Topic: Mech Commander 2 Source Released (Read 337 times)

Vegiemaster · « **on:** March 21, 2006, 03:00:00 PM »

I've never played the game, but, looking at screen shots, it seems pretty cool. Here's a link if anyone's interested. I'm not 1337 enough to port a game.

http://www.MS.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

The Zep Man · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2006, 01:54:00 AM »

Correct URL for the source:

http://www.micro soft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6d790cde-c3e5-46be-b3a5-729581269a9c&DisplayLang=en (please remove the whitespace between "micro" and "soft").

The official website, contains some screenshots.

A fansite with a lot of info.

System Requirements for the source
MS Visual C++ 2005
MS MSBuild 2.0
4.5 GB of disk space is required during installation.

System Requirements for the game
System Requirements
486DX66 computer with 8MB RAM
45MB available drive space
SoundBlaster-compatible sound card
DOS 5.0 or later; Windows95

This might be portable, but it first should be backported to MS Visual C++ 2003. Too bad they didn't release the source of MechWarrior 4, but 2 ain't bad either. The Xbox lacks a good MechWarrior simulation (MechAssault is an arcade game), so this would be a nice addition.

Sirmatto · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2006, 03:29:00 AM »

Hmmm...MS releasing a game as "open source" is a feat to be considered, although the "shared source" license is very icky. Nevertheless, this would be a very welcome game on the Xbox.

The Zep Man · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2006, 07:39:00 AM »

QUOTE(Sirmatto @ Mar 22 2006, 11:36 AM)

Hmmm...MS releasing a game as "open source" is a feat to be considered, although the "shared source" license is very icky. Nevertheless, this would be a very welcome game on the Xbox.

I think they did this to promote/create an example for MS XNA. You need it to build MechWarrior 2. Just look at the "Related Resources" at the bottom of the page.

And I don't think MS had the idea of: "we released the source code so 'they' can port it to the Xbox". I don't even know if it is possible to port at all, but I already doubt that any developer dares to touch the source. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

thebeaz · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2006, 10:35:00 AM »

QUOTE(The Zep Man @ Mar 22 2006, 01:01 AM)

This might be portable, but it first should be backported to MS Visual C++ 2003. Too bad they didn't release the source of MechWarrior 4, but 2 ain't bad either. The Xbox lacks a good MechWarrior simulation (MechAssault is an arcade game), so this would be a nice addition.

This is not MechWarrior 2, this is Mech Commander 2. It's more of a RTS game. Sort of.

BlaCkAdDa · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2006, 11:00:00 PM »

I thought the game needed a bit more than a 486DX2!!!

I remember the original, and I thought the sequal needed D3D and so on?

The Zep Man · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2006, 03:13:00 AM »

QUOTE(thebeaz @ Mar 22 2006, 06:42 PM)

This is not MechWarrior 2, this is Mech Commander 2. It's more of a RTS game. Sort of.

Argh, how stupid of me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

You are right. MechCommander 2 is an RTS-like game. How could I have mistaken it for MechWarrior?

Thanks for the heads-up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

mike315 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2006, 09:34:00 AM »

QUOTE(The Zep Man @ Mar 24 2006, 11:20 AM)

Argh, how stupid of me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

You are right. MechCommander 2 is an RTS-like game. How could I have mistaken it for MechWarrior?

Thanks for the heads-up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

lol @ me clicking the link and wondering why i was at morgan stanley's website

DUH! Didnt know XS changed the links like that... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) im such a dumbass (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Anyways...RTS on the xbox...hrmm console RTS games are always painful. Not sure if this would work gameplay wise.

This post has been edited by mike315: Mar 24 2006, 05:38 PM

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