[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.5.3 patch] file

CHANGES IN V1.5.3

• General
  • Replaced the old Dawn of War: Strongholds logo with a new version by Aro from the Twisted Insurrection mod for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
• Tau Empire
  • Modified the texture of the Fire Warrior Shas'ui to more closely match the pattern in Codex: Tau Empire.
  • Modified the Ethereal's Holographic Projection ability so that it works properly on Kais and Or'es'Ka.
  • The Disciples of Kauyon and Mont'ka now have access to the Ethereal's Air Caste Strike and Holographic Projection abilities.
  • Losing the Disciple of Kauyon or Mont'ka will now have the same penalty for your army as losing the Ethereal.
• Blood Angels
  • Fixed a crash that would occur when attempting to use the Spaceport ability at the same time as the Wings of Sanguinius branch of the tech tree.
• The Deimos Peninsula
  • Fixed the first line of dialogue between Eliphas and Taldeer.
• Victory Bay
  • Fixed a Fatal Scar Error that could sometimes occur when spawning enemy squads to recapture strategic points.
• The Thur'Abis Catacombs
  • Adjusted the timing of the bomb explosion to better match up with the dialogue.
  • Modified the FX on the Sisters of Battle, Salamanders and Witch Hunters bombs to be more fiery.
  • Added a new bomb model for the Necrons.
• The Green Coast:
  • Fixed the speech icons during the final dialogue between O'Kais and Gorgutz.
  • Added negative cover to all submerged areas.
• Or'es Tash'n
  • Fixed a Fatal Scar Error that could sometimes occur during the closing cutscene.
• The Peninsula of Iseult:
  • Rebalancing of mission difficulty, with adjustable difficulty settings now available (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
  • Changed the in-mission Chaos Lord (i.e. not the one in the cutscenes) from the Lord Carron model to the Lord Bale model from the original Dawn of War.
  • Restored some dialogue that was cut from the original retail release.
  • Fixed the exploit where it was sometimes possible to destroy the enemy HQ before destroying all the shrines.
  • The Defiler and Hell Talon objectives are now completed by destroying the relevant Machine Pits rather than the HQ buildings.
  • Added a new secondary objective near the start of the mission.
• Lacunae:
  • Reduced the frequency of attacks against your base.
  • Fixed a Fatal Scar Error that occurred shortly after setting up your base.
  • Daemon Hunters can no longer get Grey Knight Terminator squads from destroyed cages.
  • Changed the southern Warp Beast patrol to Wyches.
  • The Dark Eldar will now launch attacks against your HQ as it is being constructed.
  • Reduced the number of Raider transports that attack your forces in the opening phase.
  • Fixed some missing speech files.
  • Restored a line of dialogue that was cut from the retail release.
  • Added the player's commander to the closing cutscene, gave Archon Tahril an Incubi bodyguard and added more variety to the player's squads in the scene.
• The Upper Wastes:
  • Modified the closing cutscene so that it looks like the Eldar are losing more decisively, and added the player's commander to the final scene.
• The Dussala Precinct:
  • Made some cosmetic changes to the map.
  • Removed Stubbs' plasma gun from cutscenes to prevent glitches during certain animations.
  • Restored some lines of dialogue that were cut from the retail release of Soulstorm.
  • Convoys can now have armed escorts.
  • Convoys will now behave differently, reacting better to the player's actions in the mission.
  • Added the player's commander to the final scene of the mission outro.
  • Fixed the facing of the enemy heavy weapon teams.
  • Changed the artillery spotters to use the Special Weapons Guardsman model.
  • Added a new enemy unit, the Imperial Lieutenant.
  • The Basilisk Magnus is now more difficult to destroy, and has an additional mission objective associated with it.
  • Changed the colour scheme on the crashed Thunderhawk from Ultramarines to Blood Ravens.
  • Fixed the weapon upgrades on enemy Kasrkin squads.
  • The idle Leman Russ tanks in the Imperial Guard's main base will now activate when you approach.
  • Rebalancing of mission difficulty, with adjustable difficulty settings now available (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
• Coastal Imossa:
  • Replaced the model for the large Necron generator at the centre of the map with an improved version.
  • Made some cosmetic changes to the terrain.
  • Added additional Necron turrets and Listening Posts to the central area.
  • More dynamic behaviour from enemy squads, such as the use of abilities and teleportation.
  • Removed the Nightbringer from the mission.
  • Added new mission objectives.
  • Restored some dialogue that was cut from the original retail release.
  • Added a new cutscene.
  • Rebalancing of mission difficulty, with adjustable difficulty settings now available (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
• Nan Yanoi:
  • Fixed the opening cutscene so that your scouts will be attacked by the ambushing Gun Drones.
  • Fixes to Broadside, Stealthsuit and Fire Warrior tactics scripting.