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Tropicoc·2/6/2025 in News and Announcements

January 11th 2025 is the 20 anniversary of Mercenaries:Playground of Destruction.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the game that started it all the original

Mercenaries:Playground of Destruction.

For those who played the original Mercenaries what are fond memories you have of this game.

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Today one of the best games in the franchise turns 20 years old so I'd like to hear from you what were your favorite moments from this masterpiece of 2005 rather they be in game moments or chaotic fun you created yourself.

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Tropicoc·8/18/2024 in General

The naval vessel unit in Mercenaries 1

Did anyone notice that in Mercenary 1, it is strange that naval surface ships from each faction have never appeared, which may be due to the game not being designed with a surface combat section.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Weapons, vehicles and air strikes (Mercenaries 1)

Dung Hwangbo·9/8/2021 in Questions and Answers

Vehicles Speeds

I just made a new discovery. The Taebaek in the Allied Mash in Kusong offers a challenge called Taxi where you have to transport various npcs to various places. What's interesting about this challenge is that the car has a Speedometer! So my point is... knowing the max speed of the Taebaek, can we compare it to the other vehicles in the game, so we can obtain the ACTUAL speeds of all vehicles instead of the generic slow/average/fast/etc... statement? It would require some tests in-game and calculations but i think it's doable and a proper speed value for the vehicles pages is better imo. What do you guys think about this?

(Edited by Dung Hwangbo)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Vehicle Overhaul Project

Thememesofwar·5/14/2021 in General

mercenaries memory card save data icons

Can someone who owns the ps2 versions of mercs 1&2 upload a picture of the save data icons in the ps2's memory card browser?

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Mercenaries 2: World in Flames PlayStation 2

MrBlonde267·2/26/2021 in General

Mercenaries Community Now on Reddit

I loved these games when I was a kid, picked them up again recently and I've been having a blast reliving old memories. I was disappointed to see that there's no Mercenaries community on Reddit so I decided to make one. If you're looking for another place to talk about Mercenaries check out the new subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MercenariesGames/

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DjeL KJ·12/22/2020 in Questions and Answers

Mercenaries: Playground of Bugs

Hello!

Hope everyone is in good health!

Well, I'm very upset with Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction version for XBOX ONE. Each day I play I find a new bug. And today the issue is kinda blocking me to advance further, so I decided to ask for help here.

I wanted to know whether anyone has any solution to any of the bugs listed below, being the first two the most problematic to me and those that got me truly upset:

After almost 100 hours of game my save file no longer records my position in the map, regardless I am close to an HQ. I always spawn at Kusong MASH, even if I am at the South Province!

My minimap has completely crashed! The sprites are now gray squares for everything (ally or foe helis, SAMs, HQs, mission objectives, etc, except for challeges that are still a "$"). And the worst thing is that this is irreversible. It doesn't matter if I restart the game, load another save file or start a new game. The core of the game has crashed somehow and now my minimap is useless.

Helis spontaneously blows in the air, specially in the city of Dandong. For some reason, the chinese helis above Dandong randomly explodes and fall above you on fire. And this happens very often. If you stay in Dandong for a while many helis will fall over your head. Nevertheless, I have faced this bug in other cities as well, even in south province, but these are very seldom.

4x MD-500 spawns at the exact same spot in Downtown Pyongyang, making them crash at each other. This is very funny, actually, and they do not explode. But it is still very bizarre.

This is rare, but happens: If you want to fly a YAH-56 Gunship (the Apache imitation) the easiest way is to kill the pilot and wait for it to crash without blowing up. However, there is a small chance that after you enter the heli it will slowly and endlessly accelerate on its own (as if you were continuously pressing A very softly). The problem is that you start to endlessly gain altitude and cannot ditch out. As if you were tied up to a giant helium balloon, hahaha...

Very often destroying vehicles doesn't count on your statistics, even if you earn the money for a NK vehicle. This does not happen when killing people or driving. Why?

Frozen NPCs: At the max distance of renderization you can see NPCs simply standing as a stopped silhuete, as if they were frozen. They are even flying sometimes. However, if you approach them, or use the binoculars, they start to move. What's more weird is that those that were flying often fall and die! I mean, what the ****???

Suicidal civilians: I remember playing this game on PS2 and there were suicidal civilians as well, but on a minor scale. On this version, the citizens are completely crazy! They cross the street in front of your car everytime, and you end up killing them and paying the fine. Also, very often they throw their own vehicles in the water, whether you are driving somewhat close to them.

Various minor bugs which I would take a whole day to describe them up.

Can someone help me with these? Specially the top two of the list are very annoying bugs and are almost making me to give up this game and ask for a cashback, whether it is possible, lol.

Best,

DjeL KJ

(Edited by DjeL KJ)

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction YAH-56 Gunship MD-500 Scout

OrbitalFoe·8/19/2020 in General

Playground of Destruction Cheats

I checked the Fandom page for cheats and there is a tip that they had only been tested on PS2.

With the backwards compatibility release for Xbox Game Pass I have them and a test and they work on Xbox One as well

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Mercenaries cheats

Spadill·8/25/2019 in General

Should we add a brief page on tunnels and bunkers (aka spawners and tanks spawners)

A relatively common thing in Mercenaries 1 and a pretty vital one, appearing in several missions and nearby many notable HVTs such as the 10 of diamonds and the 3 of diamonds, both of whom are accompanied by both tank bunkers and some nearby troop tunnels. Was just asking because they're pretty significant throughout the game and should have a page dedicated to them as I've not seen one

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ToushiroHitsugaiya·7/12/2019 in General

A PROPER FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT HINT

Here's what I do. This requires a bit of preparation, but does work.Before you head to the ROK HQ, go to the area south of the steel bridge leading to the AN HQ, but on the west bank of the river. You will find an AN UH-60. Take it and fly it to the ROK HQ.When you accept the mission, there will be a BJ-2020 scout, a crate and an ROK cargo truck. Move the truck out of the way. Break open the crate. Climb in the UH-60 and use the magnet to winch the BJ-2020. Now, Climb to 400+ meters and head towards Nampo, but not exactly Nampo. Head for the summit mesa where you destroyed the DPRK communication center for China in their first contract. Set and release the BJ-2020 and land the helo.Drive the jeep to the airport. Find the guy and get him in. Get out as fast as you can, but, instead of heading down the road towards the ROK HQ, drive back to the where you parked the helo. Transfer to that and fly to the ROK HQ. The yellow circle landing is very tetchy because the helo is not easy to maneuver, but can be done.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction South Korea Contracts (Mercenaries 1)

ToushiroHitsugaiya·7/12/2019 in General

IN & OUT HINT

This is actually the easiest contract, IF, you plan ahead.You MUST have a helo for this contract. Ideally, the DPRK MD-500 or Mafia MD-530 are what you want.Fly directly over Taechon and the reactor area. When you clear the ridgeline to the north, drop down to wave top level and fly north while skirting the red zone. When you see a cliff, climb slowly and blow your horn, then move in low and slow to land. When you land, blow the horn for the agent to climb in. When he does, climb high and move south as quickly as possible to avoid the Type-95 AAMs. Head for the yellow circle, land and done.Yes, this works. Works every time I try it.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction South Korea

ToushiroHitsugaiya·7/12/2019 in General

CLEAR CHANNEL HINT

I have found a way to avoid getting into the red with the Chinese while doing this mission.It is NOT a cheap method, but it DOES work.1. DO NOT USE the air strikes Buford gives you. You WILL get hammered.2. DO NOT USE the Portable Air Strike cheat weapon. See 1.
This assumes that you have a helo at the start.
First, fly to the mountain range to the west of the dirt track that runs from Chongju to Sinuiju/Dandong. Take out the lone helo and the support goons. Go as far south of the pad as you can get while using the hills as cover. Buy a Surgical Strike and aim at Tent #2. You do not have to be able to clearly see the target itself, just the shadow. Fire.Now, fly along the western side of the mountain range to a spot just south and below a DPRK outpost with 2 ZSU-57s. Buy 2 more Surgical Strikes to aim at Tents #3 and #4. Take them out.Now, fly a bit south until you reach a small hilltop that is just stable enough to land on. This will allow you strike Tent #5 with yet another Surgical Strike. The reason you will need to relocate has to do with the fact that if you use the laser on Tent #5 so close, the strike will cause a Chinese Blackhawk (An S-70) to attack you as you will most likely be in a DPRK chopper.Finally, fly due east until you are able to fly directly over the Kusong M*A*S*H and Allied HQ. When you just south of the HQ, fly over the mountain ridge until you are at the southernmost point and land. From there, you can buy a 5th Surgical Strike and have a clean aim for the laser on Tent #1. Yes, this will cost a net of -$90,000 (if your Mafia status is maxed out), BUT, from several tries of experience, you will NOT get dinged as an enemy of China.

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