03 / ENGINE RECREATION / IN DEVELOPMENT
OpenMercs.
An independent recreation of the MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries Titanium engine. Follow its development at openmercs.com.
Inside the project ↓THE PROJECT / In development
OpenMercs is an independent recreation of the MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries Titanium engine, written in Rust. The development build brings back original missions, combat and company management on modern hardware. Its website is now live, with a gameplay demo, development imagery and progress updates.
A 1990s engine, rebuilt in Rust.
Visit openmercs.com↗- LANGUAGE
- Rust
- SOURCE ENGINE
- MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries Titanium
- WEBSITE
- Live at openmercs.com
- RELEASE
- In development; no public download or release date yet
Built around the details.
CAPABILITIES / 04ENGINE RECREATION
Rebuilding the original engine's systems for modern hardware.
ORIGINAL ASSETS
Reading the game's archive formats, geometry and textures.
RECOVERED ANIMATION
Playing the original machines' animations from the recovered data.
FOLLOW DEVELOPMENT
Watch the gameplay demo and follow progress at openmercs.com. A public repository is planned for the initial release.
The Timber Wolf, in motion.
The scene above uses the original game's geometry, textures and running cycle, which OpenMercs' asset readers and animation systems recovered. Only the lighting is new.
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