Overview
This Guide will run you through the way i managed to get mods on classic to work, some of them still crash but the ones I’ve tested seem to run fine with a few bugs now and then, but thats to be expected.
As Follows:
First of all you want to find the directory from which you can create a copy of the homeworld 2 classic application shortcut, this should be in: Steam/SteamApps/Common/Homeworld/Homeworld2Classic/Bin/Release
You now want to create a shortcut for that application, preferably on your desktop.
Now that you have the shortcut created, you want to access the Homeworld2Classic Folder, then go to DATAWORKSHOPMODS – Then there will be a folder with a huge line of numbers, click on that folder. Now every folder in here has a mod in it that you have downloaded at some point in time, but i will take you through this using the homefront mod as a tutorial of sorts.
Now you want to move the Homefront BIG File Which should be about 500mb or so, the config file, and the preview image into the Homeworld2Classic/Data folder, Once you have moved those files into the data folder, there is only one more step.
Go to the shortcut you created earlier from the Homeworld2Classic Application, right click on it, open properties.
You will now see a box, at the top in the category you should be in ‘Shortcut’:
You should see a target line: Target:
I’m going to give you the Target lines that have worked for me:
Homefront Mod (Halo) – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod Homefront.big
Mass Effect Mod – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod MER.big
BattleStar Galactica Mod – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod BSGFC.big
Stargate Space Conflict Mod – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod SSC.big
Babylon 5 Mod – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod b5wwev21.big
Starwars Warlords – “C:Program Files (x86)SteamSteamAppscommonHomeworldHomeworld2ClassicBinReleaseHomeworld2.exe” -nopbuffer -mod SWW06.big
Now any of these mods should work, if you have done exactly what ive said, it works for me
Screenshot of the Homefront Mod:
Good Luck Ladies and Gentlemen, been a pleasure trying to help people out.