Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Subseries of Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War	2004
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade	2006
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm	2008
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising	2010
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution	2011
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III	2017

Key points

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

General information

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Improvements

Skip Intro Videos

Company logo videos or the game's intro can be skipped used a launch command in the game's shortcut or through Steam's "Launch Options".

Instructions

Game data

Save game location

Profile and configuration data is also saved to this location.

Video settings

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Issues and Fixes

Pagefile

Dawn of War II will not run unless you have a pagefile of at least 1.5 GB in size.

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.

Trouble installing Games For Windows Live

Download and install this Microsoft fix.