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MechWarrior 3 is one of the best first-person games ever. It should be remade and sold as an upgrade or mod download for the original game.
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yydanoyy28 Apr. 2025
I am using a logitech extreme 3d pro. The throttle works fine in Mech3, but in Pirtates Moon, the game does not recognize a throttle. Other people have posted this same thing in Reddit with Microsoft sidewinder. One said you had to delete some file in pirates moon and replace with the one from mech3, but didn't remember the file name. Everything else works fine with this joystick in pirates moon except throttle. Anyone have a fix?
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kibarion26 Jan. 2025
so.. since there are comments form 2016 and 2017 stating that there is no ISO in the ISO download and the RIP version is not starting cuz the Software Render Files have not been installed.. what am i to do almost 10 years later and both are still right? used the Rip version first because that is what Ostego Lectric did in his install vid. when that didn't work i loaded the ISO and there was no .ISO file in it. bit at a loss right now. MW3 base ran just fine.
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Mutton19 Nov. 2020
Eveytime I try to Launch the Mission/instant action in Pirates Moon I get a crash to desktop. I am using DGVooDoo and I have gotten MW3 working no problem, already beat it entirely no problems. If anyone knows a fix please let me know.
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CommanderHunter14 Oct. 2020
some major trolls here downvoting comments for NO REASON
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CommanderHunter28 Mar. 2019
Remember, if you're having trouble with Mech 3 even after using Night Thastus' guide (remember to limit your frames and use DGVooDoo2/dxwnd!), you'll probably need to use CPUgrabber to slow down your CPU whenever you run the game!
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MW Lover11 Mar. 2019
I had such a nostalgia for this game, and after so long of wanting to replay it, I finally got in running in Windows 10. There's a few glitches off the bat, but mainly I found that you can't bind keys to fire specific weapon groups! You have to select weapon groups and then fire them which is really stupid. I guess I just didn't realize how much this sucked back in the day, but after playing MW4 and MWO, I just can't bring myself to play like that, it's just too annoying. :P
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Night Thastus09 Mar. 2019
I have a guide on how to run Mechwarrior 3 and Mechwarrior 3: Pirate's Moon on modern PC's that you can find here:
I've gotten both running excellently on modern Win10 machines. If you need any help, there's contact info in the guide. As well, you can help contribute to the project by making pull requests or issues to improve the guide.
Happy hunting!
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T69TigerPainter03 Oct. 2018
It was such a long time ago when a good friend and I got the game on an old burnt disk I down loaded it. And we must have spent more than 2 days straight playing it it was a game ahead of it's time that's what gaming is all about
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Jorik01 Oct. 2018
incredible Game
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Snake14 Aug. 2018
I downloaded and installed the ISO version, but I'm stuck at 642x480, anyone have a fix?
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Gulopes24 Jul. 2018
DUDE you were right the AI's are a lot harder than in the original but i think it's maybe better because you learn how to play, configure etc. in MW3 and when you are good at it you can go and play Pirate's Moon cuz it's harder. H don't download RIP version it's not full game it's just a ripped piece of it.
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Gjammer09 May. 2018
I thought it was odd that Mechwarrior 3 installed and ran trouble free but the add-on balked on x64 systems.
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CsabaZz02 Dec. 2017
Awesome, thank you very much! I have never thought I can play with this addon once...
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GabrielTal07 Sep. 2017
No ISO in ISO download.
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Fajar Sany10 Jun. 2017
Runs well on my old XP laptop.
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Dusten201128 Dec. 2016
I have the disk for this, but I need something so that I can play what I copied to my laptop(I copied the addon, but it wont let me play without a disk) so I think I would need the cd key. what would it be labled as in the disk(so I can copy it over)
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Dude23 Nov. 2016
I've played Mechwarrior 3 many times and love it. But when I play Pirate's Moon, it seems to be much more difficult than the base game. Maybe the devs felt MW3 was too easy so they cranked up the heat?
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doomguy20 Jun. 2016
pirates moon is a adon what do you exspect
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H19 Mar. 2016
The game cannot run because the 'Software Render Files' aren't present in the Rip download.
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No comment nor review for this game at the moment.
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MechWarrior 3 is one of the best first-person games ever. It should be remade and sold as an upgrade or mod download for the original game.
I am using a logitech extreme 3d pro. The throttle works fine in Mech3, but in Pirtates Moon, the game does not recognize a throttle. Other people have posted this same thing in Reddit with Microsoft sidewinder. One said you had to delete some file in pirates moon and replace with the one from mech3, but didn't remember the file name. Everything else works fine with this joystick in pirates moon except throttle. Anyone have a fix?
so.. since there are comments form 2016 and 2017 stating that there is no ISO in the ISO download and the RIP version is not starting cuz the Software Render Files have not been installed.. what am i to do almost 10 years later and both are still right?
used the Rip version first because that is what Ostego Lectric did in his install vid.
when that didn't work i loaded the ISO and there was no .ISO file in it.
bit at a loss right now.
MW3 base ran just fine.
Eveytime I try to Launch the Mission/instant action in Pirates Moon I get a crash to desktop. I am using DGVooDoo and I have gotten MW3 working no problem, already beat it entirely no problems. If anyone knows a fix please let me know.
some major trolls here downvoting comments for NO REASON
Remember, if you're having trouble with Mech 3 even after using Night Thastus' guide (remember to limit your frames and use DGVooDoo2/dxwnd!), you'll probably need to use CPUgrabber to slow down your CPU whenever you run the game!
I had such a nostalgia for this game, and after so long of wanting to replay it, I finally got in running in Windows 10. There's a few glitches off the bat, but mainly I found that you can't bind keys to fire specific weapon groups! You have to select weapon groups and then fire them which is really stupid. I guess I just didn't realize how much this sucked back in the day, but after playing MW4 and MWO, I just can't bring myself to play like that, it's just too annoying. :P
I have a guide on how to run Mechwarrior 3 and Mechwarrior 3: Pirate's Moon on modern PC's that you can find here:
https://github.com/Tyler799/Mechwarrior3Guide/blob/master/Guide.md
I've gotten both running excellently on modern Win10 machines. If you need any help, there's contact info in the guide. As well, you can help contribute to the project by making pull requests or issues to improve the guide.
Happy hunting!
It was such a long time ago when a good friend and I got the game on an old burnt disk I down loaded it. And we must have spent more than 2 days straight playing it it was a game ahead of it's time that's what gaming is all about
incredible Game
I downloaded and installed the ISO version, but I'm stuck at 642x480, anyone have a fix?
DUDE you were right the AI's are a lot harder than in the original but i think it's maybe better because you learn how to play, configure etc. in MW3 and when you are good at it you can go and play Pirate's Moon cuz it's harder.
H don't download RIP version it's not full game it's just a ripped piece of it.
I thought it was odd that Mechwarrior 3 installed and ran trouble free but the add-on balked on x64 systems.
Awesome, thank you very much! I have never thought I can play with this addon once...
No ISO in ISO download.
Runs well on my old XP laptop.
I have the disk for this, but I need something so that I can play what I copied to my laptop(I copied the addon, but it wont let me play without a disk) so I think I would need the cd key. what would it be labled as in the disk(so I can copy it over)
I've played Mechwarrior 3 many times and love it. But when I play Pirate's Moon, it seems to be much more difficult than the base game. Maybe the devs felt MW3 was too easy so they cranked up the heat?
pirates moon is a adon what
do you exspect
The game cannot run because the 'Software Render Files' aren't present in the Rip download.
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.