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I contacted Hannibal_805 by email about this issue. To increase your chances of a solution being found include as much detail as possible (which version of the game you’re running, what operating system you have, what video card you have and steps to reproduce the issue). Screenshots are also very useful! If you’ve followed the above steps and are still having issues running Mechcommander Gold on Windows 7, please post in the comments below.

Disable desktop composition (to get around the corrupted textures glitch).

Run this program in compatibility mode Windows 95.

Add the following compatibility tab settings to your MCX.exe shortcut:.

Create a shortcut to MCX.exe (if you don’t have one already).

There is a workaround though – create a directory named MCG (name is unimportant) and then manually copy the entire contents of your MCG disc/iso into this folder and start the game using MCX.EXE in your new directory.Ĭompatibility – To ensure that you don’t run into some common crashes and bugs associated with the game on Windows 7 you’ll want to follow these additional steps:

Windows 7/Vista 64 bit – 64 bit Windows does not support 16 bit installers such as the one for Mechcommander gold.

Then set the following files to run in Windows 95 compatibility mode and attempt the installation again:

Windows 7/Vista 32 bit – If simply running setup from the disc/ISO doesn’t work right away, right click on your cd/iso and select explore.

Installation from disc/ISO – Note you’ll still have to have the disc inserted or have the ISO mounted to run the game, unless you find a no-cd executable for the game:

You can find freeware download links in the Mechcommander Gold freeware download post. The first issue is installation, as the game uses a 16bit installer which is unsupported on 64 bit operating systems.įreeware installation – Before you start, know that Mechcommander Gold has been released as freeware, so you can freely download ISOs for the game from the web. Mechcommander Gold can be run on Windows 7 but you’ll likely have to follow a few steps to ensure it works on your machine. Tested: windows 7 32 bit, windows 7 64 bit, windows vista 32 bit, windows vista 64 bit