Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution

Dawn of War II is a real-time strategy/tactical role-playing video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ based on the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is the sequel to the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War video game series.

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Support summary
Support
Method
HUD
Widescreen:
Hor+
  • Native
  • Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:
Hor+
Multi-Monitor:
Hor+
  • Native
  • Hindrance
4k UltraHD:
 
Rendered Cut-Scene:
  • Vert-
FMV Cut-Scene:
  • Static Aspect
Game information
Game status:
Released
Release Date:
Tuesday, 1 March, 2011

Tested Version: 
Steam (with Chaos Rising expansion and Retribution standalone)

Play styles: 
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Setting: 
Genre: 
Developer: 
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Comparison Screenshots
  • 4:3 Screenshot
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution
  • 16:10 Screenshot
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution
  • 16:9 Screenshot
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution
  • Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Retribution
  • Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
    "horizontalmonitorcount" = 3
Solutions & Issues
Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues



Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues



Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

An ini edit is required to center the HUD and fix the squad selection screen:

Documents/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Settings/configuration.lua

{
setting = "horizontalmonitorcount",
value = 3,
},

If using a bezel-compensated resolution, try a value of 4 to move the UI even closer to the center of the display. Fractions are unsupported.
A value of 2 moves the UI to the inner edges of the sides screens, but the squad selection screen will be broken.

Fixing DoW2: Retribution may require the following steps: (the file to edit is Documents\My Games\Dawn of War II - Retribution\Settings\configuration.lua)

1) Edit the "screenheight" value to your single-screen resolution and start the game.
2) Select your triple-screen resolution from within the game options. You will have to Alt+F4 out of the game.
3) Set "horizontalmonitorcount" value to 3 and restart the game. The main menu screen should now be correctly scaled.




4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues
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Submitted by Dem Pyros on 16 February, 2010 - 02:54
Updated by skipclarke on 24 March, 2022 - 14:58