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

Warnings

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Subseries of Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War	2004
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade	2006
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm	2008
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II	2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising	2010
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution	2011
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III	2017
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition	2025
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV	2026

General information

Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer 40,000 series

Dawn of War Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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]}

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

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\
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
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Saved Games\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/My Games/Dawn of War 2/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use `-window` command line argument.
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.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Turn Vsync on/off^{[citation needed]}
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`.

Input

Controls settings menu.

Controls settings in game.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Custom keyboard binding
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Custom keyboard binding

Custom keyboard binding^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
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.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
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
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
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

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.^[4]

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.

Unlocking GFWL achievements

Downgrading^[5]

Download this archive and extract it.
Copy the extracted content to <path-to-game> and overwrite the existing files. If present, also delete xlive.dll from the game's folder.
Launch the game from Steam and enter your key when the game asks. After you activate the game, matchmaking (and all achievements associated with it) becomes available once again.^[6]

This does not bypass neither remove Steam DRM. Steam is still required to run the game in addition to GFWL.

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)	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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)
	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
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	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
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	Intel 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	16 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon HD 6000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics series 512 MB of VRAM

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 - Chaos Rising Patch Notes/Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II - Chaos Rising™ General Discussions
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising 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

[feralporter-1] 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."

[Steamworks-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Patch Notes/Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II - Chaos Rising™ General Discussions

[SteamDB-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising on SteamDB

[4] Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive

[5] Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2020-08-10

[6] Cosminiion's video on all online GFWL components - last accessed on 2020-08-10

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Developers

	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	March 11, 2010
macOS (OS X)	September 29, 2016^[1]
Linux	September 29, 2016^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	85
IGDB	85