Difference between revisions of "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II"

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Warnings

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Key points

Dawn of War II shares game files with Chaos Rising.

General information

Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series

Dawn of War Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

1d4chan's Article - A highly informative compendium for most things related to Warhammer and its related franchises

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Mac App Store
Steam

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.^[2]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\GameAssets\Data\Movies\
Move, delete or rename the following files.

amd_intro.avi
dowii_intro_final.avi
gw_logo_720p_divx1.avi
sega_logo_new_720p_divx.avi
relicintro_720p_divx.avi

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/Dawn of War 2/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Turn Vsync on/off^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings` Edit `configuration.lua` Find `setting = "vsync"` Change `value = 0` to `value = 1` Save your changes. To reverse the change, change back to `value = 0`.

Input settings

Controls settings menu.

Controls settings in game.

Template:Input settings

Custom keyboard binding

Custom keyboard binding^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\
Locate file _keydefaults.lua and open it in text editor (Notepad for example)
Locate actions, you'd like to change and assign new keys to it.
Save file as keydefaults.lua (without underscore).

Be sure to read notes in the file.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[3]
Czech				Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[3]
French
German
Italian
Polish				Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[3]
Russian				Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[3]
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		Removed in the Steamworks update.^[2]
Online play		6	Co-op, Versus 2 players for Campaign Co-op, 3 players for the Last Stand gamemode. Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.^[4]

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Removed in the Steamworks update.^[2]

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	67, 68

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Pagefile

Dawn of War II will not run unless you have a pagefile of at least 1.5 GB in size. If you have trouble with it use the -disablepagefilecheck command line argument, then it should run.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor	AMD Athlon 64x2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named feralporter
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dawn of War II Patch Notes and Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II General Discussions
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on SteamDB
↑ Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive

[feralporter-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named feralporter

[Steamworks-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dawn of War II Patch Notes and Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II General Discussions

[SteamDB-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on SteamDB

[4] Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive

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Developers

	Relic Entertainment
Publishers
Original	THQ
Current	Sega
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Essence Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows	February 19, 2009
macOS (OS X)	September 29, 2016^[1]
Linux	September 29, 2016^[1]