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Dec 6 2012 Anchor

Mostly for those that are new to HWU or are having problems post here.

Jan 13 2013 Anchor

how do i download the mod i and install it

Jan 14 2013 Anchor

download this file which is the mod itself, Sourceforge.net, once you have downloaded it move it to your homeworld 2 data folder, then edit your HW 2 shortcut to include this command line, -mod HWUniverse-1.0.0.big , Then watch this video so you can see how to set yourself up in game, Moddb.com.

Jan 14 2013 Anchor

is the command line the same as the target line when you open up the properties of the shortcut

Jan 14 2013 Anchor

here is how mine looks,
"C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe" -mod HWUniverse-1.0.0.big
And yes you want to edit your target line with that command line.
Btw i am reuploading changes to HWU right now so the download isnt ready, should be in like 20-30 mins.

Edited by: LeviathansWrath

Jan 14 2013 Anchor

ok thank you and i'm using a mod player that i found when i got the star wars warlords mod and i can choose what mod i want to play with it works great for all the mods ive downloaded and might help the people who cant play it also your mod works on windows 8

ive been crashing alot recently ill get to a point when ive built up my fleet and start attacking the oppositions ships and the game crashes

Jan 16 2013 Anchor

Are you playing with a friend? Because it seems that HWU will sync after an hour online, not sure why it is doing this, anyways i havent noticed any problems with Vs the Ai, so not sure why you are crashing.

Jan 16 2013 Anchor

im playing just the computer right now trying to get a feel for the races ships and figuring out who i like and ive been crashing when its 2v2 on crimson bond map

Jun 20 2013 Anchor

ok, well im having a problem, ive installed and patched to 1.1, i download and put the BIG file in the data folder, change the target line, and it still doesnt work...

im running Win7 and my Dxdiag is

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is there anything there that would impede playing your mod? looking at all of the mods there are, yours is the only one i really wanna play!

Jun 20 2013 Anchor

never used win 7 so not sure but here is my command line.
"C:\Program Files\Sierra\Homeworld2\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe" -mod HWUniverse-1.0.0.big

Jun 20 2013 Anchor

nevermind i got it to work... although im not sure how

ok so i was wrong, it Works till i start game, during loading when it gets to Universe it crashes and exits the game

Oct 6 2013 Anchor

The command lines are the exact same on every Windows Operating System.

Mar 12 2014 Anchor

I have a problem, the AI is not working. Does it work only for hiig and vaygr, not for all species?

Jul 9 2014 Anchor

Sorry for the delays guys been busy these days, Anyways to Alexk21 you need more than one Ai and they need to be Free for all as in not on the same team.
@ TrueNubin did you watch the video tutorial?

Edited by: LeviathansWrath

Dec 10 2014 Anchor

has anyone found out how to make the universe mod work for windows 7?

Dec 10 2014 Anchor

Moddb.com
in case you didnt watcht he video tutorial and in case you did you need to use the -lowtex command line

Dec 10 2014 Anchor

LeviathansWrath wrote: Moddb.com
in case you didnt watcht he video tutorial and in case you did you need to use the -lowtex command line


ive seen th tutorial but it doesnt help me s i cant even get that far. the game crashes as soon as it opens up to the black screen. i have done the -lowtex command i THINK correctly. but its mostly from me looking around and guessing. so if its not to much of a pain can you walk me through that?

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Sierra\Homeworld2\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe" -mod HWUniverse-1.0.6.big -lowtex

thats what my current one looks like

Dec 12 2014 Anchor

thats the correct use of the command line but i honestly dont know why it crashes for some and not others, only time i have had problems is when i did something on my end that caused a fatal exit that showed up in the error log. And i am alone in this mod team, i dont have anyone to help me with scripting or anything. So i wish i could help solve your issue but i only have windows XP and i dont have time for anything anymore, or at least till my job ends on dec 19th.

Dec 15 2014 Anchor

i see oh well. guess i will simply have to wait till you can put some time into it. thanks for trying to help

Jan 8 2015 Anchor

hello I've had problem with the mod
i get the game running just fine but once i try to get in a computer battle it crashes right in the load screen
can any body please tell me how to fix this :(

Jan 10 2015 Anchor

could you post your hw 2 log plz

Feb 2 2015 Anchor

Hi guys, really excited to try this mod. I have it installed and I can make a game and get into it np. But the problem I'm having is there's some sort of huge delay/lag when trying to move camera. So much so I haven't been able to play at all. Is there a certain setting I need on/off? I've tried them all that I can find but nothing seems to work. My computer is is rather beefy and shouldn't be the problem. Just curious if anyone had any idea how to fix this? The delay is about 10secs plus are even just rotating camera and zooming in/out. Thanks for hearing me out.

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