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You and us all.

Yeah they blended everything just right.

What's wrong with it?

@@kurplesteve In the Clan 'Mech section it says "Clan names" ... no, those are mostly the Inner Sphere names. The errors: Uller = Kit Fox Vulture = Mad Dog Loki = Hellbringer Thor = Summoner Mad Cat = Timber Wolf Masakari = Warhawk And a minor nit pick ... you said the Timby is a 70 ton 'Mech, it's actually 5 tons heavier.

Ah ok fair. I meant clan mechs. That would've made more sense. Thanks for pointing that out.

Glad you liked it. I believe to aim specific body parts like legs or head you need to press and hold the Numb Pad of the body. For example if want to aim for the head press 8 and left click.

@@kurplesteve numpad, that may be the issue - Im playin on laptop and using numbers + click makes nothing (except 1-4 that makes airstrikes)

There are programs and apps out there that can mimic a keypress. For example I think autoclicker has a way to bind like Alt+Shift+8 as a "Numpad" input.

Targeting specific locations probably causes a targeting penalty, like in tabletop. So don't do trick shots with low skill pilots, I recommend have veteran or higher pilots do it as they would be more like hit.

We need MC3 "à la" Battletech carreer mode and with DLCs that will include the Clan Invasion, the whole shanang! Then we would need a MMO "à la WoW" with characters and skills we develop, mission to go with our Mechs, etc. Then I will be glad! ;)

Mech Commander 2 isn't nearly as hard to run as MechWarrior 3 on modern PCs.

Unfortunately, the license is in lawyer hell, last I heard. I want all the old Mechcommander games back again, and a new one to boot. No, the HBS Battletech does not count.

I know. I still play Mech commander 2 every few years. I absolutely love that game. I like it more then HomeWorld and WarCraft 3.

​@@DSFARGEG00 battletech is battletech and mech commander is mech commander and I want more of both.

I mean, who wouldn't? It's a frickin mad cat, a Cadillac among mechs.

Same

Yeah installation sucked. Recording it is even worse.

Exactly why it was so memorable.

That's something I forgot to mention in the video. Thanks

Infact, harmony gold didn't own the rights to macross, just the intellectual property of the names and story of robotech. Which coincidentally allowed macross to come over to America finally.

So basically a new game.

@@kurplesteve In the same way Age of Empires 2: DE is a whole new game, I suppose.

Thank you, sorry I got busy lately.

Warcraft 2 had it as a toggle option. Fog of war existed as we know it today, but you could actually turn it off so that it was simply the 'shroud' variant and once you explored the map, you could see it. I almost laughed when he said 'I don't know any other game that uses this system' and came here to point out exactly what you pointed out. Lots of early RTS used the 'shroud' system.

@@Pulmonox To be fair, once Fog became a thing it became ubiquitous, and I wouldn't be surprised if MechCommander was one of the last RTS games to use 'shroud'.

AoE1 had the same fog and shroud options of AoE2

To be fair, consider that the view is from Aerospace Assets and various folk working the map and radar so once an area is sighted and something crosses it, you'll know right away.

@@boxtank5288 I do not consider that fair. I'm talking about gameplay. And if it were truly "aerospace assets", then there shouldn't be *any* shroud at all. I also feel you may be misunderstanding what "shroud" and "fog of war" are. Shroud is the blackness that blocks *all* information about a location, including the terrain. Fog of War blocks sight only of units, but leaves terrain info intact. FoW is often simulated by the area "dimming".

Haha thanks. Sorry been uber busy at work. I'm 50% on a new video.

What's the issue with it? I think if you right click on the Mechwarrior portrait you fix your camera on the mech.

Tabletop delivers a slower but richer set of rules.

I just started playing, only done two matches, but its some of the most fun I've had in tabletop

I've been curious about the tabletop game. I might try it out someday. Some of my friends play Warhammer. I assume it's like that.

@@kurplesteve yeah absolutely! You'll have to ignore parts of the community, but there are a lot of amazing people and things to do within the setting. Not to mention the lore is just absolutely incredible.

​@@kurplesteve also check out the turn based version of battletech, Especially with mods like rogue tech and commanders edition.

Because they were real movie sets sometimes.

One of my favorite all time lines!

Anytime I ask my wife what the weather is and she says I think it's going to rain, I tell her you think? Find out mech commander. She's always wtf.

The events of any of the video games are considered apocryphal to the greater Canon of the battletech lore. Canon events are found in the novels, short stories, and source books

I have mixed feelings about the second. It has its pros and cons. MS is definitely in the gaming business, but I doubt that Mechcommander will be getting a revival anytime soon. It'd take a miracle.

@@kurplesteve The good thing about the second one is that it didn't have the flaw of the first one, that all the weaponry was put by default on one of the sides of the mech. Also in the use of the graphic engine I have opposite feelings, because for some reason the first one seems more endearing to me but the second one began to move with a 3D that could give a lot of itself. And in terms of missions, I have to admit that I liked the first one a lot better, I think it had a better construction of missions and objectives. But nevertheless, I loved Katherine Davion-Steiner's appearances.

Hey thank you so much! I'm working on a new video, but got sick. I should be done within a week or two.

I heard that consoles players can do that easily. From what I understand for Steam you have to buy a new game on each new account. If you're looking for RC you can ask online and someone will probably help you out.

@@kurplesteve I have 3 pawns I train on xbox series s. With blessed blossom equipped my lvl 200 character took my rookie pawn along so it earned 500 K on a quick tour on Bitterblack. It's great fun! 🙂

@@kurplesteve The short answer is yes! If you have to buy it again on different accounts it's worth it. It's another level on the game and I would if I had to.

Personally I had a problem with only having one save file since I had to record a new game. I lost my previous progress which kind of sucked. But I do disagree that there's an incentive to replay the game. Just having multiple saves allows the same thing. However, you would miss out on the surprise at the end. To each it's own.

Yeah I'm glad they're bringing in same VAs for their roles. I don't think any other voice would've done justice. But who know, maybe it's a different dragon. All vocations are pretty OP. I think that's the fun part, you can't go wrong.

Can't even compare Genshin to DD.

Thanks

"Abandon all delusion of control." I liked how Grigori was a straight shooter.

Yeah, I miss Mech Commander. It's due a modern remaster.

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it. Let me know if there's a game you want me to review.

Yeah, I hope they explore Pawn's backstory more in DD2. Never say never.

Thanks

Oh what I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out.

Yeah good point. I think most early command and conquerer games had the same fog of war. It's like rts games from that era did it.

@@kurplesteve that fog of war mechanic was op since any player that has explored the enemy base could just drop it when ready.

​@@kurplesteveDune II set the stage for the system, like pretty much every RTS.

Yeah, he's pretty good. He's talented in music that sounds like a country's national anthem.

It plays on win10, I'm not sure about win11. What's the part that's not working? Have you tried the widescreen mod I recommended?

Thanks

No problem 22:00 should go over how to set it up so you don't crash.

@@kurplesteve Found it and it worked! Thanks so much! I also found out that when you use a ultra high resolution monitor like 4k, you need to go into "Change high DPI Settings" -> "Use this setting to fix scaling problems: Enabled" and then "Override high DPI scaling behavior:" -> "Application", this allows Mech Commander to run without the Mouse scrolling issue.