Codex Mod for SS

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 9:38 AM

Description

The Codex mod aims to increase the the level of enjoyment with each existing Soulstorm race, but at the same time increase the amount of Codex units in each race, adding many new units, characters, researches and upgrades . On top of this there are seven, yes seven, new races:

Chaos Daemons
Chaos Renegades (The Lost and the Damned)
Grey Knights
Adeptus Mechanicus
Blood Angels
Space Wolves
Dark Angels

In addition, there are expansions on some of the Soulstorm races, such as Chaos Legions (9 Original Traitor Legions and Renegades) and Space Marines (Remaining 6 First Founding Legions, and 3 Second Founding Legions). Different Orc Clans and Eldar Craftworlds will be released in the next version (3.2).

Images of 3.1

Installation

Note: If you are running Windows 7, disable User Account Control, as this can cause problems when extracting. To do this, click on your user icon on the start menu, then click on 'Change User Account Control Settings'. A new window should appear. Drag the slider to the bottom ('Never notfiy'), then click OK. Finally, restart your computer.

Once downloaded, just extract all 3 parts to your Dawn of War - Soulstorm directory ('C:\Program Files\THQ\Dawn of War - Soulstorm', unless you are running the steam version, in which case it is 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\dawn of war soulstorm'). Note: on a 64 bit Microsoft operating system, open 'Program Files (x86)', not 'Program Files'.

Then download and extract Hotfix 3.1 (to the same location) and select "Dawn of War: Codex" from the in game manager.

Download links

Warning: These downloads total more than 5GB when uncompressed (they are around 1.5GB compressed); only download if you have enough free space, time and internet allowance left.

3.1 Hotfix Changelog

Changelog:

Fixed Space Marine Heavy Armour Deployment
Restored all the correct Heroes files
Fixed Main Screen for Grey Knights
Removed Turrents and Mine-fields for Space Wolves
Grey Knights now have correct Land Raider variant models
Fixed Chaos Terminator icons
Fixed Banshee Exarch model
Corrected Blood Angel flying speeds
Balanced Adeptus Mechanicus tech speed
Adjusted Adeptus Machanicus vehicle strengths
Re-balanced Lost and the Damned Teir 4 units
Corrected Raven Guard unit availability
Fixed all greater daemon weapons (all available races)
Corrected Grey Knight research availability
Corrected Dark and Blood Angels Scout Sizes
Fixed Space Wolf Sky Claw icons
Decreased Necron Shard health
Slight AI tweaks for most races
Sorted Space Marine assault weapon icons
Fixed Dark Angels heavy weapons
Added Lascannon Upgrade to Chaos Razorback
Added Eldar nightspinner tank
Sorted Dark Eldar mandrake skin
Added Medic to command squad for Imperial Guard
Added plasma upgrades to Dark Angel Assault squads
Added flamer upgrades to Blood Angel Assault squads
Added Missile Launcher Upgrades to Ravenwing Support squads

NOTE: The new races are not the same as other independantly released versions, just to avoid confusion. These are the Codex versions, developed seperately.[B]

Credits

FAQs

Current mod team:

boothy_p (Team leader).
deathteam15 (Community Manager).
deathwatch78 (Textures/FX).
dkpisme (Tester)
xhunkx (Tester)
Count Bagatur (Tester)

We also have ModDB page, so feel free to visit there:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/codex

If you have any questions or problems, please do not hesitate to Inbox me or post below (You can also Inbox or post on ModDB, both boothy's and my ModDB names are the same as on here).

CURRENT BIG NEWS

Version 3.2 is being released on Saturday 30th June!
deathwatch78, the amazing texturer, has joined the team! Much thanks to him!

3.2 Sneak Peaks

**Count Bagatur** · 23rd Jun 12 9:46 AM

Very good mod, one of my favourites. I like new races. All is good! All is the best! Thanks for the creators.

**SandroniusPrime** · 23rd Jun 12 10:04 AM

Hellow There !!!!!

Welcome !!!!

Love your mod a lot

Would you release also the stand alone race modules next saturday with new 3.2 ?

I Wish (or I hope ... this is the question ...

Another Q. Do You think you will add to some race Witch Hunters models in future ?

**boothy_p** · 23rd Jun 12 10:13 AM

the same as the current modules set, just updated to 3.2 release?
around then, if I get them done in time.............

WH, not on mass to replace the current sisters race, if thats what you were hoping for. Soz

**RMX** · 23rd Jun 12 10:31 AM

Nice to see this mod has a thread here at last.

I'm going to give it a try.

**Gambit** · 23rd Jun 12 10:41 AM

Great work guys. One of the QUALITY mods of the community.

The gameplay is rewarding, and the additions and variety are stunning!

In other words, I like CODEX a lot!

**Count Bagatur** · 23rd Jun 12 10:47 AM

I like Adeptus Mechanicus in this mod. Models of these race are awesome.

**SandroniusPrime** · 23rd Jun 12 10:50 AM

Yes I Wish !!!

Id like to see separate race modules updated to 3.2

Do you think you will or could create a unique Inquisition race with three branch ?

Fanyastic mod a lot of fun for every DoW Lovers

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 10:58 AM

Thanks for the comments guys

Do you mean an entirely new race, or the existing Grey Knights? The Grey Knights are a bit split (you can only get one hero from each branch).
All three braches are already in or are being worked on: the Deathwatch are being worked on (only as a sigle unit, though), the Ordo Malleus are the Grey Knights and the Ordo Hereticus are Sisters of Battle; if an Inquisition race was created, they would just be mix of Sisters, Grey Knights and a Deathwatch team.

**Count Bagatur** · 23rd Jun 12 10:59 AM

Fanyastic mod a lot of fun for every DoW Lovers

sir, you are quite right. This mod is masterwork

**boothy_p** · 23rd Jun 12 12:43 PM

SandroniusPrime, they will be updated due, just apologies now, if they are a few days behind the main release......

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 12:48 PM

Hehe good good...I was hoping for the modules aswell

**Maximicus** · 23rd Jun 12 12:50 PM

Finally a relicnews topic! I've been following this mod since version 1, love it to bits, my favorite. The more races the merrier, and this is the most complete mod when it comes to that. I can't wait to see Deathwatch properly represented, and the other major races to receive the excellent branching Chaos and regular Space Marines have.

Have you seen HellBoy's models? He used to post a bunch in the Ultimate Apocalypse thread, but you can now see some of his work in the Ultimate Adeptus Mechanicus thread. He mostly does titans and such, but I've seen some pretty nice units he's modeled and animated, perhaps some could show up in Codex?

I've no skills for modeling, but if you ever need another set of eyes for testing, I've got the time. I'll certainly try to help catch bugs post-release(s) in any event. Best mod can always be made even better.

**xhunkx** · 23rd Jun 12 1:01 PM

Yesss finaly on relic forum gratz deathteam

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 1:30 PM

Thanks xhunkx

@Maximicus, i'm very sorry, but at this stage (so close to 3.2), we can't accept testers. Thanks very much for your offer, though, and i'll give you a PM when we're looking for testers for 3.3

As for HellBoy's models, i'll ask boothy what he thinks and get back to you.

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Alright spoken to boothy; as he tends to work on titans, we probably won't use it. Titans are well...a bit too large, and make everything obsolete (there are Warhounds in game, but obviously they're small compared to other titans) and so take the strategy out of the game; it's just a competition to see who can build a titan first. As for his units, we'll look into them and may use a few. Thanks for the suggestion.

**Maximicus** · 23rd Jun 12 1:36 PM

No problem, I'll be sticking around, so if needed for 3.3 and beyond, I'm happy to help.

And yeah, Warhounds are plenty big enough at this scale, but I've seen some other, smaller units he's made, mostly IG tank variants, IIRC. And yeah, the race to T5-6 for an instant win button takes the fun out of massing weaker units, as fun as it is to watch from time to time.

**RMX** · 23rd Jun 12 1:37 PM

Nice to see this mod has a thread here at last.

I'm going to give it a try.

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 1:50 PM

Thanks Max, i'll take a look tommorow

That sounds like a good idea RMX, you won't regret it

**RMX** · 23rd Jun 12 3:18 PM

I'm a bit out of the loop: Is the Chaos Daemon race going to get any further updates or is it going to merge with Cylarne's Chaos Daemons race?

If it's going to be worked on, are you open to suggestions? In fact they are pretty simple.

**deathteam15** · 23rd Jun 12 3:27 PM

The Codex Chaos daemons race is and always will be seperate to Cylarne's daemons mod.

Yes, it is being worked on, and we're completely open to suggestions.

**moddlord1** · 23rd Jun 12 5:46 PM

waz up! my friends are here at last! with the greatest super no: 1 ranking mod

only the strong will survive

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**Cylarne_04** · 23rd Jun 12 6:16 PM

The Codex Chaos daemons race is and always will be seperate to Cylarne's daemons mod.

WRONG! (hi how are you my friend?

)

Master deathteam15, with the lack of recent knowledge out of the question we will (eventually) be upping the scale of both Daemons mod combined with the best of the best work; one Daemons mod to not confuse the audience.

**Maximicus** · 23rd Jun 12 7:39 PM

Cylarne and Boothy teaming up = the ultimate Daemons mod.

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 1:42 AM

Oh sorry Cylarne...that's new to me! Well, it's good news none the less

Hey modlord...i see you created an account at the same time this page was created....i'm flattered

No. 1 ranking mod? That may be true, but don't mention it with Cylarne about hehe

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 3:48 AM

is there going to be any form of mod for the soulstorm campaign? or scrapping the campaign entirely to make room for a new one? or are you just leaving the campaign alone?

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 3:49 AM

There are currently no plans to change the campaign, sorry.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 4:04 AM

damn, a new campaign would be awesome, espescially with the new races added, are you planning on putting the dark mechanicus in as well?

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also, i was just wondering, whenever i try to play the game, it all runs fine until a certain point during the skirmish, usually about 5 mins into the game, and it just crashes completely, i've tried it on all races and have the 6 parts installed plus the patches but nothing's worked, i deleted the "codex" file and i'm re-dowloading it, will this make any difference?

**Count Bagatur** · 24th Jun 12 4:17 AM

Friends, can we add some units from my mod White Scars to Codex? (for example, WS units will be available if you choose WS chapter of space marines race)
what do you think about it?

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 4:30 AM

that sounds great, the white scars are waaay different from codex chapters, i reckon you could add it as a full race but i reckon the salamanders or the legion of the damned would fit better as they are more diverse

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wait, you already made a mod?
do you have screenshots or anything? coz it sounds interesting, are the heroes the guys from hunt for voldorious?

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 4:43 AM

@Vinyl, a campaign is a lot of work, plus it's only really playable once...so at the moment the team's just working on skirmish/multiplayer. We are not planning a Dark Mechanicus race, although we are open to race suggestions (boothy is looking for a race to work on, so i'll ask him what he thinks of DM).

That's a good idea about WSs, i'll get back to you on that. However, we only have 1 different unit per chapter, and at the moment it's bikes for WS. It's always possible to expand, though. As far as full races go, though, I think we already have enough Space Marine chapters. However, after the White Scars mod makes White Scars a seperate chapter (instead of a SM replacement), it will be easy to add them onto Codex by editing the .module file (see the FAQs, there's a walkthrough on adding races there).

**Count Bagatur** · 24th Jun 12 4:44 AM

wait, you already made a mod?
do you have screenshots or anything? coz it sounds interesting, are the heroes the guys from hunt for voldorious?

yes, i did it but not full-version. The WS thread is near.
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...y-Khan)-for-SS

I am thinking now to do WS as stand-alone race and its possible (but takes some time). And than i will ask our teamleader boothy_p to permission of including this race to Codex or make WS a combine race.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 4:45 AM

yeah, i was reading through a book that featured the dark mechanicus, they're really creepy with fleshy swellings mixed with technology either human or xenos but really corrupted looking, i could sends you some picture links if you want?

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 4:45 AM

Yeah, that would be good Vinyl

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 4:47 AM

yeah, about the WS thingo

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 4:52 AM

Sorry, you've lost me Vinyl. I'll just clear up some stuff on White Scars. Currently, they are a seperate mod to codex. However, you can chose them as a chapter with SMs, but you only have access to 1 special WSs unit (there may be a few other alterations, aswell). When the White Scars race on the WSs mod is made seperate to SMs, though, they can then be added to the Codex mod very easily as an entirely new race (For more info read the FAQs).

**Count Bagatur** · 24th Jun 12 4:52 AM

If the team decides that the introduction of White Scars as a separate race - a good idea, I can now speed up and make the White Scars in my mod as a separate race. It is possible. I have for this programs and abilities.

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 4:54 AM

Well the more the merrier. It would be appreciated if the WSs were made a seperate race, although don't feel there's any rush.

**Count Bagatur** · 24th Jun 12 4:57 AM

I can do WS as separate race in a week. And than we will speak about adding race with our teamleader. Thats good idea, brothers?

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 5:02 AM

it thinks i'm a spambot coz i tried to upload links from the internet, nevermind, just google search dark mechanicus, there are some really great examples of both infantry and vehicles along with leaders in there

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ps, i actually can't wait to see the WS, i loved the dark angels, ultramarines, black templars etc

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 5:12 AM

Yeah sounds good Count. Do you mean about adding WSs as a permanent race to Codex?

Haha, sure, thanks anyway. Ultramarines? Is there a seperate Ultramarine race mod, or do you mean the chapter selection within the SMs on the Codex mod?

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 5:24 AM

there's a separate mod for it

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along with dark angels, blood angels, blood ravens, black templars, space wolves and grey knights, and that's not mentioning the 5 chaos chapters you can get, they're separate mods as well

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i didn't know there was a chapter selection thing, i'm trying to find a solution so the game dosen't crash before i reach the selectiony part

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 5:28 AM

:o I know about Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Black Templars, Space Wolves and Grey Knights, but not about Blood Raves and Ultramarines. I'll look into them, i'm a big Blood Raven and Ultramarine fan!

Yeah there is, same with Chaos. In 3.2 you'll also be able to chose a craftworld for Eldar and a clan for orks.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 5:38 AM

sweet as, i'm not a major eldar fan and i'm crap with orks but i'll give them a go.
how about adding in the option for either the base septs for the tau or choosing the farsight enclaves, the ones who split off from the empire?

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also, this problem with my copy of the codex mod, do you have any idea as to why it keeps crashing 5 mins into every game? i mean, i have an awesome mod, but i just can't play it

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 5:51 AM

That's a possibility, but it won't be in any versions soon, as there's things we would like to work on more

When you say 'I have an awesome mod', do you mean you've edited the mod in some way? If so, there's probably a problem there.
If not, then try deleting your Codex folder and .module file and then re-extracting parts 1, 2 and 3 to the SS directory all at the same time. Then extract the 3.1 hotfix.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 5:59 AM

i haven't edited it at all, i don't know how and to be honest i can't really think of any way i'd want to mod it.
do you mean at the same time as in simultaneously? i usually do it one part after the other, i'll give it a try and see if it works

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 6:05 AM

I do indeed mean simultaneously

Also make sure you have the hotfix.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 6:14 AM

alright, i'll give it a try, that said, my DOW_Soulstorm directory is FAAAAAR from vanilla, it's pretty much full of mods, the "Codex" directory seems separate though

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i'm trying my best to keep everything separate xD

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apart from the codex stuff of course though, that all goes together

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with the hotfix, do i extract it directly into the codex file or into the soulstorm directory?

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 6:21 AM

The Soulstorm directory. When asked if you want to merge or repalce anything, click yes.

**VinylScratch** · 24th Jun 12 6:45 AM

fairo

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do i put the codexchapters.rar into soulstorm as well?

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i haven't had a chance to play as tau yet on this, do you get the railgun as an add-on to make pathfinders into snipers?

**deathteam15** · 24th Jun 12 6:47 AM

Is that from the badges and banners download? If so, yes.

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