This application allows for an easy launch of mods and management of large collections of mods for Warhammer 40K Dawn of War: Soulstorm™️ and Warhammer 40K Dawn of War: Dark Crusade™️. This version is supposed to fix some issues from version 1.5 and 1.4 of the Mod Manager while also adding some new functionality.
Version 1.51 now supports Dark Crusade and Soulstorm!
This Tool will currently do:
- Check all installed playable Mods by their .modules and check for their Required Mods
- Display if prerequisite Mods are installed or not
- Allow you to directly start the desired mod, once validated that everything is installed, directly via the Mod Manager.
- Provide you with additional advanced start options such as skipping the intro movies, dev mode etc.
- Allow to directly start the unmodded Base Game (This will not undo LAA Patches)
- Immediately see if Soulstorm.exe and GraphicsConfig.exe is LAA patched or not.
- Allow you to activate and deactivate the LAA flag with the push of a button! No more NTCore or external tools to edit the LAA property are required.
- Merge Races mods together and greate large combiner mods quickly and easily. (Use at your own risk)
- No more problems with CTD's when installing new mods that require other mods to work which you were previously unaware of.
- Scan your game directoy for file changes and immediately update, without having to restart.
- Remember the options from your last session.
This Tool will currently not do:
- Check for updates
- Check if Modversion is the most recent installed (Would require some additional data stored elsewhere)
- Install missing Mods for you (The tool will give you only a hint that a mod is missing)
INSTALLATION:
Drop the Executable file and the DoW Mod Manager Resources Folder into the same directory where the Soulstorm.exe or DarkCrusade.exe is located (..\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War Soulstorm\) be sure that you didn't rename this game .exe in the first place.
It'd cause desyncs in Multiplayer anyway (Renaming the Soulstorm.exe not using this tool)
DEINSTALLATION:
Simply remove the executable and the resource folder since they don't override anything.
PROTIP:
The tool will currently only manage the current folder it was dropped in. If you have multiple soulstorm installations drop the manager in EACH of them. For better access make a shortcut
to the .exe on your desktop to quickly access and start your game with any Mod you desire instantly.
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Version 1.51 changelog:
- Fixed an issue where the app would crash after quitting a game and clicking on the blank black space in the left available mods list.
- Fixed deselection of last started mod after firing up the game.
Version 1.5 changelog:
Mod Merger changes:
- UI now scales properly with window size.
- Uses a dark themed color as well.
Mod Manager changes:
- Changed UI to use a dark color theme.
- UI now scales properly with window size.
- Added a button that allows for quick and easy toggle of the LAA flag on the relevant executables. (Integrates the functionality of the 4GB patch into one button)
- Added code that updates the mod manager entries as soon as some file gets changed/deleted in the file explorer, without having to restart the app.
- Added safeguards for missing art assets.
- Added persistant data for the last chosen mod and the checkbox options.
- Added support for Dark Crusade game as well.
Version 1.4 Changelog:
Mod Merger changes:
-Mod Merger was updated with additional logic to handle unexpected user inputs.
-The various Buttons will now only activate if they're needed and are able to provide actual functionality.
-New Disabled variants of the Button images added.
-Mod Merger allows now to overwrite an existing .module file with an updated one without crashing.
-A new Messagebox will tell you if saving the new module file was successfull.
-It's now possible to add/remove alot of Mods by just clicking the plus/minus Button. You won't have to reselect Mods you want to add/remove everytime.
-It's now possible to conveniently enable/disable mods as well without having to reselect them everytime.
-Added some Tooltips to the Mod Merger buttons to explain their functionality.
Mod Manager changes:
-The Mod manager will now only list mods that have the "Playable" flag set to 1.
-Added a new Button that allows for immediate start of the unmodded Base Soulstorm game.
-Added a new Label that will display if the Soulstorm.exe has the 4GB Patch (LAA Patch) applied or not.
-Added a new Label that will display if the GraphicsConfig.exe has the 4GB Patch (LAA Patch) applied or not.
-Mod Manager will now update it's mod list once you created a new Merged/altered an existing Mod with the Mod Merger.
This will certainly come in handy.
Indeed. And remember guys, it now also supports both SOULSTORM AND DARK CRUSADE! So there's no reason not to get it now anymore :D. One app to rule them all!
I have updated this file with a bugfix that happens when you close the game and click the blank black space on the left window with the currently installed mods. Make sure to redownload this version!
I like the colour
looks really complicated
Thx for this wonderfull tool xD
when i click on the .exe for the mod manager it says I don't have the DoW Mod Manager Resources. Where can I get those, or did I do something wrong?
The DoW Mod Manager resource folder is included inside the archive folder. Extract both the .exe and that resource folder into your root game folder. Do not put them in sub folders or it won't work.
This was working fine for me until I had to power off my machine as it was not closing out of DoW. Now when I run Mod Manger 1.51 I get a Unhandled exception error. 1.5 works fine. Any ideas?
Reinstall 1.51 with the version from moddb again I guess. That powering off may have nuked some settings inside the exe.
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