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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Publishers
Original THQ
Current Sega
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive
Engines
Essence Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows February 19, 2009
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2016[1]
Linux September 29, 2016[1]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II guide on StrategyWiki
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.
Space Hulk (series)
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (series)
Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance 2014
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team 2014
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (series)
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide 2015
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition 2015
Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion 2015
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War 2018
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Key points

Dawn of War II shares game files with Chaos Rising.

General information

Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series
Dawn of War Wiki
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
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
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macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.
Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.[2]

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GameAssets\Data\Movies\
  2. 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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
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
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
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Vertical sync (Vsync)

Turn Vsync on/off[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings
  2. Edit configuration.lua
  3. Find setting = "vsync"
  4. Change value = 0 to value = 1
  5. Save your changes. To reverse the change, change back to value = 0.

Input settings

Controls settings menu.
Controls settings menu.
Controls settings in game.
Controls settings in game.

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Custom keyboard binding

Custom keyboard binding[citation needed]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\
  2. Locate file _keydefaults.lua and open it in text editor (Notepad for example)
  3. Locate actions, you'd like to change and assign new keys to it.
  4. Save file as keydefaults.lua (without underscore).
Be sure to read notes in the file.

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3]
Czech
Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3]
French
German
Italian
Polish
Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3]
Russian
Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3]
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Removed in the Steamworks update.[2]
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.[4]

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Removed in the Steamworks update.[2]

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 67, 68
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

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.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
Dual Core (any 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 Radeon X1600
128 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 18 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
Intel HD Graphics 4000/5000 cards require 8 GB of RAM.
Linux
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
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.

References