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Homeworld Cheats

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  1. Bugs and Exploits
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    Bugs and Exploits

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    Command Line Codes:Start the game using the following cheat:, for example: c:\homeworld\homeworld.exe /debug Code Result
  1. /debug Debug Mode
  2. /noBG Disable Galaxy Backgrounds
  3. /noCompPlayer Disable Default Computer Players
  4. /notactics Disable Tactics
  5. /noretreat Disables 'Retreat' Feature of Tactics
  6. /disableAVI Disable Movies

    DEBUGGING OPTIONS

  7. /debug - Enable debug window.
  8. /nodebugInt - Fatal errors don't genereate an int 3 before exiting.

    SYSTEM OPTIONS

  9. /heap - Sets size of global memory heap to [n].
  10. /prepath - Sets path to search for opening files.
  11. /CDpath - Sets path to CD-ROM in case of ambiguity.
  12. /freemouse - Mouse free to move about entire screen at startup. Use F11 to toggle during play.
  13. /ignoreBigfiles - don't use anything from bigfile(s)
  14. /logFileLoads - create log of data files loaded

    PROCESSOR OPTIONS

  15. /disableKatmai - don't use KNI even if support is detected.
  16. /forceKatmai - force usage of KNI even if determined to be unavailable.

    SOUND OPTIONS

  17. /noSound - turn all sound effects off.
  18. /noSpeech - turn all speech off.
  19. /reverseStereo - swap the left and right audio channels.
  20. /waveout - forces mixer to write to Waveout even if a DirectSound supported object is available.
  21. /dsound - forces mixer to write to DirectSound driver, even if driver reports not certified.

    DETAIL OPTIONS

  22. /noBG - disable display of galaxy backgrounds.
  23. /noFilter - disable bi-linear filtering of textures.
  24. /noSmooth - do not use polygon smoothing.
  25. /nilTexture - don't ever load textures at all.
  26. /NoFETextures - turns off front end textures
  27. /stipple - enable stipple alpha (software renderer).
  28. /noShowDamage - Disables showing ship damage effects.

    VIDEO MODE OPTIONS

  29. /sw - reset rendering system to defaults at startup.
  30. /fullscreen - display fullscreen with software renderer (default).
  31. /window - display in a window.
  32. /noBorder - no border on window.
  33. /640 - run at 640x480 resolution (default).
  34. /800 - run at 800x600 resolution.
  35. /1024 - run at 1024x768 resolution.
  36. /1280 - run at 1280x1024 resolution.
  37. /1600 - run at 1600x1200 resolution.
  38. /d16 - run in 16 bits of colour.
  39. /d24 - run in 24 bits of colour.
  40. /d32 - run in 32 bits of colour.
  41. /truecolor - try 24bit modes before 15/16bit.
  42. /slowBlits - use slow screen blits if the default is buggy.
  43. /device - select an rGL device by name, eg. sw, fx, d3d.
  44. /gl - select default OpenGL as renderer.
  45. /d3d - select Direct3D as renderer.
  46. /nohint - disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction hints.
  47. /noPause - don't pause when you alt-tab.
  48. /noMinimize - don't minimize when you alt-tab.

    CHEATS AND SHORTCUTS

  49. /noCompPlayer - disable default computer players
  50. /notactics - Disables tactics.
  51. /noretreat - disables the 'retreat' feature of tactics

    VISUALIZATION

  52. /dockLines - show dock lines.
  53. /gunLines - show gun lines.
  54. /lightLines - show light lines (Debug only).
  55. /boxes - render bounding bowties on the ships.
  56. /textFeedback - enable text feedback for in game commands.

    COMPUTER PLAYER AND STATS /aiplayerLog - enable AI Player Logging

  57. /determCompPlayer - makes computer players deterministic
  58. /gatherStats- enable gathering of stats
  59. /showStatsFight= to show stats fight i,j
  60. /showStatsFancyFight=filename.script

    NETWORK PLAY

  61. /captaincyLogOff - turns off captaincy log file
  62. /captaincyLogOn - turns on captaincy log file
  63. /logOff - turns of network logging file
  64. /logOn - turns network logging file on
  65. /logOnVerbose - turns verbose network logging file on
  66. /statLogOn - generates game stats log file
  67. /intOnSync - Generates an Int 3 when a sync error occurs
  68. /syncDump=! X = size of SyncDumpWindow Y = granularity in universe Frames
  69. /logFilePath=filepath.txt
  70. /debugSync autosaves game frequently, records packets, logonverbose
  71. /forceLAN - allow LAN play regardless of version

    NIS OPTIONS

  72. /testNIS - enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile].
  73. /testNISScript - enables NIS testing mode using [scriptFile].

    RECORDED DEMOS

  74. /demoRecord - record a demo.
  75. /demoPlay - play a demo.
  76. /packetRecord - record packets of this multiplayer game
  77. /packetPlay - play back packet recording

    TEXTURES

  78. /disablePacking - don't use the packed textures if available.

    MISC OPTIONS

  79. /smCentreCamera - centres the SM world plane about 0,0,0 rather than the camera.
  80. /closeCaptioned - close captioned for the hearing impaired.

    Downloads
  1. Trainer -Unlimited Resources
  2. Trainer - Unlimited Credits

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