On 32bit Windows it should be HKEYLOCALMACHINE SOFTWARE Sierra On-Line Homeworld, and on 64bit, it's HKEYLOCALMACHINE SOFTWARE Wow6432Node Sierra On-Line Cataclysm. Edit the Height, Width and Depth values, but make sure to click the Decimal radiobutton so the values are correct (inside parentheses). Comment burried. Still the best Homeworld game after the original. The first game made you.feel. while crossing the deep expanse of space on an epic journey to reclaim a long lost home from an evil empire. This game takes it further, making you feel.hard. as you go from simple miners to the only thing standing in the way of the most terrifying enemy I've.

Homeworld 2
Developers
macOS (OS X)
Publishers
Original
OS X
Release dates
WindowsSeptember 16, 2003
macOS (OS X)September 21, 2004
Reception
Metacritic83
IGDB75
  • 2Essential improvements
    • 2.1Patches
  • 3Game data
  • 4Video
  • 6Audio
  • 7Network
  • 8Issues unresolved
  • 9Issues fixed
  • 10Other information
Homeworld Cataclysm Mac

Warnings

I'm also looking for a really good rts game, that goes on lan but one that has a lot of different units, unique units per factions and lots of factions haha ( also made between 1992 - 2005 ) ( i. This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Homeworld: Cataclysm for PC.If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction. Homeworld keeps track of what ships you start out with on every level in a LUA file in your campaign folder. By copying and pasting the LUA file contents into, say, the LUA file for level two, effectively you can get the fleet you have on the last level, which includes Sajuuk and the Dreadnought, in any level you want.

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Homeworld
Homeworld1999
Homeworld: Cataclysm2000
Homeworld 22003
Homeworld Remastered Edition2015
Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition2015
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak2016

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
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SecuROM 5 DRM.
GOG.com Homeworld Remastered Collection
Mac App Store Homeworld Remastered Collection. Updated for compatibility with modern systems. Currently no online multiplayer or mod support.
Steam Homeworld Remastered Collection
The Homeworld Remastered Collection contains Homeworld, Homeworld 2, Homeworld Remastered Edition and Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Homeworld Cataclysm Mac

Official[edit]

  • Patch 1.1 - The latest official patch

Fan-made[edit]

  • 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[edit]

In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

SystemLocation
Windows <path-to-game>BinProfiles[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/244160/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video[edit]

In-game graphics settings.
Graphics featureStateWSGFNotes
Widescreen resolution See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSee Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee Windowed.
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

Windowed[edit]

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[edit]

Homeworld Cataclysm Cheats

In-game key map settings.
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller supportSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

In-game audio settings.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
SubtitlesOn by default.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Homeworld Cataclysm Game

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

TypeNativePlayersNotes
LAN play
Online play6 GameSpy services have been shut down;[1]see GameSpy for workarounds.

Homeworld Cataclysm Cutscenes

Issues unresolved[edit]

Marine frigate capture bug[edit]

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[edit]

Windows Vista/7 compatibility fix[edit]

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

Choppy/laggy camera movement on Windows 7 fix[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

MiddlewareNotes
MultiplayerGameSpy

System requirements[edit]

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium III 833 MHz
AMD Athlon 833 MHz
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)256 MB512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)1.6 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon 7500
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible
Nvidia GeForce3 series
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
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. 1.01.1File/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

  1. Pricing | GameSpy Technology
  2. Homeworld 2 on Windows 7