MechWarrior 2:
Mercenaries
Released for PC in 1996 by Activision
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Mechwarrior2:
Mercenaries Money Cheat
Mechwarrior:
The Titanium Trilogy Cheat Codes
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Mercs made up for MW2 and GBL's failings by getting back to MW1 basics - cash and contracts. I've already noted why MW1 was still superior as a game system, but Merc wisely improved on it by allowing modifications (at great expense). The mission tree is still linear, though with some small flexibility. Graphics have greatly improved since MW2 / GBL, but game physics are still odd. GBL's weapons are back, and to its credit, Merc doesn't introduce new technology until its historical entry point, but Clan salvage can be had with luck. The plot focuses on your merc unit's adventures throughout the post-Succession War period, ending with your unit defending Kurita space just before the end of the Clan invasion. NOTE: Though it introduces its own set of problems, the Mercs 1.1 patch (18 megabytes, available from Activision's Mercenaries Page as MPATCH.EXE) fixes a ton of annoying quirks and bugs and makes the game 99% more enjoyable to play, while adding 3D-card support. The main fix is "Dynamic Salvage" - salage is no longer pre-scripted, but is determined by your gunnery skill and the mission's Salvage rating.. Trivia note: Try replaying the game and "missing" the major missions, taking the smaller but scripted side-quests: there are some easy-to-salvage mechs on some easy missions if you skip the big campaigns, plus the nearly impossible (wanna test your TRUE skills, warrior?) "stop the mad terrorist bomber" mission. As for mission hints, there are too many to list, but for starters: 1. You can't recover the Star League weapons cache in some versions, so you're better off letting the mercs take it and double-crossing your Kurita allies {tecnhically you CAN by hitting ESCAPE and aborting the "stop the pirates / kill the dropship mission" and killing the pirates on the next mission and capturing the crate, but I've never had it work; you're better off with the $4,000,000}. 2. If you get into trouble in the "destroy the bank's 3rd floor" mission, run away to the starting point, luring the enemies toward you; the Kurita Sentinel and Crab will power up to help you. 3. It's MUCH easier to destroy the Mercenary dropship than to try fighting the mercs in the narrow mountain pass, but the mercs use several easy-to-salvage mechs, so it could be worth it - ID the traitor, then kill him and take his Catapult! 4. There are DOZENS of places where the computer AI won't activate if you don't kill an entire star / lance of enemies, so try keeping one of each group alive but 1-legged (especially in the final mission), then go hunting for the powered-down reinforcements.
Helpful Hints
Strategy Guide and Hints (21k)
Early FAQ (8k)
Official FAQ (23k)
Unofficial FAQ (57k)
Artwork
(Hand-drawn art only seen during game installation - about 55k
each)
Unused Artwork 1
Unused Artwork 2
Unused Artwork 3
Starport
Mech Bay
Office
Screenshots
(non-combat)
Mech Bay
Starport
Repair / Reload screen
Downloads
Viewer for variant mechs (130k)
Patches
- This page at Games Domain is one of the best places to find
patches for your MechWarrior needs.
Cheats
Hold ALT+CTRL+SHIFT while typing in these codes (without the
colon!):
Superfunkicalifragisexy :invulneralbility on/off
Iseenfireandiseenrain :unlimited ammo on/off
Ooohhhlllaaalllaaa :heat traking on/off
Wediditagain :DORCS screen (DOS only)
Ontimeeverytime :time compression on/off
Bubbleboy :bounding spheres on/off
Crazysexycool :infinite jump jets on/off
Beholdmyglory :free eye mode on/off
Antijolt :time expansion on/off
Flashyflashy :auto-grouping on/off
Walkthisway :leading recticle on/off (forces
enemies to follow the targeting crosshairs towards your mech)
Itsdabooomb :nukes targeted mech
Inmybeautifulballoon :sprouts jump jets
Redjackandtikrules :destroys targeted mech
Likethecomstarbaby :end mission successfully
Special
Locations
Click on the third light from the left on the Starport
screen.
Mechwarrior2: Mercenaries Money Cheat by Jeff
Kinnick
Use a good hex editor, such as "Hex Works 32" and
edit your saved game file (mersave?.sav). At the address
"0000012A" look for "40 42 0F", this is your
money. Put in "FF FF FF", and you'll have about
16,000,000 C-Bills, which is a reasonable number to start the
game. I put "FF FF FF 02" and it gave me about
50,000,000 C-Bills. I found this to be much better than the mere
1,000,000 C-Bills they give you to start with. This is for Win95
saved games only.
Mechwarrior: The Titanium Trilogy Cheat Codes
These cheats worked with the 3dfx upgrade to Mercenaries, now
they work with ALL THREE games: Mechwarrior 2, Ghost Bear's
Legacy and Mercenaries. These cheats are for ALL THREE games in
the Titanium Trilogy. During gameply, hold down ALT+CTRL+SHIFT
and type in:
be - Enable Free-Eye mode
cr - Unlimited jump jet fuel
in - Gain jump jets
is - Unlimited ammo on/off
it - "Nuke" current target
li - Win mission
oo - Heat tracking on/off
re - Destroy current target
su - Invulnerability on/off
Links
Activision's
Mercenaries Page
Yahoo:
MechWarrior Series
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