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 |
OS |
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. |
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