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'''General information''' | '''General information''' |
Revision as of 11:05, 16 February 2024
Developers | |
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Relic Entertainment | |
GOG.com | General Arcade[1] |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[2] |
Linux | Feral Interactive[2] |
Publishers | |
2009-2013 | THQ |
2013-present | Sega |
OS X, Linux | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Essence Engine 2.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 19, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | September 29, 2016[2] |
Linux | September 29, 2016[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 85 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RTS |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War |
Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series.
It shares game files with Chaos Rising, its first standalone expansion.
The 2023 GOG.com version 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
- 1d4chan's Article - A highly informative compendium for most things related to Warhammer and its related franchises
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
GOG.com | Grand Master Collection only; bundled with Chaos Rising, Retribution and most DLC for the latter. | |||
Humble Store | Master Collection and Grand Master Collection also available. | |||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [3] |
- Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.[4] See Downgrading to revert to the GFWL version.
- All non-Steam versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed] |
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amd_intro.avi dowii_intro_final.avi gfwl_logo.avi gw_logo_720p_divx1.avi nvidia_logo.avi relicintro_720p_divx.avi sega_logo_new_720p_divx.avi |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use -window command line argument. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Only on/off. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Turn Vsync on/off[citation needed] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See Custom keyboard binding | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Custom keyboard binding
Custom keyboard binding[citation needed] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[5] | |||
Czech | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[5] | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Local store version only. Fan translation also available. | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[5] | |||
Russian | Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[5] | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | Removed in the Steamworks update.[4] | |||
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.[6] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Removed in the Steamworks update.[4] |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 67, 68 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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.
Restoring LAN multi-player, direct IP connection and GFWL
Downgrading[7] |
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Game will not launch on system with more than 12 CPU cores
Install DOW2CoreFix |
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Download DOW2CoreFix Profiler.dll into the game's directory. This limit the game to only 12 CPU cores. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
OpenGL | Linux version | |
Shader Model support | 3.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Interface | Scaleform | |
Multiplayer | Games for Windows Live, Steamworks, Relic BattleServer |
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 | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon HD 6000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics series 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce 700 series AMD Radeon R9 200 series 2 GB of VRAM |
- Intel HD Graphics 4000/5000 cards require 8 GB of RAM.
- Nvidia cards require driver version 367.35, AMD and Intel GPUs require MESA 11.2.
Notes
- ↑ Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
References
- ↑ Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Grand Master Collection | General Arcade - last accessed on 2023-07-15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Feral Interactive on Twitter - last accessed on 2016-09-23
- "On September 29th, three grimdark games arrive on Mac and Linux — Warhammer® 40,000®: Dawn of War II®, Chaos Rising and Retribution."
- ↑ Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dawn of War II Patch Notes and Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II General Discussions
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on SteamDB
- ↑ Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive
- ↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2020-08-10
- ↑ Cosminiion's video on all online GFWL components - last accessed on 2020-08-10