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On 28 Aug 1995, D. vonFleckles wrote:

=> I need a hand from anyone in the know on Mech2 CD ver.
=> I bought the Mech2 recently on CDrom and even though I opted for the
=> entire (105mb) installation I still need to have the Mech2 CD in the
=> drive? This would not usually be a problem but my NEC3xi has to be
=> returned to the company for replace/repair and they're saying 2-6 weeks
=> for return. Ouch! No Mech for that long. 
=> 
=> I know from ROTT and Dark Forces that you can change an ID code in the
=> program to search c:\ instaed but I'm not sure how to do it for Mech2
=> or if it's even possible. 

I heard that it still expects the CD for the voices you hear in the
training mission.  And it expects *a* music CD for music during normal
gameplay.  I also heard that someone has some sort of patch to make it
work without the CD.

just a sec...
check out http://ww1.clarku.edu/~rmohns/mw2/tips.html

Here is some of the important info:
"Flash" sent this message to me with instructions on how to run MW2 
*without* the CD-ROM. Note that it requires a full 130 MB
installation, you don't get the music, and you need a Hex editor to 
diddle a couple bytes in the exe. You will also need to restart with no
CD-ROM driver loaded. Note that this has not yet been tested under 
two-player network or modem play.

1) erase any trace of mechwarrior from your system (save any custom mechs 
   from the /mek directory and any saved missions in mw2reg.cfg)

2) Download, borrow, steal any hex editor (personally I like ZZ.com but
   Norton utilities disk edit will work just fine)

3) create a directory called mech2

4) xcopy /s the entire mechwarrior cd into that directory (see, you DO need
   the CD)

5) from the cd, install the cd into that same /mech2 directory (do a 
   minimal install, it'll save time).

6) copy any saved custom mechs you had into the /mek directory and the
   mw2reg.cfg file

7) remember that hex editor I said to get? It's time to use it.

8) load the file mech2.exe into the hex editor.

9) search for the string B9 01 00 00 00 E8 0D FF FF FF 83 C0 (it only shows
   up once)

10) edit the B9 01 so that it says B9 00 and save the changes to that
    cluster

11) load the file mw2.exe and search for the string B9 01 00 00 00 E8
    ( Again, it's only in there once)

12) edit the B9 01 to B9 00 and save the changes.

13) restart your computer and make sure that any drivers (mscdex.exe too)
    are NOT loaded.

14) go into the mech2 directory and kill things. 

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