The Campaign
Dynamic, with combats raging from small skirmishes to full planetary assaults, the Shack offers a simple, direct, login and play environment for BattleTech players. Using the MegaMek engine, we aim at clear and concise information flow for all MekWars/MegaMek players, both old and new.Guides
MekWars InterfaceMegaMek Interface
Links
BattleTech Official WebsiteOther MekWars Servers
Installing MegaMek
MegaMek comes in a zip file. You should use an appropriate unzipping utility to extract the files.
[Hint] Make sure that you keep the directory structure in the zip file. If you are using WinZip, you should make sure that the "Use Folder Names" checkbox is checked.
[Note] This procedure is not needed if you are going to join MegaMek through a MekWars client.
Running MegaMek
Java programs run in their own enviroment, called the Java Runtime Environment. Most modern systems have one installed by default.
On Windows
If you have the Sun JRE installed, double-click the .jar file to start MegaMek. Here is what the icon might look like. Note that if you have the "Hide extentions for known file types" option enabled in windows, it will not have the .jar extension shown.
To start MegaMek using Microsoft's Java VM, run the MegaMek.bat file. Here is a picture of the .bat icon:
If you can't make either of these options work for you, see the Installing or Updating Java section.
On Mac OS X or Other Graphical Environments
Many graphical OSes, such as Mac OS X, allow you to double-click the .jar file to launch MegaMek. If this doesn't work, try running MegaMek from the command line.
From the Command Line
To do this using Sun Java, or most other implementaions, navigate to the directory containing the .jar file and run:
java -jar MegaMek.jar
If none of the above options work for you, see the the Installing or Updating Java section.
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