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Homeworld Remastered |OT| All of this has happened before and will happen again
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Linearskillz
Member
Heads up: I was having visual glitches where it appeared the depth buffer wasn't working - objects weren't sorted properly, things were transparent, etc.
It was MSI Afterburner (probably the overlay). Turning that off fixed it.
It was MSI Afterburner (probably the overlay). Turning that off fixed it.
Pattycakes
Banned
Question for one of you more PC savy GAF than I. I loved the original Homeworld, and I really, really want to pick this one up. However, on CanIRunIt it says my computer doesn't meet the minimum or recommended requirements for the GPU.
The minimum is ATI Radeon HD4800 (512MB) and the recommended is ATI Radeon HD 5850 (1GB VRAM). My GPU on my laptop is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5640 with 1 GB VRAM.
I don't know enough about the ATI/AMD graphic cards to know if CanIRunIt is right or wrong.
The minimum is ATI Radeon HD4800 (512MB) and the recommended is ATI Radeon HD 5850 (1GB VRAM). My GPU on my laptop is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5640 with 1 GB VRAM.
I don't know enough about the ATI/AMD graphic cards to know if CanIRunIt is right or wrong.
Hard to say for sure without testing, but typically you can turn down certain advanced options and you should be fine. I would probably go on the steam forums and see if anyone else with an HD4800 is having problems.
playing on an imac with an HD6770M 512(!) and getting like, 80fps, i think you should be mostly fine
Is that with all the bells and whistles turned on? Because if so, that's pretty impressive optimization. I'll be waiting on more performance reports before I decide with my 7850.
MisterShine
Member
Homeworld has been on my list of "games I missed back when I was a kid and really should play" for half a decade now. Thanks gearbox (ergh...) for helping make that happen.
Randomizer123454444
Member
It's been far too long since I last played this game... and looks like I used capturing units WAY too little in my last playthrough. They are insanely good..3,5k+ resource worth of captures in one mission 
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to spoiler or not, so I guess it's better to spoiler.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to spoiler or not, so I guess it's better to spoiler.
Mission 4, HW1, I managed to capture 4x ion array frigs..a lot of money saved right there.
Chance Hale
Member
Is Dual Light something I want to turn on?
It's been far too long since I last played this game... and looks like I used capturing units WAY too little in my last playthrough. They are insanely good..3,5k+ resource worth of captures in one missionMission 4, HW1, I managed to capture 4x ion array frigs..a lot of money saved right there.
With repeated replays I became a master space pirate, I salvaged everything, I even used whole repair frigates to protect my salvage corvettes for the most tricky capital ships. I felt I broke the game at times.
While at first it was frustrating, HW 2's new difficulty increase and difficulty in salvaging made me completely change my method and to, you know, actually start applying strategy to the battles. At the end I welcomed the change.
But TotalBiscuit talked about running it in 4k didn't he?
Edit: Oh, windowed. No borderless 1080p goodness then?
Did Gearbox get replaced with some new group of people suddenly or what. Between this being as an amazing remaster as it is, for a fantastic price and them sending out keys, it's starting to get easy to forget the Borderlands 2 / Colonial Marines kerfuffle
doctorcdcs
Member
? where? i still didn't get mine
no, no none of the fancier effects (DOF, HDR bloom for some reason trashes the framerate, god rays on though they push the framerate down to like, mid 40s so i might turn them off). game still looks pretty amazing though. and 2xAA. 1080p.
admittedly only played the first few levels of HW1, so maybe the later stuff will thrash my computer a little more.
You need to open a support ticket with them but they responded super quick and after I proved my order with screens and they verify the order number they sent a key.
UK CE orders getting their keys straight from UK Amazon, Canada and US go through Gearbox.
https://gearboxsoftware.zendesk.com...n-Collector-s-Edition-Not-Delivered-by-Feb-25
doctorcdcs
Member
Alright. I sent a ticket. I'm supposed to get it (the CE) by march 6th last time I checked which stinks
Yeah I'm early next week as well, which I was dreading. Seeing everyone enjoying the game, etc.
I'm super pumped to get home now.
Like how could you not
That was a formative game moment for a younger me. I don't think I'll ever forget it.
This game is one of the reasons I'm a fan of classical music. The game is solely responsible for what is in my car door which is a CD of Samuel Barber's music that includes Agnus Dei which is what we know from Homeworld. It has taken me a while to find that version of it since most of the time it is just Adagio for Strings that you find and while I have nothing against it, the choral arrangement that is used in Homeworld is my favorite rendition of it.
doctorcdcs
Member
They sent me a key after confirming my order! Wow!
Thanks again for letting us know about this!
Chance Hale
Member
Takes a while to get used to the vertical elements of the game given I haven't played it in many years. Took me way to long to find that carrier in the first mission.
Robobandit
Member
Download the "DLC"
Once you do, single player campaign will be available.
(Just go into properties on your game and to the DLC tab. Make sure both are checked. it'll be another 3.3GB download)
Figures. I unchecked them immediately after buying because I've no need for the classic versions (which I thought the DLC is because of the labeling).
Thanks.
MrCompletely
Member
very likely, considering Homeworld Shipbreakers is announced.
exmachina64
Banned
Very, thanks to the Remastered Collection selling so well.
forgeforsaken
Member
Is there seriously not an option to invert mouselook?
I was playing a custom game and somehow the AI got its new ships stuck between its Mothership and Carrier so it couldn't attack me, once I destroyed the Carrier it started behaving more normally.
Why I mention this? because TotalBuiscuit's video had the same issue so apparently this is a new bug. Let's hope Gearbox gives good support to this project.
Why I mention this? because TotalBuiscuit's video had the same issue so apparently this is a new bug. Let's hope Gearbox gives good support to this project.
exmachina64
Banned
Indeed, Homeworld and Cataclysm changed my life as a kid.
I'm sad that the tutorial in HW1 isn't the same and it got changed to one with HW2 ships and different dialogue.
The tutorial music is also not the original track, which was some amazing ambient ("Tutorial"), and the excellent menu music is also not the same ("The First Steps").
:'(
The tutorial music is also not the original track, which was some amazing ambient ("Tutorial"), and the excellent menu music is also not the same ("The First Steps").
:'(
Bigboss242
Banned
They must have really wanted a ton of money to get the original music back... really hope this doesn't hurt the game.
Old tutorial would look awkward with the new UI. In any case you can always play it in original Homeworld (and apparently there's even an achievement for doing it... every other achievement is related to the remastered edition)
By the way, if anyone wants to play the Classics in 16:9 or custom resolutions, there's a regedit guide for it.
I'd probably suggest to fire up the classic HW1 to just experience the tutorial in a proper way with the correct voice actor and ambient music. It's seriously that soothing and great to have Heidi Ernest + Ruskay's ambient texture to accompany you the first time you get to learn the basics of the game.
Sure thing, I just mostly wished they would have kept the original music.
I'd probably suggest to fire up the classic HW1 to just experience the tutorial in a proper way with the correct voice actor and ambient music. It's seriously that soothing and great to have Heidi Ernest + Ruskay's ambient texture to accompany you the first time you get to learn the basics of the game.
Sure thing, I just mostly wished they would have kept the original music.
Soyongdori
Member
I shoulda dipped on the collector's edition. Didn't even know the figure could light up.
Some of the pre-orders didn't go through today, so check out if there are any left at the region-specific retailer you have.
If not, then some are selling them on Ebay for mostly non-insane prices.
One song being missing from the credits isn't going to change anything.
dancrane212
Member
Bummer, for those wondering I took a look through the games folders and found no trace of any manuals. There goes another chance for a clean rip of the HW2 manual!