PLATFORM PC
Homeworld Cheats
NOTE: Make sure to download the files (archives) below and read the instructions usually contained within them in order to successfully cheat in Homeworld. Don't hesitate to contact us should you need any assistance with applying these cheats.
NOTE: These are the main Homeworld cheats that are usually applied by pressing down the right key combination. Please find the instructions on how to use these cheats below.
Start
the game with one of the following command-line switches
to activate corresponding action: IE: c:\homeworld\homeworld.exe
/debug
DEBUGGING OPTIONS
/debug - Enable debug window.
/nodebugInt - Fatal errors don't genereate an int 3
before exiting.
SYSTEM OPTIONS
/heap - Sets size of global memory heap to [n].
/prepath - Sets path to search for opening files.
/CDpath - Sets path to CD-ROM in case of ambiguity.
/freemouse - Mouse free to move about entire screen
at startup. Use F11 to toggle during play.
/ignoreBigfiles - don't use anything from bigfile(s)
/logFileLoads - create log of data files loaded
PROCESSOR OPTIONS
/disableKatmai - don't use KNI even if support is detected.
/forceKatmai - force usage of KNI even if determined
to be unavailable.
SOUND OPTIONS
/noSound - turn all sound effects off.
/noSpeech - turn all speech off.
/reverseStereo - swap the left and right audio channels.
/waveout - forces mixer to write to Waveout even if
a DirectSound supported object is available.
/dsound - forces mixer to write to DirectSound driver,
even if driver reports not certified.
DETAIL OPTIONS
/noBG - disable display of galaxy backgrounds.
/noFilter - disable bi-linear filtering of textures.
/noSmooth - do not use polygon smoothing.
/nilTexture - don't ever load textures at all.
/NoFETextures - turns off front end textures
/stipple - enable stipple alpha (software renderer).
/noShowDamage - Disables showing ship damage effects.
VIDEO MODE OPTIONS
/sw - reset rendering system to defaults at startup.
/fullscreen - display fullscreen with software renderer
(default).
/window - display in a window.
/noBorder - no border on window.
/640 - run at 640x480 resolution (default).
/800 - run at 800x600 resolution.
/1024 - run at 1024x768 resolution.
/1280 - run at 1280x1024 resolution.
/1600 - run at 1600x1200 resolution.
/d16 - run in 16 bits of colour.
/d24 - run in 24 bits of colour.
/d32 - run in 32 bits of colour.
/truecolor - try 24bit modes before 15 /16bit.
/slowBlits - use slow screen blits if the default is
buggy.
/device - select an rGL device by name, eg. sw, fx,
d3d.
/gl - select default OpenGL as renderer.
/d3d - select Direct3D as renderer.
/nohint - disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction
hints.
/noPause - don't pause when you alt-tab.
/noMinimize - don't minimize when you alt-tab.
CHEATS AND SHORTCUTS
/noCompPlayer - disable default computer players
/notactics - Disables tactics.
/noretreat - disables the 'retreat' feature of tactics
VISUALIZATION
/dockLines - show dock lines.
/gunLines - show gun lines.
/lightLines - show light lines (Debug only).
/boxes - render bounding bowties on the ships.
/textFeedback - enable text feedback for in game commands.
COMPUTER PLAYER AND STATS
/aiplayerLog - enable AI Player Logging
/determCompPlayer - makes computer players deterministic
/gatherStats- enable gathering of stats
/showStatsFight= to show stats fight i,j
/showStatsFancyFight=filename.script
NETWORK PLAY
/captaincyLogOff - turns off captaincy log file
/captaincyLogOn - turns on captaincy log file
/logOff - turns of network logging file
/logOn - turns network logging file on
/logOnVerbose - turns verbose network logging file on
/statLogOn - generates game stats log file
/intOnSync - Generates an Int 3 when a sync error occurs
/syncDump=! X = size of SyncDumpWindow Y = granularity
in universe Frames
/logFilePath=filepath.txt
/debugSync autosaves game frequently, records packets,
logonverbose
/forceLAN - allow LAN play regardless of version
NIS OPTIONS
/testNIS - enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile].
/testNISScript - enables NIS testing mode using [scriptFile].
RECORDED DEMOS
/demoRecord - record a demo.
/demoPlay - play a demo.
/packetRecord - record packets of this multiplayer game
/packetPlay - play back packet recording
TEXTURES
/disablePacking - don't use the packed textures if available.
MISC OPTIONS
/smCentreCamera - centres the SM world plane about 0,0,0
rather than the camera.
/closeCaptioned - close captioned for the hearing impaired.
Invulnerability
During gameplay, pause the game, bring up the menu that has
save game, load game ect. then press f12, f11, up, down, left,
up, f12. do this in order within 5 seeconds and you will find
that your ships cannot be destroyed.
NOTE: As their name suggests hints are not exactly Homeworld cheats, and are usually just simple (but very useful) tips on how you can unlock secret level, features, find hidden areas and such. Hopefully these will make playing Homeworld even more entertaining.
During the third mission, make sure you have 3 corvettes
and you fleet ready. Send 1 salvage corvette to immeadatly
start salvaging cryo trays, and 2 others to capture 1 assult
frigate. Have your fleet of fighters take it to the other
assult frigate before it destroys any other cryo trays, and
use scouts as a discraction to the one you will salvage because
they won't kill the frigate and they can dodge incoming fire.
When you get to the second mission, do not dispatch a probe
like fleet command tells you to. Instead, build up your fleet,
and the recourcers will set off the reaction later. Make sure
you have a strong fleet of intercepters, and be sure to have
at least 3 salvage corvettes for the next mission.
A few salvage corvettes and a field frigate is a good recipy
for capturing enemy capital ships.
Before you leave each mission, harvest all the remaining
recources. They are sparce, and very valuable.
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