[!Je$u$!]

I not sure if there's any B tech Fans but this is a good way to start. Basically this thread is for discussion revolving around the Btech universe: PC games, Pen and Paper RPG's and Card games. Ive been a huge B tech fan since the Trading card first came out years ago at the stores also the old school Battletech Cartoon show was awesome all those years back. But ye i hope theres some other BTech fans out there :P Ive going nuts waiting for the Mechwarrior reboot, Smith and Tinker software are working on at the moment. Can't wait to see the Atlas Assault mech, Behemoth MK II and of course the always trusty Mad Cat :D MADEVIL i know your a fan to so don't be shy :P

[MADEVIL]

Damn straight I'm a fan, have been a fan since the days of the classic game. Look forward to the new PC game

[!Je$u$!]

Ye dude the reboot is gonna be sick. Can't wait anymore lol. but iam really looking forward to seeing the Stone Rhino aka Behemoth MK II. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/thumb/4/45/StoneRhino.jpg/191px-StoneRhino.jpg MK II having a Larger dorsal gun a slightly larger overall build than the MK 1. But the great thing about the MK II is its dorsal gun which is a adapted Rail Gun taken from one of the space cruiser battle ships. It takes an amazing 8 slot weapon capacity and weighing almost 30 tons its on of the most powerful weapons available to any mechwarrior. Its got a really long recycle time but deals a astonishing 90 points of hull damage vs normal Ferro Fibrious armour. You can pretty much take out any mech with that gun practically with one shot exceptions being the Daishi Assault class and Atlas Assault class mechs and a few others

[Corpsey]

It's more of an MMO now instead of an actual reboot, last I heard.

[MADEVIL]

Well it looks like that it may have lost that feel that we all know and love of the last PC MechWarriors. I can see the idea of what they want to try and its not a bad one, just hope they can make it work. I just hope it plays and has a feel of playing a mech game. That mech feel is lost on MechWarroir Living Legends, I'm happy for what they have done with the mod but to me in no way has a mech feel to it, it feels too much like an FPS when playing it. When the new game comes out I look forward to seeing what mechs and weapons we will have to play with, we'll just have to wait and see, I'm signed up and ready to play.

[Corpsey]

I didn't play living legends but do you think you could describe this 'mech game' feel?
I can only think it has something to do with the distinction between playing as a, say, timberwolf, and playing as the clanner piloting said timberwolf.

[!Je$u$!]

hmm ye it seems Mechwarrior 5 is gonna be a MMO not sure how they are gonna do that but it should be interesting. As long as they stick to the realism factor shown in Mechwarrior 4 it should be great. As long as they dont make it "Arcadie" ill be happy. Living Legends was somewhat dissapointing in the fact as what Madevil said it feels to much like a First person shooter like counter strike or COD. Mechwarrior 4 was the orginal realism kid. You had full heat managment, and almost complete Mech customisation so your mech varients were almost limitless. I would sit for hours and hours on end just redesighning old ideas or new ones. Even today ill recommend mechwarrior 4 mercernaries to any BTECH fan. It may have dated graphics but its a HELL of alot of fun to play. Also MECH4 had very precise simulated controls where LL was more just about point and shoot. In the end LL is more an arcade style mechwarrior, where MECH4 is full on real time simulator of Battletech combat. Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries is free to download from mektek.net also Mektek released there own version called: Mechwarrior 4 Mercarnies Mektek pack 3.1. Its basically a modded version of the normal mech 4 which adds tons of new features like new mechs weapons etc the complete info is detailed below:

111 different mechs ranging from 20 to 100 tons.
9 Battle Armor
6 Infantry
32 Beam Weapons
43 Ballistic Weapons
44 Missile Weapons
7 Electronic Components
3 different types of armor

Its COMPLETELY FREE you just need to download it heres the link http://www.mektek.net/projects/mw4/ the download and install process is abit tedious but its worth it

[MADEVIL]

Well Corpsey if you played any of the orignal Mechwarriors then you know the feel of how those games played. Now if you played Crysis or any popular FPS for that matter you know those games play different from Mechwarrior even though you play the game from your point of view. Well with Living Legends its a mod for Crysis, even though you can play in a mech it doesn't have the game play feel of a mech like in the old Mechwarriors, its still feels like playing Crysis. The Mechwarrior games are a simulator, Crysis is a run and gun FPS and no matter how you dress is up and make it look like the Battletech Universe it doesn't play like the games old. I hope that makes some kind of sense to you, other than playing the games to really know. Ok as for the new MMO Mechwarrior from what I know it seems you will be starting out as a lone pilot being able to join others if you choose and working your way around the Inner Sphere taking on missions. So I guess you will be a kind of Merc being able to join factions and what not. The idea seems sound, just how it plays well and that they can make it work. I should go see if there is any new news, I have not check on it lately to see what progress they are making.

[!Je$u$!]

heres the website http://mwomercs.com/ it has all the info you need to know about the game you can also go to the media section and see mech concept designs and art looks really cool :D

[MADEVIL]

I did love when this trailer first came out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orhOvbfyyJw

[!Je$u$!]

aaaaawwww yeah that trailer pwns watched it like 5 times in row the first time, couldnt get over the epic awesomeness

[Gentleman Bystander]

Now the real question is...will this actually go anywhere or will it kind of dead end and stagnate like most of the Battletech projects since 02.

[!Je$u$!]

Well hopefully they can pull of the job, in theory it sounds great but there are certain details iam worried about on how they are going incorporate them but iam just enough of a hardcore Btech fan to play it regardless

[MADEVIL]

So anybody have the pleasure of playing at the BattleTech Centers when the were open?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/30podbay.jpeg
http://home.comcast.net/~dorothy.corson/virtual****pit3.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

wow would have loved to have gone to one those places, unfortunately here in south africa battletech in general has a very limited player/fan base. When i used to play the trading card game, just trying to find players to play againest was a mission.

[MADEVIL]

i was lucky to have one in Chicago, so I got to play when they first opened. Shame the Centers are not around like they use to be, I played so much that the employs knew me. The last software on the pods was pretty much Mechwarrior 4, they use to push the limits of tech and was far cooler than anything on the pc for graphics

[!Je$u$!]

wow thats really cool would have loved to have tried that out, but MWO is coming soon just hope i can hold out till then lol

[MADEVIL]

View of one of the ****pits inside, it was a fun 10 minutes. They did have them across the world at one time, I'd have to look for my list of the locations. I still have my score sheet, ****pit books and pins that i won from playing there.
http://cdn.dipity.com/uploads/events/01f012a341a05b3f4a6061b9b8ed40a8_1M.png

[!Je$u$!]

O_O wow thats pretty damn epic would have loved to have tried that

[MADEVIL]

i would love to have a one pod at home to play mechwarrior in. the only time i see the pods now is when there is something like a comic con in the area. last i remember 8 pods can be linked for some action

[!Je$u$!]

wow that would be really awesome :D but ye so what are your Top 3 favourite mechs? mine are :

1. Timber Wolf (Mad Cat) Heavy Class

2. Dire Wolf (Daishi) Assault Class

3. Raven Light Class

[MADEVIL]

well i do have a Daishi in the rpg which has been a favorite of mine since the clans came out. my first two mech were a Banshee and Victor. Panther was my first light mech and still a favorite. the problem for me is i have a pretty good collection of mech that i play with so i have a large favorite group.

[!Je$u$!]

you mean the pen and paper RPG? Cuz i used to primarily play the trading cards i had like 4 shoe boxes full of cards lol until they got stolen : \ still bleak about that

[MADEVIL]

yep, i have a nice collection of the pen and paper stuff

[!Je$u$!]

nice i did play the pen and paper version YEARS ago, good fun

[MADEVIL]

Some of my miniatures that i need to finish and paint

http://i.imgur.com/PJFg1.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

wow very nice are those elemental battle suits in front? (the really tiny figures)

[MADEVIL]

yep those are elementals, those are just a few, i have a whole bunch of them. i have a bunch of mechs built, i'll try and post more of them. i cleaned out a hobby shop that got rid of all their battletech so i have boxes of mechs in the package still

[!Je$u$!]

O_O duuuuuuude thats pretty damn awesome. Ive got a keen eye for mechs lol i also see a Stone Rhino (behemoth) and Centurion, correct me if iam wrong lol, some of the others i know just cant remember all the names

[MADEVIL]

Well you got one right, but I don't have a Centurion in that pic, and here my Toad army, 30 of those little bastards.

http://i.imgur.com/pMKC6.jpg

[JZK316]

Just had to chime in, I'm a huge fan of the games. I started playing 20 years ago with the old pc-dos game Mechwarrior. Mechwarrior 2: Merc is still one of the favcorite games that I have played.

[!Je$u$!]

Been playing mechwarrior 4 merks mekpak 3.1 again with 3 of my friends to try and somewhat prepare ourselves for MWO. But when iam at work with nothing to do i work on mech builds and heres one:

Annihilator Assault mech (My build)
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/857/annihilatorbuild1.jpg
2x Heavy Medium Lasers
4x Clan Gauss Rifles

With this build i striving for long distance sniping with the 4 Gauss rifles with there own group instead of firing all of them at once this way you can chip off vital armour piece by piece and if your really good take out the ****pit with a well placed shot and taking out the mech in the process and then 2x Heavy Medium lasers for close combat engagements and a fallback weapon, only downside is the dismal speed of 41km/h but thats the assault class mechs for you. Armour even on default setup is insanely high, this mech can take huge amounts of punishment before going down. If you like long distance combat this build is the way to go

[MADEVIL]

I still need to reinstall that at some point. I've always enjoyed constructing mechs for the pen and paper or the computer games, but I was some what unhappy with the mech yard on 4. The mech yard on 4 was a bit to simple for my likings, it felt like more of the pod system that the clans used. It just felt a too restrictive with the weapons setup, while understand the setup and what they tried, I like the more free flow of 3 where I could build anything I wanted. I do give them credit for the fast paced building that 4 has which made it easier for those who has less experience and made it quicker to make a mech for a fast battle. So I got bored and scanned one of my print outs from the BattleTech Center to share, this is a later sheet toward the end before they shut the centers down. Peacemaker has been the call sign I used at the BTC and in the RPG.

http://i.imgur.com/9HvaO.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

yes i will admit that mech 4's mechlab is somewhat "restrictive" but was made to be more user friendly to new players. Amoung the pro's it was a slight annoyance but you could still pretty much build what you intended. And with Mekpak 3.1 additional content it improves on this greatly

[MADEVIL]

Some old school intro action


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X3GD0UnBCk

[!Je$u$!]

wow thats old school used to play that quite abit back in the day but ive probably played Mechwarrior 3 alot more damn good fun that game is

[jinzo64]

i'm going to guess that was the intro.
i'd like to guess at old p.c,saturn or ps1 game.

[MADEVIL]

yes jinzo it was was the intro movie, its main home was on the pc but it was released on other systems. fyi it came out in 1995

[jinzo64]

erm 1995 i think i was playing sonic 3d on the megadrive.
how good is this game?

[MADEVIL]

it was very good if you like mech games that play from the ****pit, its not an arcade style playing game

[jinzo64]

i see i havn't played any mech games apart for ZOE and i had a hard time as you can't change the controls to inverted.

[MADEVIL]

well when i use to play that i had killer control setup like this

http://marketplace.vintage-computer.com/uplimg/img_100494_eebf13bcbf26241808376a3f70758c03.jpg

[jinzo64]

thats different.
i don't beleive i've seen anything like that before.

[MADEVIL]

wonderful system very programmable, was a bit time consuming to set up all the buttons at times but well worth it

[jinzo64]

i guess when you can choose all your controls to your personal preference it does make any game better.

[MADEVIL]

it helps and it gave the game a more realistic feel

[Guthix]

lol wish i could do that

[jinzo64]

i'm not sure about giving it a more realistic feel as mechs are science fiction.
But i get what your saying.

[MADEVIL]

well it was the closest think i had at home to make it feel like the Battletech Center Pods which you can see a bit of it here in this pic

http://www.podship.com/gallery/albums/USS-Justice-Pictures/DCP_0415.sized.jpg

[jinzo64]

are i see what you mean.
so it was like having an arcade machine in your home.

[MADEVIL]

that it was jinzo, i talked about the BTC a bit in some of the earlier posts in here and posted one of my score sheets

[jinzo64]

i havn't been in this thread all that much so i probably missed it.
but it is probably impressive but then since i havn't played any of the games i personaly wouldn't know a good score from a great score or a bad score.

[MADEVIL]

well i can tell you playing at the BTC was very challenging

[jinzo64]

I see
I'm finding parts of metroid prime challanenging at the moment but i'm a lot further than i ever got when i played it on the gamecube.

so what does the C in BTC stand for?

[MADEVIL]

Battetech Center, i call it BTC instead of typing out the whole thing. I posted an early picture of the 1st gen pods earlier in the thread, this is what the last gen pods look

http://getinthepods.com/assets/images/pod-art/pod_TeslaII_MC_DFA_with_background.jpg

[jinzo64]

oh thats an awsome pod
also thankyou for explaining what BTC stands for.

[MADEVIL]

your welcome jinzo

[!Je$u$!]

Battetech Center, i call it BTC instead of typing out the whole thing. I posted an early picture of the 1st gen pods earlier in the thread, this is what the last gen pods look

http://getinthepods.com/assets/images/pod-art/pod_TeslaII_MC_DFA_with_background.jpg

would have loved to have tried one of those pods out. but unfortunately here in south africa stuff like that is pretty much non existant. I just had my battletech cards :3 and the PC games :P

[MADEVIL]

hopefully once day you'll have the pleasure of playing in one. more classic intro fun


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at9hxU864Fg

[!Je$u$!]

MWO Centurion mech Art released today :D
http://img.mwomercs.com/media/MechWarrior%20Online%20Centurion%20Concept.jpg

[^_^]

I have been playing mechwarrior for some time now, and I have also spent a fair amount of time playing mekpak 3.1 online, mostly against jesus

here is my current favourite build:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x168/user_1234/mech.png
(It is pretty easy to manage the heat and works surprisingly well at most ranges)

I've also only ever really played MW with pure keyboard, tried to use the mouse once, but I just prefer the feel of the numpad

[!Je$u$!]

Hey ^_^ welcome to AMVhell forums :P ye dude that build is deadly lol. Supernova is uber.

[Corpsey]

Why not take some large continuous beam lasers? Better DPS, range and heat efficiency.
Do the large lasers have knock, or do you just prefer the burst damage?

[^_^]

Honestly, using continuous beam lasers just makes me feel kind of evil and i do prefer burst damage

[!Je$u$!]

lol ye ive seen the continous beam lasers on the supernova when me and smiley play multiplayer. its really disgusting lol it weakens there armour at a insanely high rate

[MADEVIL]

I still question some of the mech design changes for the new mmo.

[Corpsey]

They do seem to look stockier and meatier. Less smooth over-all. That smoothness might have only been a result of limited polygon counts though.

[MADEVIL]

I can't see that the poly count has anything to do with it. I believe they suffer from the common on going problem of we can make it better. While I'm happy that life is being breathed back in to Mechwarrior how much time is being wasted in to making changes in to mechs that didn't need to be changed. The mechs have be always loved they way they are, the mechs didn't need to be changed to make the game great, the game play is what has to great to make or break the game. Yes looks of game help sell it because people love eye candy but on a side note Minecraft looks like crap but people love it.

[!Je$u$!]

ye i agree they shouldnt change the designs on the mechs to much. i mean the new atlas looks more or less the same but you can notice quite a few things have been changed. i wonder what mech they will introduce next. Iam hoping either the Dire Wolf or Raven

[Flaming_Bacon]

Hey guys I'm a huge fan of the universe as a whole and I was previously unaware of the community revolving around this here mechpak/s I;m trying to jump at it but the link to download it at mechtek doesn't lead anywhere and hasn't for the past two weeks so what are my alternatives . what am I doing wrong here?

[JZK316]

You can find it on bittorrent. That is what I did because the download link wasn't working.

[jinzo64]

theres a battletech anime isn't there is it any good?

[Flaming_Bacon]

It's horrifyingly ridiculous to think that western mechs would be used in anime

[JZK316]

I remember the cartoon and the toys that came about back in the early 90s

[MADEVIL]

yeah i don't know what mechs they will add to it, i'm sure there will not be clan mechs, from what i heard the game will be during the succession wars. well mechtek can be a bit confusing to download, the directions are not very clear but it runs on a torrent download. i think they need someone to rewrite them and clean up the process. i don't remember much about the battetech cartoon, i heard it sucked and most battletech fans didn't like it being its story line has nothing to do with battletech time line. i managed to find a couple of my pins from the battletech center, now only if i could find the rest

http://i.imgur.com/Oj5MM.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

wow nice those pins look awesome. but ye the cartoon series overall wasnt that good. I think there were only twelve episodes due to the fact that each episode had a ton of CG work go into it which resulted in ludicrous production costs on each episode. But ye iam praying that dont F**K up MWO.

[MADEVIL]

yes hope the game turns out well, i hope we'll be able to play a beta soon. for those of you that are bored i found this


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqzEssjkMeU

[!Je$u$!]

O_o lol i remember that ha ha i got all twelve eps on my pc. But ye ive already reserved my pilot name so all iam waiting for now is a rough beta version. I just hope they keep the game as close as possible to Battletech. I dont mind one or two minor changes from the developers side but they should'nt change the rules of combat or the mechs themselves.

[jinzo64]

how comparable are the battletech game to something like gundam wing?

[MADEVIL]

quite a bit different jinzo, but they are very enjoyable

[jinzo64]

o.k thanks.
i guess i assumed they'd be simalar due to fact that both contain mecha.
which would say are bigger gundams,battletech mechs or tranformers(excluding unicron)

[MADEVIL]

there's a pretty involing story line for battletech, the book are good reading and the games table top or video games have been fun

[Flaming_Bacon]

I was reading through the development diaries for this new one and from what I had gathered I was picturing a kind of DOTA / LOL like match were a lance will engage another and the match would end. But after reading the latest diary that just came out it was implied we'd see multiple lances in the field so I feel unsure of whats going on there

also they just unveiled the centurion

[!Je$u$!]

guys time to reveal you top 3 mechs from the Battletech Universe :D

my top 3:

1. Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/8/8a/Madcat_PPC_fire.jpg

2. Dire Wolf (Daishi)
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/8/82/CCG_Counterstrike_Dire_Wolf_Prime.jpg

3. Raven
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/thumb/8/8f/3050_Raven.jpg/191px-3050_Raven.jpg.png

[MADEVIL]

This may be a tease of MechAssault 3


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnKWy3qMJ9k&feature=player_embedded

[!Je$u$!]

hmm interesting ill keep tabs on that

[Arock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6aFV1W8-jU

[!Je$u$!]

OMG the epicness! Atlas looks awesome love the new facial design

[jinzo64]

i saw the ps2 battletech game in one of those cahs convertor shops for 2 quid but i'm not sure if it's my type of game.
but then it's only 2 quid so if it's still there i might give it a try

[MADEVIL]

At that price why not.

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mwll-tankhud-concept01.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mwll-tankhud-concept01.jpg

damn that looks pretty good well for MLL anyways

[MADEVIL]

Little bit of love from the Jenner

http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/293677_S/mechwarrior-online.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

sigh still kinda disappointed that MWO wont have the Timber Wolf but i suppose its a different timeline o well so far looks like i am gonna be playing the Catapult

[!Je$u$!]

OMG this is looking pretty F**king awesome


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rkGvP8VFXAI#!

[MADEVIL]

Got to add this in for some extra love


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbC7w9SN3oE&feature=player_embedded

[!Je$u$!]

so far from i can tell from the above trailer you will have a mechlab and once you've built your mech variants you choose your mech and the appropriated role. Then Que for a Team Death match or Drop ship game. So so far it looks pretty much a mech 4 playing style with the exception of no single player.

[jinzo64]

Got to add this in for some extra love


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbC7w9SN3oE&feature=player_embedded

this looks pretty cool what format is it for.

[MADEVIL]

It will be for the PC only, it will be downloadable and free to play online

[!Je$u$!]

PC exclusive i believe

[jinzo64]

i see.
thats a pity it looks to good for my laptop to handle.

[Arock]

itll give me a chance to give this thing some action again

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xqe4QgMh744/T2rnZ6ay_cI/AAAAAAAAAp4/188wccmmxfU/s889/2012-03-22+01.47.22.jpg

[MADEVIL]

well we don't know the system requirements yet. i got a couple of those waiting for the action too arock

[jinzo64]

thats not bad idea maybe if my laptop can play the game i could by a control pad for my laptop.
or make it so i can use my ps3 pad on my laptop you can do that right?

[Arock]

to bad i cant use that on my lappy cause it have one of the old game ports on it, but luckly my desktop thats hooked up to a 55" HDTV can use it

[MADEVIL]

there is a driver to use the ps3 controller on the pc jinzo. yeah the ms controllers with the game ports are not friendly to use the usb adapter, i'm lucky to have one of each

[jinzo64]

i see thanks for the advice.
i think i'll stick to console gaming.

not saying it's better and i realy don't want to get in to a disscusion of the pros and cons for p.c vs console gaming.

[MADEVIL]

the pros and cons, what it comes down to is what you enjoy playing. so did you ever pick up that battletech game you saw for cheap

[jinzo64]

:eek:oh no i forgot about it.
but games in stores like that don't tend to sell all that well so it might still be there.

[!Je$u$!]

hmm iam in a rut deciding it if i want play either Support with a Catapult packing 4x LRM 20's and 2 or 3 small lasers OR Assault using the Atlas and 2 lrm's 1 or 2 PPC's and a few random lasers. But if they are going to use the Thunderbolt Anti mech missles iam definitly going support all the way with the catapult

[MADEVIL]

well being it was cheap it would be worth checking out, you might like it jinzo. i'm still wondering what weapons we'll get to play with at the timeline for the game

[!Je$u$!]

for my catapult i was thinking some thing on the lines of this.

CPLT-C3 - The C3 variant of the Catapult takes the 'Mech's long range fire support to a new level by removing both of the LRM-15 launchers and replacing them with an Arrow IV artillery system, allowing the Catapult to stay a safe distance from the battlefield, though its solitary ton of ammunition forces it to stay close to supply lines. The 'Mech is otherwise identical to the C1 model.

[jinzo64]

i know this a little of topic but do you if they made a gurren lagan game?

[!Je$u$!]

no not that i know off but there was a Evangelion Half life 2 multiplayer mod in the works but it was scraped

[Haar]

i know this a little of topic but do you if they made a gurren lagan game?

There are several of them (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurren_Lagann#Video_games), just none released outside of Japan.

[jinzo64]

thanks for that.

oh i went to the were i saw the battletech game but it had been sold.

[MADEVIL]

thats a bummer jinzo, you waited too long.

Awesome is now in the mix

http://img.mwomercs.com/gallery/4B61FC929352C366673FC969DEE985CC.jpg

[jinzo64]

that pic reminds me alot of boarderlands.

[MADEVIL]

I don't see how

[jinzo64]

graphical style.
well to me it has a simaler graphical style.

[MADEVIL]

well battletech has been around for over 25 years so it would be the other way around

[jinzo64]

thats true but isn't that pic from a new version of the game
http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/526684-bigthumbnail.jpg

[MADEVIL]

Yes but the style and art of Battletech have still been around longer

[jinzo64]

to be honest i fought it started of with very realistic graphics and was moving in to a more cell shaded look.

[MADEVIL]

well thats just art work, it not what the pc game is going to look like

[jinzo64]

oh
i fought it was taken straight from the game.

[MADEVIL]

nope just concept art work, if you look at some of the older posts you'll see some of the game play in a video.

[jinzo64]

oh yeah i watched a couple of those videos i thought maybe they were doing another version of the game like a spin off franchise like they did with C+C

[MADEVIL]

negative on that one, there are some who have made mods of battletech for other games and there might be one coming for the xbox

[jinzo64]

thats a pity.
but it still looks awsome.
but i do like the concept art it looks realy good.

[MADEVIL]

Ok Jinzo you need to bring something Battletech related to this thread.

[Haar]

You know, I've still got to play some more Mechwarrior 4, come to think of it.

[jinzo64]

sorry but i thought we discussing the concept art for battle tech.
but okay
i remember there was an anime.
never seen it though
i found this looking for somthing battletech related
i want one
http://sophyanempire.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/battletech-image.jpg

[MADEVIL]

ok that better, and i did post the link some time back for ep1 of the cartoon. get to playing haar

[Haar]

Takes a while to get used to those Mech controls, Mad.

[jinzo64]

yes you did.
your being more fussy about my posting habits than normal today.
just wanted to say sorry.
battle tech is consider a real robot anime right?

[MADEVIL]

are you using a controller or keyboard and mouse haar. just poking you in the side jinzo, and it was an american cartoon

[Haar]

I'm using the Keyboard and Mouse controls. I might try a controller later, though.

[jinzo64]

oh wondered what that.
but you are right i should try and post on topic.

[MADEVIL]

it should help haar, i've anyways used some form of a controller setup to play the mechwarrior games

[Haar]

All this time, I assumed that Mouse and Keyboard controls were universally superior for made-for-PC games.

[MADEVIL]

all depends on the game

[!Je$u$!]

Awesome! your so awesome :P
http://img.mwomercs.com/gallery/4B61FC929352C366673FC969DEE985CC.jpg

[MADEVIL]

I posted the Awesome here for you but jinzo bured it

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p21/Star_Destroyer/mechscale.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

hmm this interests me

Archangel 100 ton assault
1x Heavy PPC
1x Plasma Rifle
1x Retractable Blade
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/4/40/Archangel.png

[MADEVIL]

Ahh one of Blakes mechs, i find them interesting myself

[!Je$u$!]

hmm yes Retractable Blade is VERY appealing :D also has a great design not very fast though its assault class after all. Sigh i really want Mektek Mekpak 4.0 iam so sick of 3.1 : \

[MADEVIL]

4.0 is taking forever. have you seen any of the blake mechs before?

[!Je$u$!]

maybe 1 or 2 not 100% sure theres so many mechs O_O

[MADEVIL]

They have at least one mech for each class that I remember, I'd have to pull out my tech book to double check. The whole army is very interesting.

[!Je$u$!]

hmm yes i hope MWO releases a mechlab video soon i want to see how the mechlab functions and its use for combat

[MADEVIL]

MechWarrior Tactics

MechWarrior Tactics Article (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/25/mechwarrior-tactics-fires-off-trailer-featuring-cinematic-replay/)

MechWarrior Tactics Home Page (http://www.mwtactics.com/)

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/04/mwtscreencaps110003layer-17.jpg

The Raven makes its debut

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/CA573BABAE0DAC6C7FFD2325F94403D8.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

O yes looks soooooo good :D Raven epicness! great mech that

[MADEVIL]

Cicada added to the mix

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/3047101DB60645EF3DC0A15E99C00612.jpg

MechWarrior Living Legends Fan Made Trailer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=70yNAwUUsc0#!

[!Je$u$!]

Cicada is looking great some of the new mech designs look fantastic

[MADEVIL]

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/11976CFB6A95ED5F6EC7483566524D2B.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

ah yes the cataphract had one of those cards to. Decent mech

[MADEVIL]

Wandering YouTube and found this about the Battletech Center


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdJA5C_Po4U

[!Je$u$!]

ooooo that looks cool ill check it when i get home

[MADEVIL]

Artemis, now this will be a fun toy to have.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/dsc02285.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMqO_k5B2LE&feature=player_embedded

ARTEMIS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/razer-unveils-artemis-prototype-controller-for-mechwarrior-onlin/)

[!Je$u$!]

Artemis, now this will be a fun toy to have.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/dsc02285.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMqO_k5B2LE&feature=player_embedded

ARTEMIS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/razer-unveils-artemis-prototype-controller-for-mechwarrior-onlin/)

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120323002233/central/images/f/fe/Mother-of-god-meme.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

stalker mech revealed :D
http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/5A54F0C7175BF03AAE9BC09A93684788.jpg

[MADEVIL]

you beat me to the post, nice to see another mech added

something for the memories

http://littlebobeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mechwarrior1-e1263921770440.gif

[MADEVIL]

Trebuchet now added to the list

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/AF19963CB0616B23BB56EE33F18DA2F3.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

you beat me to the post, nice to see another mech added

something for the memories

http://littlebobeep.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mechwarrior1-e1263921770440.gif

Mechwarrior 1, Am i correct?

[MADEVIL]

You are correct, that is the first MW.

JagerMech now added

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/21A72757EA23CD687F3AA111DC6FAF3D.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

Nice! ive used the Btech mech card many times to great effect. Ive been playing on and off for now since it likes to break 90% of the time i try and play.

[MADEVIL]

Spider now running around the battlefield

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/4378E2450EEEFE595F19A78E50378B15.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

ooooo nice i think i need to re download the beta again seems to be out of date again : \

[MADEVIL]

Still waiting for a beta key, having doubts about getting a founders package.

In other new I received my 25th Anniversary Box set and Mechwarrior Tactics is moving along and adding more mech info on the mechs they will have.

http://cdn.mwtactics.com/portal/data/media/476/825.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

hmm i still have to try to get my hands on Mechwarrior Tactics looks alot like the old Mech Commander series. Sigh i would really like to have Mektek 4.0 now :( i know ive said it before but after seeing that one trailer i want it sooooo bad :(

[MADEVIL]

Well its in beta right now, so sign up for it if you haven't. One day we might see Mektek 4.0 I was roaming around and I can across this Mechwarrior Tactical Command (http://www.mechwarriortc.com/index.html) . Its is another new game coming out, the unfortunate thing is its an iOS game.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6HHvGXUtzg&feature=player_embedded

[!Je$u$!]

i think ive seen that trailer already CG looks abit funny though lol

[MADEVIL]

Catapult added in Tactics

http://cdn.mwtactics.com/portal/data/media/486/843.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

catapult looks good! I really need to make a plan to download that game

[MADEVIL]

The Flea has been added, not the mech I expected for number 16 but more to the group

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/23AA1EA65326566BC275EECDD31C0FA3.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

omg LOL the Tiny Terror. Not a very good mech but i suppose the more the merrier

[MADEVIL]

Well after the wonderful release of the Flea we finally get something nasty, mech 17 is the Highlander

For those who would like to try and get a beta key this still might work MWO Key Giveaway (http://www.tentonhammer.com/giveaways/mechwarrior-online-cbt)

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/7D1ACB881607C7E8F801D848CC3E2409.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

Freaking Sweet! Fantastic mech the highlander!

[MADEVIL]

There was a "Ask Me Anything" with Ranall Bills on Reddit. He did answer some random BT universe questions but there was too many who asked questions about MWO and MWT which he only helps with the fiction content.

"Ask Me Anything" with Ranall Bills on Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1217op/i_am_randall_bills_catalyst_game_labs_managing/)

If you don't know who he is this will help a bit.

Randall N. Bills (http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Randall_N._Bills)

There will also be a podcast of Randall joining the crew of No Guts No Galaxy on Oct. 31

http://nogutsnogalaxy.net/wp-content/gallery/ngng-comic-strips/comic-0003-falling-trees_0.png

[!Je$u$!]

^ lol @ the comic

I know Ranall from the btech card days and the magazines. but iam falling behind on MWO updates atm. i still want some Mektek 4 action but i know thats not gonna happen anytime soon.

[MADEVIL]

http://static.mwomercs.com/img/gallery/1B0F39F6C5B0034F8A761913567EC190.jpg

http://nogutsnogalaxy.net/wp-content/gallery/ngng-comic-strips/comic-0004-scout-rules-pt1.png

[!Je$u$!]

I redownloaded MWO mad. Will have another go and see if it works. Hopefully it wont lag to much lol

[MADEVIL]

Found an interesting download link today for Battletech that some might like

Mechwarrior Quadrology (https://kickass.to/mechwarrior-quadrology-eng-rus-repack-by-rg-catalyst-t7412385.html)

[!Je$u$!]

Wow! Very nice definitely adding that to my list. By the way the challenge video will be completed soon, the mechs have been setup just need to get them to fight one another in a arena based map.

[MADEVIL]

I did download all of that but I have yet to have time to sort through it, figured it would be best to get a hold of it while its being seeded. I also found something for your yard, a Mad Cat fort.

http://i.imgur.com/h5fWriw.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

yep definitely the best fort ever.....

Still want to this is beautiful bastard in MWO:
http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/5/4281/thumb_620x2000/39209.jpg

[MADEVIL]

http://i.imgur.com/P46lbVw.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

This was my preferred CCG "game ender" Cards in order of deployment. This deck in particular was from the Commanders Edition, one of the final CCG's.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/b/bb/Puma_A_%28Adder%29_CCG_CommandersEdition.jpg
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/2/2a/Cauldron-Born_A_CCG_CommandersEdition.jpg
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/6/65/Mad_Cat_Prime_%28Timber_Wolf%29_CCG_CommandersEdit ion.jpg
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/images/7/7f/Daishi_Prime_%28Dire_Wolf%29_CCG_CommandersEdition .jpg

[MADEVIL]

Now is a good time to jump since there is a nice selection of clan mechs to try out

http://i.imgur.com/cY683Aq.jpg

[!Je$u$!]

Now is a good time to jump since there is a nice selection of clan mechs to try outhttp://i.imgur.com/cY683Aq.jpg

Is that a mother ****ing Daishi? Is it DLC? Because if it isnt iam already there....

[MADEVIL]

You need to update your MWO, the mech can be purchased with the C-bills you earn by playing and you can try the mech out first since it is a trial mech so you can have all the fun you want for free.


http://i.imgur.com/wyz6fjz.gif

[!Je$u$!]

Yep i really need to update MWO, lately Ive been trying to get Vanilla Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance and Mercenaries to work in 1080P but its proving fruitless thus far... Ive posted on multiple forums with little to no responses. *Sigh*

[MADEVIL]

What mode/resolution are you running in now? So for vanilla are you talking about a stock install with nothing from mektek?

[!Je$u$!]

Well the maximum i can set the resolution to in the options menu is 1280x1024. Ive tried setting this manually within the options.ini file but everytime i launch the game is automatically just reverts back to 1280x1024, I have even tried setting the options file so its read only but that doesnt make a difference. And yes I am talking about the Non Mektek version, essentially the vanilla versions of Mercenaries and Vengeance.

[MADEVIL]

As far as I remember I thought that was a common high resolution for the game but I though there was the ability to reach 1600 x 1200 x 32 but I don't remember if that came later from a patch or expansion.


It's not the strongest mech but with a AC 20 and a LRM 10 it still has a nice little punch, best part it was free.

http://i.imgur.com/XbflXo5.jpg