Gearbox's Homeworld 1 & 2 HD Remakes - A New Hope

[Astral Rag]

Homeworld Remastered Update 1
5 March - GBX_Jwhite
General:

NOTE: All in-game audio was mastered and intended to be heard at 100% volume – for optimal experience, we recommend setting all in-game volume sliders to 100%

Fixed an issue where Windows DPI scaling could cause the game to display in an unusable resolution
Increased size of anomaly pings to make them more readily visible
Restored disabled button states to campaign games
Added launcher text to indicate DLC download state
Addressed improper UV maps on some units
Various audio fixes
Various fixes to ships and weapons
Fixed weapon audio in Remastered versions to be faithful to classic versions
Added "reset video settings to default" function to the launcher
Addressed an issue where the screen could go black if an in-engine cut-scene is interrupted
Game now allows windowed resolution at full desktop size
Added OpenGL version check to launcher
Added more detailed error messaging


Homeworld 1 Remastered:

Mission 07 – Addressed an issue where the Kadeshi mothership could disappear
Mission 10 - Addressed an issue where the objective "Destroy All Enemy Forces" fails to complete
Fixed an issue where attempting to load an incompatible save would cause a loading screen to appear during gameplay
Fixed improper letterboxing in Mission 03 cinematic9
Addressed an issue where dust clouds and nebulae were not auto-collected by resource collectors
Mission 02 – Fixed an issue where the objective "Salvage the Khar-Selim" might not complete
Mission 06 – Adjusted asteroid field visuals and functionality to improve mission balance

Homeworld 2 Remastered:

Disabled resource collector research during tutorials


Multiplayer BETA:

Taiidan sensor array ping now functions in multiplayer matches
Increased multiplayer lobby limit to 8 players
Addressed an issue where multiplayer lobbies could get stuck in the "Connecting" dialog
Fixed an issue where multiple checkboxes could appear in certain dialogs
Addressed an issue where a player disconnecting from the game while in the lobby could cause the host to crash
Addressed an issue where clients could become stuck in the lobby when host gets disconnected
The game now checks for Beta opt-in status when inviting a friend
Added password icon to password-locked games in the server browser
Reduced kamikaze damage on the Vaygr Interceptor to be in-line with other fighters
Addressed a crash which could occur under certain circumstances when launching the game from a friend invite
Added new loading screens
Various stability improvements
Addressed a rare issue where games could become stuck on an infinite loading screen
Added server distance filter

http://steamcommunity.com/games/244160/announcements/detail/222138638563266680

 

[Severian Silk]

Multiplayer netcode should be their priority right now. It pretty much sucks to get a game going without losing somebody.

 

[Destroid]

The HW2 netcode doesn't work?

 

[Severian Silk]

No. That's where the problems mostly come from.

 

[Oesophagus]

Damn, I really thought they would just up the texture resolution and throw in a shader or two, didn't expect the remastered version to look this good

 

[Severian Silk]

7pm EST on a Thursday. Zero games hosted in the lobby worldwide. This game is a smashing success!

 

[omega21]

dead game
killed by poor HW1 remake and shitty MP netcode and balance

 

[Destroid]

Well... it's also the same damn game loads of people have already played before.

 

[Blaine]

Months later, I still have yet to receive my Gearbox 2013 Community Day code for a free copy of HW1.

Well, no great loss.

 

[omega21]

Well... it's also the same damn game loads of people have already played before.

That's true. I guess it needed good MP to keep the entertainment value up but the devs dropped the ball there.

 

[Ayreos]

You have a masterpiece of a game with a simple, yet elegant source code and a turd of a sequel with a messed up nonsense of an engine "update", which has given modders nightmares for DECADES. What do you do, being given the chance of creating a remake?

1) Upscale both games graphically, changing nothing else. >>Cleric path
2) Port the sequel into the first game's engine despite the extra work-load and expense, to gift fans with the sequel they have been robbed of by poor management. >>Paladin path
3) Remake both games in a new modern engine, and to hell with the budget! The profits will compensate! >>Warlock path
4) Port the first game into the sequel's horrid engine everyone hates because fuck you, that's why, we're Gearbox. >>Rapist path

Everyone plays according to their tastes.
Praising the remake is like praising a rape porn video. It might even feel good to look at it at first, but then you remember you are in love with the "actress", and the rape is real.

 

[Makabb]

So HW 1 remastered is HW 2 , right? That's gud, as i found HW 2 more arcade gameplay more enjoyable than HW 1 and campaign of HW 1 in hw 2 sounds like the best thing.

 

[Makabb]

Formations are going to be in next patch, time to change thread name


http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/t/update-and-a-bit-of-a-tease/1203614

 

[L'ennui]

LOOKS LIKE WE CAUGHT 'EM NAPPING

 

[Infinitron]

Info on upcoming patch with a bizarre layout: http://www.fistsofheaven.com/gearbox-homeworld-remastered-patch/

 

[Severian Silk]

Wow. It's cool they have got ballistics working. After they said several times in the past that they would *not* be doing this.

 

[Makabb]

We found so many old pieces still in the engine that I was thinking ‘how does this code even work?

Gearbox in a nutshell

 

[DraQ]

We found so many old pieces still in the engine that I was thinking ‘how does this code even work?

Gearbox in a nutshell

More like "working with someone else's codebase in a nutshell".


Anyway,

Might get HWRM after all.

 

[Astral Rag]

only 12 micro-issues remaining

 

[Severian Silk]

Some people are trying to come up with a way to make an RPG using HWRM. The scripting engine is capable. There are I/O and save game issues however.

 

[Beowulf]

Yep, if what they're selling in that pitch is true, I'll finally buy the game.

 

[Hellraiser]

They're fixing no balistics and fixed formations, which would be in fact inclining HW2 by removing the dumbing down? I am actually surprised!

 

[Perkel]

Wow. It's cool they have got ballistics working. After they said several times in the past that they would *not* be doing this.

????????

They got ballistics into HW1 ?

edit:

Ballistics
Projectile weapons now have true ballistic behavior! Rather than an RNG’d percent chance to hit being generated at the time of fire and missed rounds blinking out of existence as soon as they reach their target, we’ll get to watch true ballistic behavior from most ships with projectile weaponry. Missed rounds will continue past targets (and can potentially strike other enemy or friendly ships when they do), and rounds will have a chance to misfire, causing the slug to veer wildly off course or not to fire at all. I can’t say that lack of true ballistics was something that I noticed previously, but after seeing it in action, I definitely notice it now! This change will also alter how ships take damage, because ship motion and attack vectors now play a very real role in how difficult they are to hit with a ballistic projectile.

Holy fuck they did it.

 

[Perkel]

BTW people COMPLEX team is working on Complex10 on Remastered Engine. It should fix FPS isues Complex9 had and with introduction of Ballistics back into engine it will make game 100 times better than before.

Their Patreon (which does pretty well btw)

Trailer of Complex10:

 

[Alienman]

That sounds really cool. When is this patch coming?