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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak |OT| An expedition was sent
- Thread starter Portman
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Yep. You deserve it! Do it.
If you don't already have the Homeworld collection, you also get that on top of DoK.
And if you have it already on Steam you get a 20% discount.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
The Expedition Guide that is included for those who pre-order has the following details:
You best preorder in the next 4 hours if you want this for free along with the Homeworld Remastered collection. This seems like a pretty damn good deal to me.
You best preorder in the next 4 hours if you want this for free along with the Homeworld Remastered collection. This seems like a pretty damn good deal to me.
Nice, made my pre-order even better.
Well, it's both as the discount will expire in a little under four hours, once the game has unlocked. It's not perpetual.
Neverforget
Member
The game looks incredible! I love the environment and obviously I really love RTS games as well... But it's out of my budget.
CaptainSmirnov
Member
Nearly unlocked!! Shame I have to go to the dentist shortly after.. *sigh*
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Yup I decided to pick it up last night after reading the steam page, plus the homewold remakes being thrown in is a nice bonus. I'm happy that besides Starcraft I'm finding RTS' to buy again.
CaptainSmirnov
Member
It is now available
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hopefully this sells well enough that we get a proper Homeworld 3.
If not I am going to be one depressed guy. Since the property was pretty much resurrected from certain death, and given a second chance.
This is the second chance people! Lets kickstart Homeworld 3 with this title.
CaptainSmirnov
Member
CaptainSmirnov
Member
From http://steamcommunity.com/app/281610/discussions/0/451851477866950501/#p2
"Go to steamappscommonDeserts of Kharak
Open settings.json with notepad
Replace in "ScreenSettings" :
* "Fullscreen" : true,
* "m_Fullscreen" : true
* "width" : 1920
* "width" : 1920
by
* "Fullscreen" : false
* "m_Fullscreen" : false
* "width" : 2560
* "width" : 2560
Save the file
Right clic on the file, clic property , set to READ ONLY (checkbox)
Run the game, and when u are in game, press ALT ENTER for full screen."
"Go to steamappscommonDeserts of Kharak
Open settings.json with notepad
Replace in "ScreenSettings" :
* "Fullscreen" : true,
* "m_Fullscreen" : true
* "width" : 1920
* "width" : 1920
by
* "Fullscreen" : false
* "m_Fullscreen" : false
* "width" : 2560
* "width" : 2560
Save the file
Right clic on the file, clic property , set to READ ONLY (checkbox)
Run the game, and when u are in game, press ALT ENTER for full screen."
Demigod Mac
Member
Game is awesome so far. Definitely has that unmistakable Homeworld vibe. If you played the originals you'll feel right at home with the controls.
It appears the Unity engine fears were justified unfortunately, but the performance issues don't ruin the experience by any means.
It appears the Unity engine fears were justified unfortunately, but the performance issues don't ruin the experience by any means.
Funnily enough, I tried that It worked once but then reset afterwards. Despite its "Read Only" box ticked.
Alex Connolly
Member
I spoke to Fraser Brown of PCGN, and he was also one of the lucky ones who didn't have any performance issues. Hope the sub-optimum framerate issues get solved for those who are affected.
OST is also available on Steam now, so that'll be today's purchase.
OST is also available on Steam now, so that'll be today's purchase.
Thanks for the notice - that's smart of BBI
I'll get it once I've finished the game. I usually want to associate the music with the experiences I've had with the game before listening to it without context.Really enjoying it thus far, and surprised it stays at a steady 30fps on my 4 year old laptop.
For anyone worried about the games campaign being called "too easy" by some outlets playing on normal, it appears to be intentional if the difficult naming scheme is anything to go by. There is Easy, Normal (default) and Classic. I'd suggest classic for veterans of the originals
Will definitely buy. Would have been nice if it was part of the preorder. Ah well, will pick it up once I've finished the game. Love the music I've heard thus far
For anyone worried about the games campaign being called "too easy" by some outlets playing on normal, it appears to be intentional if the difficult naming scheme is anything to go by. There is Easy, Normal (default) and Classic. I'd suggest classic for veterans of the originals
Will definitely buy. Would have been nice if it was part of the preorder. Ah well, will pick it up once I've finished the game. Love the music I've heard thus far
This is my biggest concern. All of the previews I saw looked like the performance was pretty bad. Was hoping to hear some good news.
I've played 4 missions at this point and, honestly, performance are really good on my end [For an Unity game at least]. Never below 58FPS with an average of ~70FPS when shit is blowing up. Tutorial was 144FPS locked but there is...nothing on the screen
970
I7 6700K
16GB
The feeling of the click is great, on par with Starcraft
970
I7 6700K
16GB
The feeling of the click is great, on par with Starcraft
Karak
Member
Man that is too bad. That fits in with the 10 or so people I just discussed this with, some reviewers, some gamers. It seems like it just needed to cook longer.
One really frustrating thing that I hope they can patch out, is that when using the right mouse to move the camera around, even though the cursor is not visible, it still moves as if you are controlling the cursor rather than camera - so what ends up happening is that when you turn too far and you release the right mouse button, the cursor pops back and is already at the edge of the screen, panning the camera and losing focus of the units you were tracking
Sure you can just press F again to get back in focus, but it's too annoying since I end up doing that sort of thing every minute.
Sure you can just press F again to get back in focus, but it's too annoying since I end up doing that sort of thing every minute.
The gameplay is quite different. Ground control is much more micro heavy and focused on micro of individual squads, while the home world series focuses more on using your various attack groups right (it's also slower).
Height and LOS is big in both, though i don't think directional armor is a thing in kharak?
Kharak also has minimal resource management and research. Your units also carry over from mission to mission so doing badly in one can make the next very difficult.
Gameplay is more like Homeworld but on a 2D planetary scale instead of 3D space than it is Ground Control.
GC also had faster battles and positional tactics, whereas this one has slower battles with less positional tactics (still a height advantage though).
StrikeFirst117
Banned
Up to the fifth mission in the campaign and I'm noticing some significant stuttering when in-game, as well as the audio crackling, only occurred on this mission but its a weird thing to be cropping up considering my system.
I7 4790K 4.00 GHZ
GTX 970 3.5GB (hah)
16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz ram
Windows 10
I7 4790K 4.00 GHZ
GTX 970 3.5GB (hah)
16GB DDR3 1600 Mhz ram
Windows 10
Alex Connolly
Member
Or, as is my gripe, I end up sending my selected unit(s) to a different location when I rotate my camera and the cursor isn't released over the unit I'm ogling.
Truth be told, I need to futz about with the camera options - sticky etc.
So the Expedition Guide has popped up on the DLC list, I'm downloading it now.
It's 606mb.
EDIT: I'm playing with it now and its very cool.
Reminds me a lot of those big fat manuals you got with certain games, Where it had a wealth of info on the game, backstory, factions and units.
Man.... I miss game manuals.
It's 606mb.
EDIT: I'm playing with it now and its very cool.
Reminds me a lot of those big fat manuals you got with certain games, Where it had a wealth of info on the game, backstory, factions and units.
Man.... I miss game manuals.
ScientificPizza
Banned
I can't wait until six months from now when I have some time to play this, it looks really, really nice
Alex Connolly
Member
This was probably posted elsewhere, but worthy of a repost. From the BBI forums:
BBI Admin said: