Comments - MCRizZen

I will!

Units need to be active before being count as mission objective trigger.

You're wrong, this is the iso file. The file you talk about is another download. Read the download descriptions!

Start game with standard resolution. Standard res can be executed via launching the game with the original game exe file. 1024x768 is very stable. Some missions like mission 12 for example it can be you have to choose 640x480 or 800x600.

Reason is that I exegarrated the limits of what you can do (max units per map) on a single map. Some maps contain 200+ enemy units. This can cause access violation errors on higher resolutions. By the way I can play through all missions with 1400x900 for example and just one / two missions I need to downgrade res to make game more stable... I'm sorry for the inconvenience...

Sorry for delay. Yeah all is fine here. Rizzen over and out!

Thank you for the good vibes!!!

Yeah, exactly that way. Content of the download just needs to be put into your game folder - overriding the original files. Then just start and play / enjoy the game.

The game is freeware. The guide is licensed and you can buy it in the internet. I can just offer my own guide & other guides about MechCommander and present it as a tribute, royalty free content. I'm working on this stuff just for fun since 2016. Before... I just played the original game for almost two decades!

I hope you can live with the articles and content I can offer for free. Sharing licensed stuff is not my style. Same counts for the original prima strategy guide for mechcommander. It's like a licensed book and cant be published or shared / copied by others than their creators cause this has technically nothing to do with the base game or its legal state.

My moddb profile already offers 80 articles about all imaginable ingame stuff and I will extend them and further develop the whole in the future. I will keep it alive.

Impressive! I would like to promote your work.

Yeah, and I wanna have children from you xD

God, you listen to me.

Thank you this is the best release I've seen for Mc since 20 years
Go on with it. I just found it but I promise I will download it, use and absorb it and then I will come to you begging for the source code and updates lol.

Love from Germany, RizZ (no ****)

To be correct: Darkest Hours is the first title. Prometheus is the second title. Both are different builts. Will be. V.5.0 is my total version number for Mechcommander in general.

v1.0 = MC1 Original
v1.8 = MCG Desperate Measures Expansion
v2.0-v4.2 = MCG Darkest Hours
V4.3-v5.0 = MCG Prometheus
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To make this clear, once and for all.

v0.1beta is actually v4.3, no darkest hours anymore when Prometheus is complete. I overwrite the dh - DH is just the backbone. Like DM was backbone for DH.

Thank you for feedback. I know the built isn't finished yet. I appreciate all your patience and positive vibes all the time. I'm absolutely impressed by the BattleTech community!

Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year, Cyber_Lord!

This is a mission that usually crashes, when cheats are used. When you had active cheats on i recommend trying the mission without any cheats and staying a bit under the maximum dropweight loadout. Any higher loadout or cheat on screen will result in a crash.

When NOTHING works - i recommend activating cheats and then "Control + W" the mission in order to go on further. I would please you to send me a full bugreport so that i can have a look on it.

Edit: Trying this mission with a lower resolution may although help. I know there are some issues with the mission, when nothing helps i can upload a replacement that defintely works.

Have fun, that's an order, RizZ!

Thank you for the feedback.

Indiedb.com

I offer different starting options. You are right, during the development i had chosen an easier start mod but went back to the original cause this should be considered normal difficulty scale. You can customize your built by downloading all starting conditions, using the one you desire - making it ease - or a harder competition.

That is how it should be!
Keep in mind that we are under ongoing content extension and I'm working on a new built. A clanner version. Feel free to visit us here or on discord from time to time.

RizZen#2483 - I'll invite you to the coolest discord on earth.

There is a transformer station next to the starting point. Destroy the transformer station and the power supplies in the main base and mission objective will be triggered.

No there are several people with that issues.
If it maybe helps: you can although klick on the minimap on the top left that's what I usually do when I play cause with Win10 I have some fps drops when scrolling, too. By using the klick option on minimap that gets better to control.

I will figure out how to change the camera settings next. If it is possible to adjust camera on a higher level it may not collide with any high terrain anymore.

Thank you for that hint.

Unknown doomer postulates this solution:

Hard-light.net

Please give feedback if it's a solution for you.

Have fun & thx for feedback.

The revealed terrain is a small issue to campaign builders. I experienced that many origin and customer map creators used different maps than displayed in briefing screen in order to hide things or emulate changes on the battlefield when you are dropped. Those "surprise" effects and many eastereggs would be easy to find then in Darkest Hours for example.

This looks beautiful. May you allow me to publish articles for that content / using it for modding?

NimoStar's
MECHCOMMANDER: LOSTECH

This was made to be put into RiZzen's Darkest Hours 4.2 standalone version. Download that first if you haven't. Original game unnecesary (it's free and legal).
Seems unlikely this will work on the default MechCommander Gold version due to dependencies, but its untested.

How to install:
move to your main Mechcommander Darkest Hours folder and 'Extract here' (or otherwise extract/copy contents to that folder)
Overwrite everything and anything (especially DATA folder and subfolders)

former VEHICLE REBALANCE REBALANCE
+ ETC. change name
AKA:
* The Lostech Vault
* L&L (Lostech & Lurm)
* Lurming & Fun kit

NOTES:

Notes on weapon including "unknown" values discovered:
Entry Description
----------- ---------------------
ID Component ID
Full Name Name of component
Name Abrv Abreviated name of component
Type "EnergyWeapon", "MissileWeapon", "BallisticsWeapon", "Ammo", "ECM" and others
Load Crits Number of criticals used during loadout.
? UNKNOWN. Always appears to be set to 1
Tons Weight of the component
RP cost Purchase cost of the weapon, in RP
*Equip locations. These are "Yes"/"No" flags indicating if the component can be fitted here
Head Head location
CT Center Torso
LT Left Torso
RT Right Torso
LA Left Arm
RA Right Arm
LL Left Leg
RL Right Leg
Fit Vehcle "Yes"/"No" can it fit on a vehicle?
Fit Both "Yes"/"No" can it fit on both clan and IS mechs?
Tech Side "IS"/"Clan" which side this tech is a component for (can also be "Both" if both sides make it)
Fit IS "Yes"/"No" can it fit on an IS mech?
? Art Unknown. Artillery? Seems to always be 0 ?
Disable UNSURE. Can be disabled? Seems to always be set to 1
BR Battle Rating. Not sure how this is calculated, larger numbers mean higher rating.May be used by AI when selecting targets.
Dmg Damage amount this weapon does (if weapon) (can be set to "na")
//This also controls sensor range, basic sensor is 1.00 max sensor 1.5 (clan ext 1.4) ; beagle probe detection is 0.5 and ECM anti-detect is 0.7, while both are 0.6 for clan
Recycle Recycle time, in seconds, for this weapon (can be set to "na")
heat UNUSED Heat generated by this component, per use. Not sure this is used anymore.
number of misses HOW MANY HITS/MISSES IN A SALVO
miss type HOW TO CALCULATE SPECIAL MULTI HITS/MISSES (Weapon types: SRM, LRM, 0)
*Weapon Ranges (ranges are in meters)
min Minimum range this weapon can be used at.
shrt Distance considered to be short range (short will be minimum to this value)
med Distance considered to be medium range (medium range will be short range to this value)
lng Distance considered to be long range (max range) (long range will be medium range to this value)
? weapon Unknown. This value is used for multiple weapons, but have not figured out what it is for or what it represents.
effect VISUAL EFFECT ON HIT (also probably on fire)
Ammo ID Component ID, from COMPBAS.CSV (this same table), that has the definition of the ammo used by this weapon (use 0 for non-ammo type components)
Flag Not too sure. Though 1 = Streak, 2 = Inferno, 4 = LBX, 8 = Artillery

FIXED PREEXISTING BUGS
in the download file

BUGS
- Clan Sensor Extended doesn't appear in the list (a black space instead)
-- The cause of this is unknown but some clan mechs will come with it to compensate

WEAPONS
more info in the download
-- IS MRM-10 (Designed to be able to replace an SRM-4)
-- IS MRM-20
-- IS MRM-30
-- IS MRM-40

-- IS LRM-10
-- IS LRM-15
-- IS LRM-20

-- Clan LRM-10
-- Clan LRM-15
-- Clan LRM-20
-- Clan Streak Heavy Thunderbolt

MECHS
in the file

VEHICLES
in the file

Can you add a file list or something - a breakdown of what changes you have done in what file? Would be awesome!

May you add your download description with a detailed changelog and WHAT exactly you have changed (new item lists - new unit lists - differences in comparison?).

Would like to assist you forming this into a "thing" for MechCommanders used as optional update or more later.

Please recheck the Gamesys file of its data\mission folders. I found serious issues there on weapon range mod. I recommend comparing the file with my gamesys of optional visual and weapon range mod for widescreen. I have corrected values that got overridden by the weapon mod creators without purpose. I guess they replaced a certain value with another value while modifying ranges and didnt noticed they although override other settings with the same number as value. This alone causes many possible technical problems and issues, leading the game into instability and debug.

I've send you a PM with my emailadress!

It should be. But i'm not the creator. For deeper information you will have to ask Sean Lang and Confused_shelf.

One of the reasons i won't implement it to a newer version - just leaving it optionally available. I think a fullversion with this would cause too many complaints.

I sent friend invite for pm exchange.

Do you have discord?

RizZen#2483

You can send them to me. There is currently some more exe stuff that will upgrade the existent resolution package soon.
IronArthur created ALL high resolution files as No-CD exe files!

Moddb.com

The link above shows you my resolution notes. There is explained in detail with screenshots how to change resolutions on MechCommander if needed.

Edit: 1280x768 is standard resolution in the first place and its already in the existent res-package.

Usually this was not planned - but i have to announce one more final update this wonderful built will get. This update will implement unique and brandnew voice packs for customermade MechWarriors.

Prepare and get ready for the final MCGDH v4.3 release.

Would you like to know more?
Indiedb.com

I'm announcing a v4.0 update for those tools. I will re-upload them with the missing packing tool that is needed to create customermade voice packages for MechCommander 1 / Gold MechWarriors.

Would you like to know more?

Indiedb.com

EdiT: Update succesful.

I have extended the file content (look lists above).

Darkest Hours - Fullversion - is basically ALL you need to start it.