Dawn of War: Dark Crusade Crashes Computer on World View

[DapperDan]

The tutorial battle and skirmishes run fine, but when I launch an new campaign, after the intros and stuff, and it goes to the view of Kronus (is that how you spell it?) with all of the different regions and stuff, my entire computer freezes. The hard drive light shuts off, and my computer just simply stops. Any idea how to fix this?

Extra Credit:
Anyone have a nice Xpadder profile or other controller profile for DoW? Specifically and Xbox360 controller? Then I can plug my pc into the tv and sit back and relax while I play

[Kapp'n]

Post a Dxdiag.txt and Warnings.log please.

I think DoW is definitely one of those games that you're best to play at your desk with a keyboard and mouse

[mgargari]

Hi,

I am having exactly the same issue with the campaign.

Mac OSX + CrossOver + Steam.

Has anybody found a solution?

------ Warnings.log -----------

17:08:18.45   DARKCRUSADE started at 2012-07-21 17:08
17:08:18.45   OS NT 5.1, 2048MB Physical Memory
17:08:18.45   RUN-OPTIONS 
17:08:18.45   WORKING-DIR C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War Dark Crusade
17:08:18.45   USER mgargari
17:08:18.45   
17:08:24.48   MATHBOX -- Version=5, Cpu=INTEL Pentium-III:f=6,m=7, Mode=SSE
17:08:24.48   FILESYSTEM -- filepath failure, path does not exist 'Engine\Locale\english\Data'
17:08:24.48   GAME -- Warning: Failed to map folder 'Engine\Locale\english\Data'.
17:08:24.48   GAME -- Warhammer, 1.2, Build 96815
17:08:24.48   GAME -- Available memory: 2048MB RAM, 3479MB Pagefile
17:08:24.48   State::State - set socket send buffer to 131072
17:08:24.48   State::State - set socket receive buffer to 131072
17:08:24.48   HostState - 192.168.20.105:6112 / 192.168.20.105:6112
17:08:24.48   Session : Now Host
17:08:24.48   Session : We are now a Host
17:08:24.48   PeerState - 192.168.20.105:6112 / 192.168.20.105:6112
17:08:24.48   PeerState::ConnectCallbackHost - connecting to host at 255.255.255.255:6112
17:08:24.48   GSTransport::Connect - GT2AddressError
17:08:24.48   SPOOGE - Driver[Dx9 : Hardware TnL] on adapter[0], version[4,32]
17:08:24.48   SPDx9 -- Driver Name = nv4_disp.dll  Device = \\.\DISPLAY1  Desc = NVIDIA GeForce 320M
17:08:24.48   SPDx9 -- Driver Vendor = 0x10DE  Device = 0x08A3  SubSys = 0x00000000  Rev = 0x0000
17:08:24.48   SPDx9 -- Driver Version  Product = 0x0006  Version = 0x000F  SubVersion = 0x000C  Build = 0x1A02 (6658)
17:08:24.48   SPDx9 -- Driver GUID = {AEB2CDD4-6E41-43EA-941C-8361CC760781}
17:08:24.48   SPOOGE -- 248.50MB available texture memory
17:08:24.48   SPOOGE -- 248.50MB available texture memory
17:08:24.48   GAME -- Beginning FE
17:08:24.65   MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:dxp_relic_intro.lua'
17:08:26.49   MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:dxp_relic_intro.lua'
17:08:26.49   MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:nvidia_logo.lua'
17:08:27.39   MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:nvidia_logo.lua'
17:08:27.39   MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:dow_intro.lua'
17:08:28.06   MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:dow_intro.lua'
17:08:28.06   FE -- Loading front end.
17:08:28.06   FE -- Cursor hidden.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Initializing Mod dxp2, 1.0
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to load archive 'W40k\W40kDataGOTY.sga'
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'DXP2\Locale\english\Data'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'DXP2\Data_Shared_Textures\Full'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'DXP2\Data_Sound\Low'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'DXP2\Data_Music'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'DXP2\Data_Whm\Low'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'W40k\Locale\english\Data'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'W40k\Data_Shared_Textures\Full'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'W40k\Data_Sound\Low'.
17:08:31.69   MOD -- Warning: Failed to open folder 'W40k\Data_Whm\Low'.
17:08:34.42   GAME -- Using player profile Marcus
17:08:34.42   AppRegistry::GetValue - Failed to read valueName CDKEY
17:08:52.13   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\AUTORESOLVE.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\AUTORESOLVE.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\FontDecor.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\FontBody.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\ToolTip.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\CAMPAIGNNUGGET.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\CAMPAIGNNUGGET.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\COMMANDERSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\COMMANDERSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\METAMAP.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\METAMAP.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\FontHead.gfx
17:08:52.22   RENDER ANIM -- Dummy: Unable to open file!
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\MESSAGEBOX.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\MESSAGEBOX.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\RACESELECTION.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\RACESELECTION.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\REINFORCESCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\REINFORCESCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\LOADSAVE.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\LOADSAVE.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\HISTORY.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\HISTORY.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\REWARDSLOSSESSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\REWARDSLOSSESSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\WARGEAR.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\WARGEAR.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\SELECTDIFFICULTYSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\SELECTDIFFICULTYSCREEN.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\METAMAP_MAINMENU.gfx
17:08:52.22   GFx -- loading file DATA:ART\UI\SWF\METAMAP_MAINMENU.gfx
17:08:57.60   MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:kronus_intro.lua'
17:09:01.68   MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:kronus_intro.lua'
17:09:05.81   MOVIE -- Opening movie 'movies:tau_race.lua'
17:09:11.33   MOVIE -- Closing movie 'movies:tau_race.lua'

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------ Dxdiag.txt -----------

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/21/2012, 17:10:10
       Machine name: MarcoGargari
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: 
       System Model: 
               BIOS: 
          Processor: 
             Memory: 2048MB RAM
          Page File: 573MB used, 2949MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\windows
    DirectX Version: = "DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not present
     DxDiag Version:

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Thanks for any help you can provide.
Marco