Khaaneph Fleet Pack

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Developers
Publishers
Engines
Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	January 20, 2016
macOS (OS X)	June 21, 2016^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	79
OpenCritic	79
IGDB	85

Khaaneph Fleet Pack Mod
Khaaneph Fleet Pack 1

1Availability
2Game data
3Video
4Input
5Audio
6Network
8Other information

This fleet pack will add the new playable fleet, Kiith Khaaneph, to multiplayer and skirmish modes in Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. The Khaaneph Fleet includes a new CARRIER, SIEGE CRUISER, BASERUNNER, PRODUCTION CRUISER and new unit BLAST DRONE. Homeowrld Deserts of Kharak received an update recently including a new faction and a revamped AI. I show both here. Enjoy Homworld Deserts of Kharak Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Software.

Homeworld
Homeworld	1999
Homeworld: Cataclysm	2000
Homeworld 2	2003
Homeworld Remastered Edition	2015
Homeworld 2 Remastered Edition	2015
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak	2016

Key points

GOG and Steam users can't play online together.

Originally titled Homeworld: Shipbreakers during development.^[3]

General information

Official Forums

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

All OS X versions require SteamDRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Expedition Guide
Khaaneph Fleet Pack
Soban Fleet Pack
Soundtrack

Game data[edit]

In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>Win32settings.json^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>Win64settings.json
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281610/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>Win32outcloud^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>Win64outcloud
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281610/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video[edit]

In-game video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen	Pillarboxing should be removed after a game restart. Otherwise see Ultra-widescreen for the available workarounds.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Default fullscreen is borderless windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	From 0x to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Ultra-widescreen[edit]

Use the `-screen-width 2560 -screen-height 1080`command line argument^[4]

Manually modify the settings file^[5]
Open `<path-to-game>settings.json` in a text editor (e.g. Notepad++). Search for `UnityEngine.Resolution` and, on the line below, replace the value of the `'width'` and `'height'` attributes with the desired resolution. Save the changes. Set the file permission to Read-only Start the game Open the Option screen and press the Cancel button (this last step is needed only for some users) Notes After you set the file permission to Read-only it won't be possible to change the game settings anymore until the write permission is restore.

Manually modify the settings file^[5]

Open <path-to-game>settings.json in a text editor (e.g. Notepad++).
Search for UnityEngine.Resolution and, on the line below, replace the value of the 'width' and 'height' attributes with the desired resolution.
Save the changes.
Set the file permission to Read-only
Start the game
Open the Option screen and press the Cancel button (this last step is needed only for some users)

Notes

After you set the file permission to Read-only it won't be possible to change the game settings anymore until the write permission is restore.

Input[edit]

In-game controls layout menu

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping	See Remapping.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Remapping[edit]

Remapping via config file^[6]
Go to the save game data location. Open `custom.dokhotkeys` with an editor like Notepad. Change the assigned keys of the hotkeys or abilities you want to remap and save the file. Notes Duplicate bindings should be avoided as only one action will be recognized. Additional information can be found here.

Remapping via config file^[6]

Go to the save game data location.
Open custom.dokhotkeys with an editor like Notepad.
Change the assigned keys of the hotkeys or abilities you want to remap and save the file.

Notes

Duplicate bindings should be avoided as only one action will be recognized.

Additional information can be found here.

Audio[edit]

In-game sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play	6	Versus, Co-op GOG players have to use the GOG Galaxy Client.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision	See Helix Mod: Homeworld Deserts of Kharak (DX9 + DX11).
Devices	Native	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

Khaaneph Fleet Pack Mod

Windows
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz) AMD A10 5800k (3.8 GHz)	Intel Core i7-950 (3.0 GHz) AMD FX-4300 (3.8 GHz)
System memory (RAM)	3 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 440 ATI Radeon HD 4890 1024 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2048 MB of VRAM

Khaaneph Fleet Pack 1

A 64-bit system is recommended.

Notes

↑Unity engine build: 5.2.3f1^[1]
↑ ^2.0^2.1When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0^3.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/281610/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (281610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-03-19
↑Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Now Available For Mac! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
↑Homeworld Returns In Deserts Of Kharak - Game Informer
↑Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak - last accessed on 2020-06-27
↑Step by step for getting 21:9 to work - last accessed on 2016-01-20
↑Hotkey Rebinding Documentation - Blackbird Interactive Forums - last accessed on 2018-01-03