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Homeworld 2

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Homeworld 2
Homeworld 2 cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Release dates
Windows September 16, 2003
Homeworld 2 on Wikipedia
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Warnings

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Key points

Mod friendly
Small but dedicated community

General information

Relic Entertainment Official site
Encyclopedia Hiigara - A wiki for everything Homeworld related
Homeworld Shipyards - A fairly old but big Homeworld fan site

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Improvements

In-game audio settings.

Patches

Official

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

Game files location

Template:Game Location Table

Save game location

Template:Game Location Table

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Template:Input Settings

Issues unresolved

Marine frigate capture bug

Marine frigates are unable to capture enemy vessels. Once the capture-order has been completed, ship control is never transferred, even with repeated attempts.

Issues fixed

Windows Vista/7 compatibility fix

Due to Data Execution Prevention this game might crash on start-up. One solution is to disable DEP for the entire system, but this is notably insecure. A bizarre work-around, however, is to replace the main executable with the German version, which does not trigger DEP and does not change the game's language. All mods are compatible with either executable.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.6 GB free
Video card (GPU) 32MB GeForce or ATI Radeon 7500 Class Video Card with Hardware Transform & Lighting, OpenGL & DirectX Support 64MB GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 8500 with Hardware T&L

References