Cheat Codes MechWarrior 3 Disable Heat Death ------------------ To disable heat death (not exploding when you overheat) do the following. Take a mech that overheats by shuting down or explodes when perfoming an alpha strike. As soon as you do the alpha strike, quickly use your coolant by pressing the F key. You should recieve a message that says, "Heat death disabled." Easier Salvage -------------- To salvage enemy mechs easier all you have to do is to shoot off one of the enemy mech's legs. An easy way to do this a group a lot of medium pulse lasers together and fire them at one leg. NOTE: This trick doesn't always work, but it does increase your chances for salvage. Video Select ------------ To view any of the videos from Mech Warrior 3, open "My Computer". Then right-click on the Mech Warrior 3 CD, then click on open. Then go into the video folder. Just double click on the video you wish to view. Easy salvage: -------------- Blow the legs off a mech, rather then the torso. Or, better yet, use a head shot. Easy head shots: ---------------- Salvage a "Clan Targeting Computer" and equip it on your mech. Then target a mech's head and fire a large pulse for a one hit head shot kill. Easy kills: ------------ Blow off one leg of a mech. Since a mechs legs are much weaker then the torso, it makes killing enemy mechs much easier. -------- GameTips -------- Tip 1: ------ Don't think that an assault mech automically means you have the cat by the tail. Even the heaviest mech can have its legs or chest torn out by a couple of well-placed AC/20 shots. Keep moving and use cover. Tip 2: ------ Heat is more of an enemy than in any previous MechWarrior game. When you modify your loadouts, don't add more energy weapons than you can cool effectively. Those machine guns don't look like much, but they can keep tearing at an enemy while you cool down from that laser volley you just fired. Tip 3: ------ When battling enemy heavy mechs, send in whatever lance mates you have first while you concentrate heavy fire on the enemy mechs' legs. Use the zoom feature for those accurate long-range attacks.