Homeworld 2 patch fails8/22/2023 This corrects the long wait at the end of a game. DirectPlay sessions are now closed asynchronously.Settings are only saved to the profile when you start a game. There is a new PRESETS button that creates a default setting for gameplay options, including CPU difficulty, open/closed slots, and CPU player colours.Game chat has been updated so that lobby chat won't cause the messages to be lost anymore.Lobby chat has been updated so that private game chats will no longer being displayed in the lobby chat.This adds the ability to ignore the join / leave lobby messages. There is a new ËœSuppress" button to the GameSpy lobby.The Whisper list in the Gamespy lobby is now automatically saved. ![]() The ignore list in the Gamespy lobby is now automatically saved.Players can now whisper to a group of people in the Gamespy lobby.Players can now ignore people in the Gamespy lobby.The number of players in a given game is now reported correctly.The whisper function in the GameSpy lobby no longer misdirects messages to the wrong recipients.Players will now be able to host and join games from behind NATs and Firewalls.It is the latest patch available for the game. If anyone has a fix for this please let me know.Original sources: Game Front ( EN, FR, DE, IT, ES) One problem with the original Homeworld, if the game is set to OpenGL mode, the 'beep' sound in the Tactical Sensor screen is very loud and annoying. For Homeworld my one looks like this: C:\Sierra\Homeworld\homeworld.exe /heap 1073741824 /triple /disableavi If you have a flickering menu screen type in /triple for Homeworld or -triple for Cataclysm in the respective games shortcut. Start the game and you should have HW running on your native resolution. 16 or 32 bit (you can't change this in game) Step Six: Same as Four and Five, set desired colour depth e.g. Step Five: Right click on screenWidth -> Modify and MAKE SURE you set the 'Base' to Decimal then enter the desired screen height e.g. Step Four: Right click on screenHeight -> Modify and MAKE SURE you set the 'Base' to Decimal then enter the desired screen height e.g. Step Three: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Sierra On-Line/Homeworld OR Cataclysm depending on game. (Note: Fucking around with regedit could screw up your computer or game, I don't take any responsibility if you failed). If you have normal 32bit versions of windows it's simply type regedit in run or search, if you have a 64bit version of windows type in %systemroot%\syswow64\regedit, this is the 32-bit version of regedit. Step Two: Once the display mode is set, open Regedit. If it says in game that the Display mode failed when you tried to change it to OpenGL, set the Homeworld or Homeworld Cataclysm shortcut or exe to run in Windows NT 4.0 Compatibility mode, then try to change it to OpenGL again. Step One: First you need to make sure you have the game running on OpenGL mode. ![]() ![]() To get the original Homeworld as well as Homeworld Cataclysm running on widescreen resolutions (I have it set to 1920x1080 atm): ![]() There is no detailed guide on how to do this anywhere on the internet so I thought I might just post this here for future reference.
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