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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm - Released 2008 - The third expansion pack for DoW - Demo

Application Details:

Version: Soulstorm: Demo
License: Demo
URL: http://www.dawnofwargame.com/
Votes: 0
Latest Rating: Platinum
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.0-rc1

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Test Results

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What works

Just about everything:

  • Installing
  • Main menu
  • Tutorial
  • Battles�
  • Mini-map (although it currently has the same "offset fog of war" bug as all DoW games)
  • Sound

What does not

Graphics Config app didn't show the test model, but as I run Compiz on ATI's FGLRX drivers it could just have been caused by the OpenGL errors that occur if I don't switch direct rendering quickly enough. It didn't stop the tool completing and it didn't affect the game.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Nothing.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

Apart from the known map issue then it was basically a flawless install and run, just like the other Dawn of War games. It was run fullscreen while also running Compiz. I can switch between desktops without the game crashing (although FGLRX drivers mean you need to toggle indirect rendering again when you go back to it). The only problems found were FGLRX/Compiz issues.

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?		RatingSubmitter
ShowFedora 8May 29 20081.0-rc1Yes Yes NoPlatinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 19 20080.9.57.Yes Yes NoPlatinumJeff 
ShowSolaris Express Developer EditionMar 05 20080.9.56.Yes Yes NoGoldTaras 
ShowUbuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Mar 01 20080.9.56.Yes Yes NoPlatinuman anonymous user 
ShowUbuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Feb 24 20080.9.55.Yes Yes NoSilverNemeczek 

Known Bugs

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HowTo / Notes

directX 9

After you installed the game you may get a performance boost if you use the latest version of DirectX 9.

The easiest way to do so, is using winetricks:

winetricks directx9

Read more about winetricks, here:

http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

missing dll
You need the "MSVCR80.dll" file in your .../system32/ directory just google it.
Corrupted textures?

If you have problems with completely corrupted textures the problem might be that your systems lacks a library that is used for texture compression in Dawn of War.

Under Debian based system install the package "libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0" and try again.

Tweaking Graphics
Dawn of War's settings are quite careful chosen which means that you could improve the graphics a lot. Here is a guide on tweaking DoW's graphics which sums it up.

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