Control mode: production panel with ship preview

Homeworld 3 · Battle / Tactics

Art style Realistic 3D

Homeworld 3 - Control mode: production panel with ship preview

About this game

Developer: Blackbird Interactive · Publisher: Gearbox Publishing · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

Control mode shows the other half of the production panel: with a ship selected in the world (CONTROL MODE label, reticle, health bars), the panel pairs the build list with a Ship Preview blueprint annotated with its docking system and weapon system array, so choosing what to build and inspecting what you own happen in one place. Costs run 60 for Recon, 120 for Interceptor, 150 for Fleet Bomber, 800 for Resource Controller, and 50 for Probe. Frame at about 3:36 in the Overview Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

side-panel detail-card cost-list hud-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

List Vitals bar Marker

Screen inventory

  • in-world CONTROL MODE label
  • selection reticle and health bars
  • Ship Preview blueprint with docking system and weapon system array annotations
  • collapse panel button
  • Strikecraft and Utility sections
  • Recon, Interceptor, Fleet Bomber, Resource Controller, Probe rows with costs

Top 3 colors

#3e3c63 26%#24294e 23%#424b7e 16%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Blackbird Interactive / Gearbox Publishing, Homeworld 3 screenshot: Overview Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Gearbox Publishing.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-31. verified 2026-10-31: frame extracted from the official Overview Trailer (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real game UI (control mode and production panel) confirmed visible

no published policy found (checked 2026-10-21); fair-use study use, takedown honored within 48h

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