OG Homeworld 2 won't start. Please help me

[The Camster]

I click to start, screen goes black, mouse goes to blue swirly thing, then it just goes back to Steam as if I never started it. Will say nice things about you if you can help please xox

[Me262Schwalbe1]

did you get and ati/amd type gaming laptop or upgrade to windows 10?I have made many a post on the issues I had with my amd radeon 8210 e1-2100 apu 1.00ghz dualcore 2 logical threads and 2 cores laptop.

I could not run classic due to what was all along windows 10....now i can run both classic and remastered on windows 8.1,i rolled back to factory re-install...don't try all the swapping dll from doom 3 fixes or opengl .org websites tries,unless you know what your doing.

Sometimes the problem isnt drivers or hardware...usually operating system...

[Wingflier]

Hey, I have a solution for your problem, which is fairly common among AMD video card users (which I will assume you are).

http://www.thegameengine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/atioglxx_fix.zip

Simply download this zip file, open it, select your operating system type (32 or 64 bit), then place the atioglxx.dll file in the same folder as your HW2.exe. Mine was D:\program files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Homeworld\Homeworld2classic\Bin\Release

After that launch the game again, it should work like a charm.

[The Camster]

Cheers friend, silly question here, how do I know what my operating system is? 32 or 64 bit?

[The Camster]

Ok, so how do I roll back to another operating system?

[PhoenixBorn]

Originally posted by Fuhrious Thrusting:

Ok, so how do I roll back to another operating system?

Check the option for "Go back to your previous version of Windows" on this site:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options

[The Camster]

Cheers friend, much obliged

[The Camster]

So is windows 8 a recomended version of windows for Homeworld2?

[rambo2525]

Originally posted by Fuhrious Thrusting:

So is windows 8 a recomended version of windows for Homeworld2?

get 8.1 or 7. 8.1 is well supported, 7 is as well but its getting old

[Wabefuhon]

I'm running W7Pro 64bit and this game doesn't even get a black screen, just flatout crashes. I use a AMD FX 8350 core, which might be a problem considering that I use a GTX 660. I downloaded the fix and will give it a try.

Update.
Because this is the collection, the supposed fix doesn't even work. I'm stuck and need a way to get it working. I can however play the classics. Anything beyond this point is appreciated.

[mrnubeguy]

Originally posted by Wingflier:

Hey, I have a solution for your problem, which is fairly common among AMD video card users (which I will assume you are).

http://www.thegameengine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/atioglxx_fix.zip

Simply download this zip file, open it, select your operating system type (32 or 64 bit), then place the atioglxx.dll file in the same folder as your HW2.exe. Mine was D:\program files\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Homeworld\Homeworld2classic\Bin\Release

After that launch the game again, it should work like a charm.

Nope didnt work..

[Wabefuhon]

I checked compatability and set it to Windows 7. Surprisingly, this actually worked. When in doubt, check compatability first.