Homeworld 2 on Vista

[nemo202 0]

Hi,

 

I know that Homeworld 2 is on dosfreak`s list of working games,

but I have been trying for days to get it to work on windows Vista with no succes. There even is a topic on the Relic`s support forum, but nobody has been able to get it to work:

 

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=125276

 

I would really be grateful, if somebody would explain how to get the game running.

 

PS: What does each colored square with a letter in it stand for, in the dosfreak`s list.

[DosFreak 2]

Green= Just works (Y=Yes it works)

Yellow = Has Problem (P=Problem)

Red= Does not work (N=No it does not work)

Purple= Uses Emulation

Blue = Untested (U=Untested)

 

I haven't tested Homeworld in Vista nor do I plan on testing it until SP1 for Vista comes out. IIRC, Homeworld uses OpenGL so make sure you have an Nvidia card and not an ATI card in Vista otherwise your in for alot of pain.

 

If Homeworld is indeed OGL only and you only have an ATI card then your only solution will be to install the XP drivers on Vista which is not a solution since the XP drivers on Vista are highly unstable. Just play the game in XP and be happy.

 

[nemo202 0]

 

Thank you, DosFreak, for your quick reply.

 

I gues it`s back to XP for me.

[DosFreak 2]

I installed it last night (just for you ) and I noticed that it switched resolution while it tried to start the game....but the Windows debug tools gave me an error like it was a cd copyprotection problem. (The game uses SecuRom). I didn't try a NOCD cr*ck because I was pretty PO'd that the game wasn't working right off the bat and didn't feel like doing anything further but you may want to try that. (It most likely won't do anything though because usually the game won't even try to execute if it's a copy protection problem).

 

I might mess around with it this weekend if I get bored.

[nemo202 0]

Thank you a lot for still trying to help.

 

Originally Posted By: DosFreak

(The game uses SecuRom). I didn't try a NOCD cr*ck because I was pretty PO'd that the game wasn't working right off the bat and didn't feel like doing anything further but you may want to try that.

 

I did try runing it with a nocd cr*ck but it still doesn`t work.

(maybe you will get different results).

 

Also, if the cd protection really is the cause I figured the demo should be runnig with no problems, but it didn`t.

[DosFreak 2]

Yup, your right. Tried the demo out today and it didn't work.

 

I'm even tried it on a laptop that only had XDDM (XP)drivers (not WDDM (Vista). Still doesn't work.

 

Hopefully Relic will release a patch.

[nemo202 0]

Originally Posted By: DosFreak

Hopefully Relic will release a patch.

I certantly hope so.

But if you take in acount the fact that last patch was released
3 years ago, only little hope is left.