does anyone know a way to get mechwarrior 2 to run under XP

[chechen]

I really miss playing MW2 and Ghost Bear. They don't run in XP though, even with those crappy compatability options on, anyone know a way to get them to work?

[Tbird]

wth, kindred spirits?? i tried too get those to run on my box yesterday
(after finishing MW4-Mercanaries), didn`t work tho (freezes after 5 seconds)
i installed them on my old Pentium 2-233mhz and everything worked fine :banana:

gg mechwarrior

still want to have MW3 Pirates Moon though :( ,the expansion-pack never made it too Europe for some odd reason.

[Dawn Falcon]

looked at ntcompatible?

[Dan Van Crone]

First, try right-clicking the Mechwarrior 2 executable, selecting properties, clicking the Compatability tab and see if it will run under any of the OS emulations provided.

If that fails go here (http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/) and download VDMSound. It'sa DOS emulator intended you let you use your soundcard with ye olde software. It works a treat for most old games I like to play.

Everything you need to know to set up and use VDMSound is at that link.

[chechen]

it doesnt work with any of the compatability crap

DVC, thanks for the download but MW2 is for windows 95, I still tried the sound emulator thingy out, and no luck :dolt:

any other ideas?

[Tbird]

Ghost Bear runs under DOS, u can make a boot disk for that one..

BTW my original MW2 came with two CD`s .. win95 version & a DOS version..

[Alliance]

i got pirates moon, but the stupid computer work install it! arg!!!

i bought mec1 mec3 and pirate moon, but arg!!!

[Starfisher]

If the game is one that required some tweaking in DOS to run, chances are your screwed. I've tried and tried to get the original Privateer to run, to no avail :boohoo: :banghead:. I solved the problem by buying a p133 from some guy for $20, and now I can play Privateer to my hearts content!

The problem, as I understand it, is that XP is based on a NT kernel instead of DOS. While this makes for better stability, DOS based games have variable chances of running.

Thats my message of hope.