Homeworld Remastered Edition
Developers | |
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Gearbox Software | |
Blackbird Interactive | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
Gearbox Software | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 25, 2015 |
macOS (OS X) | August 6, 2015 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
OpenCritic | 87 |
IGDB | 90 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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: Vast Reaches | 2024 |
Homeworld 3 | 2024 |
General information
- Encyclopedia Hiigara - A wiki for everything Homeworld related
- 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 | ||||
Amazon.co.uk | Collector's Edition Only. | |||
Amazon.com | Collector's Edition Only. | |||
GOG.com | Homeworld Remastered Collection | |||
Mac App Store | Currently no online multiplayer or mod support. | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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2.3 players patch
The unofficial 2.3 Players Patch fixes many bugs and glitches, but also introduces some minor gameplay changes. Install at your own discretion. The entire changelog can be found here. The Steam version can be installed via the Steam Workshop, the GOG version can be downloaded here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\HomeworldRM\Bin\Profiles\Profile1[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Homeworld Remastered\HomeworldRM\Bin\Profiles\Profile1\Campaign[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | UI is spanned across monitors and can have scaling issues. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 16x MSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Adds noticeable mouse lag. | ||
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 | SFX, Speech, Music and UI. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Audio Localizations Steam WORKSHOPMODS https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=713479238 | |||
German | Audio Localizations Steam WORKSHOPMODS https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=402297195 | |||
Italian | ||||
Russian | Audio Localizations Steam WORKSHOPMODS https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=506938676 | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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Online play | 8 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7777, 28900, 28910 |
UDP | 7777, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
GOG version doesn't launch from GOG Galaxy
If the GOG version doesn't start when launching the game from GOG Galaxy, try starting the launcher from Homeworld Remastered\HWLauncher\launcher.exe
.[1][2] You can also set this as default location for GOG Galaxy by clicking Manage Installation -> Configure -> Scroll to the bottom -> Add another executable / arguments, and then select the above mentioned linked as default.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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OpenGL | 3.3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[3] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | SHiFT, Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8, 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon II X2 2.8 GHz |
Intel Quad-Core 2.5 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 3.2 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 3.3 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB 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) | 9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 640M Intel HD 4000 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.