BVE: Mechanik

[leezer3]

Hiya guys,
Many of the older members of this forum will remember the direct predecessor to BVE- Mechanik.
This ran under DOS, and I have just realised that there has been no info on getting it running under XP posted. To that end, I have posted an article on my redesigned site detailing the process to get it running. This is at:

http://www.bvecornwall.co.uk/fusion/readarticle.php?article_id=7

Chris Lees

[TomBeevers2000]

RE: Mechanik

Does 16 count as old ? Rather interesting, time to give it a go!

--
Tom Beevers
http://brj.rr.nu - Picc v5.2 *released*!

[leezer3]

RE: Mechanik

Well, I'm only 19
Just a small additional point for anyone reading this- If you have any of my list of 'missing' routes or any that are not listed on the WebOTrains page, I would really like these so that they can be uploaded & preserved.

Chris Lees

[ferrovipathe]

RE: Mechanik

Hi !

Ahhhh... Mechanik... What a simulator..
Searching in my archives, I found some files of Mechanik:

EN57_H-G.zip
est.zip
Gortras.zip
Jm2.zip
Mcnapoli.zip
Mechabj.zip
MechanikVF15.zip
Terra.zip (australia)

I'm i get Mayenne.zip somewhere, but I don't find it by now...:-(
If you want some, send me a mail at
Ferrovipathe@free.fr

All the best.

[bassv]

RE: Mechanik

That French route Mayenne was very nice indeed! Mechanik... We are spoiled nowadays with BVE ;-)

I have even tried to make some routes for Mechanik, but that was so (too) hard...

[leezer3]

RE: Mechanik

Fevriopathe, you have mail

Any of these I get my hands on I will post for perpetuity- Steve has said that he will repost the old UK files.

Cheers

Chris Lees

[smace]

RE: Mechanik

thanks for the how to, I have the program and some routes, but never got it work well on my machine, in fact I never knew it had sound. With your directions it runs.

I have the S-80 route, I can send it to you. Email me a link.

[nigelb]

RE: Mechanik

I believe the problem of running Mechanik on WinXP was related to sound issues and there is an alternative workaround.

Here is a transcript of the message I posted on the Yahoo Mechanik group in February 2002:

"I have Mechanik up and running on my new Windows XP system! Sound
works fine and I get some ridiculous number of frames per second -
in the hundreds!

How is this done? Don't have to mess with compatibility modes, just
go to http://ntvdm.cjb.net and download the free VDM sound program
(VDMSound-2.0.4-WinNT-i386.msi) it self installs. Now go to any
Mechanik .exe file and right click and select "run with VDMS" and
viola! I have tested this with the UK DMU route and Mechanik
deluxe - use the EN57.exe file to start.

What does this cost? It's free! Run, don't walk and get this now.
It works with WIN XP, Win 2000 and Win NT 4, does NOT work with
Win9X or Win ME. Read the info at the site, it also does joystick
emulation. It is not set of drivers, but a wrap around emulation
that can be used with any sound card or even no sound card.

I imagine VDM Sound will solve a lot of problems with "legacy" DOS
programs that bulk at Win XP because of sound issues.

Let us know if you have the same success that I did."

Now the only problem is the link to VDMS sound in my original post is out of date - it is now http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/

[leezer3]

RE: Mechanik

Thanks for that. While I'm not sure on the sound front, the corrupt graphics in the main menu (Just before the game crashes) suggests to me that there may also be other problems, and I do prefer to run a full DOS emulator, rather than extra drivers.

Smace and anyone else with routes, please drop them the way of:
leezer3@SPAMTRAPbvecornwall.co.uk

Edit: Terra Australia route added to the site, thanks Nigel Broder.

Many thanks.

Chris Lees

[leezer3]

RE: Mechanik

Hiya guys,
A copy of the main Mechanik download is now hosted on my site. More routes will be added to the archives as they reach me, enjoy

Cheers

Chris Lees

[Ed_Bakker]

RE: Mechanik

Good stuff K.
I still have a whole disk full of Mechnik routes and since those days I have moved on Windows XP.
Cheers,
Ed Bakker
Oxford
Nz