Difference between revisions of "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War"
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Revision as of 19:10, 9 March 2014
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Relic Entertainment | |
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Release dates | |
Windows | September 20, 2004 |
Warnings
Key points
- Expansions are highly modifiable and several high quality mods are available.
- Dawn of War and its expansion, Winter Assault, share game files.
- Multiplayer is still possible using LAN VPN services such as GameRanger or Hamachi.
- Dawn of War previously used GameSpy, support for which was discontinued at the end of 2012 due to their takeover.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Essential improvements
Higher resolution models
- These enhancements are significantly more performance intensive. Ensure your PC is significantly more powerful than the recommended system specifications to ensure there is no loss of performance.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
Template:Game data/row
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- This fix works only for versions 1.2 and 1.3. This will NOT work for Steam version because it is patched to 1.51. You can still use this fix and get game run in your native resolution, but game will be in 4:3 with black bars on sides.
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- This fix works for the latest version of DoW.
- The minimap becomes half unusable with this fix. Also, editing the binaries might trigger anti-cheat protection.
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Field of view (FOV)
- This fix will greatly enhance zoom capabilities.
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Instructions |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
- Forcing AA will render fonts blurry and harder to read.
- Forcing AA via graphics driver will result in greater AA. INI fix is probably only 2x AA.
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Input settings
Audio settings
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon XP processor | 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4.5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | nVidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500 64 MB of VRAM |
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