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===Pagefile===
 
Dawn of War II will not run unless you have a pagefile of at least 1.5 GB in size.
 
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 set "-disablepagefilecheck" as startparameter, then it should run.
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===General troubleshooting steps===
 
===General troubleshooting steps===

Revision as of 05:48, 1 September 2014

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
Publishers
THQ
Engines
Essence Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows February 19, 2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
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Key points

Dawn of War II and its stand-alone expansion, Chaos Rising, share game files.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Steam
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
All versions require Steam and Games for Windows - LIVE.
The Steam version is being transitioned to Steamworks (currently in open beta).[1]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15620/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/15620/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Input settings

Controls settings menu.
Controls settings in game.

Template:Input settings

Custom keyboard binding

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Network

Online features require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).
A Steamworks beta is available.[1]

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Due to be removed in the Steamworks update.[1]
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Due to be removed in the Steamworks update.[1]

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.

General troubleshooting steps

GFWL is a typical Microsoft program, and can have several supporting runtimes which must be installed and up to date.
  1. Run Windows Update to ensure you have the latest updates and fixes. This may also install some of the following runtimes.
  2. Download and install the latest C++ Redist, available from the Microsoft Website.
  3. Download and install the latest .NET framework, available from the Microsoft Website.
  4. ownload and install the latest version of the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, available from the Microsoft Website.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU) P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
1.5 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT
ATI X1600
128 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/15620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (15620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References