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HACKS AND EDITS

Learn how to edit Homeworld 2 persistX.lua files to alter your fleet's status and research level, including how to change RU amounts.

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Learn how to edit Homeworld 2 persistX.lua files to alter your fleet's status and research level, including how to change RU amounts.

Location: The persistX.lua files are located in the following directory: X:\...\Homeworld2\Bin\Profiles\Profile1\Campaign\ASCENSION\, where X is the drive letter and ... represents the directories chosen during installation.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    To edit a specific level's persistent data, locate the corresponding persistX.lua file (e.g., persist2.lua for Level 2).
  2. 2
    Open the file using a standard text editor.
  3. 3
    Altering RU: Scroll to the very end of the file and find the line starting with ' RUs = X,'. Replace 'X' with your desired RU amount. Note that there may be an unknown limit to the RU value.

Important Notes:

  • These edits only affect your fleet's status and research level at the start of a mission. They do not alter the enemy fleet.
  • These changes only apply to the starting data for a level. They will only affect savegames if the savegame was made *after* you started the level with these edits. All progress after the hacked level will proceed as normal.

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