Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
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⤏ Go to series page |
Space Hulk (series) |
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Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000 |
1997 |
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War |
1999 |
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior |
2003 |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance |
2014 |
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team |
2014 |
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide |
2015 |
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition |
2015 |
Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion |
2015 |
The Horus Heresy (series) |
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Carnage Champions |
2016 |
Eisenhorn: Xenos |
2016 |
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade |
2016 |
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach |
2017 |
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf |
2017 |
Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade |
2017 |
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor |
2018 |
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War |
2018 |
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus (series) |
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Necromunda (series) |
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Warhammer 40,000: Battle Sister |
2020 |
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition |
2021 |
Adeptus Titanicus: Dominus |
2021 |
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector |
2021 |
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide |
2022 |
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef |
2022 |
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun |
2023 |
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader |
2023 |
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
- 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]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\GameAssets\Data\Movies\
- 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
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\ |
macOS (OS X) |
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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) |
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Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games/ |
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Turn Vsync on/off[citation needed]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings
- Edit
configuration.lua
- Find
setting = "vsync"
- Change
value = 0 to value = 1
- Save your changes. To reverse the change, change back to
value = 0 .
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Input settings
Controls settings in game.
Template:Input settings
Custom keyboard binding
Custom keyboard binding[citation needed]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\
- Locate file
_keydefaults.lua and open it in text editor (Notepad for example)
- Locate actions, you'd like to change and assign new keys to it.
- Save file as
keydefaults.lua (without underscore).
- Be sure to read notes in the file.
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Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3] |
Czech |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3] |
French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3] |
Russian |
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Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.[3] |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
LAN play |
| Removed in the Steamworks update.[2] |
Online play |
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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
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 |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP SP2, Vista SP1 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
| AMD Athlon 64x2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo |
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 Shader model 3.0 support |
References