If you’re running MekTek v.30 of Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries you might run into the following exception:
Nested exception! - Cause: 'GetLocationFromAddress' Error :- "Attempt to read from address 0x00000094" at 0x6faf3a
There’s a work around to the GetLocationFromAddress error:
- Right click on your MW4Mercs shortcut and select properties.
- In the target field add the following options after the location of the .exe file add a space and then:
/gosnovideo
E.g: “C:\Program Files\Mechwarrior Mercenaries – Mektek Mekpak\MMercs.exe” /gosnovideo
Your main menu might look a little strange but other than that the game should look normal and work fine.
If you’ve followed the above steps and are still having issues with the Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries GetLocationFromAddress Error, please post in the comments below. To increase your chances of a solution being found include as much detail as possible (which version of the game you’re running, what operating system you have, what video card you have and steps to reproduce the issue). Screenshots are also very useful!
I downloaded Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries and installed it and I am having this same” Nested exception! – Cause: ‘GetLocationFromAddress’ Error :- “Attempt to read from address 0x00000094″ at 0x6faf3a” error which won’t even let the game launch. I have tried the /gosnovideo fix but that doesn’t help and I still have the same error message.
I’m using Windows 7 64 bit OS and I’ve tried running the game in every single compatibility mode possible with no results. Any advice?
I had a lot of trouble with the MTX version of the game in the last few patches. What’s worse, from what I can tell they’ve stopped supporting it completely now. The game is still free but I think your best bet might just be to get a complete, stable version of the game from somewhere else.
Have you tried downloading the full release instead? You can get it from a few places now, like fileplanet. See download link 2 & 3 on this post: http://www.thegameengine.org/mechwarrior-4-mercenaries/mechwarrior-4-mercenaries-freeware-download/
You can also try downloading it from abondonware’s website: http://www.myabandonware.com/game/mechwarrior-4-mercenaries-3ak
Let me know if any of these alternate installs work for you.
Sorry for the delayed reply!
Hello,
you need to enable Directplay in windows 8… I had the same issue.. enables it and then it launches… Programs and Components -> Enable / disable windows components… somewhere there you can enable direct play
thanks for the tip!
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