Homeworld

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).

Workarounds

What was not tested

Multiplayer

Hardware tested

Graphics:

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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: ------------ 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