***NOTE TO DEVELOPERS OF FAIRY EMPIRE***
If at any time, you want me to take down this discussion, and/or download link, I will do so. There is a real fanbase outside of China, and players who really want to enjoy everything that is offered. I just wanted to let others enjoy it, and not be locked off.


So, since 1.30 launched for Fairy Empire, and the only main download link being based in China.
I've decided (With help.) to crate an easier way to download the mod, for those outside of China.

Below is all the info you'll need, as well as a Discord link (In case of any issues, or just to join fellow homeworld players As well as others)

Be in mind, when me and my friends created this guide, it was in the very early days of figuring it out, some info may be outdated, or certain steps may be easier done. But this is the general guide to downloading it, and getting it working.



***DISCLAIMER***

if you guys/gals don't want to wait to get a new version, you can just say "Hey we don't want to wait, give it to us."

The reason we add the discord below, is so you can see things live, and not get screwed wasting your time downloading a borked, or broken file.

I'm happy to give you all the download the second we have it, just want to make it as clean, and painless as possible to play.




**UPDATE 11/12/21**


Fairy Empire 1.35 is currently being tested by us and will be added to a new thread on here once the guide is 100% complete, and we make sure the files aren't broken/corrupt.

If you're impatient the discord is at the bottom of this thread! :D

read the disclaimer before you shout at me or rant at me please.








***LOOK THROUGH ALL INFORMATION FIRST!!*** Some information may or may not be out of date as time goes on.

Download this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W2iYWVmVnVa06qvSy4e0R3qra2F_7WJv/view
After it is done downloading, (*it is recommended to use 7zip*) unzip everything into the Homeworld folder. The path should look something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Homeworld
Copy the address of 1.30's folder location, should look something similar to this as well: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Homeworld\HomeworldRM130\HomeworldRM130

Go to Bin and then Release, after that find the HomeworldRM Application and create a shortcut.



After that, go back through the HomeworldRM folder and make sure there are no chinese characters in ANY of the .exe files, after try running the Homeworld shortcut, if you do not get any kind of error, then close.


Download the Fairy Empire mod 1.3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DsTcajcdxKR2uS2axPM0oBZBeHDs_RUK
And run the EXE, after, paste the address line (Should have been the 1.30 address.) that you copied and kept at the beginning into the download path, let it run through the download.

THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP: Right click that HomeworldRM shortcut you created, and go to Properties, after, select the target window and enter -mod "yaoduMODCH.big, yaoduMOD.big" your target window should look similar to this.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Homeworld\HomeworldRM\Bin\Release\HomeworldRM.exe" -mod "yaoduMODCH.big, yaoduMOD.big"

MAKE SURE YOU TURN DOWN ALL SOUND BEFORE LAUNCHING as it will blast your ears out!!
Launch the Shortcut for HomeworldRM again, and if you have a new menu with the 1.30 Fairy Empire ships in the background, and all the buttons are ???'s, then it should work. First, go to settings and turn down music *You need to restart for the effects to change* (You should know the menu placements by now if you play the Chinese version)... (Second tab from the left, and third option in the row.)

Try testing a Skirmish, if you don't hard crash then you have finished the process!
Currently at the moment there is NO possible way to fix the ???'s. Hopefully there will be a fix for that soon.




In a comment below, there will be a list of factions currently working, or unknown on testing.

The new version of Trade Mode works, but is based off of a rank system now. (Thanks to 'bngrossman' for figuring that out!)

**EDIT** It looks like I forgot to include the invite to my (And my friend's) Discord. So here you all go. https://discord.gg/MGGNB5q