July 28, 2009 - Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries (including Vengeance/Black Knight) no longer has multiplayer support through MSN Zone or Zonematch.
GOOD NEWS!! Mektek, a software development company, has created a new multiplayer zone. All you have to do is download a small file and it will redirect where the game looks for its multiplayer server.
The only change is a registry entry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Mechwarrior Mercenaries]"Zoneserver"="mwmatch.zone.com"
to
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Mechwarrior Mercenaries]"Zoneserver"="mekmatch.mektek.net"
You can make the change yourself (run Regedit from Start Menu and select Run) or double-click the mekmatch registry entry already in your Mechwarrior Mercenaries main folder (if you have downloaded and installed all the Mektek Mekpacks up to 3.02b - visit www.mektek.net/projects/mp3 to get these patches). This is the preferred method. Note, If you have not patched your game to 3.02b through Mektek, you will see servers but not be able to connect. You will see the servers green which means they are a different version. Also, make sure ports 2300-2400 are open on router/firewall. |