(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 20, 2014 21:45:42 GMT

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Post by StoneWall on Oct 20, 2014 21:45:42 GMT

Oct 20, 2014 18:21:40 GMT strikerklm said:

Oct 19, 2014 16:32:50 GMT StoneWall said:

Good luck to me. I will try this tonight.

EDIT: No luck

Is your problem the same as mine was?

And what was your console output?

Says it couldn't find the location. I will try and delete the ZBD and pilot folders next time. I still had a renamed MW3.exe in the folder from a past install.

StoneWall Global Moderator Staff Enter the mind of a MechWarrior. Posts: 451	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 20, 2014 22:34:14 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by StoneWall on Oct 20, 2014 22:34:14 GMT says: "Windows cannot find cd"

strikerklm New Member Posts: 18	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 21, 2014 1:05:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by strikerklm on Oct 21, 2014 1:05:46 GMT I'm guessing: You need to have your cd in the drive. The exe in the same folder as Mech3.exe No modifications to Mech3.exe

StoneWall Global Moderator Staff Enter the mind of a MechWarrior. Posts: 451	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 21, 2014 11:13:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by StoneWall on Oct 21, 2014 11:13:44 GMT My next step is to try an install on my older laptop

†CMO†Sturm New Member Posts: 10	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 23, 2014 2:22:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by †CMO†Sturm on Oct 23, 2014 2:22:33 GMT Many thanks for uploading the rez patch Peri! I have most all of the old files, but I could not find that one anywhere.

Perigren Global Moderator Posts: 64	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 23, 2014 12:51:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Perigren on Oct 23, 2014 12:51:17 GMT Yw Sturm, Do you have the nocd patch by chance? If so would you be so kind to post it?

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 24, 2014 22:37:30 GMT

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Post by †CMO†Sturm on Oct 24, 2014 22:37:30 GMT

Interesting... The NoCD patch I have is an .exe file that weighs in at 2.19mb (unzipped)
Here is a link to that file. www.mediafire.com/download/03930p73dz80bud/mw3_nocd.zip

Note: I have have had this file for many years, but have never used it, so... caveat emptor

Last Edit: Oct 24, 2014 22:41:47 GMT by †CMO†Sturm

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 25, 2014 1:33:38 GMT via mobile

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Post by AncientxFreako on Oct 25, 2014 1:33:38 GMT

Wolvie once explained to me how to make a no cd fix in the .exe that would run better on windows xp because the old traditional no cd patch had problems with xp as it was messy/glitchy. I will try to find his instructions and make it and upload it.

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Oct 31, 2014 13:13:11 GMT

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Post by Wolf Ward on Oct 31, 2014 13:13:11 GMT

Tried all the above, including using "mw3patchddraw.exe". PM works without tearing in s/ware mode however when I use the "mw3patchddraw.exe" it keeps stopping it from loading up stating I have to install DX7.

Any ideas would be welcome.

HeliosRX Guest	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Nov 13, 2014 19:56:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by HeliosRX on Nov 13, 2014 19:56:13 GMT Hello, I've tried downloading and using the mw3patchddraw.exe file, but when I try to open Mech3.exe, the screen briefly converts to 640X480 then cuts back to normal, with the game crashing. What should I do?

Perigren Global Moderator Posts: 64	(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Nov 13, 2014 22:50:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Perigren on Nov 13, 2014 22:50:10 GMT I believe you need to rename your original exe to something else and rename the new exe to the original mw3 exe name. then try it.

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Nov 14, 2014 9:22:01 GMT

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Post by TheLuggage on Nov 14, 2014 9:22:01 GMT

I'd just like to say that I was trying out mw3 on my pc and had the bouncing APC bug. In addition to this, however, my Bushwacker suddenly jumps into the air and stays there. Has this happened to anyone else and is their a way of fixing it (such as the link posted above)?

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Nov 14, 2014 14:11:32 GMT

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Post by Perigren on Nov 14, 2014 14:11:32 GMT

To fix the bouncing asset bug, you need to get your gpu/cpu to work as hard as possible,or underclock them. The problem is that newer systems can render to fast and the game engine cannot cope. I am sure there are others that can give more technical explanations.

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Dec 12, 2014 7:02:43 GMT

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Post by vandervecken on Dec 12, 2014 7:02:43 GMT

Has anyone been able to figure out how to apply the AMD/ATI ddraw patch to Pirate's Moon? When I try it the game stops working and insists I don't have DirectX installed. Maybe whoever made the original patch made a version explicitly for the expansion?

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(EDIT: --> How to Fix MechWarrior 3 with ATI Radeon Cards Dec 14, 2014 8:57:33 GMT

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Post by tyrael on Dec 14, 2014 8:57:33 GMT

To My knowledge the AMD/ATI ddraw issue has never been fixed for Pirate's Moon. the patch that fixes the issue for Mechwarrior 3 specifically does so for DirectX 6 or 6.1 (whichever mech 3 requires). unfortunately Pirate's Moon uses DirectX 7, which is why when you apply the patch it complains that it is not installed. Though it was much requested the creator of the patch never got around to making one for pirate's moon (or posting the source code for the orignal patch so we could see how he did it).

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