This page is for the original release. For the remastered version, see Homeworld Remastered Edition.
General information
- Official source code
- Homeworld Shipyards - A fairly old but big Homeworld fan site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
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Retail |
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OverSized DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method) |
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GOG.com |
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Homeworld Remastered Collection |
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Humble Store |
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Homeworld Remastered Collection |
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Steam |
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Homeworld Remastered Collection |
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Publisher website |
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Source port of the original retail version. |
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Mac App Store (unavailable) |
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Homeworld Remastered Collection. Currently no online multiplayer or mod support. |
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- The Homeworld Remastered Collection contains Homeworld, Homeworld 2, Homeworld Remastered Edition and Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition.
- A free demo version can be downloaded from ModDB and GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch v1.05 is available here, at www.sierrahelp.com and at soggi.org.
- A full list of all available patches can be found at www.sierrahelp.com.
Hardware acceleration fix for Windows 8 and above
- For Windows 8.x, 10, and 11, use the Homeworld hardware acceleration fix
- This solution force-enables compatibility mode for Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5) which is not a selectable option in newer versions of Windows, but is still present in the backend.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game general graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
Modify the game registry keys[1]
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- Navigate to the Configuration file(s) location using RegEdit.
- Change the
ScreenHeight and ScreenWidth registry keys to the desired width and height.
Notes
- On 64-bit versions of Windows, the configuration files may be in a different location if the game is not run in Administrator Mode.
- See the Game data article or the Configuration file(s) location tooltips and notes for more information.
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Use launch arguments
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- For windowed mode, Use the launch argument
-window .
- For borderless fullscreen windowed mode, use
-window -noBorder .
Notes
- For standard windowed mode, the game must be set to less than the screen resolution. Otherwise, the game will crash.
- Alternatively, use the borderless command.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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An in-game equalizer is also available. |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. |
Subtitles |
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On by default |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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DirectSound3D. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Local retail only. Details |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
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Versus Not available in the Homeworld Remastered Collection/Steam version.[2] |
Online play |
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Versus The official WON service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
15000-15300, 21000-21999, 30000-30999 |
UDP |
15400-15401 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D, Z3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Hardware Acceleration
Using OpenGL or D3D (in the video options) enables hardware acceleration, which gives you 32-bit colour, and the ability to use graphics techniques invented since the game's release. Hardware Acceleration works best on Windows XP or later when the game is run using compatibility mode for Windows NT 4.0. For Windows 8 and 8.1 only use the Homeworld hardware acceleration fix to apply this compatibility mode on Windows 10 the compatibility mode was added on the latest update.
Windows 8 hardware acceleration
- On Windows 8, the "Windows NT 4.0" compatibility mode is no longer listed, and no other modes manage to get OpenGL working; D3D mode works, but bugs out at non-default resolutions.
Apply the fix
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- Download the Homeworld hardware acceleration fix.
- Extract it anywhere and run
install.bat .
- The game now runs in Windows NT 4.0 compatibility mode so hardware acceleration works correctly.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
6 |
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OpenGL |
1 |
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Software renderer |
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Executable | PPC |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Requires a source port. PowerPC support requires building from source code. |
Middleware
Argument |
Description
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/triple |
Enables OpenGL triple buffering, improves graphical quality and removes flickering at higher resolutions. Use unless it causes problems.
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/enable3DNow |
Enables the 3DNow processor instruction set if available. Use unless it causes problems.
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/enableSSE |
Enables the SSE processor instruction set if available. Use unless it causes problems.
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/disableAVI |
Disables the intro movies when the game starts.
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/nofastfe |
Disables the fast graphical frontend. Use this only when having graphical problems like flickering
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/noglddraw |
Don't use DirectDraw to setup OpenGL renderers. Try this if you're having problems getting OpenGL to work.
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/safeGL |
Don't use possibly buggy optimized features of OpenGL for rendering. Try this if you're having problems getting OpenGL to work.
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/pilotview |
Enable pilot view. Focus on single ship and press Q to toggle.
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/heap BYTES |
Allows the game to use up to BYTES bytes RAM for the heap since by default the game isn't allowed to use much.
256 MB should suffice: /heap 268435456 but if you have more, try raising it to 1 GB: /heap 1073741824
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95, NT 4.0 |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 233 MHz
| Intel Pentium II 350 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
80 MB |
600 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible
| 12 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.9.5 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 2.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
20 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 640M Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References