Dawn of War 2: Warhammer 40.000 ( Bloody & Epic ): v3.0 released!

**Z405** · 27th Jun 10 11:12 AM

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* New Accuracy / To Hit system.

Average Space Marine To Hit chance: (Ranged & Melee)
tiny: 33%
small: 50%
medium: 66%
large: 83%
huge: 100%

Average Eldar To Hit chance: (Ranged & Melee)
tiny: 16%
small: 33%
medium: 50%
large: 66%
huge: 83%

Average Ork To Hit chance: (Ranged)
tiny: 0%
small: 16%
medium: 33%
large: 50%
huge: 66%

Average Ork To Hit chance: (Melee)
tiny: 33%
small: 50%
medium: 66%
large: 83%
huge: 100%

Unit Size:

Tiny = Rippers
Small = Average Eldar, Ork and Tyranid
Medium = Space Marines, Chaos Marines, Nobs, Warriors, Raveners, Turrets
Large = Terminators, Juggernauts, Warboss, Hive Tyrant, Tyrant Guard, Generators, Listening Posts
Huge = Vehicles, Dreadnoughts, Carnifex, Avatar, Greater Unclean One, HQ

etc.

Because of this new accuracy system, battles are not only more true to the fluff, but will also last longer. Keep in mind that heroes will have a much higher chance of hitting an enemy, depending on their W40k Ballisitic Skill or Weapon Skill.

* Units begin at maximum strength, their full squad capacity. This is mostly done since alot of players will be fighting against the AI and because of starting with full squads, AI will provide some greater challenge.

* Added new units! Sternguards, Vanguards for Space Marines and Chaos Terminators for Chaos!

* Thanks to OneProduct, choosing FFA and TFFA will no longer cause a .scar error.

* Removed price cost of both Tier 2 and 3 upgrades, so players can focus more on upgrading and buying units. Hero Level Requirement is still present. FC in Terminator Armour will now begin at lv3, no longer disabling Tier 2 and 3 units.

* New Khorne Bezekers models added, made by Shuma. (technically the model represents a Khorne Lord)

* Increased Jump, Teleport and Burrow range. Even though W40K tabletop rules say otherwise, i felt it was needed to give "fast attack" that extra needed edge.

* Reduced all solo HUGE labeled units their health to double that of the vanilla amount. Vehicles, Dreadnoughts, Avatars and such will still be strong, but not insanely strong. Play Tactical!

* Cover defensive bonus provides MORE cover. Stay in cover!!!

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Greetings Relic Forum,

i've taken the liberty to create my own variant on a Table-Top-ish approach. I wanted MultiPlayer to be more akin to Warhammer40k, sadly without it being turnbased, because that's way out of my knowledge how to make that happen. Anyway, i've taken my own approach, there are more mods out there that are trying to make the game more like w40k and this is what i think it should be like. I will adress all the edits i made and throw in a few vids for those with a visual apetite, which can be viewed here:

EPIC ALL OUT BATTLE @ YOUTUBE

SPACE MARINE Preview @ YOUTUBE

That should suffice, though in short, if you like bloody, messy epic large-scaled battles, then this mod is for you.

(and yes, strangely the sound is out of sync)

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Abilities

Abilities

*I've added one special new "ability" which disallows certain races, under the certain requirements, to upgrade in the field. Apart from Tyranids, which can "evolve" anywhere on the field, all the other armies must be near their HQ to be able to upgrade their units. (when you cannot upgrade, all the upgrade icons will have dissapeared from view; this will NOT update by itself, you`ll need to deselect the unit you are viewing and reselect it to be able to upgrade it).

* Certain armies have field upgrade possibilities (these are often spawners as well). The Razorback, the Falcon, The Trukk, the WebWay Gate, Techmarine Beacon, Ork Teleport Poll Banners and Chaos Champions (whom by default have a Chaos Icon of their favoured God allowing field reinforcement as well) all provide a small upgrade radius. Tyranids are the only race that can upgrade in the field without resorting to spawner entities etc.

* Throwing grenades has become alot more fun. Instead of throwing one grenade, your entire squad will shower your foes with multitude of explosives. Damage has been compensated.

* Generaly speaking, Global Requisition, referred to by some as "Red" or "Waaagh" has been used in different ways. Most Global Abilities no longer have a cost at all, so they can be used at your leisure. Global Requisition is now to fuel upgrades and the purchase of units tagged as either HQ, ELITE or DEDICATED TRANSPORT. (dedicated transport cost global requisition because, unlike the other buildable units, these are one of the few units without a squad cap.)

* All units capable of either jumping, teleporting or burrowing have received a passive jump, teleport or burrow move and charge. The Force Commander in particular already starts of using a rendered model of the Teleporter, but this only enables him to use passive teleports; if you want to actually teleport, you`ll need to buy the upgrade itself. Jumping, Teleporting and Burrow moves through the ability have their range adjusted so that it mimics the range allowed by rules of W40k.

* Almost every unit, once they receive squad leader, will be able to toss grenades and or meltabombs, as well as using the And They Shall Know No Fear or Swamp Em abilities. All units according to the Codex that are fearless have a much lower chance of getting supressed and even if they do, their courage regeneration is much higher. The Eldar can use the Fleet of Foot ability to escape supression.

* Tyranid Synapse allows the swarms to become immune to supression. Synapse Creatures themselves can be supressed, but will recover quite quickly. Best way to deal with swarms is to kill the Synapse Creature first, as this will also cause knockdown on the entire swarm.

* Some Global abilities have been changed. Tyranid Mycetic Spores can be used to drop 3 Squads in the battlefield. The Ravener can call in 3 Hormagaunt broods and the Lictor 3 Genestealer broods. Keep in mind that these units still count towards the TROOPS cap, so you cannot use Without Number or these Mycetic Spores when you have more than 4 TROOP choices in the field.

* Instead of summoning Bloodletters, the Chaos Sorcerer can summon a squad of 9 Thousand Sons unto the field of battle, which can directly reinforce themselves up to 18 units should you wish to do so.

* Almost every non vehicle unit can ressurrect a commander.

Projectiles

EBPS PVP Races

EBPS PVP Races

* Next to building Generators near a Power Node, players can now finally build a much desired supression turret with a shooting radius of 360 degrees. Actually, ALL turrets, have receives this improved radius. Handle with care. You can consider building 3 Turrets around a Power Node instead of 3 Generators, the choice is yours. Turrets will automatically spawn without build time, but will cost you Global Requisition as well as Power. Turrets have no cap and do not count towards your population.

* Spawning Pools, WebWay Gates and even the Ork Teleporter Banner have become spawners. You can now reinforce near these positions as well as mark them as a point of retreatment. All these devices have small power cost and a small global requisition cost.

* All units have an increased charge range, the range has been increased to 24, to mimic the 6" charge range from the TableTop experience. To mimic Furious Charges i've given these units a high probably of knocking down enemies upon completion of the charge move. Other units with high initiative have receives an increased melee skill upon completing a charge. These units will perform alot of of special attacks when in combat. Furious Charge is mostly used by Khorne Bezekers as well as alot of Orks and the occasional frenzied Tyranid frontliner. On a side note, i've enabled all units, killed in melee by a final melee blow, to die a synchronised death move. Sit back and enjoy the show.

* All units have increased sight range (and detectors have their detector sight range increased) to aid their increased shooting range. Weapon range has now been increased accordingly to the W40k rules. For instance, Lascannons can shoot almost over the entire battlefield. Fire Prism cannons can even go beyond this. You will experience an entirely new form of battle; long ranged fire fights, which makes for impressive visuals. Keep in mind that every army has its fair share of long ranged weaponry and ofcourse, please try to play it as tactically as possible. Do not charge units miles away from you without using LOS exploitations, unless you want to lose.

* Corpses and Blood, Blood and Corpses. We all love it, so do i. The Blood God is pleased with the amount of blood spilled on the battlefield and i helped him a hand in maintaining this visual gore fest. Corpses will remain on the battlefield for 10 minutes and then dissapear. Well, i had to make a small compensation for those with lousy pc's, such as myself, i`m playing my mod with Medium settings. Anyway, blood will be dropped upon kills and it will stay on the ground until the end of times, or well, until you quit the match.

* Unit cost has been adjusted according to W40k rule books. All units will have the same cost as they do in their respective army rules. For instance, a single Ork Boy will cost you 6 points of requisition; a Guardian will cost 8 points of requisition; a Terminator wil cost 40 points of requisition. Some units will also cost power, this is for extra wargear choices. Units that cost Global Requisition as well as normal requisition and power, are either HQ, ELITE or DEDICATED TRANSPORT. Also, each unit will add as much population to your maximum as it costs requisition. So, an Ork Boy of 6 requisition points, also adds 6 points to your population total. This is so that you can mimic the Warhammer 40k battle point system, where you can agree on playing either a 500, 1000 or 1500 point battle or even more. As for my mod, next to choosing the amount of victory points played for, you can also choose with how big an army you`ll want to play, point wise. You can also choose in the menu which Tier will be the maximum. Perhaps you want to play a victory point based game for 500 victory points, with a 1000 point army, with players only be able to use Tier 1 and Tier 2 units.

* Since unit cost has been decreased, it is only natural that the amount of resources and power gathered from your HQ and Strategic Locations is minimised as well. You`ll find that you`ll still have plenty of resources available, but it has been scaled down towards the renewed point cost. Also, when starting a new game, like with all Warhammer 40k battles and army choices, you will begin with 1 HQ choice and 2 Troop Choices. I've taken the liberty to provide you with a second troop choice, but in return, ive reduced the starting amount of requisition to 0. Important to note, that while Eldar's socalled second troop choice by vanilla standards where the Banshees, these fatal women are in fact, Elite units, which now cost global requisition. So instead you`ll be provided with Rangers, which are, equally lethal (in their own well used way) due to their increased sniper range.

* Chaos Dreadnoughts can become crazed regardless of their weapon upgrade. And... Khorne Bezekers as well. While these guys cannot retreat from battle, they receive a high melee skill bonus when furiously charging into combat and you can decide for them to become crazed. Blood for the Blood God, even if the Blood is your own.

Formation & Squad Distribution

RACEBPS

SBPS PVP Races

SBPS PVP Races

* Well, like i said, squad sizes have increased to the max. You`ll start ov with the smallest amount allowed by the rules. Orks start with mobs of 10, Marines with squads of 5 etc. Those familiar with the rules will feel right at home. I've also done ALOT of UI editting, like adding alot of lore oriented background as well as for the choosable upgrades. Most importantly you`ll see in the description values what type of unit it is, HQ, ELITES, TROOPS, FAST ATTACK, HEAVY SUPPORT or DEDICATED TRANSPORTS. Each unit will have a squad cap according to the rules as well. For instance, building a 1 squad of Devastators, and 2 Predators, will disallow you to build any more HEAVY SUPPORT marked units until one of those 3 is destroyed. You can build any combination you like, but 3 HEAVY SUPPORT choices is the max. This goes FOR ALL types.

* For those not familiar with the W40k rules, your commander is 1 HQ choice, next to the commander you can make 1 more HQ choice, if your current commander allows this. (some commanders, like the plaguemarine are the only unit in the Chaos army that can field the Great Unclean One, while the Hive Tyrant is the only unit in the Tyranid Army that may feeld Tyrant Guards etc). So for Space Marines, next to the commander being the 1st HQ choice, you can field a second HQ choice, which for them, is the Librarian. You can select 3 ELITES choices. Once you've made 3 choices (regardless of what type of combination) you`ll have reached the squad cap for the Elites mentioning that you`ll need less than 3 ELITES choices in order to build another ELITES unit. Then we have the TROOPS choices, you can field 6 of these, in any combination and then once again, you reach a cap. (important to note that i've considered Tyranid Rippers, while marked as a TROOPS choice, not worthy enough to count towards a TROOPS choice. These Rippers will never count towards the squad cap of 6 TROOPS) Then onto the FAST ATTACK choices, you can build 3 of those, again in any combination, but as all armies only have 1 FAST ATTACK unit, you can simply build 3 of the same and then you reach the cap. (again, important to note, Spore Mines are considered FAST ATTACK as well, but, while they are marked FAST ATTACK in my mod as well, these, like the Rippers, can be build without end and will never count towards any squad cap, allthough population cap is still in order.) And finally, the above mentioned HEAVY SUPPORT of which you can make 3 choices before the squad cap kicking in. There's also the option to build DEDICATED TRANSPORT. These have NO squad cap, but because these are considered special, and quite annoying on the battlefield en masse, ive added a little global requisition cost to them.

* Its worth mentioning that some units can now actually reinforce themelves, whereas in vanilla dow2 MP, they were solo units. The Ork DeffDread, is now classified as a Killa Kan, and comes in squad formation of max 3 units. The Carnifex is considered a brood and you can field 3 of them as a single unit. Meaning you`ll be able to field 3 broods consisting of 3 Carnifexes as 3 HEAVY SUPPORT choices. Yikes. Lictors broods, reinforce them up to 3, as well as Zoantrope Broods, reinforce them to 3. Finally, the Bloodcrushers, reinforce these babies up to 8, the sacred number of Khorne. Go forth and spill blood.

* Its perhaps also worth noting that certain units can only be build with a certain commander, for instance. The Chaos Lord will only be able to build Khorne oriented units and daemons, while the Nurgle Champion is the only commander that can build the Great Unclean One or field Plague Marines as troopers. The Tzeentch Sorcerer is the only unit to field the might of the Thousand Sons and instead of summoning Bloodletters as the global ability, he will teleport a squad of 9 Thousand Sons unto the field of battle. Also, the Hive Tyrant is the only commander that can field Tyrant Guards... duh, otherwise they would have been named Ravener Guards or Deathleaper guards.

Tuning

UPGRADES

UPGRADES

* The upgrade system has changed a little. Like i said, you can only upgrade near spawners if you are a regular army. The only armies that can upgrade in the field are Chaos because of their Champion with Favoured Icons. The Chaos HQ units are considered to already have a personal icon, so they can receive their unholy blessing by the Dark Gods in the field. Sorcerers from within the warp stand ever ready to teleport the much needed equipment to their battle "brothers". Tyranids evolve on the battlefield, ever adjusting and the other armies simply need DEDICATED TRANSPORTS or other reinforce type of devices that can allow you to upgrade in the field.

* That being said, the most interesting changes are that of cost. Again, the cost of wargear has been made so that it mimics the W40k rules. As an example, you can build a Tactical Marine squad and reinforce it to have 7 Marines. Then you upgrade your squad with 1 Sergeant, 1 SPECIAL weapon choice and 1 HEAVY weapon choice. Like with squad caps, every combination is possible, so have fun. This also counts for Devastators. According to the rules these badasses can field 4 HEAVY weapons; building a Devastator squad in my mod will field 4 Bolter Marines and 1 Corporal, then you can uprade your squad with any type of HEAVY weapon you wish, though 4 is the max. 2 Heavy Bolters, 1 Plasma Cannon and 1 Lascannon? No problem, just select the upgrades and the models will be teleported to your side, providing that you are near a spawner radius which also allows you to upgrade. Perhaps you rather choose 3 Lascannons and 1 Missile Launcher? Again, just select it. Another important note is that units like Sergeants, or Squad Leaders for every army, as well as units which are teleported into play carrying a special or heavy weapon, will die LAST. This might come in handy as well as being less frustrating to have your squad leader dying and needing to pay the extra global requisition.

* Thats right, ALL upgrades, next to the normal codex approved costs, will cost global requisition. For clarity, wargear upgrades cost power, where as the units themselves cost requisition. A Devastator unit will cost 16 points of requisition, but you`ll also have to pay up 35 points of power for a might lascannon. And then, you`ll also have to pay global requisition. Commander upgrades only cost Global Requisition and you`ll notice that i have not mimiced their cost of the w40k TT rules, simply because these guys can buy upgrades which aren't even mentioned in the w40k rules, so i decided not to treat them in another way. Also, Tier 2 costs 500 global requisition (and your hero needs to be at least lv2), Tier 3 costs 500 global requisition (your hero needs to be at least lv3) and the army nuke costs 1000 global requisition.

* I spoke of description edits, while these do not mention anything useful regarding their dmg, you can simply follow this simple rule. A weapon will have the description of being HEAVY, ASSAULT, RAPID FIRE or CLOSE COMBAT, marked in blue text. Heavy weapons can only be fired when stationery, Assault weapons can be fired on the move and Rapid Fire weapons do double dmg within medium-short range.

WEAPONS

Please keep in mind, this mod will provide you with the most fun when played against other real people. The AI is shit, so don't suspect any form of challenge when playing against these guys, although, 1 real player vs 3 AI controlled, might be interesting, or FFA can stil be fun.

Final Note towards people i'd like to thank:

-Copernicus: it's his tool and his tool alone that provided me with the will to actually make this mod, if i had to do this with the old tools, i would have cried myself to sleep, with a repeat action set to 0.

-OneProduct: is there anything this guy doesnt know? seriously, i've learned alot thanks to you and in a way, if it werent for you, i probably would never have completed the mod in this state it is now. Most importantly, thank you for your work in enabling my mod to let players choose how much population cap will be used in the game through the menu.

-Shuma: your models are the craziest, and well, the only models available hehe. Thanks alot for your awesome models, especially the amazing Thousand Sons and devilish Khorne looks.

-Hanger8: for his superb looking badges mod, no selfrespecting w40k fan can do without!

-3RaZoR: for showing the error of my ways regarding the supression of heavy bolters. May the Emperor never spank me for this!

-Myself: well, what did you expect, i`m a narcissist.

-You: if you decided to play and have fun with my mod

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WARHAMMER 40.000 MOD v3.0

(mod version updated @ 18:00 - 10/7/2010)

The downloaded zip/rar file will hold a Dawn of War 2 folder. Simply extract this folder ontop of your own Dawn of War 2 folder and select the supplied .exe file to start up and go crazy. Important to note that the zip file also holds a folder named English, which has a DOW2.ucs file inside it; should you be from another country, you`ll have to copy paste this UCS file into the language folder you are currently using in order to see the renewed squad descriptions. If you're experience -no range- descriptions, please (temporarily) remove all other .UCS files (except DOW2.UCS) before placing the Warhammer_40k.UCS in your language folder.

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SPACE MARINES

Space Marines

HQ max 2
(keep in mind that the commander already counts as 1 HQ choice.)

Librarian - 100 requisition points per model, comes on the field battle with all his power available. Upgrades can be bought to equip the staff and increase both health and energy.

ELITES max 3

Terminators - 40 requisition points per model, have a passive teleport charge and will teleport over obstacles. Can be upgraded with 2 Terminators wielding any combination of Heavy Flamers, Assault Cannons or Cyclone Missile Launchers. Can reinforce up to 8, 10 including upgrades.

Assault Terminators - 40 requisition points per model, have a passive teleport charge and will teleport over obstacles, can receive the Lightning Claw upgrade which will replace 6 models their Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield. The Storm Shield provides the a unit with the ability to enable an invulnerable shield.

Dreadnoughts - 105 points per model, come with 2 close combat weapons, can upgrade to the multi-melta (with melta-sweep) for free, or equip an assault cannon for 10 power points. Can also shoot smoke grenades.

Venerable Dreadnoughts - 165 points per model, come with 2 close combat weapons, can upgrade to the multi-melta (with melta-sweep) for free, or equip an assault cannon for 10 power points. Can also shoot smoke grenades.

TROOPS max 6

Tacticals - 17 points per model, can be reinforced up to 7 models, can take a multitude of both heavy and assault (lascannon, plasma cannon, missile launcher, heavy bolter, plasma gun, flamer, meltagun) upgrades, increasing the the amount of units maximally to 9 and can buy a squad sergeant with different types of wargear. Can throw grenades, the sergeant a meltabomb and use the Know No Fear ability.

Scouts - 14 points per model, can be upgraded with 3 shotgun units, 3 sniper units or any combination in between. Can also choose either 1 heavy bolter or missile launcher. Squad sergeant can wield different types of wargear, can throw meltaboms and provides the squad the ability to throw frag grenades and use the Know No Fear ability.

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS no max.

Razorback - 40 requisition points per model. Enables units to upgrade their wargear on the field of battle when units are within range. Select and deselect your units multiple times untill you see the upgrades appear again.

FAST ATTACK max 3

Assault - 19 requisition points per model. Can reinforce itself up to 7 units, can be further reinforced up to 9 units through weapon upgrades, flamers or plasma pistols. The Sergeant can choose from different types of wargear such as powersword and shield, lightning claw or the mighty thunderhammer. The Sergeant provides the squad with Frag Grenades and Know No Fear as well as being able to throw Melta-Bombs himself. The Storm Shield can provide the Sergeant with an invulnerabe shield.

HEAVY SUPPORT max 3

Devastators - 16 points per model. Can reinforce itself up to 9 units through weapon upgrades such as the Lascannon, PlasmaCannon, Missile Launcher or Heavy Bolter. Sergeant can upgrade its weapon to chainsword, poweraxe or powerfist and comes with meltabombs; also provides the squad with Frag Grenades and Know No Fear.

Predators - 60 requisition and 25 power points per model. Can be upgraded with Lascannon.

ORKS

Orks

HQ max 2
(keep in mind that the commander already counts as 1 HQ choice.)

Weirdboy - 55 requisition points per model, comes on the field battle with all his power available. Upgrades can be bought to increase both health and energy.

ELITES max 3

Nobz - 20 requisition points per model, can be reinforced to 10 units. Can be upgraded with either a Big Choppa or Twin-Linked Shoota.

Burna Boyz - 15requisition points per model, can reinforce themselves up to 12 Burna Boyz and upgrade the squad with 3 meks wielding a variety of weapons such as the Kustom Blasta, Rokkit Launcha, Big Shoota or Choppa and Slugga. The Meks provide the squad with the Swamp Em ability

Tankbustas- 15 points per model, can be reinforce up to 12 units wielding Rokkit Launcha's. Can reinforce themselves to 14 units through 2 Tankhammer weapon upgrades and can be upgraded with a Rokkit Launcha wielding Nob providing the Squad with the Swamp EM ability.

Lootas - 15 points per model, can be reinforced up to 12 units wielding Deffguns and can upgrade the squad with 3 Meks wielding a variety of weapons such as the Kustom Blasta, Rokkit Launcha, Big Shoota or Choppa and Slugga. The Meks provide the squad with the Swamp Em ability

Kommandos - 15 points per model, equipped with close combat weapons. Can be reinforced to 12 units. Further reinforcements through weapon upgrades such as Burna, Rokkit Launcha or Big Shoota in any combination you like. Nob can be equipped with Choppa and Slugga, or Big Choppa or Twin-Linked Shoota, also provides the mob with the Swamp Em ability.

TROOPS max 6

Slugga Boyz - 7 points per model, can be reinforced up to 26 orks. Begin with Stun grenades, can use Stikkbombs when upgraded with a Big Choppa wielding Nob. Nob provides the Mob with Swamp Em. Squad can be reinforced with 3 more orks through 3 weapon upgrades choosing between Rokkit Launchas or Big Shootas.

Shoota Boyz - 7 points per model, can be reinforced up to 26 orks. Can use Stikkbombs when upgraded with a Twin-Linked wielding Nob. Nob provides the Mob with Swamp Em. Squad can be reinforced with 3 more orks through 3 weapon upgrades choosing between Rokkit Launchas or Big Shootas.

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS no max.

Trukk - 35 requisition points per model. Enables units to upgrade their wargear on the field of battle when units are within range. Select and deselect your units multiple times untill you see the upgrades appear again.

FAST ATTACK max 3

Storm Boyz - 12 requisition points per model. Can reinforce itself up to 14 units, can be upgraded with a Nob wielding Slugga and Choppa, which can be upgraded to a Big Choppa. The Nob also provides the Swamp Em ability and enables the squad to throw Stikkbombs. (i`ll update the squad size asap to 19 units and 1 nob instead of 14 units and 1 nob.)

HEAVY SUPPORT max 3

Killa Kans- 35 points per model. Can reinforce itself up to 3 units. Can be upgraded with Skorchas.

Looted Tank/Wagon - 35 requisition and 105 power points for the boomgun and heavy bolter sponsons per model.

ELDAR

Eldar

HQ max 2
(keep in mind that the commander already counts as 1 HQ choice.)

Avatar Of Khaine - 155 requisition points per model.

ELITES max 3

Wraithlord - 90 requisition points per model (though officially the Wraithlord is heavy support, i think its quite ridiculous that his lower "cousins" are deemed Elite. Wraithlords and Wraithguard should be the equivalent of Dreadnoughts and Terminators, hence my choice to make the Wraithlord ELITE as well.

Wraithguard - 35 requisition points per model, can be reinforced to 10 units. Can be upgraded with a Warlock that can use Destructor.

Howling Banshees - 17 requisition points per model, can reinforce themselves up to 9 units. Can upgrade the squad with an Exarch which enables the squad to throw plasma grenades. The Exarch can be upgraded with 2 Mirror Swords or 1 Executioner. Fleet of Foot can be used to break supression.

TROOPS max 6

Rangers - 20 points per model, can be reinforced up to 9 units and upgraded with 1 Ranger "exarch". (according to lore they do not have an exarch, but now they do.) The exarch provides the squad with Plasma Grenades. The squad starts out with 3 Snipers, and can be upgraded to wield 9 snipers in Tier 2. Can use Fleet of Foot to break free from supression.

Guardians - 9 points per model, can be reinforced up to 20 guardians. Can upgrade the squad with either 1 Shuriken Cannon Platform or Brightlance Platform. Can purchase a Warlock that can Embolden the squad, while battle equipment enables the usage of Plasma Grenades.

DEDICATED TRANSPORTS no max.

Falcon - 115 requisition points and 35 power points per model and directly have Holo-fields. Enables units to upgrade their wargear on the field of battle when units are within range. Select and deselect your units multiple times untill you see the upgrades appear again. ( i chose to make the Falcon Dedicated Transport, while codex wise it is Heavy Support)

FAST ATTACK max 3

Warp Spiders - 22 requisition points per model. Can reinforce itself up to 9 units, can be upgraded with an Exarch. Currently throwing Haywire Grenades as a Squad, but will reduce this to the Exarch only to mimic the MeltaBomb balance. Deathspinners cause supression and have a chance to entangle opponents.

HEAVY SUPPORT max 3

Support Weapon Battery- 30 points per D-Cannon. Can reinforce itself up to 9 units, 3 of which are D-Cannons. Can be upgraded with a Warlock that provides the squad with Embolden.

FirePrism - 115 requisition and 35 power points. Comes with the Holo-Field and the only weapon with the furthest range of the entire game.

TYRANIDS

CHAOS

Chaos

HQ max 2
(keep in mind that the commander already counts as 1 HQ choice.)

Great Unclean One - 160 requisition points and 70 power points per model, can only be chosen when your commanding hero is the Champion of Nurgle

ELITES max 3

Bloodcrushers of Khorne - 40 requisition points per model. Can be reinforced up to 8 units. Can only be chosen when your commanding hero is the Lord of Khorne. Bloodcrusher ability charge is best used in close range since they tend to charge against each other and consequently stop the charge. To compensate i have given them a passive charge almost equal to the ability itself.

Chaos Dreadnought - 90 requisition points per model. Can be upgraded with the Missile Launcher or Power Claws. Dreadnought can use the Crazed ability.

TROOPS max 6

Traitors - 8 points per model, can be reinforced up to 8 units. More units will mess up their circle and make it look stupid and since the the Mark of Chaos bears 8 points, 8 heretics is fitting, with a worshipped Champion in the middle. Can be upgraded with an Agitator, labeled as Champion. The Traitors can choose from, 2 flamers, 2 meltas, 2 plasma guns or 2 grenade launchers as a single upgrade.

Chaos Space Marines - 15 points per model, can be reinforced up to 17 units. The squad consists of mixed melee and range units. Can be upgraded 1 Autocannon, 1 Lascannon, 1 Heavy Bolter, 1 Missile Launcher, 1 Plasma Pistol, max 2 Flamers, max 2 Meltas or max 2 Plasma Guns> 2 weapons in total though. Champion comes with chainsword, or powersword or powerclaw, meltabombs and enables the squad to throw frag grenades. Depending on the commanding hero you chose, the Champion will bear the mark of that particular Dark God and will provide your squad with fitting improvements as well as being able to reinforce and upgrade in the field.

Plague Marines - 21 points per model, can be reinforced up to 12 units. The squad consists of mixed melee and ranged units. Can be further reinforced through weapon upgrades, choosing from flamers (bile spewers), meltaguns, plasmaguns or plasma pistols. Max 2 weapon upgrades. The Champion comes equipped with a power fist and also grants the squad the use of Frag and Blind grenades. Can only be chosen with the Champion of Nurgle as commander.

Khorne Bezerkers - 21 points per model, can be reinforced up to 16 units. Can be upgraded with 2 Plasma Pistols. Can use the Crazed ability. Blood for the Blood God, even if the blood is that of your own army! Cannot retreat. The Champion like the other champions, comes equipped with meltabombs and provides the squad with frag grenades. Can only be chosen with the Lord of Khorne as your commander.

Thousand Sons - 23 points per model, can be reinforced up to 18 units. Very slow moving units which can use an invulnerable shield when things get nasty. Cannot be supressed. Their "champion" is a Doombolt and Forcestaff wielding Sorcerer. The Sorcerer has meltabombs. This squad can only be used when your commander is a Sorcerer of Tzeentch.

Bloodletters of Khorne - 16 points per model, can be reinforced up to 16 units. Can only be chosen when the Lord of Khorne is your commander. Also, these daemons will never retreat.

FAST ATTACK max 3

Chaos Raptors - 20 requisition points per model, can be reinforced up to 17 models. Can be further reinforced up to 19 models through 2 weapon upgrades. You can choose from flamers, meltaguns, plasmaguns or plasma pistols. Champion comes with chainsword, or powersword or powerclaw, meltabombs and enables the squad to throw frag grenades. Depending on the commanding hero you chose, the Champion will bear the mark of that particular Dark God and will provide your squad with fitting improvements as well as being able to reinforce and upgrade in the field. They entire squad has the raptor jump ability which i pimped some more visually wise as you can see in the first youtube movie i posted.

HEAVY SUPPORT max 3

Chaos Havocs- 15 requisition per model. Can reinforce itself up to 15 units. Can be further reinforced to 19 units through a maximum of 4 weapon upgrades. Choose from flamers, meltaguns, plasmaguns, autocannons, lascannons, heavy bolters or missile launchers in any combination you like. Champion comes with chainsword, or powersword or powerclaw, meltabombs and enables the squad to throw frag grenades. Depending on the commanding hero you chose, the Champion will bear the mark of that particular Dark God and will provide your squad with fitting improvements as well as being able to reinforce and upgrade in the field

Chaos Predator - 70 requisition points per model and 30 power points for the heavy bolter sponsons. Can be upgraded with a lascannon.

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**Hellcobra84** · 27th Jun 10 11:51 AM

Good work

**Z405** · 27th Jun 10 2:26 PM

Btw i`m open for any suggestions regarding balance, which perhaps may be in order if somebody feels a certain unit/army is too strong or rather too weak. Everything else should be working fine; no bugs, no weird crashes. If you perhaps want to play a game against me, my steam profile name is Z405 and adress i think zaosss666, feel free to add me and we can play a game if im online and not too busy.

**Shuma** · 27th Jun 10 2:40 PM

Well spank me and call me Mary(or not) this mod sounds incredibly awesome, hopefully i'll find some free time to try it, then again i have already bought like 6 steam games that i haven't played due to making the Khorne Lord.

Anyway, this mod sounds incredibly awesome.

**Z405** · 27th Jun 10 2:54 PM

Well spank me and call me Mary

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Btw i`m open for any suggestions regarding balance

but every now and then i need to evolve, so yeah, these sorts of suggestions might be interesting as well

**ChaosReigns** · 27th Jun 10 6:09 PM

Wow, this is a really great mod!

Do you think that you might add Chaos Terminators to it? If you do I'd be much obliged.

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 2:34 AM

Do you think that you might add Chaos Terminators to it? If you do I'd be much obliged.

Not sure, seeing how they don't really work properly in Gabriel's mod as in, the weapons and targetters; i don't want squads to look silly while fighting; so maybe i could get it to work properly, but don't count on it anytime soon. That, or i`ll just equip them all with dual lightning claws. Though i must say, that, considering i've played a couple of times against and with Chaos; they don't really need the Terminators.

**Madjuan** · 28th Jun 10 2:58 AM

there's only one thing i can say.. EPIC!
i can sense great things to come.. ^^

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 3:15 AM

Hopefully if there are more people with an apetite for grand epic battles perhaps a group of people could become a steam community and play a couple of matches against each other as there still might be some balance issues, but this can only be decided when a large group of players repeatedly mention there is something wrong with the strength or weakness of unit x, y or z.

**Crandoman345** · 28th Jun 10 4:04 AM

oh man, this is quite simply the most fun mod I've used in a long while

One quick suggestion however, is it at all possible to a)increase the amount of damage dealt by Orbital Bombardment, b)Make it a bit more obvious as to how far away you can be from the base in order to upgrade, c)Reduce the ranges on some of the heavy weapons (its kinda annoying getting a wraithlord to slowly waltz towards their base, only to be taken out by 3 predators with lascannons who are sniping from half the way across the map) and d)make terminators slightly less impossible to kill as orks?

Thanks anyway for making this truly excellent mod!

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 4:21 AM

a)increase the amount of damage dealt by Orbital Bombardment

I`ll look into it, but then i suppose every army nuke should have their damage increased.

b)Make it a bit more obvious as to how far away you can be from the base in order to upgrade

Once you are too far away from your base, the upgrades will simply have dissapeared (with a couple of seconds delay) from the units untill you are back at a location which allows you to upgrade. Generally speaking, if you are within reinforce radius, you are within upgrade radius.

c)Reduce the ranges on some of the heavy weapons (its kinda annoying getting a wraithlord to slowly waltz towards their base, only to be taken out by 3 predators with lascannons who are sniping from half the way across the map)

Then it wouldn't be W40k. Every weapon is using the W40K approved weapon range. Remember that the Eldar themselves can build the FirePrism at the same time Chaos or Space Marines can build Predators with Lascannons and while i've set the Maximum range of the Lascannons to that of 48" (192 range in dow2 language) the FirePrisms fires up to 60", thats 240 range in dow2 language and you can also use Brightlances which can already be built in Tier 1 in order to try and destroy those long ranged Tanks. I could however consider, instead of doubling solo units their hp, to triple or if must quadruple it.

d)make terminators slightly less impossible to kill as orks?

Did you try to kill the Terminators with normal boyz? I would suggest using Killa Kans (a group of 3) and Rokkit Launchas (a group of 15!) and the occasional Boomcannon wielding Tank; that should do the trick.

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 5:50 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.2 update

download version 1.2 in the opening post.

ps.

I've created a Steam Community Group:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/W40KMOD

Steam Group W40KMOD

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 9:53 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.3 update

**Vengefulnoob** · 28th Jun 10 10:14 AM

Aaaaaawesome!!!

Are you going to be adding more units? Id love to see
1. Dire avengers, vypers, wave serpent
2. Tyrannofex, gargoyles (yeah impossible to animate, but I can dream right?), hive guard
3. Land raider, land speeder, whirlwind
4. Da squiggoth!

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 12:00 PM

Hey Vengefulnoob;

well, i will only add units when there are proper models for it; i dont want to use placeholders as i personally think this kinda rips you out of the fantasy image. Some of those things could be done, like the LandRaider shoudn't be too hard, but i`m not modeler and i`m just a 1 man team

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 1:14 PM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.4 update

**Vengefulnoob** · 28th Jun 10 2:20 PM

Alright... Though a trygon could essentially be a larger screamerkiller with a gun for a head.

Another thing: can you make the mod run as a .exe file please? Itd be simpler!

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 3:13 PM

Another thing: can you make the mod run as a .exe file please? Itd be simpler!

Doesnt it already do that?

The downloadable .rar file provides you with a Launch Warhammer_40k.exe file;
or am i misunderstanding you? cant be more convenient than my launcher.

**Vengefulnoob** · 28th Jun 10 4:01 PM

Err i thought it said sonething about .win?
Ill try again tomorrow

**Z405** · 28th Jun 10 4:43 PM

Err i thought it said sonething about .win?

Que?

Anyway, noticed a major bug lol regarding hero abilities bought through their wargear upgrade system. How did this get past me? Dunno, but i`ll update this tomorrow.

**Z405** · 29th Jun 10 5:01 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.5 update

**Gorb** · 29th Jun 10 5:45 AM

Originally Posted by Z405

* Ork base requisition gained from HQ has been tripled, Tyranid base requisition gained from HQ has been tripled and Eldar base requisition gained from the HQ has been doubled. This is done since the backbone of these armies consists of rather squishy units that die quite easily, which made it unnecessary hard for players choosing these "swarmies".

But point-for-point, as you've based this on Tabletop values, 100 Requisition would buy about 7 Space Marine Tacticals. The same amount of Req would buy about 20 Termagants.

Of course, you probably haven't assigned every infantry unit to the value of one "Wound", so your decision makes more sense. I'm just saying beware of changing things because it feels like "something is dying too much"; sometimes their job is to die.

**UnknownLOL** · 29th Jun 10 5:57 AM

Nice mod, thanks a lot, however there is just one thing that spoils all the immersion... Damn lags! Seriously, you need godlike hardware to run it smoothly, sometimes I have major slowdown even in 1on1.
My suggestions:
1. Reduce squads to about half of their current max sizes (and double single units hp instead of quadruple), not only for optimising, but also for gameplay purposes. Codexes are codexes, but there we have: 1 - an RTS; 2 - with small maps; we should also follow genre rules not only tabletop ones. Mb just make 2 separate versions of mod with different squad sizes.
2. Reduce amount of corpses and blood spots, mb set limit, mb set fade time, don't know
Anyway thanks again for great mod

**Z405** · 29th Jun 10 7:29 AM

Gorb: Of course, you probably haven't assigned every infantry unit to the value of one "Wound", so your decision makes more sense. I'm just saying beware of changing things because it feels like "something is dying too much"; sometimes their job is to die.

Well, i played a couple of games as Orks and Nids vs Chaos and Space Marine AI and it seemed like these 2 heavily armoured army choices can more easily achieve victory since their units don't die as quickly. Most of the time playing as Orks, is reinforcing untill you're quickly out of resources, which didn't seem quite fair. If more people would play as Orks, or Nids, or Eldar vs other real players that chose to be Space Marines or Chaos and win every match with ease because of the changes i made to the requisition gained from the HQ i`ll glady review the "error" in my thinking and re-adjust it for the sake of balance.

UnknownLOL: Damn lags! Seriously, you need godlike hardware to run it smoothly, sometimes I have major slowdown even in 1on1.

I`m not using an uber system, and everything works fine for me. I've got Windows 7 (64 bit), 4 GB worth of memory and using an NVidia 9800 GT. That's relatively cheap in hardware terms. I can play 3vs3 matches more than easily without any slowdowns, especially with settings on Medium and the game still looks pretty on Medium, so i`m cool with that.

UnknownLol:

1. Reduce squads to about half of their current max sizes (and double single units hp instead of quadruple), not only for optimising, but also for gameplay purposes. Codexes are codexes, but there we have: 1 - an RTS; 2 - with small maps; we should also follow genre rules not only tabletop ones. Mb just make 2 separate versions of mod with different squad sizes.

2. Reduce amount of corpses and blood spots, mb set limit, mb set fade time, don't know.

1. There is a reason why i added the option to play games with a population cap of max 500. This is that reason. Reducing squad sizes is not what i have in mind since i did extra work to make it so that large squads don't huddle together due to messed up formations. Also, the squads start with the minimum, you dont need to reinforce up to the maximum; this is your own choice.

2. Bloodspots, which are decals, are the least of the problems; can't set a fade time on those and i deliberately editted the game to have lasting bloodsplats in the first place. As for corpses, i already editted it so that they will stay no longer than 10 minutes on the field, which should be fine. I just like a battlefield that looks like rape. ( i might consider a faster fade out time )

But seriously, if you don't want slowdowns, reduce your visual settings and just as important, select 1000 or 500 population battles from the winconditions. I didn't add these just for looks

thanks for playing

**Z405** · 29th Jun 10 10:29 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.6 update

**SpardaSon21** · 29th Jun 10 12:55 PM

Why did you force Dedicated Transports to be Fast Attack when you could simply cap them using the Dedicated Transport rules, which only allow Dedicated Transports to be taken by squads as upgrades, and not as individual units? Isn't it possible to SCaR it so you can only have as many DT as you have units capable of taking them as transports?

**smeckma** · 29th Jun 10 1:35 PM

Not sure, seeing how they don't really work properly in Gabriel's mod as in, the weapons and targetters; i don't want squads to look silly while fighting; so maybe i could get it to work properly, but don't count on it anytime soon. That, or i`ll just equip them all with dual lightning claws. Though i must say, that, considering i've played a couple of times against and with Chaos; they don't really need the Terminators.

They're working fine for me, so I've included them in my Gods Of War mod. The only thing is the power arm, which has a bug in it (Shuma knows about it), but for the rest, they work just as fine.

**Z405** · 29th Jun 10 3:04 PM

SpardaSon21:Why did you force Dedicated Transports to be Fast Attack when you could simply cap them using the Dedicated Transport rules, which only allow Dedicated Transports to be taken by squads as upgrades, and not as individual units? Isn't it possible to SCaR it so you can only have as many DT as you have units capable of taking them as transports?

Problem is, that to my current knowledge, using a spawn squad action, cant be tied to the usage of a local entity requirement. I could only use this requirement, if i where to "attach" the Dedicated Transport to the squad itself.

I`m not that well aquinted with the possibilities within scar, but i`ll see what i can do. I take it adding the dedicated transport to the fast attack option is not to your liking... though, in the old w40k days, when you place a tactical marine squad in say a rhino, it would become a "fast attack" choice. So this was more or less the reason why i chose this.

I`ll see what i can do. If anything, i`ll just set a squad cap of 3 or max 6 on transports.

*edit

an option would be, to spawn a transport, but the transport can only be spawned ONCE! and no more. so if it gets destroyed, you can no longer build a new one. Thats the only thing i can come up with and know how to do this. (atm)

**SpardaSon21** · 29th Jun 10 4:14 PM

Well, so much for that idea.

Will you add Vanguard Assault Squads and Sternguard to the Space Marines? I believe DoW2 already has the needed assets for those thanks to all the campaign wargear. I think Flash Gitz could be done for the Orks as well using Mek Boy or Kommando Nob wargear for their snazzguns.

**Z405** · 29th Jun 10 5:49 PM

So, Tactical or Devastator Squads spawning a Razorback (but only being able to do so once) is not a good alternative? I increased the Razorback health by 4 couple of updates ago, so their survivability is not really that much of an issue; if things get tough you just pull em out. Or, i could simply add a squad cap to dedicated transport, i guess 3 should be a nice option; don't think anybody will build more than 3 Razorbacks anyway and its not like maps are so insanely large that you'd need the transport, but thats more a matter of opinion, than a fact.

As for the Vanguards and Sternguards, i dont know. It kinda depends on how the balance is already vs armies like the Eldar, Tyranids and Orks, plus, the regular Tactical marines, have their special bullets ability still from vanilla, which makes them almost a little bit like sternguards, since the best thing i could do, is add special ammunition, as there aren't any great looking combiweapons for the space marines.

The main thing is, for Orks, or perhap even Eldar (storm guardians) which i could both make. Its just that they wouldn't look very unique. I don't want an army of placeholders, that's really not my "thing" so to speak. The only "placeholder" i used is redubbing the beamy deffgun (which doesnt even exist according to ork codex) as the kustom-mega blasta. But further than this id rather not go, unless a dedicated modeler decides to add in some goodies on his own free will.

**Z405** · 30th Jun 10 5:10 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.7 update

**Z405** · 30th Jun 10 6:28 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.8 update

**Z405** · 30th Jun 10 1:13 PM

DOW2 W40K MOD v1.9 update

**Z405** · 30th Jun 10 3:59 PM

DOW2 W40K MOD v2.0 update

**Phoenixlight** · 1st Jul 10 7:50 AM

Then it wouldn't be W40k. Every weapon is using the W40K approved weapon range.

The problem is that heavy setup weapons work differently in the tabletop game, in dawn of war 2 you can move a setup team then have them ready to fire in 3 seconds which means the range shouldn't be as far.

**Z405** · 1st Jul 10 8:38 AM

The problem is that heavy setup weapons work differently in the tabletop game, in dawn of war 2 you can move a setup team then have them ready to fire in 3 seconds which means the range shouldn't be as far.

In TT, you don't have a setup time, its simply move or fire and when not moving you can fire up to 36" (heavy bolter), which is how i programmed it for my mod. I don't understand why a setup time would be tied to a weapon's maximum range?

**Vengefulnoob** · 1st Jul 10 12:26 PM

Speaking from a realism POV, you can fire at maximum range if you set up a support weapon quickly, but the accuracy is so bad you might as well not bother firing at that kind of range anyway

**Fulcaris** · 2nd Jul 10 3:03 PM

I had a night of playing this mod last night and it was truely epic, just a few things
-tanks are far too durable chaos drednoughts chiefly amongst them, they just seem to tip the balance too much.
-Terminator Captain wargear makes you lose all your stronghold tiers so you cant get anything but tier 1 units.
-I'm not sure about the rules on tabletop about sporemines but they had an almost infinite range which detracted from the game and forces you to attack and destroy the enemy fast instead of relishing the slaughter.
I thought some new units would be sweet too the base building options looked a little empty to me, things like vanguard veterans and sternguard would be easy to do because everything really is there just white helmets and funky wargear.
btw this is just my 2 cents

**HeLMuT** · 2nd Jul 10 3:41 PM

Ok, I did everything your installation txt file told me to do but it crashes before the game even starts. The only thing I can think of is that in the installation file it doesn't say to do anything with the GameAssets folder. Do I need to do anything with that? I'd love to try this mod

Thanks for any help

BTW, I have .net framework 4.0

**Z405** · 2nd Jul 10 4:27 PM

-tanks are far too durable chaos drednoughts chiefly amongst them, they just seem to tip the balance too much.

This problem has been adressed; noticed this as well. Dreadnoughts hp was as if they were mini Avatars. They had a health multiplier of 3, and i reduced it into 2, same goes for the Avatar as well. As for the tanks, they are in fact, very quickly destroyed with a couple of lascannons, brightlances, rokkit launchas etc, so i`m not entirely sure wether or not i should also reduce their hp again from hp multiplier 3 to 2, especially since somebody else above you posted that vehicles died TOO fast and this was with hp multiplier 2.

-Terminator Captain wargear makes you lose all your stronghold tiers so you cant get anything but tier 1 units.

Thats just extremely odd. I`ll look into it right away. I think this has to do with the level requirement tied to the Tier upgrades. Ow right, i already know the problem.. lol. Thats because once you become a Terminator Hero, you begin at lvl 1 again and you need to be lvl 2 for tier 2 units. ha. I`ll see what i can do to change this

-I'm not sure about the rules on tabletop about sporemines but they had an almost infinite range which detracted from the game and forces you to attack and destroy the enemy fast instead of relishing the slaughter.

According to the latest Tyranid Codex, the Spore Mine Launcher can shoot up to 48", which in DoW2 range would be 192, so the range is accurate; if toned down the damage from the spore mines by ALOT and ive also reduced the chance of knockdown as well as the supression it causes. Its now more of an annoyance factor then thats its a really "scary" weapon.

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Next patch, i`ve completely changed the BS and WS accuracy system! Its awesome; battles last longer, more fun to look at, less frustrating to play; i`ll post full details when i`m ready to upload, but ive played a few matches and i`m quite surprised how much better it has become, in balance as well

Hi Helmut,

Ok, I did everything your installation txt file told me to do but it crashes before the game even starts. The only thing I can think of is that in the installation file it doesn't say to do anything with the GameAssets folder. Do I need to do anything with that? I'd love to try this mod

It should work fine, so i would suggest that you perhaps remove other installed mods for the time being; not entirely, but simply zip them into a new folder. I`m not really a computer whizzkid, so i can't tell with certainty with the problem might be, though i`m positive that my mod should work without crashing.

You simply extract my .rar zipfile on top of your Dawn of War 2 folder. Thats it; within are 2 folders, a GameAssets folder (which has a local folder inside with a language folder that has an ucs file) and the other folder is the Warhammer_40k one with 2 .sga files, but the module file itself direct towards this folder and not the archives folder inside the gameassets folder so that should be fine as well.

Other than that, i really can't be more helpful than this. Hope this helps.

*edit

Okay, the only thing i can say is, i hope the next version works out fine; i`m not sure what causes the crash, but it could perhaps be that you misplaced the folder that the .module file needs to look into in order to load the .sga archives.

Ive adressed all problems from above Fulcaris and i guess it wouldn't hurt if i added both Sternguard and Vanguard as you are right, the buildbox for the SM, looks rather empty, especially in comparison to other armies. Then perhaps i`ll consider terminators as well for chaos, but i`ll just have to see how i`m going to do this; perhaps take a peek at how Smeckma made it work. Lazy ftw.

BTW, I have .net framework 4.0

so do i; i need this in order to work with ToolBox by Cope, which allowed me to make this mod

**kattwuver229** · 3rd Jul 10 1:23 AM

hey i downloaded this mod today and when i started it worked Fine! It was so cool for about 20 seconds then every time i tried to select something i would see a black box and a bunch and writing that looks very asian. HELP!!!!!

**Z405** · 3rd Jul 10 2:34 AM

hey i downloaded this mod today and when i started it worked Fine! It was so cool for about 20 seconds then every time i tried to select something i would see a black box and a bunch and writing that looks very asian. HELP!!!!!

That's just odd; sounds as if certain wargear model files arent present, but i've had no such problems with any army. I can't really say anything useful other than hope that the next patch does not present these strange problems, as i`m positive all wargear model files are present.

Could you perhaps be more specific; what happened, how and when? Which models showed a blackbox, where it all models? Which army where you using etc etc.

The writing looking asian has probably to do with an .UCS file. Such problems can be easily avoided by temporarily zipping up any other .UCS file (found within gameassets/locale/<yourlanguagefolder>(which is set to english by default in my .rar file) and then deleting those unzipped .UCS files before adding the .UCS files that i added with my .rar file. Then everything should work fine.

**Z405** · 3rd Jul 10 11:32 AM

DOW2 W40K MOD v2.3 update

* New Accuracy / To Hit system.

Average Space Marine To Hit chance: (Ranged & Melee)
tiny: 33%
small: 50%
medium: 66%
large: 83%
huge: 100%

Average Eldar To Hit chance: (Ranged & Melee)
tiny: 16%
small: 33%
medium: 50%
large: 66%
huge: 83%

Average Ork To Hit chance: (Ranged)
tiny: 0%
small: 16%
medium: 33%
large: 50%
huge: 66%

Average Ork To Hit chance: (Melee)
tiny: 33%
small: 50%
medium: 66%
large: 83%
huge: 100%

Unit Size:

Tiny = Rippers
Small = Average Eldar, Ork and Tyranid
Medium = Space Marines, Chaos Marines, Nobs, Warriors, Raveners, Turrets
Large = Terminators, Wraithguard Juggernauts, Warboss, Hive Tyrant, Tyrant Guard, Generators, Listening Posts
Huge = Vehicles, Dreadnoughts, Carnifex, Avatar, Greater Unclean One, HQ

etc.

Because of this new accuracy system, battles are not only more true to the fluff, but will also last longer. Keep in mind that heroes will have a much higher chance of hitting an enemy, depending on their W40k Ballisitic Skill or Weapon Skill.

* Units begin at maximum strength, their full squad capacity. This is mostly done since alot of players will be fighting against the AI and because of starting with full squads, AI will provide some greater challenge.

* Added new units! Sternguards, Vanguards for Space Marines and Chaos Terminators for Chaos!
(for some lame reason, the different types of ammo are not available except kraken bolts. I had it already in the game, dunno whats up. Next update will have the other extra ammo)

* Thanks to OneProduct, choosing FFA and TFFA will no longer cause a .scar error.

* Removed price cost of both Tier 2 and 3 upgrades, so players can focus more on upgrading and buying units. Hero Level Requirement is still present. FC in Terminator Armour will now begin at lv3, no longer disabling Tier 2 and 3 units. I`m also considering the increase of the level requirement; lv3 for Tier 2 and lv5 for Tier 3. Input is welcome.

* New Khorne Bezekers models added, made by Shuma. (technically the model represents a Khorne Lord)

* Increased Jump, Teleport and Burrow range. Even though W40K tabletop rules say otherwise, i felt it was needed to give "fast attack" that extra needed edge.

* Reduced all solo HUGE labeled units their health to double that of the vanilla amount. Vehicles, Dreadnoughts, Avatars and such will still be strong, but not insanely strong. Play Tactical!

* Cover defensive bonus provides MORE cover. Stay in cover!!!

**Z405** · 3rd Jul 10 1:52 PM

DOW2 W40K MOD v2.4 update

**Fulcaris** · 3rd Jul 10 4:47 PM

Downloading update now, Z405 this mod is truely epic on a stick, keep it up.

**Col Awesome** · 3rd Jul 10 5:23 PM

I downloaded the Mod and placed the folders like the ReadMe said, But im getting Alot of 'No range' errors. Am i meant to put the ucs file in the actual Mod folder into the main game Locale folder?

**LokenIstvanIV** · 3rd Jul 10 5:44 PM

I am still playing your Z405 Rising mod and loving it. I couldn't get into the DOW 2 skirmish without throwing up my hands and wishing it were DOW1 Skirm. You have made it almost that and now I can play and have fun. Thank you so much!!!

If it weren't for modders and the guys like you and Shuma, among others, creating your masterpieces of goodness. I would just waste my time.

Very well done it's 300 EPIC

with a big WIN!!!

Dance

**kattwuver229** · 3rd Jul 10 6:08 PM

@Z405 i was using force commander space marines, pre heresy thousand sons, ally techmarine, same army and i was against a thousand son chaos lord and thousand son sorcere.
took clocer look the writing isn't in asian, it's actually very squished up English. this glitch happened with nearly every thin, setting up and tearing down, aim arcs, the lot! even some wargear was not showing up. hope this help :/

**Z405** · 4th Jul 10 2:06 AM

Guys, i`ll need to know from other players if they are receiving an UCS description error so that i can be sure where the fault could be. Has anybody else besides Col Awesome and kattwuver229 received description errors, while being positive my provided UCS file is in the correct language folder?

Thanks for the compliments by the way; those are always welcome ^^

This is where i place my editted .UCS file:

Code:

Steam\steamapps\common\dawn of war 2\GameAssets\Locale\English

(if you're not using the English folder as your main language folder you`ll have to use another language folder availabe in your Locale folder and do make sure you temporary remove all other UCS files (DO NOT REMOVE THE DOW2.UCS file) before adding the warhammer_40k.ucs file)

took clocer look the writing isn't in asian, it's actually very squished up English. this glitch happened with nearly every thin, setting up and tearing down, aim arcs, the lot! even some wargear was not showing up. hope this help :/

Are you sure you're playing my mod?

I removed all setting up and tearing down waiting time, and i removed the UI arcs, so they shouldn't show up. As for Wargear not showing up, if you are indeed using my mod, stand close to a spawner/reinforce location (such as the HQ or a Razorback) and see if it reappears. If it does, please tell me exactly which piece of wargear dissapears from the upgrade panel when on the field of battle. I`ll adjust this asap.

**kattwuver229** · 4th Jul 10 2:42 AM

no i ment it wasn't showing up as in it was upraded but it was just a black box, the aiming ark was from the turret.

EDIT: just tried again same thing happened. HALP

EDIT2: hehe, your gonna be pissed at the solution

. i hadn't unistalled coex edition now that i have it works again. Although, some of the writing is apearing half in and half outside of the dialouge box

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