Homeworld 3 [Official Thread]

PLAfiller · May 10, 2024

Scattered comments in the news section, bout time we get an official thread for this one.

System requirements.

The Collector's Edition launches today 11am PT/2pm ET/18:00 UTC.

Everyone else on May 13th 11am PT/2pm ET/18:00 UTC.

Preliminary analysis of the game.

Personal wants: Gearbox to release paid version .stl file for the mothership. I mean they have it for the injection molding of the collector's edition, might as well upload it on Printables/Thingverse/whatever for some fee....wouldn't hurt the sales you know.

Solaris17 · May 10, 2024

Cannot wait

PLAfiller · May 10, 2024

Solaris17 said:
Cannot wait

Unreal!

The original art book from the previous collector's edition reached truly unobtainable status...something that cost $180-250 is now >$1000. Touch with gloves

If you ever feel adventurous, scan the model with your phone and Kiri engine, I won't tell anyone.

Solaris17 · May 10, 2024

PLAfiller said:
If you ever feel adventurous, scan the model with your phone and Kiri engine, I won't tell anyone.

Don’t know what that is but I do have a 3d scanner and a resin printer

A Computer Guy · May 10, 2024

PLAfiller said:
Scattered comments in the news section, bout time we get an official thread for this one.

System requirements.

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The Collector's Edition launches today 11am PT/2pm ET/18:00 UTC.

Everyone else on May 13th 11am PT/2pm ET/18:00 UTC.

Preliminary analysis of the game.

Personal wants: Gearbox to release paid version .stl file for the mothership. I mean they have it for the injection molding of the collector's edition, might as well upload it on Printables/Thingverse/whatever for some fee....wouldn't hurt the sales you know.

My body is ready.

PLAfiller · May 10, 2024

Solaris17 said:
Don’t know what that is but I do have a 3d scanner and a resin printer

It's just my budget brain, I forget people have actual 3D scanners.....ohh you are fire! got everything needed right off the bat!

Anyhow, can't wait to see where Balcora gate leads to....hushed every voice in the galaxy...

A Computer Guy · May 10, 2024

PLAfiller said:
Anyhow, can't wait to see where Balcora gate leads to....hushed every voice in the galaxy...

My wallet is feeling the pull of multiple gravity well generators. Sigh...I may wait awhile for a deal to come along.

PLAfiller · May 10, 2024

A Computer Guy said:
My wallet is feeling the pull of multiple gravity well generators. Sigh...I may wait awhile for a deal to come along.

I am in the same boat buddy, just gonna straight up watch a "No commentary playthrough" on youtube.

What hits me from the preliminary tests is people complaining about RTS (and Homeworld 3 in specific) being "moba-rts" where units have abilities and you need APM spamming and resource collection is a mess and so on...but you know what, my all time favourite RTS is StarCraft...rushes and APM that's my jam, I am not so sure if this new direction for HW3 is as bad as they say. I never had the time to sprawl on a mission hours on end anyway.

Solaris17 · May 10, 2024

PLAfiller said:
I am in the same boat buddy, just gonna straight up watch a "No commentary playthrough" on youtube.

What hits me from the preliminary tests is people complaining about RTS (and Homeworld 3 in specific) being "moba-rts" where units have abilities and you need APM spamming and resource collection is a mess and so on...but you know what, my all time favourite RTS is StarCraft...rushes and APM that's my jam, I am not so sure if this new direction for HW3 is as bad as they say. I never had the time to sprawl on a mission hours on end anyway.

I tell you playing the demo was so fun I don’t even care what the critics say. I also can’t wait to see where the story goes.

ShiBDiB · May 10, 2024

Not gonna spend more money to play 3 days early, but going to be keeping a close eye on this game as a fan of the series.

A&P211 · May 10, 2024

PLAfiller said:
Unreal!

The original art book from the previous collector's edition reached truly unobtainable status...something that cost $180-250 is now >$1000. Touch with gloves

If you ever feel adventurous, scan the model with your phone and Kiri engine, I won't tell anyone.

You should be the manual from the original Homeworld. Up until 5yrs ago I still had the original manual, it was 50+pages. Lost it all when the storage unit burn down.

A Computer Guy said:
My body is ready.

my laptop is ready, I still play the original homeworld.

A Computer Guy said:
My wallet is feeling the pull of multiple gravity well generators. Sigh...I may wait awhile for a deal to come along.

My favorite thing to do in multiplayer back when Homeworld came out was grav generator with a cloak generator anytime fighters would come around. Or cloak fighters with a support frigate to destroy resource collectors. Everyone underestimated the cloak fighters, expensive to produce and research, but worth it. I won so many matches only on cloak fighters.

Solaris17 · May 12, 2024

Got my CE. I am PUMPED the model is sick.

PLAfiller · May 12, 2024

Solaris17 said:
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Got my CE. I am PUMPED the model is sick.

We need a drooling emoji

Jelous...

oo. Saw unboxing as well. I am making a petition for Gearbox to release the 3D files for this one.

Space Lynx · May 12, 2024

Solaris17 said:
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Got my CE. I am PUMPED the model is sick.

that internet speed, damn nice

A&P211 · May 12, 2024

Solaris17 said:
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Got my CE. I am PUMPED the model is sick.

I want your home internet speed. My tops out at 15mb.

kapone32 · May 12, 2024

I seriously hope they fixed the controls since that Early Access demo was janky at best.

P4-630 · May 12, 2024

A&P211 said:
I want your home internet speed. My tops out at 15mb.

Get a faster internet plan!

A Computer Guy · May 12, 2024

Oof a few bugs in the tutorial. Ships stuck on asteroid for a bit trying to get around.

AusWolf · May 12, 2024

I hope it won't be as hard as Homeworld 2. It's a nice game, but the difficulty level was manic.

I'll also make sure to do some below-minimum spec testing with a 6500 XT.

My 7800 XT is in the process of selling to make extra money for the summer holidays. :ohwell:

A&P211 said:
I want your home internet speed. My tops out at 15mb.

Mine tops out at 4 MB/s. Unfortunately, this is the fastest available in my area.

kapone32 · May 12, 2024

AusWolf said:
I hope it won't be as hard as Homeworld 2. It's a nice game, but the difficulty level was manic.

I'll also make sure to do some below-minimum spec testing with a 6500 XT. My 7800 XT is in the process of selling to make extra money for the summer holidays.

Mine tops out at 4 MB/s. Unfortunately, this is the fastest available in my area.

7 MB/s is my limit and I have the best plan available. I want Fibre like yesterday but the Govt body that monitors Terlephony has given a crippling decision for my main ISP. You see they have decided that anyone can come onto their platform without paying for installation.

Solaris17 · May 12, 2024

AusWolf said:
I hope it won't be as hard as Homeworld 2. It's a nice game, but the difficulty level was manic.

It’s good! Definitely take the tutorial to get used to the controls; HOWEVER! They DO provide (built in!) a homeworld 2 control mode plain as day ask you at the main menu.

it also runs really nice though I limit it it also has a built in benchmark ala tomb raider. I should start a score thread.

anyway screen shots tonight. I’m finishing the valve job on my truck right now.

Vayra86 · May 12, 2024

P4-630 said:
Get a faster internet plan!

Still waiting on Delta to finish up my FTTH ...

W1zzard · May 12, 2024

Working on performance article for tomorrow, 15 cards already tested, 15 more to go

Space Lynx · May 12, 2024

W1zzard said:
Working on performance article for tomorrow, 15 cards already tested, 15 more to go

It would be nice to know if it benefits from x3d cache on the CPU side or not. I have not been able to find an answer to that question, so if you could just test one card with one 7800x3d would be helpful, then we can compare it the same Intel test setup card and see if the x3d cache gave a gain. No need to test more than one card though imo, we should be able to see it or not fairly easily I would think.

P4-630 · May 12, 2024

Space Lynx said:
It would be nice to know if it benefits from x3d cache on the CPU side or not. I have not been able to find an answer to that question, so if you could just test one card with one 7800x3d would be helpful, then we can compare it the same Intel test setup card and see if the x3d cache gave a gain. No need to test more than one card though imo, we should be able to see it or not fairly easily I would think.

7800x3d preferably tested with a MERC310 7900 XT -60 uv?...

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