8.2 Adding compatibility for modern Windows.General information Official game site (archived) BattleTech Wiki - A massive wiki for everything BattleTech related MechWariorsUnited - A community with patches and multiplayer maps Mech3Mod - A community with mods - A huge fansite for MechWarrior 3 (archived) Key points Poor performance on modern systems MechWarrior: Living Legends (unofficial game) Warnings SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions). I'm using windows XP and the compability thing does not work MajorGeeks. Hardware - Tyan 2895, dual opteron 250, 6GB RAM, ATI X1950 Pro. Installing the 1.2 patch to see if this makes any difference. Action, and played a couple of games without problems, although crashes if I select battle wave. This is the latest official patch for Zipper Interactive's MechWarrior 3. Windows 98, Windows ME Install Instructions Click the. Download MechWarrior 4: Vengeance Update v2.0 from Official Microsoft Download Center. The MechWarrior 4 Update v2.0 addresses numerous gameplay issues.