Homeworld 2
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This page is for the original release. For the remastered version, see Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition.
Developers | |
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Relic Entertainment | |
macOS (OS X) | Beenox Shift |
Publishers | |
Original | Sierra Entertainment |
Current | Gearbox Software |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 16, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | September 21, 2004 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Free-roaming camera |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Homeworld |
Homeworld | |
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Homeworld | 1999 |
Homeworld: Cataclysm | 2000 |
Homeworld 2 | 2003 |
Homeworld Remastered Edition | 2015 |
Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition | 2015 |
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak | 2016 |
Homeworld 3 | 2024 |
Warnings
Homeworld 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer free-roaming camera RTS game in the Homeworld series.
General information
- 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 |
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Retail | SecuROM 5 DRM. | |||
GOG.com | Homeworld Remastered Collection | |||
Steam | Homeworld Remastered Collection | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) | Homeworld Remastered Collection. Updated for compatibility with modern systems. Currently no online multiplayer or mod support. |
- The Homeworld Remastered Collection contains Homeworld, Homeworld 2, Homeworld Remastered Edition and Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition.
- A free demo version is available from GameFront.
Essential improvements
Patches
Official
- Patch 1.1 - The latest official patch
Fan-made
- Patch 1.2 - This unofficial patch adds some added bug fixes and enhancements to the game. Note that it is largely incompatible with mods.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Bin\Profiles\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Run the game with the -windowed -w ### -h ### command line arguments, with inserted custom width and height values. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Run the game with the -windowed -w ### -h ### -noborder command line arguments, with inserted custom width and height values. |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | On by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Polish | Local retail only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 6 | Versus Not available in the Homeworld Remastered Collection version.[1] Can be restored with this Workshop mod. |
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Online play | 6 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Issues fixed
Windows Vista/7 compatibility fix
Disable Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows, or use a German No-CD patch.[3] |
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Choppy/laggy camera movement on Windows 7 fix
Enable Vsync via editing the PLAYERCFG.LUA file found in <path-to-game>\Bin\Profiles\Profile1 in a text editor.
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- This will force the game to enable Vsync if the game crashes when selecting Vsync in the Options menu ingame.
Obsolete video card driver error message fix for modern Nvidia cards
Instructions |
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Black screen, then crash on startup for AMD cards
Replace the atioglxx.dll file |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0b |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | GameSpy |
Command line arguments
- A full list of command line arguments is found in this forum thread.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 833 MHz AMD Athlon 833 MHz |
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 7500 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | Nvidia GeForce 3 series ATI Radeon 8500 64 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) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640M ATI Radeon HD 3870 Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/244160/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (244160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Gearbox Software Forums - Where is lan in the classic homeworld? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Homeworld 2 on Windows 7 - last accessed on May 2023