Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising is the first standalone expansion pack for the 2009 strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. It shares game files with the base game. Despite all this, it is classified as a DLC in the Games for Windows Live version.[3] It includes the Chaos Space Marines playable faction, new units, heroes, missions and maps.
The game was migrated from Games for Windows - LIVE to Steamworks online services in first in a beta branch on June 27, 2014[4], and on the main branch on September 4, 2014.[5] The GOG.com version from July 7, 2023 is isolated from the Steam playerbase and can only be used to connect to GOG Galaxy users.
General information
- Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series
- Dawn of War Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.[5] See Downgrading to revert to the GFWL version.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[7]
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- 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
- For the Games for Windows LIVE version,
gfwl_logo.avi may also be removed or renamed.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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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\Saved Games\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/Dawn of War 2/ |
Video
Turn Vsync on/off[8]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings
- Edit
configuration.lua .
- Find
{{{1}}} .
- Change
value = 0 to value = 1
- Save the changes. To reverse the change, change back to
value = 0 .
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Input
Controls settings in game.
Custom keyboard binding
{{Fixbox|description=Edit configuration file|ref=[citation needed]|fix=
- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
_keydefaults.lua
with a text editor.
- Locate actions to change and assign new keys to them.
- Save file as
keydefaults.lua
(without underscore).
- Be sure to read notes in the file.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[9] |
Czech |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[9] |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[9] |
Russian |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[9] |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
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Removed in the Steamworks update.[5] |
Online play |
| 6 |
Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.[10] |
Connection types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Pagefile
- The game may not run unless a pagefile of at least 1.5 GB in size is present on the computer. This can be worked around.
Restoring LAN multi-player, direct IP connection and GFWL
Downgrading[11]
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- Download this archive and extract it.
- Copy the extracted content to
<path-to-game> and overwrite the existing files. If present, also delete xlive.dll from the game's folder.
- Launch the game from Steam and enter the key when the game asks. After activating the game, matchmaking (and all achievements associated with it) becomes available once again.[12]
- This does not bypass neither remove Steam DRM. Steam is still required to run the game in addition to GFWL.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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Shader Model support |
3.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
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Interface |
Scaleform |
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Multiplayer |
Games for Windows Live, Steamworks, Relic BattleServer |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2 |
Vista SP1 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Dual Core (any processor) |
Intel Core 2 Duo series AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
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 |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.10.5 |
10.11.5 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 1.8 GHz
| Intel 2.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
18 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
512 MB of VRAM
| 1 GB of VRAM |
- Intel HD Graphics 4000/5000 cards require 8 GB of RAM.
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS 2.0 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel 2.0 GHz
| Intel 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon HD 6000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics series 512 MB of VRAM | |
- Nvidia cards require driver version 367.35, AMD and Intel GPUs require MESA 11.2.
References