Homeworld's epic tale
begins in the far reaches of the universe. You were the benign lords of
a peaceful society located in the center of a lush spiral galaxy. For
as long as anyone could remember, no one challenged your peaceful
existence. But then came the conquerors, invading with the sole purpose
of overtaking your world. Billions died, and the survivors were
relocated to a cold, lifeless planet on the edge of the galaxy.
Hundreds of years later, all knowledge of your previous existence has
been lost. Only vague myths remain, until the discovery of an ancient
tablet buried within the ruins of a half-destroyed craft in the
great-banded desert. This Guidestone reawakened the knowledge of your
ancestry, and set your race on the path home - coordinates leading
straight into the heart of the galaxy. Sixty years ago, construction
began on the giant Mothership that will carry millions of your people
into deep space. Construction is now complete. Your journey to the
Homeworld begins here...
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What works
Installed and patched to V1.05 real easily, no trouble with activated Pulseaudio sound server. After 5 minutes in Regedit (see comments below), Homeworld works like a charm in 1600x1200 OpenGL with full details and full antialiasing (using nvidia-settings panel with my GeForce 7600GT) and gives me again long hours of space oddity =;).
What does not
The default game resolution is 640x480, and trying to change it in the game settings causes a crash. Workaround is to edit the registry (see comments below for details).
What was not tested
Multiplayer
Additional Comments
Setting the desired resolution was, on my case, only possible through Regedit, thank to the post here cited:
"by pete on Wednesday March 3rd 2010, 15:36
After installing, the default settings is software rendering with a resolution of 640x480. Trying to change this in the game made the game crash for me. I started regedit and changed the following under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sierra On-Line\Homeworld\deviceToSelect = d3d
the keys found beneath, screenDepth, ~width and ~height explain themselves.
Sound just works for me. I did install a directX 10 version before."
For me, the only differences is I did install a directX 9 version before with Winetricks (for another game, not sure if it's needed) and that I had to set in Regedit, under the the same tree the value of the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sierra On-Line\Homeworld\glToSelect = opengl32.dll
thank another tip from an user (but I do not found the post anymore).
On an another PC, this setting worked better:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Sierra On-Line\Homeworld\deviceToSelect = gl
To be added:
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The Relic forum has a (still) active comunity on Homeworld and is full of useful infos...
For exemple, commad-line options of the game:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=4731
These are working great: /disableavi /enableSSE /triple /pilotview (you enable the last one with Q taste, amazing)
There is a free downloadable official demo version of Homeworld, a stand-alone installable and limited to 5 missions only!
But the LAST of the 5 missions, named Raider Retreat (a real tough one, believe me...) didn't make it in the released Homeworld and is the so a MUST for all fan, also as a way to test (and play) the game for the new ones. Relic has made it public, so it's no warez I think (but verify by yourself, no responsability taken here!)...
http://www.moddb.com/games/homeworld/downloads/homeworld-raider-retreat
