| | The Maps and Missions The Astral Dominion League uses many Maps and Missions from previous Mechwarrior 4 titles that have been converted for use with Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries. All League Missions and their associated Maps are available through the Astral Dominion League Map and Mission Updater. This Program will ensure that you have all of the required Missions and Maps properly installed on your System. Users of the Map and Mission Updater should be aware that you MUST ensure that the updater is installed to the proper Mercenaries Installation Directory. By default, the Map and Mission Updater will install into the following default location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Mechwarrior Mercenaries. If you have installed your Mercenaries Installation to a different directory that that shown, you must ensure that the installation path for the Map and Mission Updater has been changed to match. You can download the Map and Mission Updater from the League Downloads Page. Owners of Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance and Mechwarrior 4: BlackKnight can substantially reduce the Map and Mission Updater's Download time by copying the Map Files from their original CDs to the Maps folder of their Mercenaries installation prior to running the Map and Mission Updater. Direct Links to most of these files are hidden to prevent leeching by other websites. Sorry. Vengeance Maps
To copy the Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance Maps to your Mercenaries installation, insert Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance CD2 into your CD-ROM Drive. Open the Resource/Maps Folder, and select all of the files located in that directory. Copy and paste those files to the resource/maps folder of your Mechwarrior4:Mercenaries installation. DO NOT overwrite any existing files. Your Computer will ask you if you wish to over-write a file named arctic05.mw4. Do NOT overwrite this files. Once you have pasted these files into the proper location, remove the "Read-Only" attribute, by highlighting the new files, and clicking the right mouse button. At the bottom of your menu, you "Properties". By selecting Properties, you will be able to see the file information for the files that you have selected. At the bottom of the "General" Tab, you will see two check boxes. Ensure that the read-only check box is blank. BlackKnight Maps
To copy the Mechwarrior 4: BlackKnight Maps to your Mercenaries installation, insert Mechwarrior 4: BlackKnight CD into your CD-ROM Drive. Open the Resource/Maps Folder, and select the following files: MINERL01.MW4, MINERL03.MW4, MOUNTN01.MW4, MOUNTN03.MW4, RUIN03.MW4, SCRUB01.MW4, SCRUB02.MW4, SCRUB06.MW4, VOLCAN01.MW4, and VOLCAN03.MW4. Copy and paste those files to the resource/maps folder of your Mechwarrior4:Mercenaries installation. Once you have pasted these files into the proper location, remove the "Read-Only" attribute, by highlighting the new files, and clicking the right mouse button. At the bottom of your menu, you "Properties". By selecting Properties, you will be able to see the file information for the files that you have selected. At the bottom of the "General" Tab, you will see two check boxes. Ensure that the read-only check box is blank. BlackKnight Maps must be "Patched" in order to work with Mercenaries. The Map and Mission Updater will do that for you. Simply follow the prompts. MechPack Maps
The only Maps that are usable with Mercenaries from the MechPacks, are New Gotham and Gagetown (Coliseum and Factory are also located on the MechPack CDs, but they are different versions from those included with Mercenaries. Do NOT overwrite the factory and coliseum maps that came with Mercenaries!). Although (at the current time) New Gotham has not been converted for use with Mercenaries, Gagetown has. If you own the Inner Sphere MechPack, you can copy the gage.mw4 file from the resource/maps folder of the MechPack CD, into the resource/maps folder of your Mercenaries installation. Once you have pasted these files into the proper location, remove the "Read-Only" attribute, by highlighting the new files, and clicking the right mouse button. At the bottom of your menu, you "Properties". By selecting Properties, you will be able to see the file information for the files that you have selected. At the bottom of the "General" Tab, you will see two check boxes. Ensure that the read-only check box is blank. LEGEND
(BK) : Black Knight Mission (Converted)
(Ven) : Vengeance Mission (Converted)
(Mercs) : Mercenaries Mission
(MS) : Microsoft Released Mission (Converted)
(MP) : MechPack Mission (Converted)
(Cstm) : Custom Made User Map
(PA) : Approved for use in Planetary Assaults
(Raid) : Approved for use in Raid Missions
(Recon) : Approved for use in Recon Missions
(Solaris) : Approved for use in ADL Solaris Combat Only
Planetary Climates are listed to the Left of Each Map MISSION NAME (Current List)
ADL-BigCity-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Industrial
ADL-BigCity-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Industrial
ADL-Equinox-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Arctic
ADL-Equinox-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Arctic
ADL-MechWorks-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Volcanic/Lunar
ADL-MineHQ-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Lunar
ADL-Paradise-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Tropical
ADL-Paradise-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Tropical
ADL-Sanddunes-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Arid
ADL-Sanddunes-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Arid
ADL-Shoreline-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Temperate
ADL-Shoreline-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Temperate
ADL-VBase-Raid (Cstm) (Raid) - Volcanic
ADL-VBase-Recon (Cstm) (Recon) - Volcanic
Alpine (Mercs) (PA) - Arctic
Alpine Pro (Cstm) (PA) - Arctic
Aspen (BK) (PA) - Temperate
BigCity (Ven) (PA) - Industrial
Cantina (BK) (PA) - Lunar/Arid
Canyon (BK) (PA) - Arid
CentralPark (Ven) (PA) - Temperate/Industrial
Coliseum (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Concourse (Mercs) (PA) - Temperate
Concourse Pro (Cstm) (PA) - Temperate
Defiance (Mercs) (PA) - Lunar/Volcanic
Defiance Pro (Cstm) (PA) - Lunar/Volcanic
Dustbowl (Ven) (PA) - Arid
Equinox (MS) (PA) - Arctic
Factory (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Frostbite (Ven) (PA) - Arctic
Gagetown (MP) (PA) - Temperate
Gatorbait (Ven) (PA) - Tropical
GhostHighway (BK) (PA) - Temperate/Industrial
GladiatorPit (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Highlands (MS) (PA) - Temperate/Topical
Hogsback (MS) (PA) - Temperate/Tropical
InnerCity (Ven) (PA) - Industrial
Jungle (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Lakefront (MS) (PA) - Temperate/Tropical
Lakeside (BK) (PA) - Temperate/Tropical
Lunacy (Ven) (PA) - Lunar
Manorhouse (Mercs) (PA) - Temperate
MechWorks (BK) (PA) - Lunar/Volcanic
MineHQ (BK) (PA) - Volcanic
Oilspill (Mercs) (PA) - Arctic
PalaceGates (Ven) (PA) - Temperate
Paradise (Mercs) (PA) - Tropical/Volcanic
PolarTundra (MS) (PA) - Arctic
Rubble (BK) (PA) - Industrial
Rubblepile (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Sanddunes (Mercs) (PA) - Arid
Scrub (MS) (PA) - Arid
Shoreline (Mercs) (PA) - Temperate
Snowbound (MS) (PA) - Arctic
Spaceport (BK) (PA) - Temperate/Arid
Timberline (MS) (PA) - Temperate
Tropical (Mercs) (Solaris) - N/A
Tumbleweed (Mercs) (PA) - Arid
VBase (BK) (PA) - Volcanic
Wetlands (MS) PA) - Tropical Planetary Climates
The Planets of the Astral Dominion League have each been assigned a "Climate" which represents the predominant weather patterns on a Planet. Great efforts have been taken to ensure that Climates are as accurate as possible to those stated in the Battletech Universe. The Campaign Star Map will allow you to see the climate that has been assigned to a particular Planet. | |