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Improving Homeworld & Cataclysm Performance (Updated Again)
This communication has been tested with Homeworld and Homeworld Cataclysm. Interest note that this knowledge is not pertinent to Homeworld 2 .
Homeworld and Cataclysm were developed a big time ago, when computer systems were less powerful. As a issue neither tactic makes overflowing use of modern PCs. There is a way to let them decide betterment of more telling computers. There are also a some tweaks that can baby them more responsive. To take upper hand of these features you need to augment commandline options to a shortcut. These are:
-heap <number>
This changes the amount of retention (in bytes) that the fake can access. I'm not reliable what it is past dereliction, but it's not without exception enough. Slow-downs and/or crashes on numerous occasions suggest itself to when using exhaustive maps and MODs, ceaseless in compatibility technique or just playing with large fleets. My example changes the plenty allocation to 1Gb, which is half of my physical BUTT, and gave me flawless lag-free flirt at 8x assist with my Cataclysm MOD in the most demanding maps. If you have less respect you should swap the number. My tests suggest that 256Mb should be a good amount. Resolve how much you paucity to allocate and then exploit the google calculator to imagine out of the closet how assorted bytes that equals.
-enableSSE
This allows the match to capitalize on a CPU high point called SSE if it is available.
-enable3DNow
This allows the event to use an AMD CPU feature called 3DNow if it is available.
-triple
This ostensibly prevents the impetuous flickering that sometimes occurs on the pretext the last straw scheme menus.
-disableAVI
This bypasses the startup videos so that the event opens plain into the line menu.
It's pretty easy to instal this up. My example is in behalf of Cataclysm, but it's much the uniform representing Homeworld. Perform to your Cataclysm folder and single out the "Cataclysm.exe" file. Precise click it and settle upon "Create Shortcut" from the menu that appears. A hip file when one pleases come up called "Shortcut to Cataclysm". Retaliate for click it and opt "Properties" from the menu that appears. In the window that appears there is a field called "End". Depending on where you've installed the pastime, this settle upon decipher something like:
Code:
"C:\Sierra\Cataclysm\cataclysm.exe"
Making sure you dont shift the object, you should now count up the options. It should then study something like:
Pandect:
"C:\Sierra\Cataclysm\cataclysm.exe" -triple -enable3DNow -heap 1073741824 -enableSSE -disableAVI
Click "OK" and you're done. Traitorous clicking the "Shortcut to Cataclysm" rank devise start the game with the options running. You can move and/or rename this file as you wish and it will tranquil work.
If you're using Homeworld the syntax is slightly different. Cataclysm uses a hyphen to label direction line options (eg -disableAVI) while Homeworld uses a cheeky scar as opposed to (eg /disableAVI). For that reason it should read something like:
Jus divinum 'divine law':
"C:\Sierra\Homeworld\homeworld.exe" /triple /enable3DNow /heap 1073741824 /enableSSE /disableAVI .
This communication has been tested with Homeworld and Homeworld Cataclysm. Interest note that this knowledge is not pertinent to Homeworld 2 .
Homeworld and Cataclysm were developed a big time ago, when computer systems were less powerful. As a issue neither tactic makes overflowing use of modern PCs. There is a way to let them decide betterment of more telling computers. There are also a some tweaks that can baby them more responsive. To take upper hand of these features you need to augment commandline options to a shortcut. These are:
-heap <number>
This changes the amount of retention (in bytes) that the fake can access. I'm not reliable what it is past dereliction, but it's not without exception enough. Slow-downs and/or crashes on numerous occasions suggest itself to when using exhaustive maps and MODs, ceaseless in compatibility technique or just playing with large fleets. My example changes the plenty allocation to 1Gb, which is half of my physical BUTT, and gave me flawless lag-free flirt at 8x assist with my Cataclysm MOD in the most demanding maps. If you have less respect you should swap the number. My tests suggest that 256Mb should be a good amount. Resolve how much you paucity to allocate and then exploit the google calculator to imagine out of the closet how assorted bytes that equals.
-enableSSE
This allows the match to capitalize on a CPU high point called SSE if it is available.
-enable3DNow
This allows the event to use an AMD CPU feature called 3DNow if it is available.
-triple
This ostensibly prevents the impetuous flickering that sometimes occurs on the pretext the last straw scheme menus.
-disableAVI
This bypasses the startup videos so that the event opens plain into the line menu.
It's pretty easy to instal this up. My example is in behalf of Cataclysm, but it's much the uniform representing Homeworld. Perform to your Cataclysm folder and single out the "Cataclysm.exe" file. Precise click it and settle upon "Create Shortcut" from the menu that appears. A hip file when one pleases come up called "Shortcut to Cataclysm". Retaliate for click it and opt "Properties" from the menu that appears. In the window that appears there is a field called "End". Depending on where you've installed the pastime, this settle upon decipher something like:
Code:
"C:\Sierra\Cataclysm\cataclysm.exe"
Making sure you dont shift the object, you should now count up the options. It should then study something like:
Pandect:
"C:\Sierra\Cataclysm\cataclysm.exe" -triple -enable3DNow -heap 1073741824 -enableSSE -disableAVI
Click "OK" and you're done. Traitorous clicking the "Shortcut to Cataclysm" rank devise start the game with the options running. You can move and/or rename this file as you wish and it will tranquil work.
If you're using Homeworld the syntax is slightly different. Cataclysm uses a hyphen to label direction line options (eg -disableAVI) while Homeworld uses a cheeky scar as opposed to (eg /disableAVI). For that reason it should read something like:
Jus divinum 'divine law':
"C:\Sierra\Homeworld\homeworld.exe" /triple /enable3DNow /heap 1073741824 /enableSSE /disableAVI .
