Competitive—but usually respectfully so
There are certainly skilled players who enjoy winning and can be intimidating to newcomers. However, because the player pool is so small, repeatedly driving people away would ultimately hurt the community...
Assume you have a small transport ship and you’re headed to the edge of known space. You can’t bring a Mech—just three personal items.
What’s your survival kit? (And no, "a neurohelmet" doesn't count if you don't have the Catapult to go with it).
⚔ INNER SPHERE vs CLAN ⚔
Which side will you command?
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MechCommander Multiplayer is BACK!
Which Side Will You Command?
The battlefield is online once again!
We're thrilled to bring back the classic, high-stakes...
This little hack of the MCG editor allows you to make a tga image of any mission or map you find out there. For those of you still playing MC/G for fun or leagues, this would really rock for letting you see a map and draw out battle plans.
It...
An attempt to fix the netcode and balance the game, this does make it more playable but does it in ways that BTech players hated. Here it is though if you still play that game and want to play it online.
The patch designed to alert us to the use of a bug in MCG that allowed a player to jump across the map in one shot, it was actually more buggy then the bug was. At my request, Mitch talked to the people at the zone and they took away the...
⚔ INNER SPHERE vs CLAN ⚔
Which side will you command?
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MechCommander Multiplayer is BACK!
Which Side Will You Command?
The battlefield is online once again!
We're thrilled to bring back the classic, high-stakes...
The MechCommander Gold Campaign Builder's Guide
The guide itself, in a couple of different file formats.
The Builder's Guide in PDF Format
Part 1 - The Basics
Part 2 - ABL Reference
Part 3 - Advanced Topics
MCG Campaign Builder's Guide -...
1. The main problem today
MechCommander Gold is still playable in 2026, but it is considered a legacy DirectDraw game, meaning modern Windows systems (10/11) break it in predictable ways:
Black screen on launch or intro videos not playing...
What keeps bringing you back to MechCommander after all these years?
We've all played newer RTT and RTS games with bigger budgets and flashier graphics, yet here we are decades later still talking about MechCommander.
What is it that keeps...
I've always found it interesting how the BattleTech universe manages to make giant walking war machines feel more believable than a lot of modern sci-fi. On paper, a 100-ton BattleMech should be nothing more than a cool action set piece, but...
If you're having issues with crashing or debugging on a high spec system you can try this solution: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/releases
Simply paste the file in your main game directory, this is where you can find the location of...
These are all new resolution.exe files for MechCommander. In order to play in a chosenresolution start your MechCommander Gold Version from your game folder with the resolution.exeyou like to play.Keep in mind:Desktop resolution always must be...
without rebooting or relogging from gameranger most issues can simply be resolved with ipconfig/release - ipconfig/renew in CMD and hit enter - make sure you click run as administrator before running the program.
Having crashes on a Windows 10 with compatibility set to Windows XP service pack 2.
a crash to desktop and the debug screen with the following errors.
ASSERT (00000005 - could not open scenario file )Address : 0x006F6F2ELocation : No .PDB file...
This is a Windows program which addresses some of the shortcomings of the normal editor, incorporating many previously disclosed 'hacks' plus some which I believe may be entirely new. Importantly, the Extender saves any extra mission settings in...