Warhammer 40k Dawn Of War 2

Warhammer twoscore,000: Dawn of War II
Developers

	Relic Entertainment
macOS (Os X)	Feral Interactive^[1]
Linux	Feral Interactive^[1]
Publishers
Original	THQ
Current	Sega
OS 10, Linux	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Essence Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows	February xix, 2009
macOS (OS Ten)	September 29, 2016^[1]
Linux	September 29, 2016^[i]
Reception
Metacritic	85
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-fourth dimension game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird'southward-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Warhammer forty,000: Dawn of War
Subseries of Warhammer xl,000
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War	2004
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Nighttime Cause	2006
Warhammer forty,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm	2008
Warhammer forty,000: Dawn of War II	2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Anarchy Ascent	2010
Warhammer xl,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution	2011
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III	2017

Key points

Dawn of War 2 shares game files with Anarchy Rising.

General information

Lexicanum - A huge wiki for the Warhammer forty,000 serial

Dawn of State of war Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

1d4chan's Article - A highly informative compendium for most things related to Warhammer and its related franchises

Availability [edit]

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

Games for Windows - LIVE DRM has been removed.^[3] See Downgrading to revert to the GFWL version.

Essential improvements [edit]

Skip intro videos [edit]

Instructions ^{[commendation needed]}
Become to `<path-to-game>\GameAssets\Data\Movies\` Move, delete or rename the following files. 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

Instructions ^{[commendation needed]}

Become to <path-to-game>\GameAssets\Data\Movies\
Move, delete or rename the following files.

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 [edit]

Configuration file(s) location [edit]

System	Location
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 of operations Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location [edit]

Organisation	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\
macOS (Bone 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 [edit]

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

Video [edit]

Graphics settings.

Vertical sync (Vsync) [edit]

Plow Vsync on/off ^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings` Edit `configuration.lua` Find `setting = "vsync"` Modify `value = 0` to `value = ane` Save your changes. To reverse the modify, modify dorsum to `value = 0`.

Input [edit]

Controls settings menu.

Controls settings in game.

Custom keyboard binding [edit]

Custom keyboard binding ^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\` Locate file `_keydefaults.lua` and open information technology in text editor (Notepad for case) Locate actions, yous'd similar to change and assign new keys to information technology. Salve file as `keydefaults.lua` (without underscore). Be sure to read notes in the file.

Custom keyboard binding ^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dawn of War 2\Settings\
Locate file _keydefaults.lua and open information technology in text editor (Notepad for case)
Locate actions, yous'd similar to change and assign new keys to information technology.
Salve file as keydefaults.lua (without underscore).

Be sure to read notes in the file.

Audio [edit]

Audio settings.

Sound feature	Country	Notes
Separate book controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese				Available on Steam, despite not existence stated in the store page.^[4]
Czech				Available on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[4]
French
German
Hungarian				Local store version only. Fan translation also available.
Italian
Polish				Bachelor on Steam, despite not being stated in the store page.^[4]
Russian				Bachelor on Steam, despite not being stated in the shop folio.^[four]
Spanish

Network [edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		Removed in the Steamworks update.^[three]
Online play		six	Co-op, Versus 2 players for Campaign Co-op, iii players for the Last Stand gamemode. Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.^[5]

Connection types

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	67, 68

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support condition is unknown.

VR back up [edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed [edit]

Pagefile [edit]

Dawn of War Ii will not run unless you have a pagefile of at least ane.v GB in size. If y'all have problem with it use the -disablepagefilecheck command line statement, then it should run.

Unlocking GFWL achievements [edit]

Downgrading^[half-dozen]
Download this archive and extract it. Re-create the extracted content to `<path-to-game>` and overwrite the existing files. If present, as well delete `xlive.dll` from the game's folder. Launch the game from Steam and enter your primal when the game asks. Subsequently you activate the game, matchmaking (and all achievements associated with it) becomes available in one case once more.^[7] This does non bypass neither remove Steam DRM. Steam is still required to run the game in addition to GFWL.

Downgrading^[half-dozen]

Download this archive and extract it.
Re-create the extracted content to <path-to-game> and overwrite the existing files. If present, as well delete xlive.dll from the game's folder.
Launch the game from Steam and enter your primal when the game asks. Subsequently you activate the game, matchmaking (and all achievements associated with it) becomes available in one case once more.^[7]

This does non bypass neither remove Steam DRM. Steam is still required to run the game in addition to GFWL.

Other information [edit]

API [edit]

Executable	32-fleck	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware [edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Interface	Scaleform
Multiplayer	Games for Windows Live, Steamworks, Relic BattleServer

Organisation requirements [edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (Os)	XP SP2	Vista SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium iv iii.2 GHz Dual Core (any processor)	Intel Core two Duo series AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
System memory (RAM)	ane GB (XP) 1.5 GB (Vista)	ii GB
Hd (HDD)	6.v 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 arrangement (Bone)	10.10.v	10.11.5
Processor (CPU)	Intel i.viii GHz	Intel ii.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	18 GB
Video bill of fare (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM	ane GB of VRAM

Intel HD Graphics 4000/5000 cards require 8 GB of RAM.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu xvi.04, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel ii.0 GHz
System retentiveness (RAM)	iv GB
Hard disk drive drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon Hard disk 6000 series Intel Iris Pro Graphics series 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 700 series AMD Radeon R9 200 series ii GB of VRAM

Intel HD Graphics 4000/5000 cards require eight GB of RAM.

Nvidia cards require driver version 367.35, AMD and Intel GPUs require MESA xi.2.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.ane ^1.2 ^1.3 Feral Interactive on Twitter - final 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."
↑ Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
↑ ^3.0 ^3.i ^3.2 Dawn of State of war II Patch Notes and Updates :: Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of State of war® Two General Discussions
↑ ^iv.0 ^iv.ane ^4.2 ^4.three Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Two on SteamDB
↑ Calico - FAQs | Feral Interactive
↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2020-08-10
↑ Cosminiion's video on all online GFWL components - terminal accessed on 2020-08-ten