This mod is not monetised. I will not be doing any paid mods nor set up a patreon. This is not an official GW licensed product. I will also not pull the mod, and will keep it on the net since any takedowns would be without merit. This mod aims at modifying Dawn of War 2 Retribution to portray combat in a more lore-accurate manner. Prepare to find Space Marines as powerful as the books depict them, ork hordes in their hundreds, and dozens of Guard tanks shelling into an incoming tyranid horde!
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3.3 full release Install the mod into your main Dow II retribution folder. Readme file included with Credits and instructions. Run either with Astartes.bat, or go to your Steam, go to Retribution, go to Properties, set launch options as "-modname Astartes" ,without the ""s. I recommend setting graphics to Ultra high before installing or mod may crash on space marines. Races , tactics, and units: Space marines heroes all have a separate race attached. Chapter commander is Adeptus Astartes, unlocking the contemporary 40k Space marines. Legion commander is Legiones Astartes, unlocking the 30k era late Great Crusade Space marines. Grey Knights commander is Daemonhunters, unlocking the Grey Knights. IG heroes are the same: Cadian commander unlocks the standard IG. Krieg commander unlocks the Krieg IG. Not suppressible, but fire slower if more powefully with their lasguns. Tau commander: Tau race, similar a bit to IG. Very weak in melee, but good at range with plasma weapons.
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does this mod allow for changing the default colours for the campaign factions like the yellow and blue eldar, like you can in Elite
This mod isn't the best used for campaign due to its lore-like units.
The campaign is a copy paste, so at best I could make it work for 1-2 races.
Since the campaign is rather lackluster, I only made a campaign mod for the old DoW2/Chaos Rising, Wrath of the Blood Ravens.
the game crash..
Do you got Astartes.module, folder, and bat files in your main retribution folder? Is the game up to date?
I'm getting crashes almost every skirmish with the latest update. I could reliably finish games before this version, but now it is crashing to the point of being unplayable. Sometimes it only takes around 5 or so minutes, and sometimes (rarely) I can get around 20mins before crashing. I've tried probably a dozen or so times (on different maps/player counts and random factions) and have yet to finish a longer game without it crashing.
I'm watching my computers performance as I play and nothing is even remotely being pushed to it's limits while playing. I tried reinstalling the mod, verifying the files on steam, and dropping my graphics settings, but no dice so far. It is a great mod, so I hope I can figure out why the new update hates my pc so much lol.
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Just saw the shut off youtube while playing comment so I tried that and set the fps to 50. Played a round without issues now :)
Glad to hear it worked! Sadly this stopped me from playing with 10 hour Astartes chant in the background, but than I realised I could play that on my phone while playing!
Is there a way to disable the corpses? The game tends to crash when fighting horde races when the bodies pile up too much.
Not without coding, and it seemed a requested feature to have bodies stay. You need only the model and texture quality to be high, most modern gaming pcs should not have trouble with it, as it is an old game with less than stellar graphics.
Hello thank you for your work. Is Dawn of war 2 and Chaos rising needed for the mod to work ?
No, only Retribution is needed.
Thanks for the answer.
Chaos Rising and regular dow 2 are for Wrath, the precursor and campaign mod version.
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The older race versus the younger )
Great mod, on pair with the unification mod. I've got a problem : once I finished the first skirmish the game freezes impossible to come back to the desk, I have to reboot the computer. Also is it normal that only multiplayer (pvp) is available ?
And I don't have access to the relics tanks, do I have to level up the multi for that ?
Rather than exit out the game the normal way i recommend to CTRL+ALT+DEL instead and close the game, then start it up again. That way you don't waste your time waiting for an endless amount of time.
Only the Last Stand should not be available, you can still play campaign and "offline" skirmish. Though keep in mind that this mod is not intended to be played with campaign.
And finally to build the relic tanks you have to build the scout beacon/teleporter homer, the building your scout squad can construct. And in order to build the other relic stuff and custodes you have to build the techmarine beacon/Teleporter relay which the techmarine hero can construct.
I have installed mod exactly as per instruction, but after running I have still 3.19.2.10320 version.
What I did wrong?
Did you overwrite all the files with the new ones? Also remember to go to your Steam, go to Retribution, go to Properties, and set launch options as -modname Astartes.
Is it possible to use the mod in the campaign, not for the new units, but for the best models of your mod? since that is what I would like to have better models
Not sure, maybe buggy.
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Try reducing your graphics a bit if it lags a lot or try to stay away from playing against 3 horde factions at once if your computer isn't high-end.
But remember models should always be at the highest setting to avoid it crashing when playing with space marines.
Imperator from mobile.
Set framerate to 50 fps, make sure no media player is running in background.
It could be soundbug, which is retail issue.
Try setting the framerate to 50fps and make sure that no media player like youtube is running in the background.
Hi :) this mod is amazing, i just want to know if we can slow down the speed of the game ?
Good mod, but I didn't like the idea of putting ultra requirements so that the mod works well. I wish that in future updates I have the option to play without the ultra requirements
It is due to some of the SM models but I don't know how to find which one.
The only way I know to find out would be trying to run a game with removing each individual sm model and there is thirteen thousand entries files, which means a few thousand models so it is extremely impractical.
Newer fixed version out!
Stupid question, how do you go about setting the fps to 50?
Through the Nvidia control panel on the bottom right of your screen, not sure for AMD. It isn't necessary, just recommended for this retail bug.
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