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Got MWLL installed and surprised to find one semi-active server. Was nice getting reoriented with one or two live targets.
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Freakazoid_ posted:Got MWLL installed and surprised to find one semi-active server. Was nice getting reoriented with one or two live targets. Awesome! Does anyone know if there's any (un)written rules about joining certain servers? All the servers I can see are, well, oddly named and I'm wondering if that holds any meaning or if I should feel free to just jump in if I see any server active.
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Oct 11, 2014 22:13
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Shoeless posted:Awesome! no unwritten rules about joining certain servers that i've been able to find. i hope some other folks start posting about getting the MW:LL software installed, so a goons Living Legends matchup happens.. there is at least one MW:LL server with near unlimited cbill balances for newbies. so you can get a feel for how the various mechs, ground vehicles, and aircraft work. i have no drat idea how to control the vtols....so i forsee lots of vtol training in my future. I just posted the software links in the games MWO thread because i don't care about MWO at all. quantumfoam fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 05:21
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In the LL launcher there's a button to configure controls. I believe using that you can at least get an idea what the VTOL controls are. Also, in case I conveyed this poorly earlier- I'm still very much psyched for a monday/tuesday night gae. The querying for a weekend one was in addition to, not in place of. So I hope to see some goons on, say, Monday evening at 9 CST!
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Oct 12, 2014 05:27
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To answer my own question: the Sierra Help Files guy doesn't do Windows 8 and his compatibility patch doesn't work on it. Running it in a VM sounds like much less trouble than running SQL Server on my desktop to troubleshoot a game I haven't played in 15 years.
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Oct 12, 2014 06:13
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sorry no one could help you out. windows 8 bones another retro-game fan, i guess. despite owning mechwarrior 1*, even i forget it was made by dynamix. and that dynamix's metaltech/earth seige series games were co-developed with FASA. i guess FASA wasn't too sure if activision would do anything with the mechwarrior 2 series, and kept working with dynamix games as a failsafe plan. looking at dynamix's wikipedia page, it's amazing looking at their published game list. so many forgotten, good titles that are perfect for a gog.com re-release. with activision reactivating the sierra brand, i hope some more of the forgotten sierra/dynamix games will be re-released on gog.com *easy to get running in DOSBOx too. mechwarrior 1 manages to have a better storyline than the mechwarrior 4 games. the 5 yrs of game time until game over isn't bad either. quantumfoam fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 16:09
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Also got LL up and running here. I'll check the servers around 7-8 EST and see if any goons are around.
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Oct 13, 2014 20:01
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i'll be online around 9pm est for an hour or so. my name will be either filthyhippy or SA-tuluk on the MW:LL servers. i also posted the Living Legends download links in the MWO thread after all. didn't mention the proposed get-together tonight, so fire away in the MWO thread if you feel like it.
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Oct 13, 2014 20:26
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I'll say that Mechwarrior 2:Mercenaries is probably my most favorite game of all time. It's really under standed how groundbreaking that game series was for the timeframe it was released into.
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Oct 13, 2014 20:49
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YouTuber posted:I'll say that Mechwarrior 2:Mercenaries is probably my most favorite game of all time. It's really under standed how groundbreaking that game series was for the timeframe it was released into. MW2: Mercs was IMO the most well-rounded Mechwarrior game. The campaign had a ton of missions that had varied environments and objectives (defend ice ship, raid air field, steal mechs, get captured, run around in tank, fight inside hull of giant naval ship) and it had a poo poo-ton of mechs to fool around with in instant action.
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Oct 13, 2014 20:58
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:MW2: Mercs was IMO the most well-rounded Mechwarrior game. The campaign had a ton of missions that had varied environments and objectives (defend ice ship, raid air field, steal mechs, get captured, run around in tank, fight inside hull of giant naval ship) and it had a poo poo-ton of mechs to fool around with in instant action. I mean the fact it was a reactive campaign and one of the first fully 3d FPS and one of the first games to incorporate textures. I'm not positive but Netmech has to be one of the first multiplayer FPS systems as well. The MW2 series pushed technology like no other and it did it well!
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Oct 13, 2014 21:07
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We should set up a time to do NetMech matches as well as LL, the standalone NetMech client is completely free from the Mech2 guys.
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Oct 13, 2014 22:57
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Zeether posted:We should set up a time to do NetMech matches as well as LL, the standalone NetMech client is completely free from the Mech2 guys. the mech2.org IPX relay is down right now, otherwise I'd be begging other folks for mechwarrior 2 netmech or mechwarrior 2 mercnet matches. i am hoping the server owner of mech2.org is able to restart the IPX relay service soon.
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Oct 14, 2014 00:48
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I'm in LL right now if anyone wants to hop in and join.
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Oct 14, 2014 00:54
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launching LL now, username is "filthyhippy"
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Oct 14, 2014 00:56
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tuluk posted:launching LL now, username is "filthyhippy" I'm Shoeless.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:08
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Also I don't know how to message only one person, Tuluk.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:48
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Shoeless posted:Also I don't know how to message only one person, Tuluk. fun match. my elemental suit can outrun an atlas but not outgun one. 
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Oct 14, 2014 01:51
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tuluk posted:fun match. my elemental suit can outrun an atlas but not outgun one. Hah, indeed! Also, how do you send a message to only one player? So as to avoid cluttering things here.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:54
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no clue. i know there's two chat options. i was trying to stealth capture your base at grid f1 when i ran into the atlas & the mad dog? u: team chat y: global chat plus alt key does voice over ip
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Oct 14, 2014 01:57
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We have mumble for this? CTS maybe? I'm in as ALpha
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Oct 14, 2014 02:15
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no mumble, but crysis wars does allow voice-over ip talk. that is, if the LL server allows voip.
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Oct 14, 2014 02:32
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The one we were in doesn't have voip enabled. I say we try for a skype call next time or something. It was really fun when we were working together and in a group. Not so much when we were spread apart and chewed up piecemeal. Speaking of next time, when is that? Tomorrow? Weekend?
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Oct 14, 2014 04:38
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I could do tomorrow after 9PM EST, that's probably late for some folks though. Also maybe next time we don't get stuck with a tired racist gimmick dude.
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Oct 14, 2014 04:56
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Vorenus posted:I could do tomorrow after 9PM EST, that's probably late for some folks though. Also maybe next time we don't get stuck with a tired racist gimmick dude. What, you mean you didn't find his continuous obnoxiousness endearing?  9 PM EST tonight works for me. I"m still in favor of a skype call or some other way for us to be able to communicate better.
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Oct 14, 2014 15:07
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i think we joined that server because he was already on it. maybe the new player server with the 1million cbill starting balance for players would be better.
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Oct 14, 2014 16:26
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Good to see more players! I'll join for a bit tonight 9pm est - check here for server stats http://stats.spikx.net/mwll.html Mumble? I don't like people listening to me mouth-breathe on skype.
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Oct 14, 2014 16:34
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Eatpants posted:Good to see more players! I'll join for a bit tonight 9pm est - check here for server stats http://stats.spikx.net/mwll.html Fair enough, I forgot skype doesn't have push to talk. A concern for me as well since LL makes my laptop fan poo poo itself. Loud as all get out and I definitely don't want to subject people to that constantly. Mumble or teamspeak all work for me if we can find a room. I'm pretty sure there's free sites you can go to to set up a group call that have push to talk and whatnot, so if we're unable to get mumble/TS working we're not SOL. tuluk posted:i think we joined that server because he was already on it. Yeah, that's why I joined it cause it was the only one with a person there. I figured it was one of you guys.  The training server sounds cool, the main issue being that it kinda cuts out the early and midgame doesn't it? Since everyone can get into the high-end stuff right off the bat. Maybe a 'by your honor' houserule of starting with a light, and then each time you die or every 2/3/whatever deaths you move onto the next highest weight class?
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Oct 14, 2014 20:56
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Shoeless posted:Yeah, that's why I joined it cause it was the only one with a person there. I figured it was one of you guys. i think the heavy & assault mechs are unlocked by your rank on the server. as much as racist dbag as that dude was, he had the highest score & was tooling around in that atlas pretty fast. oh yeah, i plan on trying vehicles more than mechs this time. my hovercraft standoff lasted longer than i expected against you & the racist dbag...if it weren't for flipping over, i'd have escaped.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:14
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Windows 8.1 and LL, anyone have an easy way of making it happen? I am lazy.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:37
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RalphyNoPants posted:Windows 8.1 and LL, anyone have an easy way of making it happen? I am lazy. i'm not running windows 8.x, so check the LL forums for work-arounds?
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Oct 14, 2014 23:42
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tuluk posted:i think the heavy & assault mechs are unlocked by your rank on the server. Are you saying you would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling physics? And if the heavier stuff is unlocked via rank rather than just money, that could work. I guess we'll see what happens.
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Oct 14, 2014 23:48
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I was on last night as SA-Freakazoid, I think I saw shoeless at least. I'll try to hop on again tonight, using the high cbill server would be a good idea so we can gently caress around in whatever and not worry about that one guy who's dedicated his life to perfecting a game only a dozen people play. Steiner Scout Party, anyone? 
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Oct 15, 2014 00:05
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Freakazoid_ posted:I was on last night as SA-Freakazoid, I think I saw shoeless at least. sounds good to me. marik hovercraft drifters reporting for duty. 
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Oct 15, 2014 00:08
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Freakazoid_ posted:I was on last night as SA-Freakazoid, I think I saw shoeless at least. But the Commando's not in LL! 
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Oct 15, 2014 00:23
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That was fun tonight let's try to play on a real server this weekend. I think I know how to pilot stuff again now.
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Oct 15, 2014 03:16
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MWLL action report: New player server was decent. turnout was around 3-4 players per side in every match. funtimes with light mechs versus hovercrafts escalated to heavy mech versus heavy mech & 1 very dedicated VTOL pilot. the low gravity-moon map is very bad. skip it if possible. rask666 is the dbag shoeless, alpha, and i encountered yesterday. i bailed after the low gravity-moon map ended, so i have no idea if rask666 is a gimmick or just a jackass.
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Oct 15, 2014 03:22
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tuluk posted:MWLL action report: Yeah, that map is pretty dumb. The best parts of the games are always, in my mind, when people are working together. At least, that's what I enjoy the most. And where there's at least 4 people a side, so you have folks to hook up with. I think we should really try to find some method for voice chat next time, it would really help I bet.
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Oct 15, 2014 03:46
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Awesome Welles posted:I haven't played Mechwarrior 2 in years, but man, that soundtrack Um, I think you guys mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp87Jc6k1w4  edit: 20:50 Deuce fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Thanks for letting me know about MWLL again, I got sick and tired of fighting through Gamespy the last time I tried to come back to it. The handy installer and the hosts file changes made it a breeze to get logged in. Too bad nobody's playing after midnight. 
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