Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate

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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate cover
Developers
Random Games, Inc.
Publishers
Strategic Simulations, Inc.
GOG
Release dates
Windows October 31, 1998
 
 
Warhammer 40,000
Final Liberation 1997
Chaos Gate 1998
Rites of War 1999
Fire Warrior 2003
Dawn of War 2004
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade 2006
Dawn of War: Soulstorm 2008
Dawn of War II 2009
Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising 2010
Dawn of War II: Retribution 2011
Dawn of War II: Retribution - The Last Stand 2011
Space Marine 2011
Storm of Vengeance 2014
Kill Team 2014
Armageddon 2014
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2016
Eternal Crusade 2016
Dawn of War III 2017

Key points

Has compatibility issues on Windows 10.[1]
Has major performance issues on Windows 8.[citation needed]
Cannot use Alt+Tab ↹ while in-game
Requires additional modification in order to launch on modern versions of Windows.[citation needed]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
 
 
GOG.com
 
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate Updates contains all the currently released patches for the game.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Save_G

Video settings[edit]

Graphics option Option Notes
Widescreen resolution
Up to 1024x768 while playing.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Color blind mode

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse Native Notes
Remapping
Full rebinding in the options menu.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio CC Notes
English

Issues unresolved[edit]

Windows 10 compatibility problems[edit]

Has compatibility issues on Windows 10.[1]

Tooltip lag[edit]

Hovering tooltips can slow down the game immensely.

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes on startup[edit]

Comptability mode[citation needed]

Enable the following compatibility settings for WH40K.exe located in <path-to-game>.

  • Compatibility mode Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
  • Run in 256 colors (XP/Vista/7)
  • Disable visual themes (XP/Vista/7)
  • Disable desktop composition (XP/Vista/7)
  • Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
  • Run this program as an administrator

Crash to desktop on Chaos turn[edit]

Editing WeapDef.dat[citation needed]
Make a backup of the WeapDef.dat file before editing.
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Data\
  2. Open WeapDef.dat with a text editor.
  3. Go to line 201 and change PlazPistHit.wav to PlazpistHit.wav.
  4. Save changes.
If the crashing persists change the following lines as well
  1. Go to line 165 and change 4 #Animation to 5 #Animation.
  2. Go to line 200 and change 2 #Number of Sound Effects for Firing to 1 #Number of Sound Effects for Firing.
  3. Go to line 202 and add # to the beginning of the line.

Graphical corruption[edit]

See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbgp5kHheu8 for further fixes.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium 133 MHz or Equivalent
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 80 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Windows 10 Issue, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com