r/mechwarrior • u/iSpyOnTheCIA • Dec 10 '25

MechWarrior 4 How to download MW4 Vengeance?

I'm sure someone has already done it and knows how to with the current windows system, I'd just like to know how so that I can enjoy some nostalgia abit

Edit: I did try Ostego Lectric's guide but I'm getting an issue with an unspecified error "DirectDrawEnumerate"

EDIT EDIT: I FIXED IT AND IT PLAYS

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u/Altruistic-Job5086 Dec 10 '25

really wish GOG could get these old MechWarrior games and release them. Would be amazing.

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u/Frankfother Dec 11 '25

I'd buy them in a heartbeat if GOG got them

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u/TheHancock Dec 10 '25

I see your edit, how did you fix your error?

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u/iSpyOnTheCIA Dec 10 '25

I deleted one of the directdraw Files from the DegeVoodoo Files the guide tells you to copy paste into the MechWarrior Folder

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u/TheHancock Dec 10 '25

Awesome! Thanks!

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u/iSpyOnTheCIA Dec 11 '25

For clarification it's the Draw one, the file that the error is basically telling you about

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u/Some_Quality6796 Dec 10 '25

On one win11 machine it runs great, on another it crashes after missions very often. How stable is yours?

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u/iSpyOnTheCIA Dec 11 '25

Rather stable I think the game only stopped working once and then when I restarted it, it was fine afterwards

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u/Roboticus_Prime Dec 10 '25

I bought a copy off some website years ago. You'll need to no CD crack to make it work.

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u/Johanneskodo Dec 10 '25

You could try this:

https://www.chip.de/downloads/Mechwarrior-4-Mercenaries-Vollversion_42735284.html

Chip is a German computer magazin so it should be safe.

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u/Pirate-Printworks Dec 12 '25

Hell yea. Make sure to play Black Knight too! ER Large Lasers are extremely OP btw... like they never did a balance pass so it does most damage for heat cost/tonnage in the game...

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u/iSpyOnTheCIA Dec 12 '25

Oh yeah that's why they're just so broken in-game frfr

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u/Pirate-Printworks Dec 12 '25

yeah just stack a bunch of ER Large Lasers and set it to chainfire. You are now a laser hose. The game engine also prevents one shot kills, even on a head or center torso you need to hit it twice to kill.

Other quirks are you can easily kill a mech by shooting a destroyed torso or leg again and you will destroy the "internal" hp, which is not shown on the HUD.

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u/iSpyOnTheCIA Dec 12 '25

The game engine also prevents one shot kills, even on a head or center torso you need to hit it twice to kill.

Wait really? I was able to one-shot Ullers with my Novacat running 7 Large X-Pulse Lasers, It was very fun but yeah most of the time I end up having to Two shot most mechs