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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #140 on: November 27, 2005, 08:34:20 pm »
*Pops Cork on Keg of BloodWine, passes it to Malak*
Well...I donno...downloaded it right there from the main page myself, ran the patch and presto bingo...worked fine, no errors.
Mkae you when doing a fresh install:
Veng.
Patch Veng
BK
Patch BK
MS MechPacks
Mercs
Patch Mercs (MS)
then the mekpaks in order.
Then do all those map after making sure all those take.
Or...just skip right to Mercs...lol... :P

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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #141 on: November 27, 2005, 08:49:34 pm »
There's something foofy about Klingons with wavy hair.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #142 on: November 27, 2005, 10:21:37 pm »
Quote from: KBFLordKrueg on November 27, 2005, 08:34:20 pm
*Pops Cork on Keg of BloodWine, passes it to Malak*
Well...I donno...downloaded it right there from the main page myself, ran the patch and presto bingo...worked fine, no errors.
Mkae you when doing a fresh install:
Veng.
Patch Veng
BK
Patch BK
MS MechPacks
Mercs
Patch Mercs (MS)
then the mekpaks in order.
Then do all those map after making sure all those take.
Or...just skip right to Mercs...lol... :P



ALL MW folders are gone before a clean/full install of mercs
with ABSOLUTELY no other MW games of ANY kind installed I still get the 0036 error from PR1.
3 DIFFERENT copies from 3 different CD's of the PR1 patch bring this error

My mercs CD went bad last night ?
My CD drive went bad this afternoon ?
data cable ?? IDE driver? chipset driver ? MOBO ?

There's no virus I can find, and I just installed norton tools to deep scan the registry.

I'm in need of something a bit stronger than bloodwine.

Tomorrow I'm gonna play with linux to try to forget the aggrevation of this weekend.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #143 on: November 27, 2005, 10:54:20 pm »
 :banghead:

mektek did this to me, says its the wrong language version. Of course they didn't clarify which part is the wrong language.

http://www.mektek.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=45356&st=0
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #144 on: November 28, 2005, 09:41:47 am »
Quote from: MalaK on November 27, 2005, 10:21:37 pm
Quote from: KBFLordKrueg on November 27, 2005, 08:34:20 pm
*Pops Cork on Keg of BloodWine, passes it to Malak*
Well...I donno...downloaded it right there from the main page myself, ran the patch and presto bingo...worked fine, no errors.
Mkae you when doing a fresh install:
Veng.
Patch Veng
BK
Patch BK
MS MechPacks
Mercs
Patch Mercs (MS)
then the mekpaks in order.
Then do all those map after making sure all those take.
Or...just skip right to Mercs...lol... :P



ALL MW folders are gone before a clean/full install of mercs
with ABSOLUTELY no other MW games of ANY kind installed I still get the 0036 error from PR1.
3 DIFFERENT copies from 3 different CD's of the PR1 patch bring this error

My mercs CD went bad last night ?
My CD drive went bad this afternoon ?
data cable ?? IDE driver? chipset driver ? MOBO ?

There's no virus I can find, and I just installed norton tools to deep scan the registry.

I'm in need of something a bit stronger than bloodwine.

Tomorrow I'm gonna play with linux to try to forget the aggrevation of this weekend.

HOORAY !!!
I'm not crazy. I took my mercs cd's and my patch CD to work and installed it on my work computer. It installed and patched perfectly, so I KNOW the files are OK.

This is apparently a windows issue, now thw fun begins as I get to contact Microsoft.
  What you bet they wanna charge me for tech support

I'm gonna try installing all the mektek stuff I have on CD to my work machine- I'll keep y'all posted.

UPDATE: noon CST- Microsoft says to delete everything in the 'temp' and 'prefetch' folders and reinstall.
   I'll let you know what happens.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #145 on: November 28, 2005, 12:50:31 pm »
heya Frey,
 What version (w98se or non-98se) mektek 3.0.1 patch did you put on the dyna FTP ??
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #146 on: November 29, 2005, 12:50:27 am »
... The continuing episodes of the ex-mechwarrior...

Been ot the phone since 9PM CST to Microsoft (It's now 1am) and they have yet to get my patch problem fixxed. They have however managed to get my windows registry totally screwed up and have misplaced numerous files for me - thanks Bill Gates, I eagerly await my next A** raping (I got my vasoline standing by). So now I have 7 copies of the mercs PR1 patch that won't install. I keep getting an error 0036.

I know this isn't a mechwarrior community but does anyone here have any ideas how to fix my problem ??
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #147 on: November 29, 2005, 03:11:48 am »
Sure. Wipe the hard drive and reinstall Windows clean. Make sure you get all your windows updates done, then work from there. :D

Actually, I'm surprised that MS tech support didn't suggest that first. That was always their catch-all solution.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #148 on: November 29, 2005, 05:10:41 am »
I'd back up any important need to keep files first.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #149 on: November 29, 2005, 06:46:48 am »
Quote from: MalaK on November 29, 2005, 12:50:27 am
... The continuing episodes of the ex-mechwarrior...

Been ot the phone since 9PM CST to Microsoft (It's now 1am) and they have yet to get my patch problem fixxed. They have however managed to get my windows registry totally screwed up and have misplaced numerous files for me - thanks Bill Gates, I eagerly await my next A** raping (I got my vasoline standing by). So now I have 7 copies of the mercs PR1 patch that won't install. I keep getting an error 0036.

I know this isn't a mechwarrior community but does anyone here have any ideas how to fix my problem ??

Have you posted your issues on the MekTek forums...?
Someone there might have your answer
Remember MS won't help you with the MekPaks from MekTek.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #150 on: November 29, 2005, 07:36:26 pm »
Is XJadedWarriorX you, Malak?
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #151 on: November 29, 2005, 08:17:32 pm »
does anyone remember/know how to make custom decals for MW4?
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #152 on: November 29, 2005, 08:34:37 pm »
Try poking around in this area of the MekTek forums... ;)
http://www.mektek.net/forums/index.php?showforum=29
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #153 on: November 30, 2005, 08:18:23 am »
posted yesterday 5:02 AM by jehosephat2k on the mektek forums:
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Yeah, it looks lik ethe english version of the Win98Se patch has a problem with it. German version looks OK.

I'll put together a new patch sometime today.

In the meantime, try the 3.01 non-Win98Se patch and see if that works for you.
Otherwise, wait for me to make the nw patch and notify you of it here.


nice eh ?

5 hours with Microsoft tech support hacking my registry finally got mercs reinstalled and patched. MS office is dead, ALL norton products are dead, Spybot S&D is limping, and who knows what else is funked.

I'll be drinking heavily the next few days trying to forget this fiasco, but just to remind you'z- reinstalling is an amatuers' way of fixing stuff.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #154 on: November 30, 2005, 08:58:27 am »
And your point would be? MS Tech support IS a bunch of amateurs.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #155 on: November 30, 2005, 09:43:41 am »
Quote from: CaptJosh on November 30, 2005, 08:58:27 am
And your point would be? MS Tech support IS a bunch of amateurs.

Actually the re-install suggestion came from a D2 member, and the only reason I followed the suggestion was that I was blinded by rage and not thinking straight. I seriously doubt that mektek is gonna admit that their product did anything to my registry. Thats why there's a disclaimer you must accept before installing the patch.

The only good thing to come out of this was Microsoft has to pay the toll charges for me talking to their tech support people for about 11 hours to New Delhi, India. The last guy I talked to actually DID know WTF he was talking about as there is no bulletins about error code 0036 applying to MW4:Mercs, the error applies to all other MW4 products and as I uninstalled Veng, BK, both mech packs, and mercs, and did a clean/full install of mercs and had the error nobody had answers.

I'm now have mercs back up to the 3.0 mektek, but I'm gonna wait awhile to see if their 'fixxed' w98se 3.0.1 bugfix actually works.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #156 on: November 30, 2005, 03:10:32 pm »
Oh. I was talking about the "reinstall windows" thing. For a long time that was the standard suggestion from MS tech support.
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #157 on: November 30, 2005, 05:16:09 pm »
Dang, Malak...
The things we do in the name of "fun"... :P
Glad it wasn't something REALLY difficult... ::)
At least we know you don't give up easy... ;D
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #158 on: November 30, 2005, 05:30:35 pm »
Quote from: MalaK on November 30, 2005, 08:18:23 am
posted yesterday 5:02 AM by jehosephat2k on the mektek forums:
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Yeah, it looks lik ethe english version of the Win98Se patch has a problem with it. German version looks OK.

I'll put together a new patch sometime today.

In the meantime, try the 3.01 non-Win98Se patch and see if that works for you.
Otherwise, wait for me to make the nw patch and notify you of it here.



nice eh ?

5 hours with Microsoft tech support hacking my registry finally got mercs reinstalled and patched. MS office is dead, ALL norton products are dead, Spybot S&D is limping, and who knows what else is funked.

I'll be drinking heavily the next few days trying to forget this fiasco, but just to remind you'z- reinstalling is an amatuers' way of fixing stuff.



Good news, Malak:
Win98SE 3.01 patch has a problem, and will be made available again at
http://www.mektek.net/mekpak when it is fixed (sometime later today).


It has been updated

So he fixed whatever was wrong with it...finally... :P ;D
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Re: OT: Anyone else play MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries?
« Reply #159 on: November 30, 2005, 06:39:07 pm »
I got a present for you guys!

ftp://ftp.xenocorp.net/game_files/MechWarrior/MechWarrior%20IV/Mercenaries/Mechs.xls

It's a little Excel sheet I made up with all the MP3 mechs on it. Should help you figure things out in Mechlab.

Enjoy!  ;D
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