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Homefront: The Revolution

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Homefront: The Revolution
Homefront: The Revolution cover
Developers
Deep Silver Dambuster Studios
2011-2014 Crytek UK
Publishers
Deep Silver
Engines
CryEngine (4th generation)
Release dates
Windows May 17, 2016
macOS (OS X) Likely cancelled[1][2]
Linux Likely cancelled[1][2]
Reception
Metacritic 54
OpenCritic 48
IGDB 48
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter
Art styles Realistic
Themes North America
Series Homefront
Homefront: The Revolution on HowLongToBeat
Homefront: The Revolution on IGDB
Homefront: The Revolution on MobyGames
Homefront: The Revolution on Wikipedia
Homefront
Homefront 2011
Homefront: The Revolution 2016

Homefront: The Revolution is a singleplayer first-person action and shooter game in the Homefront series.

The game contains a full remaster of TimeSplitters 2 as an Easter Egg.[3] See TS2 Redux for how to access it independently of in-game progress.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the game on March 6, 2017.[4]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Expansion Pass
Windows
Aftermath
Windows
Beyond the Walls
Windows
The Combat Stimulant Pack
Windows
The Guerrilla Care Package
Windows
The Liberty Pack
Windows
The Wing Skull Pack
Windows
The Revolutionary Spirit Pack
Windows
The Voice of Freedom
Windows

Essential improvements

TS2 Redux

Unlocks TimeSplitters 2 hidden in games files without having to play through the game, fixes many game breaking bugs, remasters some in-game and menus textures and adds some QoLs.
Allows to delete most of the Homefront: The Revolution files to reduce game size from 46GB to 2,5GB, keeping the base game's .exe to let you customize your controls and video settings.
Allows to make special launcher, which skips Homefront: The Revolution menus and boots right into TimeSplitters 2 menus.
When launching through Homefront: The Revolution extras, Timesplitters 2 Redux will share your video and input settings.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\homefront2\
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223100/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\homefront2\SaveGames\ (TS2: path_to_game\TS2Save.bin)
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223100/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game basic graphic settings
In-game basic graphic settings
In-game advanced graphic settings
In-game advanced graphic settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Image is stretched from 16:9 in TimeSplitters 2 arcade machine.[5]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Scales from 40 to 65°. To edit manually, see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, SMAA and SSAA. Also supports TAA with optional sharpening.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
TimeSplitters 2 arcade machine is locked to 60 FPS.[6]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Consoles only.[7]

Field of view (FOV)

This game uses vertical FOV. See FOV Calculator for help.
Set FOV by hand[8]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open game.cfg with Notepad.
  3. Find the following lines and change the values.
cl_defaultnearfov = 65
cl_fov = 65

Hiding HUD

In-game HUD settings
In-game HUD settings

As of patch 1.10, the HUD can be extensively customized as well as completely hidden by adjusting options in the HUD options menu.

Depth of field

Disable depth of field[9]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open game.cfg with Notepad.
  3. Add the following line to the end.
r_DepthOfField = 0

Notes

Make sure to adjust the graphic settings before adding the line or it will get overwritten.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
If you experience an odd mouse movement while playing, see how to disable mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
If using an Xbox One controller instead of an Xbox 360 one, a bug will cause looking around to be mapped to the D-pad instead of to one of the thumbpads.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
4 stick layouts and 8 button layouts available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Global setting inverts mouse and controller.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Xbox 360
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse acceleration

Disable Mouse Acceleration
  1. Go to the <path-to-game>.
  2. Open system.cfg or autoexec.cfg.
  3. Add the following two lines at the bottom of the file and save it
i_mouse_smooth=0.0 
i_mouse_accel=0.0

Audio

In-game audio settings
In-game audio settings
In-game game settings
In-game game settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, see vorpX forum.

Issues unresolved

No icons in Main Menu

Some users have reported the game failing to render any menu icons. Running a certain AMD APUs may be the cause. No solution is known currently.

Enemies disappearing

Sometimes the game removes enemies and other NPCs if they are still relatively close to the player but not in plain sight anymore. This can cause the randomly spawned side objectives (like saving a civilian) to just disappear after running around a building.[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4570T 2.9 GHz
AMD FX-6100 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 38 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 260X
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/223100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (223100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Deep Silver Dambuster Studios on Twitter, April 15, 2016 - last accessed on 2021-01-15
    "Windows first with native Mac & Linux to follow afterwards - we haven't forgotten you! :)"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Homefront on Twitter, January 24, 2017 - last accessed on 2021-01-15
    ""guys, could we speak to someone about the Linux/SteamOS version? Haven't heard anything for a while now"
    Nothing to share at this moment in time.
    "
  3. Matt Phillips on Twitter, April 4, 2021 - last accessed on 2021-04-12
  4. 2.4 gb update - no info?? :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  5. 21:9 is supported :: Homefront: The Revolution General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-01-31
  6. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2021-01-15
  7. Does the pc version support hdr? :: Homefront: The Revolution General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  8. View topic - Homefront: The Revolution | WSGF
  9. Verified by User:Waschbär on 2017-09-02