Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War:
Dark Crusade

Developers
	Relic Entertainment
GOG.com	General Arcade
Publishers
2006-2013	THQ
2013-present	Sega
Release dates
Windows	October 9, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS, TBS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

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

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS and TBS game in the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series.

General information

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

Dawn of War Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.
		Master Collection.
GOG.com		Master Collection; bundled with Game of the Year Edition, Winter Assault, and Soulstorm.
Humble Store		Master Collection also available.
Steam		Master Collection also available.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)

A free demo version is available from GameFront.

Owners of retail copies can request a free Steam key from SEGA's UK support service.

To unlock the original races for multiplayer, Dawn of War (and Winter Assault if desired) must be installed (retail version) or merely owned on the same Steam account (Steam version) to prompt unlocking.

In the GOG.com version, all races are unlocked in multiplayer by default.

Essential improvements

Patches

• Patch 1.20 is the latest official patch for the retail version of the game, and requires patch 1.11 to be installed first.
• The Steam and GOG.com versions are on version 1.30, which is equivalent to 1.20 in terms of balance and gameplay - the only difference being Steamworks/Galaxy multiplayer used instead of GameSpy and LAN options.

Skip intro videos

Use the -nomovies command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Local.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4580/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Profiles\Profile*\dxp2\Singleplayer\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/4580/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Native support was added with this expansion, however it is still strongly recommended to use the Field of View change to remove the Vert-. HUD will stretch.
Multi-monitor			Not recommended despite function. If forced, HUD and main view are divided across screens.
Ultra-widescreen			HUD will stretch.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		See Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

This fix will greatly enhance zoom capabilities.

Field of view (FOV)[citation needed]
Download Camera Zoom Mod. Copy .lua file to <path-to-game>\Engine\Data\.

Windowed

Cursor may sometimes be unlocked to the game. Switch tasks to resolve.

Windowed[citation needed]
Run the game at least once to generate required .ini file. Open <path-to-game>\Local.ini. Change screenwindowed=0 to screenwindowed=1.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable vertical sync (Vsync)[citation needed]
Run the game at least once to generate required .ini file. Open <path-to-game>\Local.ini. Change screennovsync=0 to screennovsync=1.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Forcing AA via graphics driver will result in greater AA. INI fix is probably only 2x AA.

Forcing AA will render fonts blurry and harder to read.

Anti-aliasing (AA)[citation needed]
Run the game at least once to generate required .ini file. Open <path-to-game>\Local.ini. Change screenantialias=0 to screenantialias=1.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Can adjust scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Cursor-based game. Can invert pan when holding mouse button, but also affects x-axis.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, effects, voice, music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				Intro video is censored; this version of the intro was later brought to the Steam and GOG.com versions internationally.
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese				Fan translation.
Polish				Local retail version only, download
Russian				Local retail version only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus Removed from the Steam and GOG.com versions.
Online play		8	Versus The official GameSpy service has been shut down; Steam version has been updated with Steamworks support, while GOG.com uses Galaxy multiplayer. Steam and GOG Galaxy users can see each other, but not join each other's games.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Removed from the Steam and GOG.com versions.

Issues fixed

Spooge Driver Not Found

Edit configuration file
Go into <path-to-game>\Drivers Open spdx9_config.txt Scroll down to the used video card. Find the allowdevice 0 lines. Change the 0 to 1 on all the allowdevice 0 lines. Save the changes and run the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0b

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	GameSpy, Steamworks, GOG Galaxy	GameSpy in non-Steam versions only.

Mods

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

In general, mods work for both the patched retail (1.2) and Steam (1.3) versions of the game.

It is possible to run multiple modifications at once. For instructions, see here.

Dawn of War Professional

ModDB page

Gameplay and balance mod which significantly changes the game

Restores upgrades that were removed in expansions and includes additional content created by the community. All units are designed to play a role until late game.

System requirements

Windows
	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)	256 MB	512 MB
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