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 CDROM CDpath
Press F11 to toggle free mouse movement freemouse
Do not use anything from bigfiles 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 bilinear 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
640x480 resolution default 640
800x600 resolution 800
1024x768 resolution 1024
1280x1024 resolution 1280
1600x1200 resolution 1600
16 bit color d16
24 bit color d24
32 bit color d32
Try 24 bit modes before 1516 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
Cheat mode
Note This procedure involves editing a game file
create a backup copy of the file before proceeding Use a text
editor to edit the singleplayerscript SCRIPT file in the game
folder Look for the line similar to SINGLEPLAYERSTARTINGRUSspace
space space space 750 Delete the 750 and replace
it with four to eight number 9s You will get a large
amount of Rus If this value is too large you will go into debt
as it will become a negative value in the game Also you have
to start the game over to get it to work it cannot be used with
saved games A premodified version of the script can be downloaded
here
Command Line Cheats
Start the game using 1 of the command line switches below Example of use is chomeworldhomeworldexe noBG
debug Debug Mode
noBG No Galaxy Backgrounds
noCompPlayer No Default Computer Players
notactics Turn Off Tactics
noretreat Turn OffRetreat Feature of Tactics
disableAVI Turn Off Movies
DEBUGGING OPTIONS
debug Enable debug window
nodebugInt Fatal errors dont genereate an int 3 before exiting
SYSTEM OPTIONS
heap Sets size of global memory heap to n
prepath Sets path to search for opening files
CDpath Sets path to CDROM in case of ambiguity
freemouse Mouse free to move about entire screen at startup Use F11 to toggle during play
ignoreBigfiles dont use anything from bigfiles
logFileLoads create log of data files loaded
PROCESSOR OPTIONS
disableKatmai dont 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 bilinear filtering of textures
noSmooth do not use polygon smoothing
nilTexture dont 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 1516bit
slowBlits use slow screen blits if the default is buggy
device 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
noPause160
continue rarr
Various Cheats and Hints
Cheat mode
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters
Effect Command line parameter
Enable debug mode debug
1024x768 resolution 1024
1280x1024 resolution 1280
16 bit color d16
1600x1200 resolution 1600
24 bit color d24
32 bit color d32
640x480 resolution default 640
800x600 resolution 800
Allow LAN play regardless of version forceLAN
Autosaves game frequently records packets debugSync
Close captioning closeCaptioned
CPU players are deterministic determCompPlayer
Create log of data files loaded logFileLoads
Disable bilinear filtering of textures noFilter
Disable default CPU players1 noCompPlayer
Disable FMV sequences disableAVI
Disable galaxy backgrounds noBG
Disable int 3 after fatal error nodebugInt
Disable ship damage effects noShowDamage
Disable tactics notactics
Disable usage of OpenGL perspective correction hints nohint
Disables retreat tactics noretreat
Display fullscreen with software renderer default fullscreen
Display in a window window
Do not load textures nilTexture
Do not use anything from bigfiles ignoreBigfiles
Do not use KNI even if support is detected disableKatmai
Do not use polygon smoothing noSmooth
Do not use the packed textures if available disablePacking
Enable AI Player logging aiplayerLog
Enable gathering of stats gatherStats
Enable stipple alpha software renderer stipple
Enable text feedback in game commands textFeedback
Enables NIS testing mode using nisFile testNIS
Enables NIS testing mode using scriptFile testNISScript
Fatal errors do not generate int 3 before exiting nodebugInt
Force mixer to write to DirectSound driver dsound
Force mixer to write to Waveout waveout
Force usage of KNI even if determined to be unavailable forceKatmai
Generate game stats log file statLogOn
Generate Int 3 when a sync error occurs intOnSync
No border on window noBorder
No minimize with Alt Tab noMinimize
No pausing with Alt Tab noPause
Play a demo demoPlay
Play back packet recording packetPlay
Press F11 to toggle free mouse movement freemouse
Record a demo demoRecord
Record packets of multiplayer game packetRecord
Render bounding bowties on the ships boxes
Reset rendering system to defaults at startup sw
Select an rGL device by name sw fx d3d device
Select default OpenGL as renderer gl
Select Direct3D as renderer d3d
Sets global memory heap size heap
Sets path to CDROM CDpath
Sets path to search for opening files prepath
Show dock lines dockLines
Show gun lines gunLines
Show light lines in debug mode lightLines
Swap the left and right audio channels reverseStereo
Try 24 bit modes before 1516 bit truecolor
