Homeworld
Cheat Codes
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Command Line Parameter |
Enable debug mode | /debug |
Disable int 3 after fatal error | /nodebugInt |
Disable galaxy backgrounds | /noBG |
Disable default CPU players | /noCompPlayer |
Disable tactics | /notactics |
Disables retreat tactics | /noretreat |
Disable FMV sequences | /disableAVI |
Fatal errors do not generate int 3 before exiting | /nodebugInt |
Sets global memory heap size | /heap |
Sets path to search for opening files | /prepath |
Sets path to CD-ROM | /CDpath |
Press [F11] to toggle free mouse movement | /freemouse |
Do not use anything from bigfile(s) | /ignoreBigfiles |
Create log of data files loaded | /logFileLoads |
Do not use KNI even if support is detected | /disableKatmai |
Force usage of KNI even if determined to be unavailable | /forceKatmai |
Turn all sound effects off | /noSound |
Turn all speech off | /noSpeech |
swap the left and right audio channels | /reverseStereo |
Force mixer to write to Waveout | /waveout |
Force mixer to write to DirectSound driver | /dsound |
Disable bi-linear filtering of textures | /noFilter |
Do not use polygon smoothing | /noSmooth |
Do not load textures | /nilTexture |
Turn off front end textures | /NoFETextures |
Enable stipple alpha (software renderer) | /stipple |
Disable ship damage effects | /noShowDamage |
Reset rendering system to defaults at startup | /sw |
Display fullscreen with software renderer (default) | /fullscreen |
Display in a window | /window |
No border on window | /noBorder |
640×480 resolution (default) | /640 |
800×600 resolution | /800 |
1024×768 resolution | /1024 |
1280×1024 resolution | /1280 |
1600×1200 resolution | /1600 |
16 bit color | /d16 |
24 bit color | /d24 |
32 bit color | /d32 |
Try 24 bit modes before 15/16 bit | /truecolor |
Use slow screen blits | /slowBlits |
Select an rGL device by name (sw, fx, d3d) | /device |
Select default OpenGL as renderer | /gl |
Select Direct3D as renderer | /d3d |
Disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction hints | /nohint |
No pausing with [Alt] + [Tab] | /noPause |
No minimize with [Alt] + [Tab] | /noMinimize |
Show dock lines | /dockLines |
Show gun lines | /gunLines |
Show light lines in debug mode | /lightLines |
Render bounding bowties on the ships | /boxes |
Enable text feedback in game commands | /textFeedback |
Enable AI Player logging | /aiplayerLog |
CPU players are deterministic | /determCompPlayer |
Enable gathering of stats | /gatherStats |
Turn off captaincy log file | /captaincyLogOff |
Turn on captaincy log file | /captaincyLogOn |
Turn off network logging file | /logOff |
Turn on network logging file | /logOn |
Turn on verbose network logging file | /logOnVerbose |
Generate game stats log file | /statLogOn |
Generate Int 3 when a sync error occurs | /intOnSync |
Autosaves game frequently, records packets | /debugSync |
Allow LAN play regardless of version | /forceLAN |
Enables NIS testing mode using [nisFile] | /testNIS |
Enables NIS testing mode using [scriptFile] | /testNISScript |
Record a demo | /demoRecord |
Play a demo | /demoPlay |
Record packets of multiplayer game | /packetRecord |
Play back packet recording | /packetPlay |
Do not use the packed textures if available | /disablePacking |
Center the SM world plane at about 0,0,0 rather than the camera | /smCentreCamera |
Close captioning | /closeCaptioned |
The image featured at the top of this post is ©Square Enix.