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Hello there again

Sorry for a new thread on such short notice but I don't find the answer anywhere in the forum, here it is :
My specs : 8.1.3 version of CXgames on a mac book pro, NVIDIA 9600 MGT , OS 10.6.2.

I bought, downloaded and installed Dawn of War and its 2 expansions (winter assault and dark crusade, the third one is not compatible with CXgames) via steam on CXgames.
Game is running really good but here are the bugs :

• Not properly installed .
  Actually the 3 games have been successfully installed via steam but they seem to be completely independant, I should be able to switch from one another after launching the original game (there's a function for that in all 3 games) but I have to reboot every time, as if expansions were installed "on the head of the other", not as in a whole complete game.
  Not mentionning it does have an impact on multiplayer playing ( for instance, the 7 races of dark crusade are avalaible in multi if you got the first DOW. Since it does not "know" it's there you can't properly use them).
  I installed them via steam one after the other (respectfully of chronology) did I do something wrong ?
  To a larger extent, how does steam work under CXgames as far as it goes for installation of extensions, mods etc ...?

• Dark crusade extension single player campaign issue.
  First time I launched the game, I tried the single person campaign. I noticed some graphical glitches at the world's map (some portions of it don't appear right) and the game crashed after launching a battle.
  Second time I launched the game,and it keeps on behaving like this now, the game crashed as soon as the world's map appear, making single campaign unplayable.
  Beside that, the game is running perfectly (skirmish, multiplayer etc...) but is estropied from its single player mode (wich is unfortunately the best feature of this expansion...)
  I tried a redownload/reinstall but it keeps on behaving like this.
  Notice that the crash info window is the big one with "crashed for unknown reason" and a place below to write a message and send it ( to you I suppose ^^)

Dark crusade is known to have some problems on CXgames (in the compatibility list you entitle it as "gold" though, a short check among the net attends to prove that the color is a little less yellow than that ^^) but I never read anything about the problem I have on any forums .

Can you help me ?

And merry Xmas again !!

Here are some info that might help you understand my problem :

• here are the files involved everytime dark crusade crashes after the world map appears in single campaign :

C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\WARNINGS.LOG
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\W40K.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\REGIONS.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\LOCAL.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\12-25-2009_02_31_00_ERRORLOG.TXT
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR DARK CRUSADE\12-25-2009_02_31_00_MINIDUMP.DMP

I am so noob that I can't actually see their content (I suppose I have to use quartz but it gives me the shivers...) anyway that must be useful

• the problem seems to be very sensitive to the game aspect ratio and colors choice option :
  I actually managed to see the map functioning a few times in 800x600 (16), but the game would crash anyway after that (while loading the first battle on this specific occasion).

• I insist on saying that the game is running perfectly beside the single campaign.

• Once again the 3 games (DAW, Winter assault and Dark crusade) seem not to communicate "properly", as far as it is supposed to be the same game + extensions (the 2 expansions are playable as a stand alone but are limited regarding online multi if you don't have the 1st DAW, it reacts like this here)
  Maybe there's something I'm missing from the CXgames/steam relationship's mechanic when it comes to installing games via steam.

Sorry again for bad english and merry Xmas !

Hi,

You will do better asking questions like this, in the actual forum for the
game title(s) involved -- specific issues related to any game/app can be easily
overlooked/missed in this 'General Forum' -- please report to one of the following;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/search?name=dawn+of+war&search=app

Cheers!

Thank you Don but the problem is so huge actually that I think it mostly involves steam.

After having played for about 6-8 hours to all 3 expansions, the game would crash sooner or later whatever expansion I'm playing in random situations and on specific occasions :

For instance, game systematically crashes after the beginning of mission 8 cinematic of the original game showing exactly the same log that for dark crusade, except for the game title :

C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\WARNINGS.LOG
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\W40K.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\REGIONS.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\LOCAL.INI
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\12-26-2009_15_04_52_ERRORLOG.TXT
C:\PROGRAM FILES\STEAM\STEAMAPPS\COMMON\DAWN OF WAR GOLD\12-26-2009_15_04_52_MINIDUMP.DMP

Everytime the game would crash, it shows that log with the expansion's name I'm actually playing.

The version of the game is the Xmas sell off on steam of the platinum version (wich includes DAW + the 2 expansions)
Regarding steam I installed it via the Configure/Install software/"steam via download" package; it runs well except for the scrolling bug in the steam window.

Anyway I will post on the game's thread you provided ( sorry but I'll just copy my posts here with a little "edit" line) but something tells me the game is not involve but the installation of steam/the game via steam/CXgames