From markcln@on-ramp.ior.com Sun Sep 29 15:09:23 EDT 1996 Article: 185192 of comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Path: prism!gt-news!cc.gatech.edu!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!olivea!express.ior.com!usenet From: Mark or Carlin Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.games.mechwarrior2 Subject: Re: MechWarrior 2:Mercenaries Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 01:15:14 -0700 Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <324E3012.6DEA@on-ramp.ior.com> References: <52d2rn$clp@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <01bbac41$dc3c6d60$01111dcc@orland> <324BAEF0.15A@popd.ix.netcom.com> <324C38B3.5004@cms.cc.wayne.edu> <01bbad0c$fb139d00$d1a120cc@hurricane> <52inp3$1oo0@uni.library.ucla.edu> Reply-To: markcln@on-ramp.ior.com NNTP-Posting-Host: pm2-24.ior.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) Status: RO I purchased Mercenaries Thursday and I've found a multitude of bugs that are quite serious. I love the game, but it needs a patch real bad. The interface for customizing mechs is also IMHO very poor as compared with Mechwarrior 2, most notably the lack of a "delete variant" button. Deleting these things from the operating system is a REAL pain. Here are the bugs I have noticed in two days of playing: Win95 start-bar bug - During a fairly large mission the game will become suspended with the start bar at the bottom of the screen and the computer totally locked up. Many people have mentioned this or something similar. Like the other messages about this bug, I have a Matrox Millenium. The DOS version works great, no crashing bugs there that I can see. I made it to the fourth or fifth campaign before this bug bit me so I was *really* peeved at having to start over in the DOS version. Copying .sav files is not a straight-forward process between the versions. Ammunition bug - This one really hurts gameplay. On any mech that carries ammunition, if the ammo gets damaged, an extra ton is added upon repair. The damaged ammo isn't replaced, an additional ton is added ignoring the maximum weight. This really sux because while you can remove the ton of ammo added for replacement, you can't remove the damaged ton, making the mech non-customizable for the rest of the game. The only way to deal with it is to a)Use only energy weapons, b)Get the design the way you like it and never change it again, or c)Sell the mech and get another one. This bug was amusing at first, but now I find it maddening. Carlin --------------------------------------------------------------- Carlin | Transdimensional Gateway markcln@on-ramp.ior.com | http://www.ior.com/~markcln/tgate.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------