Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm

Template:Infobox Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (series) Key Points

Dawn of War and all of its expansions are highly modifiable and several high quality mods are available.

To unlock the original races for multiplayer, previous expansions must be installed to prompt unlocking. Alternatively, see this link.

Dawn of War previously used Gamespy, support for which was discontinued at the end of 2012 due to their takeover.

Multiplayer is still possible using LAN VPN services such as GameRanger or Hamachi.

General Information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for Dawn of War series

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 Modifications

Dawn of War has a "Game Manager", enabling switching between mods to be very easy.

Bug Fix Modification

Full details of this modification are here. Soulstorm was a very incomplete expansion, and due to the demise of Iron Lore Entertainment shortly after its release, there was little to no post-launch support.

• This mod intends to fix a majority of "obvious" bugs (such as upgrades doing less damage than their originals) and implements advanced Skirmish AI.
• Highly recommended for those who play solo (skirmish/campaign).
• Also recommended for those who play online, but all players must have this mod installed.

This mod breaks the Campaign for the Eldar Stronghold mission. (Fix provided on mod download page)

This mod breaks Campaign movies. (Fix provided on mod download page)

Dawn of War Professional

An extremely dedicated group of individuals put together this "alternative" version of Dawn of War. While an acquired taste and significantly different to the base game, it offers a more intricate and interesting experience, with unit roles switched up, some upgrades that were removed in expansions restored, and additional content created by the community. All units are designed to play a role until late game. The mod can be downloaded here.

Video Settings

Field Of View (FOV)

This fix will greatly enhance zoom capabilities.

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Vertical Sync (Vsync)

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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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