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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising cover
Developers
Relic Entertainment
Publishers
Original THQ
Current Sega
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive
Engines
Essence Engine 2.0|Essence Engine|Essence Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows March 11, 2010
macOS (OS X) September 29, 2016[1]
Linux September 29, 2016[1]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising guide on StrategyWiki
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising on Wikipedia
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
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 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

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.
General 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 the configuration file(s) location.
  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
French

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
6 Removed in the Steamworks update.[2]
Online play
6 Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.[3]

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Pagefile

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

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2, Vista SP1
Processor (CPU) P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core 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 X1600
128 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support

References