Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

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HOW TO INSTALL UNIFICATION FOR DOW-DE
By Night Writer
A step by step walk through for installing the Unification Mod in Dawn of War -DE
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STEP 1. DOWNLOAD
Unification Mod has two parts, the Installer and the Core Files>

The Installer is Found here>

https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/downloads/unification-v736-installer-exe

The Core Files are found here>
https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/downloads/unification-v736

You need both parts, and they both need to be in the same folder when you run the installer.
STEP 2: MOD INSTALLATION PATH
Create a Mod Path for the Unification Mod to be installed to.

Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Relic Entertainment\Dawn of War\

Step A > CREATE a NEW FOLDER called Mods inside of the Dawn of War Folder if it doesn't exist already.

Step B> CREATE another NEW FOLDER called UNIFICATION inside of the Mods folder you just created.

STEP 3: TEMPORARY FOLDER
Create a Temporary folder on your Desktop ( or wherever).

Put the Unification-v.7.3.6.exe (Installer) and the core files (Unification.7z) that you downloaded earlier in that temporary folder.

You do not need to extract or unpack Unification.7z, as the installer will do this for you.

STEP 4: RUN THE INSTALLER
From within the Temp Folder you just created>

Double Click the Installer.exe,

It will ask you where you want to install Unification>

When it asks you where to install the mod give it the full path to your Mod Folder You created.

Example: >

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Relic Entertainment\Dawn of War\Mods\Unification

It will then run and extract it's core files to the specified Mod path you provide.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Change the path above to include your username, not %username%
STEP 5: MOD ACTIVATION
Once the installer completes installation. Launch the game and go to Mods, and you should see Unification in the list.

Click on it in the list, and then click Activate, and the game will go to a loading screen and then switch back to a main Menu. This new menu will be for the Unification Mod.
STEP 6: OPTIONAL ADD ONS
The UNIFICATION UNLIMITED MOD CAN BE FOUND HERE>

https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/addons/unification-unlimited-v126-for-736-by-corncobman

You run the installer file (.exe) and provide it the same path to the MODS\UNIFICATION folder you created earlier, where your Unification mod is installed, and it will install to that location, and be available in the Mods list within the UI, just like UNIFICATION.

EXAMPLE:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Relic Entertainment\Dawn of War\Mods\Unification


Unification Campaign addon for 7.3.x can be found here>
NOTE: THE UNIFICATION EXPANDED CAMPAIGN IS CURRENTLY NOT FUNCTIONAL DUE TO UI ISSUES in the Campaign itself. Do not Attempt to play the Campaign currently.

FOR FUTURE REFERENCE this is where to find the CAMPAIGN ADD-ON FILES AND THE CURRENT INSTRUCTIONS>>

https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/addons/unification-campaign-addon-for-73x5


HERE ARE THE DEV'S DIRECTIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN ADDON> (Edited for DOW-DE)

UPDATED: 4.28.2025 This addon adds five new playable races to campaign: Inquisition Daemonhunt, Chaos Deamons, Tyranids, Witch Hunter, Emperor's Children and Renegade Guard. The first two are placed on a new planet and the Tyranids on their own hive fleet "moon", adjunction to Karauva I. Please note, this is still experimental and in Open Beta.

Usage: extract the package using any zip extraction program inside your Dawn of War-DE MOD path folder.

EXAMPLE>

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Relic Entertainment\Dawn of War\Mods\Unification

Start "unification_campaign" module from the Mod Launcher.

NOTE: While playing campaign, make frequent saves with different names. In case of a bug/crash you will have some possibilities to go back to.


This addon uses its own Campaign Configurator, located inside the folder >> unification_campaign.

Use this to switch the Sisters of Battle to the Witch Hunters and Chaos Space Marines to the Emperor's Children or the Renegade Guard. Please keep in mind this is still experimental as was never attempted before.

In this version, the movie files are already copied inside. No need for any further action. For intro movies, you need to have -nomovies in the Mod Launcher unticked!

Use the Campaign Configurator to configure your campaign and afterwards launch the Campaign version of the Mod Launcher with admin rights, with "enable UNI.DLL" ticked on. If encountering issues with the UNI.DLL, check in first in our Discord for troubleshooting.
3 Comments
Night Writer  [author] 23 Sep @ 11:11am 
The Menu and UI will still be in 4:3 Aspect Ratio, but the game screen, battle field and units are all displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio.. So yes Wide screen gaming works fine. It does not impede the game play at all.

The Army Painter also works fine now as well.

The only feature that doesn't work properly in DE for Unification is the Custom Expanded Campaign, as the UI is not select-able to pick your army and move around the Overview map during the campaign.
naragoth 22 Sep @ 1:30pm 
Works well, except doesn't seem to support wide screens, the images are there but menu and mouse input only functions within the center 1/3rd of the screen. Any patch for this?
JBreadford 22 Sep @ 12:29pm 
Nice. There wont be problem with wide screen and ui?