If the game is crashing when you try and play against a CPU that is a different faction as you add -mod to the end of the target string

H:\Homeworld2\Bin\Release\Homeworld2.exe -mod PLANETPACK.Big,SWSOUND.Big,SWMUSIC.Big,GENHODS.Big,SHIPHODS.Big,CORE.Big -luatrace -hardwareCursor" -mod