homeworld

Command Line Cheats

Start the game using 1 of the command line switches below. Example of use is c:\homeworld\homeworld.exe /noBG
/debug - Debug Mode
/noBG - No Galaxy Backgrounds
/noCompPlayer - No Default Computer Players
/notactics - Turn Off Tactics
/noretreat - Turn Off'Retreat' Feature of Tactics
/disableAVI - Turn Off Movies

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

SYSTEM OPTIONS
    /heap <n> - Sets size of global memory heap to [n].
    /prepath <path> - Sets path to search for opening files.
    /CDpath <path> - Sets path to CD-ROM in case of ambiguity.
    /freemouse - Mouse free to move about entire screen at startup. Use <CTRL>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 <dev> - 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=<i,j> 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>!<Y>   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 <nisFile> - enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile].
    /testNISScript <scriptFile> - enables NIS testing mode using [scriptFile].

RECORDED DEMOS
    /demoRecord <fileName> - record a demo.
    /demoPlay <fileName> - play a demo.
    /packetRecord - record packets of this multiplayer game
    /packetPlay <fileName> - 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 impared.