Documentation Reference

Documentation and analysis for Homeworld Remastered.

Modding

• Patch Changes
• Patch Preview
• 2.0 Patch Modding Changes
• Giving Credit for Other's Work
• Cursor Badge and Language Mods
• Modding FAQ Frequently Asked Questions & Answers. Note: Needs to be updated for HWRM.
• Homeworld 2 File-Types/Formats
• Logfiles Explained
• List of non-functional ships
• List of Mission Objectives
• Ideas and Speculation
• Filters and Tags
• Loading Sequence

Big Archive

• .Big Precedence Order Order .Bigs are loaded and extracted
• Map File Spec (BIG)
• .big file format described in detail
• Documentation for HW2 "archive.exe" This is a Microsoft Word Document.

Scripting

• Lua 4.0 Reference Manual version used in Homeworld Remastered.
• SCAR (SCripting At Relic) Reference This information is all included in Karos Graveyard
• Useful Functions Handy HWRM functions grouped by type.
• Big List of Error Messages An incomplete list of all libraries, functions, variables and error messages. [Needs work. -Mikali]
• Modifiable Values
• .ship File Order
• AI Overview by Bings

Graphics

• UI
• FX
• Shaders

Modeling

• List of ship hardpoints [Needs work. -Mikali]

Audio

• Definitive List of Character Dialogue by NovaBurn. download link is dead
• Unused Dialogue

Modding Forums

• Homeworld Discord #hwrm-modding Official chat server, modding channel. Contains lots of discussion on modding HWRM.
• Gearbox Forums - Modding Developer forums, modding sub-forum. Contains lots of documentation on modding HWRM.
• RelicNews Forums - About The modding forum contains lots of documentation on modding Homeworld 2, that still applies to HWRM. Note: Updated tips as of 2020 --Cloaked

General

General documentation thats not necessarily modding related, but may be too technical to include on Encyclopedia Hiigara.

• Homeworld Remastered Manual
• Troubleshooting
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Command-line Parameters
• Follow Camera
• Game Speed Adjuster
• Multiplayer Terminology Abbreviations
• HW2 Bugs, Issues, and Workarounds
• Mods Links to mod indexes that have been created by the community.

Ship Stats

• Stats Tool (GearBox) Shows Ship, Weapon, Research, Subsystem and UnitCap stats from HWRM.
• Balcora Gate See the Data Lookup feature.
• Updated RDN Tuning Spreadsheets for HW2C (RelicNews) by Mikali. Cleaned-up versions of Relic's Tuning spreadsheets.
• Homeworld2 Unit Stats
• Ship vs. Ship Odds for HWRM (GearBox) by Mikali

Balance

• Balance Testing List of methods to balance test HWRM.

Lore

This information should all be moved to Encyclopedia Hiigara.

• Relic Forums - Just how big are the ships of homeworld? (RelicNews)
• Map of the Homeworld universe (RelicNews)
• HW Universe Timeline Project (RelicNews)
• Dustwars info released (RelicNews)
• Aborted Homeworld Novel script by Peter Watts! (RelicNews)

Related Pages

• Links See the modding section for other useful sites.

Comments

Page Status

Updated Formatting? Yes
Updated for HWRM? Partially