Nah, same here. I was too fast - multiplayer replied with "cannot" just after clicking menu, while LAN allowed me to go further - I ceased further testing, as I had no second Homeworldsdl instance to test with. Now, when trying, i get same results.

Right, absolutely forget about it. while ability to control "special" bindset (FN, alt...) via config file would be neat, you're right, that it's very minor, if not necessary at all, in this case.

I had no idea. What do you think, is there any place for optimizations?

Also, not related to optimizations, but related to gaining FPS - would it be possible to run at (You can laugh at me) 400x240 resolution, stretched to full screen? Of course, visual quality would drop, but we would still keep native pixel ratio (1 pixel become 4 pixels).

From my experiences with desktops, it often helps a lot - on my notebook, after some tweaking, I was able to comfortably play Witcher 2 with moderate graphic settings, thanks to running it @ 840x525 resolution (half of my 1680x1050 screen, stretched). It gave me stable 20-25 fps with moderate-to-high details, and, surprisingly, quite pleasant visual experience (much better than higher, but non native 1024x768) - while at 1:1 native resolution, it was ~3fps at lowest settings.

Scratch the above, if it's impossible to run HomeworldSDL in such low resolution - it just was my first though, when I encountered more serious stuttering during really massive battle in skirmish with CPU.

Sounds nice (especially first option)

/Estel