Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
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Developers | |
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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] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 85 |
IGDB | 81 |
Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
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 |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
- All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.
- Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.[2] See Downgrading to revert to the GFWL version.
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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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 |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 | ||||
Hungarian | Local store version only. Fan translation also available. | |||
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 |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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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 |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Removed in the Steamworks update.[2] |
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.
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.
Unlocking GFWL achievements
Downgrading[5] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dawn of War II Patch Notes and Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II General Discussions
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II on SteamDB
- ↑ Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2020-08-10
- ↑ Cosminiion's video on all online GFWL components - last accessed on 2020-08-10