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Homeworld 2

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Homeworld 2
Homeworld 2 cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Publishers
Original Sierra Entertainment
OS X Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows September 16, 2003
macOS (OS X) September 16, 2003
Homeworld 2 guide on StrategyWiki
Homeworld 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Homeworld
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

Key points

Mod friendly
Small but dedicated community
GameSpy online server browser has stopped working due to GameSpy services being shut down.

General information

Relic Entertainment Official site
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
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SecuROM 5 DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Windows
Mac App Store
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Homeworld Remastered Collection. Updated for compatibility with modern systems. Currently no online multiplayer or mod support.
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Homeworld Remastered Collection
Windows
The Homeworld Remastered Collection contains Homeworld, Homeworld 2, Homeworld Remastered Edition and Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition.

Essential improvements

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

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Bin\Profiles\[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Windowed

Set in shortcut[citation needed]
  1. Go to the shortcut properties.
  2. In the Target box add the line -windowed -w ### -h ###, substituting your resolution.
  3. For a borderless window use your desktop resolution and add -noborder to the end.

Input settings

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

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
6 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds.

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.

This is not a bug. Relic disabled the ability to capture ships that build other ships in Single Player.

Issues fixed

Windows Vista/7 compatibility fix

Use the German cracked executable or completely disable DEP[2]

Choppy/laggy camera movement on Windows 7 fix

Enable Vsync via the PLAYERCFG.LUA file found in Homeworld2/Bin/Profiles/Profile1 by editing it with a simple text editor. This will force the game to enable Vsync if the game crashes when you select Vsync in the Options menu ingame.

Obsolete video card driver error message fix for modern Nvidia cards

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/BIN
  2. Edit driverConfig.lua and replace some content with this.

Black screen, then crash on startup for AMD cards

Replace the atioglxx.dll file
  1. Download the updated atioglxx.dll file.
  2. Place it under <path-to-game>\bin\release.
  3. Launch the game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 833 MHz
AMD Athlon 833 MHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.6 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 7500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible
macOS (OS X)
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

  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>/244160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (244160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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