Mechwarrior 4: Mektek installer problems

[Flake]

So yay for Microsoft for allowing this game to be released free of charge...

...boo on me for not knowing how to get it. Has anyone else gotten it? I've made it as far as to download the set up file for the Mek Tek installer but when I try to run it I'm told it's not a valid win32 program.

So what's the deal? Besides my being computer illiterate.

[MrPopo]

Are you sure you downloaded the right setup file for the MekTek installer? Once you get it installed you go to the Games tab, click on Mechwarrior 4 and hit install. Once that finishes you'll have to hit the Update button at the bottom of the page a few times until you have all the updates (including the no-cd update).

[Pulsar_t]

Has the game been updated or not? I've been having trouble running the original CD-ROM game(s) on my VIA chipset. It's a well-documented problem but MS never addressed it.

[MrPopo]

I don't believe there have been any changes that would fix a problem like that. As far as I know the only changes are balance-type changes.

[Flake]

Are you sure you downloaded the right setup file for the MekTek installer? Once you get it installed you go to the Games tab, click on Mechwarrior 4 and hit install. Once that finishes you'll have to hit the Update button at the bottom of the page a few times until you have all the updates (including the no-cd update).

Well, that's the thing. I can't get the file that is supposed to set up the MekTek installer to run, much less get any actual game files.

[Pulsar_t]

*UPDATE*

We are very aware that some of you are having problems using MTX to download and install the free release of Mechwarrior4: Mercenaries. We are currently preparing a self extracting executable to install the game without using MTX.

This new release will require a new download, but should alleviate any of the issues of installing via MTX.

This new release will contain some bug fixes for Mercs, and we will prepare a patch for those of you who have been successfully installing and updating via MTX as well as executable patches to bring any version previously downloaded, up to date.

Once this new version clears our beta team, it will be made available for download in your BitTorrent client of choice. Please be patient as this may take a few days.

We will continue to work on ironing out the bugs in MTX, until then, we will provide an alternate way to acquire the game and updates through the self installing executables.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Good hunting.
The MekTek Team.