having 4 to be a pretty decent spot to guarantee a win.

Flamers and MG's.
What could possibly go wrong!

Ammo explosion?

Pah, free BBQ!

a mech sized walking claymore mine.

2 works on a light mech. Which is good, because I don't know of a light mech that has more than 6 ballistics slots. It works awesome, until you run out of ammo. Aim straight, conserve ammo...

So. Anyone bought a Founders package? If so, feel free to add me to your friendslist under the name Robyn

i did.
waste of money in my opinion.
i am hugely disappointed from MWO right now . .
it's world of tank with mechs, and not as refined as WOT yet . .

Ouch. Between that and the MW Tactics flop, it feels like the last gasp of a dying universe.

MW Tactics HAD PROMISE . . but right now, they are making most of the old fans angry at them with their ideas of visual design . .

I wish MWLL had been big/successfull enough to go the CounterStrike Way. Become an official and legit game in and off itself.

From what I've heard from friends who went to GenCon, they're going the MMO route. You'll have your standard medium laser, your uncommon ML, rare, etc. SO BUY MORE PACKS.

Fucking stupid.

I blame herb.

Free to play!

BUY TO WIN!!!

you know, i had actually forgotten about that . . yeah, sucks big time . .

OK, I'm a bit behind the news regarding BT/Mechwarrior...what's the matter with Tactics?

MW Tactics LOOKED good in the beginning.
Basically, like MegaMek only with hugely improved graphics . .
And now, it's more looking like it might be sooner compared to MechAssault rather than MegaMek . .
in-game-art-style sucks and the buying booster packs with random stuff in them including ultra rare over powered weapons . .