@@jaximusprimerib34 don't feel bad man, most of us can identify some of the mechs, and the Jenner is easy to remember. The video is still great. Thanks for helping me realize Mektek has returned.
The one this I always admired about this game and mech assault was the model detail and how smooth the walking animation is. I still think the movement animations are still hands down better than MWO or MW5.
Definitely. The legs actually react to moving up or down terrain, instead of just clipping through the ground like they do in MWO/MW5. Compare the Daishi's movement in this to the one in MWO. They're leagues apart.
Yep. PGI doesn’t seem to understand that, since mechs move using artificial musculature, their motions should appear fluid and alive instead of stiff and robotic.
Yeah, I never played MW4 and it's cool to see this after realizing how nimble 'mechs are actually meant to be. Like, these things can crouch, right themselves if they fall over, an Atlas can yank your 'mech's arm off and beat you to death with it, hell, a good enough Spider pilot can do backflips if they feel like it. That's what makes these things useful. It's also why pilots can't hit shit in the tabletop game as soon as you start running.
Yeah, its really annoying knowing that the Mech's speed and walk-animation aren't exactly synced as well. You can see the mechs in MW5 "sliding" with each step. I'm surprised PGI, or a modder, hasn't fixed it.
OMG this brings me way back. I'm still floored by the epic but tragic intro. Nowadays the new mechwarrior games' intros are not even half as good (although the games are very good). I MISS MY CHILDHOOD! (plus i always remember my Dad's the one who bought me Mechwarrior 2, that memory is forever etched on my mind).
I'm not one to demand a remake lightly (they're mostly just lazy and an admission of a studio that they can't do anything new and interesting) but this game absolutely deserves one. It's a shame that MW4 and all its expansions are abandonware and get increasingly more difficult to run on modern hardware and operating systems with each passing year.
I hate how whenever I try to live stream a let's play of MW4 Mercs, OBS shits kittens and puts it in a tiny box instead of going fullscreen resolution.
It's not THAT bad just very unoptimized. I'm kinda ambivalent on the MW5 engine, I think it's a bit janky tbh. Also I prefer the old unseen designs not the industrial look which makes everything look the same. In an ideal world I'd be happy with a 1-1 remake on a more modern engine, like what MWLL did with Crysis Wars
I was a tester on MW4 and BK, and looking back makes me realize how much 'mech quality varied. I used to think it was just later releases being worse, but I think that's only because my friend showed me all the worst 'mechs back in the day. (We'd both be in the multiplayer testing lab, he was still working on MW games while I moved on to Rise of Nations, and so I didn't get to really dig into Mercs/MekTek much.) But watching this video I think it's just that 'mech quality varied a lot with _every_ release; there were some derpy, bad-looking designs in MW4 and BK, and also some awesome 'mechs in the later releases. One factor was scaling. While I think the Catapult overall looked great in this series, the cockpit window is _ridiculously gigantic._ I think one or two 'mechs might've actually been scaled up from smaller sizes (with no changes to textures or anything) so that might've been what happened there. Another factor is _the source material_ varies a lot. And we aren't even talking about mechs stolen from another IP entirely (since I don't think any of those Robotech/Macross mechs made it into MW4?), just the fact that BT over the years had so many different artists of different styles drawing (and 3D modeling) the same 'mechs different ways. I love what MWO has done with the mech designs as they feel like they're trying to be taken seriously (as serious as giant walking tanks can be taken anyway), and it's that sort of "ridiculous premise, but executed completely seriously" design style that I love in my sci-fi/fantasy. I still have nitpicks, but I think they've done an amazing job with things. And well...standardizing the art style, even though that has more to do with the fact that their mechs have been re-used in both Battletech and Mechwarrior 5 (it's weird to call it "standardizing" when it's just re-using the art).
MWO designs look really generic, it can blend in alot of sci-fi settings. It doesn't feel like piloting oversized killing metal boxes made to minimum requirements, it feels more like generic power armor. Of course some designs are goofy, that's part of the battletech style, and of course when you have hundreds of mechs not every one of them is going to be the pinnacle of design.
I think the varied level of quality is much more OK in a single player game, anyway. in MWO you kinda need it to be balanced, and you need it to look good for the people who spend real money.
I very much enjoyed watching this. That is the only video game I ever really played enthusiastically, and it was good to see the Warhammer, Loki,Thor, Highlander, Cauldron Born, and Shadowhawk I loved so much. I missgood old NBT Sunder.
Why are all the mechs in this game so much faster than their MW5 counterparts? Even compared to the listed speeds on the wiki, the mechs in MW5 are sluggish.
I remember reading the description of the Archer in MW5 and wondered how it was supposed to strike from a distance and keep a range gap when it could only run at 64 kph, but seeing the Archer in this game running at 100 made a lot more sense, lol.
I mean, if we could have an open ended campaign in this game, I would basically drop MW5 altogether. This game just plays better. Aiming is harder, the movement is what I expect from a battlemech and it is just nice. This game gave me my undying love for the Bushwacker back in the day.
I never remembered mechs going so god damn fast in this game. A highlander sprinting at you with reckless abandon at 97kph will be haunting my nightmares tonight.
Man, the fact that there are weapon pods that are separate from a hull section and can be shot off is both an extremely neat and painful mechanic. Such as the Uziel, have a PPC in the arm mounted weapon pod, well say good bye when a well placed ai shot manages to hit it.
I remember Uziel was very strong cause it could shoot 2 blue lasers and do fast reload. Blue lasers was my favorite weapon - it disables enemy systems and damage a lot
you know what? The Vulture II was always my least favorite :/ Its not a bad mech but i can't help but only see a parody of the absolute flawless design of the Mechwarrior 4 Vulture when i look at it. I adore that mech but thats mainly because it was the featured mech in the opening video for Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance. It had such an impression on me at the time that nothing now will ever beat it in my eyes. One mech came close though, that was the Black Heart. I love that mech.
@@jaximusprimerib34 I understand your opinion. Trust me. Mad Cat is a main favorite as well. Whenever I play Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, I try to make a Mad Cat Lance. 😁😁
I never really did the table top stuff or read any of the novels I only ever played Vengeance and Mercenaries as well as mech assault on Xbox but imo they were awesome games.
Its design always bothered me. Too boxy, always reminded me of a misshapen toaster. Also the cockpit seem for too big for its size but there are a lot that are like that in Mw4.
ah the Daisy, my old love :) back in early 2000's when we fought countless MW4 online battles, people loved to make her a deadly alpha sniper. My personal one was a direct opposite, a double strength large pulse lasers on each arm and a punishing dual AC cannons to finish the job. Face to face with sniper i would alternate fire from my pulse lasers to constantly shake their cockpits and mess with their aim so their sniper fire flys missing to my sideways while my cannons turn their reflective armor into popcorn. They hated my arse, haha xD
yea the whole battletech universe has mech weigth soo wrong in many levels. A regular tank in modern times can go up to 60 tons, and its barely the sieze of a foot of many assault mechs.
As I recall for the elementals, there were technical limitations of making them weigh what they should. As I recall it was attempted. (Also tried making them speedy bois able to run 80kph. It made them *terrifying*)
@@jaximusprimerib34 Where can we read about news and potential updates? Last I saw, the MekTek forums weren't responding. Did they move their site again? Discord exclusive perhaps?
Played M/W 4 (not sure if it was the mercenary version) but the Thor with ACs, Gauss rifle, & some lasers worked for me! Thanks! Cool background music! Think I still have the game disks. Was there a feature of the game where you could choose a mech, & go up against a few different mechs?🤔
ill leave this here for anyone still wanting to play, and/or having trouble. www.dropbox.com/s/dupqdn1zicyedv5/MechWarrior%204%20%28Vanilla%2C%20Pre-Installed%29.zip?dl=0 I managed to get this game working recently on windows 10. youll more than likely need Microsoft DirectPlay to play it. just google it, its very easy to enable in windows. i pre installed the game so all you need to do is drag-n-drop anywhere you like, and run it. youll need to go into the rosters and delete my profile aswell, i was too lazy to remove it. mektek packs installed too.
Heyo! A safe download for MW4 with the mekpaks included can be found in this Discord here: discord.gg/dv5dqBWR Tried it myself and worked perfectly, and if anything goes wrong the community in that Discord will be happy to help you. Have fun :)
I'd play it even with the dated graphics because it's not about the graphics. It's about a time when the nerds, not the marketing/accounting department ran the show. It's about atmosphere, decent challenge, and character (cheesy voice acting helps!) that contributes to the overall fun.
Probably because the game engine doesn't allow for anything lower than 20 tons for anything that walks or runs because technically they count as mechs for gameplay purposes
*20 tons!?!? Thats a heavy dude. I don't know why MekTek didn't just copy and paste the weight from the wiki.* I think it's possible because in NBT-HC the elemental weighs 5 tons
I looked up all the weights on the wiki just to make sure I wasn't going crazy lol. The commando is 25 tons and last I checked a suit of power armor while heavy is no where comparable to a mech. Lol and then there is the infantry....
Where can you get high quality versions of the MW4 soundtrack? Everything I've found sounds like 96 kpbs but what you played in your video sounds near transparent.
I am pretty sure there was a hotfix released for it at some point. I am not sure where to find it though unfortunately as I've never bothered to fix it myself because fuck Katrina Steiner lol
There is a hot fix. Check to see if moddb still has mechwarrior 4 on it. I sent the guy keeping the game updated the hot fix files years ago. Funny thing is that instead of re-uploading the files he linked directly to my drop box. It was downloaded so many times I got a permaban from them for not following the rules.
Man i miss that game and competing on the MWL i just cant seem to get in to 5 and mwo as much as i did 4, unpatched black knight and mercs with mekpack was were all the fun was.
did you run this on a window 11? I have been trying to run this game in my computer but there seem to be a compatibility issue. could you or anyone help me to get mine running?
it's probably impossible, but don't stop trying. I'm sure somebody has figured it out. I got this from windows 10 but I couldn't actually play it. Last time i was able was on windows 7
Attention fellow viewers, do not get fooled by the stated maximum speeds of those mechs. Those only apply if you put the biggest engine into ypour machine, which leaves you with almost no further abililty to put armr or weapons in/onto it.
My dude. Thats the point. Top speed, meaning the maximum amount of speed that machine is physically capable of. Everything else be dammed. For example, when people describe the top speed of a car, they aren't taking into account various things like the weight of potential cargo. If they were then i suppose thats what they'd call an average speed. But i didn't take the average, i took the top. As in the maximum amount of speed achievable.
@@jaximusprimerib34 When you discuss the top speed of a car, you don't usually go into hypotheticals of replacing the engine with something more powerful, or strapping jet engines onto the roof, you usually discuss it in terms of the top speed it can reach in stock configuration.
Where can you download the mektek version of MW4 with all the bells and whistles? Apparently they lost the damn license that allowed them to give it away for free. Somebody got pissed at getting something for nothing. Anybody know. Ive been looking to no avail. thx
I hope in the future that they put it in the behemoth2 and mech warrior five mercenaries as a DLC pack just one robot the one I mentioned that thing looks like it's tough to crack
Its not in the original base game, but was added with the Mektek mods. I'm pretty sure the Mektek mechs start showing up in stores the same way the normal mechs do: Progress further into the game to see more mechs show up in the shop. Edit: From what I remember, the Mektek mod mechs are always listed below the list of original mechs in the shop. The Mektek ones do not show up in campaign missions and can only be bought.
I have downloaded the 3.1 vers; but it says I have Hardware/Driver issues and it refuses to load.. the 3.0 vers works fine.. but the problem is I want MekMatch... other wise I'd just play mw5...
Lol bro, the shit storm you just walked into is unbelievable. Getting this game to run on windows 10 ranges for simply checking a few boxes to having to physically rewire your entire computer lol. But yeah, I can point you in the right direction. Firstly, if you don't have it, get it here: mech4rebirth.boards.net/thread/4/current-download-links-mechwarrior-mercenaries Either source works but I prefer source 2. Secondly, refer to this install guide: mech4rebirth.boards.net/thread/13/2-installation-walkthrough If this install guide fails you or if you require additional assistance you can join the MW4 discord here or just join anyways: discord.gg/4rZYtub There is a tech help text channel there you can ask for help in. There's a nice girl there with the user name "MW4 discord" who would be happy to help you. If she can't help you for whatever reason either me or someone else from the community will help you. You can always expect somebody there to help. It's an old fickle game so a lot of the time you require your own work around custom for your computer in order to get it to run but fear not because it can be done. Good luck solider! o7
www.dropbox.com/s/dupqdn1zicyedv5/MechWarrior%204%20%28Vanilla%2C%20Pre-Installed%29.zip?dl=0 I managed to get this game working recently on windows 10. youll more than likely need Microsoft DirectPlay to play it. just google it, its very easy to enable in windows. i pre installed the game so all you need to do is drag-n-drop anywhere you like, and run it. youll need to go into the rosters and delete my profile aswell, i was too lazy to remove it. mektek packs installed too.
Really? Huh, i'm not surprised honestly. Just getting this game to run alone is basically brain surgery, forget getting it to run perfectly. Although it sounds like your graphics were turned down. Try running the auto-config file and make sure everything is maxed out.
Yo does anyone have a like to the 3.1 HD repack they would be willing to share? I've been pulling my hair out trying to find it and all I have really been able to source is dead links and bizarre foreign businesses trying to advertise utilising randomly quoted english words. If anyone either has a working link to it or is willing to upload their copy of it for me I would be absolutely grateful beyond reckoning.
does anyone here know how to get mw4+all the expansions running on win10? I’ve played all the newer games and I was like fuck it I’m going down the list. I have some files from abandonware but that’s it.
@@jaximusprimerib34 thanks for that,but I just saw your comment after getting all of them on and working on my pc. Luckily it didn’t take much as I found a place that make them compatible with win10,I just needed to make them run on windows 7 with the compatibility tab and that was it. Time to crush some filthy clanners.
Well Mech Warrior 5 mercenaries might be Sluggish a bit compare to the last games....well some but I still Like the game anyways. I mean first Battle Mech game to have an open end. You can still play for as long as you want
I just started playing this again, had to buy a 2nd hard drive and install winxp, but I got it running :) I just had to find video and audio drivers that work with xp
I use a usb microsoft Sidewinder, works great for me. A picture of my setup from last night :) scontent.fyyc2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/95831825_2879164335524760_1369079709601628160_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=jqgMmuexyeIAX8ZOASg&_nc_ht=scontent.fyyc2-1.fna&_nc_tp=7&oh=f7b50c5774db92c9581c68aa1c668658&oe=5ED4EA55
White feather. Jehoshaphat, Magnus...there were a lot of folks involved. I was in the beta program for it. Lots of long nights hunting down bugs. MT accomplished a good deal given the game's limitations.
Hey im pretty sure that Locust llc is actually a Jenner llc? Locust llc is listed twice.
Oh god damn it all. You are right, I have no idea how that got past me. There are so many I suppose it was inevitable that I got something wrong.
@@jaximusprimerib34 don't feel bad man, most of us can identify some of the mechs, and the Jenner is easy to remember. The video is still great. Thanks for helping me realize Mektek has returned.
@@jaximusprimerib34 One mistake in a video this long with so many Mechs is really good lol.
The one this I always admired about this game and mech assault was the model detail and how smooth the walking animation is. I still think the movement animations are still hands down better than MWO or MW5.
Definitely. The legs actually react to moving up or down terrain, instead of just clipping through the ground like they do in MWO/MW5. Compare the Daishi's movement in this to the one in MWO. They're leagues apart.
Yep. PGI doesn’t seem to understand that, since mechs move using artificial musculature, their motions should appear fluid and alive instead of stiff and robotic.
Yeah, I never played MW4 and it's cool to see this after realizing how nimble 'mechs are actually meant to be. Like, these things can crouch, right themselves if they fall over, an Atlas can yank your 'mech's arm off and beat you to death with it, hell, a good enough Spider pilot can do backflips if they feel like it. That's what makes these things useful. It's also why pilots can't hit shit in the tabletop game as soon as you start running.
Yeah, its really annoying knowing that the Mech's speed and walk-animation aren't exactly synced as well. You can see the mechs in MW5 "sliding" with each step. I'm surprised PGI, or a modder, hasn't fixed it.
@@Razgriz_01 Exactly!
The sense of scale on being an actually Mech was the best in Mechwarrior 3 hands down.
But Mechwarrior 4, I had the most funny playing.
OMG this brings me way back. I'm still floored by the epic but tragic intro.
Nowadays the new mechwarrior games' intros are not even half as good (although the games are very good).
I MISS MY CHILDHOOD! (plus i always remember my Dad's the one who bought me Mechwarrior 2, that memory is forever etched on my mind).
I love how MekTek added the "unseen" Marauder to 3.1 as a huge middle finger to Harmony Gold.
yea ... too bad they didn´t ballance the weapons at all anything that wasn´t at least a large laser or above was pretty much waste of tonnage
@@MrTBSC Mektek's back, and they're working on the mod. hopefully things will get better balance.
I'm not one to demand a remake lightly (they're mostly just lazy and an admission of a studio that they can't do anything new and interesting) but this game absolutely deserves one. It's a shame that MW4 and all its expansions are abandonware and get increasingly more difficult to run on modern hardware and operating systems with each passing year.
Virtual machine
Not a remake just a touch up.
Higher aspect ratio and win10-11 support.
What I would like is new missions.
I hate how whenever I try to live stream a let's play of MW4 Mercs, OBS shits kittens and puts it in a tiny box instead of going fullscreen resolution.
D A T A a MWO player is doing an overhaul of this game, check it out
It's not THAT bad just very unoptimized.
I'm kinda ambivalent on the MW5 engine, I think it's a bit janky tbh. Also I prefer the old unseen designs not the industrial look which makes everything look the same.
In an ideal world I'd be happy with a 1-1 remake on a more modern engine, like what MWLL did with Crysis Wars
Wow this brings me back, I like the designs of the mechs herr compared to the new ones
Yeah i like the new ones but theres just something about these designs that gets me all hot and bothered.
Great showcase vid :D Much appreciated!
I was a tester on MW4 and BK, and looking back makes me realize how much 'mech quality varied. I used to think it was just later releases being worse, but I think that's only because my friend showed me all the worst 'mechs back in the day. (We'd both be in the multiplayer testing lab, he was still working on MW games while I moved on to Rise of Nations, and so I didn't get to really dig into Mercs/MekTek much.) But watching this video I think it's just that 'mech quality varied a lot with _every_ release; there were some derpy, bad-looking designs in MW4 and BK, and also some awesome 'mechs in the later releases.
One factor was scaling. While I think the Catapult overall looked great in this series, the cockpit window is _ridiculously gigantic._ I think one or two 'mechs might've actually been scaled up from smaller sizes (with no changes to textures or anything) so that might've been what happened there.
Another factor is _the source material_ varies a lot. And we aren't even talking about mechs stolen from another IP entirely (since I don't think any of those Robotech/Macross mechs made it into MW4?), just the fact that BT over the years had so many different artists of different styles drawing (and 3D modeling) the same 'mechs different ways.
I love what MWO has done with the mech designs as they feel like they're trying to be taken seriously (as serious as giant walking tanks can be taken anyway), and it's that sort of "ridiculous premise, but executed completely seriously" design style that I love in my sci-fi/fantasy. I still have nitpicks, but I think they've done an amazing job with things. And well...standardizing the art style, even though that has more to do with the fact that their mechs have been re-used in both Battletech and Mechwarrior 5 (it's weird to call it "standardizing" when it's just re-using the art).
MWO designs look really generic, it can blend in alot of sci-fi settings. It doesn't feel like piloting oversized killing metal boxes made to minimum requirements, it feels more like generic power armor.
Of course some designs are goofy, that's part of the battletech style, and of course when you have hundreds of mechs not every one of them is going to be the pinnacle of design.
I think the varied level of quality is much more OK in a single player game, anyway. in MWO you kinda need it to be balanced, and you need it to look good for the people who spend real money.
I very much enjoyed watching this. That is the only video game I ever really played enthusiastically, and it was good to see the Warhammer, Loki,Thor, Highlander, Cauldron Born, and Shadowhawk I loved so much.
I missgood old NBT Sunder.
It's funny how the animations are so much better in this game than in MW5
Why are all the mechs in this game so much faster than their MW5 counterparts? Even compared to the listed speeds on the wiki, the mechs in MW5 are sluggish.
I remember reading the description of the Archer in MW5 and wondered how it was supposed to strike from a distance and keep a range gap when it could only run at 64 kph, but seeing the Archer in this game running at 100 made a lot more sense, lol.
@@combativeThinker Haven't played MW5 yet, but does it use mph or kph in-game? I ask because 64 mph is about 103 kph.
@@ZyloxDragon1 in battletech it’s always been kph. Mech 5 uses kph
@@noahdimario1379 that's what I thought. Maybe I just misinterpreted what I read above. Thanks for confirmation
thank you for this. I can't get it running on a modern system and I am dying from nostalgia.
I remember playing this years ago . Probably the best game ever!!!! Now life is way to busy. Sucks
Make it not busy
There's only 2 true classifications of mechs: ones that look like people and ones that look like chickens.
I mean, if we could have an open ended campaign in this game, I would basically drop MW5 altogether. This game just plays better. Aiming is harder, the movement is what I expect from a battlemech and it is just nice. This game gave me my undying love for the Bushwacker back in the day.
Wish I could play this game and the rest of the MechWarrior games, the soundtracks, aesthetics, and voice acting remind me of Verhoeven films.
perfection
I never remembered mechs going so god damn fast in this game. A highlander sprinting at you with reckless abandon at 97kph will be haunting my nightmares tonight.
Man, the fact that there are weapon pods that are separate from a hull section and can be shot off is both an extremely neat and painful mechanic. Such as the Uziel, have a PPC in the arm mounted weapon pod, well say good bye when a well placed ai shot manages to hit it.
I remember Uziel was very strong cause it could shoot 2 blue lasers and do fast reload. Blue lasers was my favorite weapon - it disables enemy systems and damage a lot
Those are PPCs.
Man, I miss these games. I'm gonna build an old computer and run XP on it just for older games like this.
That marauder 2 is genuinely terrifying.
Brewed to perfection
8:34 I believe that is the crab's dance to attract potential mates
Lmao, i love your gmod addon
Came for nostalgia and battlemechs, stayed for the soundtrack.
One of my personal favorite is the Vulture II. I like it being 75 Tons of firepower. It rivals in favorite list with the Mad Cat. 😊
you know what? The Vulture II was always my least favorite :/ Its not a bad mech but i can't help but only see a parody of the absolute flawless design of the Mechwarrior 4 Vulture when i look at it. I adore that mech but thats mainly because it was the featured mech in the opening video for Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance. It had such an impression on me at the time that nothing now will ever beat it in my eyes. One mech came close though, that was the Black Heart. I love that mech.
@@jaximusprimerib34
I understand your opinion. Trust me. Mad Cat is a main favorite as well. Whenever I play Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries, I try to make a Mad Cat Lance. 😁😁
@@KritoSkywaker i used to experiment with the Mad Cat to see how many different weapons i could slap on it.
@@jaximusprimerib34
If I recall, I used LRM 15, ER Pulse Lasers and ER PPCs on them. 😅😅
@@KritoSkywaker i remember i had an ac10, lbxac 5, 2 small pulse lasers, 2 machine guns, 1 heavy laser, 1 medium pulse laser, and 2 lrm 5s
I miss the old days. Loved working on that Bowman (and other, unfortunately never released Mechs) and with the team back then.
Ah, the Annihilator; rip out the AC/10s and replace them with RAC/5s and you're essentially four A10 Thunderbolts strapped together on legs.
Rip out AC/10 and replace with clan LBX20, and you will sweep the floor even with Atlas.
I never really did the table top stuff or read any of the novels I only ever played Vengeance and Mercenaries as well as mech assault on Xbox but imo they were awesome games.
daishi is probably the most op mech on here, you could almost have infinite builds with it
Its design always bothered me. Too boxy, always reminded me of a misshapen toaster. Also the cockpit seem for too big for its size but there are a lot that are like that in Mw4.
@@jaximusprimerib34 true
Hauptmann as well.
ah the Daisy, my old love :) back in early 2000's when we fought countless MW4 online battles, people loved to make her a deadly alpha sniper. My personal one was a direct opposite, a double strength large pulse lasers on each arm and a punishing dual AC cannons to finish the job. Face to face with sniper i would alternate fire from my pulse lasers to constantly shake their cockpits and mess with their aim so their sniper fire flys missing to my sideways while my cannons turn their reflective armor into popcorn. They hated my arse, haha xD
I used to play this all the time when I was a kid, 9:00 Daishi was my favorite mech
That Marauder II was my main back when I played.
If you hear the bang of that dorsal-mounted railcannon, you weren't the target.
Fantastic job on that Warhammer, very accurate to its classic depictions. Don't much care for that battlemaster though.
infantry guy so small but weights 20Ts Huge Atlas weighs only 100Ts
yea the whole battletech universe has mech weigth soo wrong in many levels. A regular tank in modern times can go up to 60 tons, and its barely the sieze of a foot of many assault mechs.
As I recall for the elementals, there were technical limitations of making them weigh what they should. As I recall it was attempted. (Also tried making them speedy bois able to run 80kph. It made them *terrifying*)
3:45 i love how the cooling looks like the mech just farted.
Man this game was my shit when I was a kid
Note: Remember that old Mekpak 4 video they said 10 new mechs but it turned out there is more...
I am excited to see what comes of it.
@@jaximusprimerib34 Where can we read about news and potential updates? Last I saw, the MekTek forums weren't responding. Did they move their site again? Discord exclusive perhaps?
@@GothicSoldier9000 they have a discord sever just join that
@@alumlovescake I have. It was almost as soon as I made that comment too, XD. Left it here for posterity.
It looks like someone worked harder on the Koto than any other mech.
Played M/W 4 (not sure if it was the mercenary version) but the Thor with ACs, Gauss rifle, & some lasers worked for me! Thanks! Cool background music! Think I still have the game disks. Was there a feature of the game where you could choose a mech, & go up against a few different mechs?🤔
Yep there was! It was called Instant Action!
great work, thanks!
Is it possibe to extract 3d models from mechwarrior 4? I wanted to 3d print some MW4 style mechs
unfortunately not that i know of.
and for making papercrafts
Man I dig the design of the gesu
* Nostalgia *
many of the mechs would make great space fighters. couldron could be a heavy bomber for example
ill leave this here for anyone still wanting to play, and/or having trouble.
www.dropbox.com/s/dupqdn1zicyedv5/MechWarrior%204%20%28Vanilla%2C%20Pre-Installed%29.zip?dl=0
I managed to get this game working recently on windows 10. youll more than likely need Microsoft DirectPlay to play it. just google it, its very easy to enable in windows. i pre installed the game so all you need to do is drag-n-drop anywhere you like, and run it.
youll need to go into the rosters and delete my profile aswell, i was too lazy to remove it.
mektek packs installed too.
How MANY mech in total please ? ( and Wow u play mechwarrior and War thunder like me 🙏🏻)
Can someone explain to me how to install this? Looks awesome.
Heyo! A safe download for MW4 with the mekpaks included can be found in this Discord here: discord.gg/dv5dqBWR
Tried it myself and worked perfectly, and if anything goes wrong the community in that Discord will be happy to help you. Have fun :)
They move even better than mechs in MW5.... If it wasn't for the dated graphics, i would play this instead of the last one.
OMG same. I wish someone would just remaster this to modern standards then call it a day.
I'd play it even with the dated graphics because it's not about the graphics. It's about a time when the nerds, not the marketing/accounting department ran the show. It's about atmosphere, decent challenge, and character (cheesy voice acting helps!) that contributes to the overall fun.
7:30 Clan infantry- *20 TONS*
ikr, so weird
Probably because the game engine doesn't allow for anything lower than 20 tons for anything that walks or runs because technically they count as mechs for gameplay purposes
Infantry weight 20 tons???
yeah it was the minimum value they could enter.
@@jaximusprimerib34 i love over all mech design in this game.
Cant wait to see what mechs we get in mw5 clans
*20 tons!?!? Thats a heavy dude. I don't know why MekTek didn't just copy and paste the weight from the wiki.* I think it's possible because in NBT-HC the elemental weighs 5 tons
I looked up all the weights on the wiki just to make sure I wasn't going crazy lol. The commando is 25 tons and last I checked a suit of power armor while heavy is no where comparable to a mech. Lol and then there is the infantry....
I believe it's just the minimum weight the game engine would allow.
@@FarseerAnimation I figured it had to be something like that
As I recall there were technical limitations on the elementals weight in the engine.
Where can you get high quality versions of the MW4 soundtrack? Everything I've found sounds like 96 kpbs but what you played in your video sounds near transparent.
All my sources for the soundtrack are in the description :) enjoy!
Vengeance had a soundtrack release in flac
Have you ever figured out the bug with MekTek where the game crashes in Single Player when you rescue Katrina Steiner?
I am pretty sure there was a hotfix released for it at some point. I am not sure where to find it though unfortunately as I've never bothered to fix it myself because fuck Katrina Steiner lol
There is a hot fix. Check to see if moddb still has mechwarrior 4 on it. I sent the guy keeping the game updated the hot fix files years ago.
Funny thing is that instead of re-uploading the files he linked directly to my drop box.
It was downloaded so many times I got a permaban from them for not following the rules.
@@Bismuth00 ahahahaha that sucks, damn
Basically I can play mix and match all mech in 1 match. Like Catapult (one with Missile) partner with Katapult (one with Cannon/Laser). Am I right?
Lol damn these mechs are fast AF
Man i miss that game and competing on the MWL i just cant seem to get in to 5 and mwo as much as i did 4, unpatched black knight and mercs with mekpack was were all the fun was.
did you run this on a window 11? I have been trying to run this game in my computer but there seem to be a compatibility issue. could you or anyone help me to get mine running?
it's probably impossible, but don't stop trying. I'm sure somebody has figured it out. I got this from windows 10 but I couldn't actually play it. Last time i was able was on windows 7
@@jaximusprimerib34 i even tried to run it with compatibility mode in window 7 but i cant even do so. maybe i need a virtual box
What songs are used?
0:00 "Generic victory 2" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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0:10 "Push" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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2:34 "Behemoths" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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4:40 "Surprise" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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6:46 "Hunter" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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9:21 "Rally" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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11:47 "Armed" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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13:35 "Core" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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16:03 "Floodgate" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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17:54 "Wednesday 7" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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19:26 "Skitter Sprint" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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21:50 "DFA" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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24:24 "Kick It" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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27:00 "Rescue" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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29:40 "Imminent Action" - Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
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31:21 "Davion Theme" - Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
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Assassin 2, little fed up looking. But I may take it over Catylists new image/print
Is there still an available link to get the mod that includes the marauders I’ve tried all the other dlc and the mektek website is down
Hey man sorry but i am not sure anymore. its definitely out there somewhere. I'll remember to let you know if i come across it.
Attention fellow viewers, do not get fooled by the stated maximum speeds of those mechs. Those only apply if you put the biggest engine into ypour machine, which leaves you with almost no further abililty to put armr or weapons in/onto it.
My dude. Thats the point. Top speed, meaning the maximum amount of speed that machine is physically capable of. Everything else be dammed. For example, when people describe the top speed of a car, they aren't taking into account various things like the weight of potential cargo. If they were then i suppose thats what they'd call an average speed. But i didn't take the average, i took the top. As in the maximum amount of speed achievable.
@@jaximusprimerib34 When you discuss the top speed of a car, you don't usually go into hypotheticals of replacing the engine with something more powerful, or strapping jet engines onto the roof, you usually discuss it in terms of the top speed it can reach in stock configuration.
where can I get Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries?
This game does require some patching to get running now but is a 10/10 game!
Awesome
Childhood ❤️
jesus the IS hunchback can go 120 kph in Mw4 thats awesome
yesir!
That was phat.
Where can you download the mektek version of MW4 with all the bells and whistles? Apparently they lost the damn license that allowed them to give it away for free. Somebody got pissed at getting something for nothing. Anybody know. Ive been looking to no avail. thx
Unfortunately i am not so sure anymore. The place i use to go to before took the download down. :/
Gargoyle (Man-O-War) looks amazing
ATLAS. this was my favorite and most played one as a kid :D
I love the design of most Mechs in this game, though some are a bit iffy for me. The Battlemaster just looks goofy lol
can the mechs added in mektek be played in the campaign and carrier mode?
Depends on the mod version, some were mp and instant action only while the later last ones also patched the new stuff into the campaign.
Mostly. You cannot buy Arctic Wolf and Shadow Hawk in campaign mode. Others are avaiable at free market.
And I hope they make an anniversary game that holds all Mech warrior games
I hope in the future that they put it in the behemoth2 and mech warrior five mercenaries as a DLC pack just one robot the one I mentioned that thing looks like it's tough to crack
does anyone play this anymore? Loved this game 20 years ago
Sure i still play it!
Didn't know the annihilator was in this game, where is it found?
Its not in the original base game, but was added with the Mektek mods. I'm pretty sure the Mektek mechs start showing up in stores the same way the normal mechs do: Progress further into the game to see more mechs show up in the shop.
Edit: From what I remember, the Mektek mod mechs are always listed below the list of original mechs in the shop. The Mektek ones do not show up in campaign missions and can only be bought.
Did anybody see the blood kite and crossbow mech here?
no they weren't in the mod unfortunately
I have downloaded the 3.1 vers; but it says I have Hardware/Driver issues and it refuses to load.. the 3.0 vers works fine.. but the problem is I want MekMatch... other wise I'd just play mw5...
the problems with that game are endless, it takes a lot of tweaking to get it to work on modern systems, can be done though.
How can the infantry be weighted at 20 tons?
don't fat shame
Was just trying to find how I can run this on Win10. Any tips?
Lol bro, the shit storm you just walked into is unbelievable. Getting this game to run on windows 10 ranges for simply checking a few boxes to having to physically rewire your entire computer lol. But yeah, I can point you in the right direction. Firstly, if you don't have it, get it here:
mech4rebirth.boards.net/thread/4/current-download-links-mechwarrior-mercenaries
Either source works but I prefer source 2. Secondly, refer to this install guide:
mech4rebirth.boards.net/thread/13/2-installation-walkthrough
If this install guide fails you or if you require additional assistance you can join the MW4 discord here or just join anyways:
discord.gg/4rZYtub
There is a tech help text channel there you can ask for help in. There's a nice girl there with the user name "MW4 discord" who would be happy to help you. If she can't help you for whatever reason either me or someone else from the community will help you. You can always expect somebody there to help. It's an old fickle game so a lot of the time you require your own work around custom for your computer in order to get it to run but fear not because it can be done.
Good luck solider! o7
www.dropbox.com/s/dupqdn1zicyedv5/MechWarrior%204%20%28Vanilla%2C%20Pre-Installed%29.zip?dl=0
I managed to get this game working recently on windows 10. youll more than likely need Microsoft DirectPlay to play it. just google it, its very easy to enable in windows. i pre installed the game so all you need to do is drag-n-drop anywhere you like, and run it.
youll need to go into the rosters and delete my profile aswell, i was too lazy to remove it.
mektek packs installed too.
@@XxZIOIMIBIExX The link is down. Is there anyway you can reupload it? Thx
The pcgamingwiki can help for the most part.
Why don't i see any king crab?
wasn't in the game, shame really.
How did the game get to look so smooth. Mine is all Blocky.
Really? Huh, i'm not surprised honestly. Just getting this game to run alone is basically brain surgery, forget getting it to run perfectly. Although it sounds like your graphics were turned down. Try running the auto-config file and make sure everything is maxed out.
@@jaximusprimerib34 I dont even have a graphics option for the game. Just only resolution. It takes a while for win 10, but I can get it to work.
@@urlond9371 you don't have to auto config file in your mw4 root folder? It's in the root folder with the exe, not in game.
@@jaximusprimerib34 I have the autoconfig_Mercs
@@urlond9371 did you run it?
Yo does anyone have a like to the 3.1 HD repack they would be willing to share? I've been pulling my hair out trying to find it and all I have really been able to source is dead links and bizarre foreign businesses trying to advertise utilising randomly quoted english words.
If anyone either has a working link to it or is willing to upload their copy of it for me I would be absolutely grateful beyond reckoning.
Why are the infantry listed as 20 tons?
bc that was apparently the minimum value created by the original developers and the modders couldn't change that.
Wish their was a way for me to download this for free and play it on Mac. A person can dream.
Oooo, yeah... mac... :(
virtual box
Woh, they upscale the gfx?
nope just how it looks on max graphics with a
1920x1080 resolution
If only there is a mod which let's you perform Melee Attack.
does anyone here know how to get mw4+all the expansions running on win10? I’ve played all the newer games and I was like fuck it I’m going down the list. I have some files from abandonware but that’s it.
Try this version maybe
drive.google.com/file/d/1lafsYMLeeoXtVQew5XUr_zu5BojBPa7O/view
@@jaximusprimerib34 thanks for that,but I just saw your comment after getting all of them on and working on my pc. Luckily it didn’t take much as I found a place that make them compatible with win10,I just needed to make them run on windows 7 with the compatibility tab and that was it.
Time to crush some filthy clanners.
Puma, Ryoken, Masakari, Daishi
How can i get this game again?
Thanks
Unfortunately i am no longer sure , the site i used before removed the game for download
my favorite mech is the templar
A solid choice.
The annihilator wishes it could go 67 kmph
Don't remember power armor as a playable option.
In the Mektek version they are :)
Ah. I see.
I miss this game so much. The current games may look pretty, but just don't compare.
Hope Mech5: Clans captures some of the feeling older titles had, especially since they're going for the linear story-telling style for the campaign.
Well Mech Warrior 5 mercenaries might be Sluggish a bit compare to the last games....well some but I still Like the game anyways. I mean first Battle Mech game to have an open end. You can still play for as long as you want
I just started playing this again, had to buy a 2nd hard drive and install winxp, but I got it running :) I just had to find video and audio drivers that work with xp
That's definitely the most reliable way to do it. I wish I can get mine to run with a joystick but it won't launch with the /nosjoystick exception
I use a usb microsoft Sidewinder, works great for me. A picture of my setup from last night :) scontent.fyyc2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/95831825_2879164335524760_1369079709601628160_o.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=jqgMmuexyeIAX8ZOASg&_nc_ht=scontent.fyyc2-1.fna&_nc_tp=7&oh=f7b50c5774db92c9581c68aa1c668658&oe=5ED4EA55
@@shenron02 omg i have one of those! Best choice you could've made.
Some of these mechs would break a human neck just piloting them
It was someone named Whitefeather that started all of this wasn't it?
Started what? The MekTek additions?
@@jaximusprimerib34 yes, thats what i seem to remember.
@@tannerrennat7786 well damn, hes a legend.
White feather. Jehoshaphat, Magnus...there were a lot of folks involved. I was in the beta program for it. Lots of long nights hunting down bugs. MT accomplished a good deal given the game's limitations.
Always loved cat mechs