Dawn of War Codex

Hey everyone,

I just installed the mod version 2.3 when i try to start it, it just says it's starting aaaaand that's it, it closes after a second. I've correctly installed Elite in c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\
The Elite folder is in there. Even the .exe is on my desc, but if I try launching the elite .exe it starts a download gets to 1% and then an error occurs. So I did the -nomovies -modname ELITE -dev thing with the version in steam by launch options, and that's where nothing happens at all.

It may be because you didn't download all of it. Try redownloading it either from the DoWReplays link or from another web browser. If you are using Internet Exploder then that might pose a problem. If you do so, you do not need to delete the elite folder, it is deleted automatically on the latest install.

I have tried a different browser this time and it didn't work either. I did reinstall it like 5 times already.

Anti-Virus? Firewalls?

And have you started Retribution by itself before? You have to have opened the retail version for the mod to work.

I did start Retribution several times and even played matches, Anti-Virus is actually never a problem but I did shut it down as well as the firewall. Still nothing happens

Do you have a Elite.module file in c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution ?
What's the contents of c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\Elite ?

Content in Elite is,

folders: Archives, Data, DataAttrib, Locale

and

Elite_beta.ucs

elitemod.ico

.gitattributes

I got the ELITE.module in Retribution

Show your warnings.txt in My Documents\My Games\Dawn of War II - Retribution\Logfiles

12:14:31.34 -- DOW2 Warnings Log --
12:14:31.34 D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\DOW2.exe started at 2014-07-18 12:14
12:14:31.34 OS NT 6.0, 4088 MB Physical Memory, 1923 Mb Physical Available, 3312 Mb Virtual Available
12:14:31.34 RUN OPTIONS: -nomovies -modname ELITE -dev
12:14:31.34 WORKING DIR: 'D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution'
12:14:31.34 USER: 'Stefan'
12:14:31.39 GAME -- Failed to find mod 'ELITE'.
12:14:31.39 APP - Multi-threading Enabled
12:14:31.39 XTHREAD: Detected 4 core(s) with 4 hardware thread(s)
12:14:31.42 ParentalControls: Games Explorer found.
12:14:31.42 ParentalControls: Module found.
12:14:31.45 ParentalControls: IGameExplorer::VerifyAccess() call succeeded (0x00000001).
12:14:31.45 ParentalControls: access granted.
12:14:31.46 FILESYSTEM -- filepath failure, missing alias 'DATA:config\sysconfig.lua'
12:14:31.56 NetworkManager::Create - creating network manager
12:14:31.56 SteamService: region is DE
12:14:31.56 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel GSTP
12:14:31.56 Net::ThreadFunction - Entering network thread function...
12:14:31.56 Session::Initialize - info, initializing session object, using threads.
12:14:31.56 Transport::Connection request to lan://255.255.255.255:6112
12:14:31.56 AutomatchInternal: Instantiating
12:14:31.56 PartyInternal: Instantiating
12:14:31.56 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel PRTY
12:14:31.56 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel QCKM
12:14:31.56 Session::Initialize - info, initializing session object, using threads.
12:14:31.56 Transport::Connection request to lan://255.255.255.255:6112
12:14:31.57 GAME -- Dawn of War 2, EXE Version: 3.19, Build 6123
12:14:31.57 CommandBPDatabase : [DATA:config\CommandBPDatabase.lua] is not a proper .lua file.
12:14:31.58 APP -- The application failed to initialize it's devices, code: 2
12:14:31.58 RemoveAllPeers - flushing local session peer data
12:14:31.58 Session::Reset with reason 999 and PartyInternal::RemoveAllPeers
12:14:31.58 NetworkManager::Destroy - destroying network manager
12:14:31.58 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel QCKM
12:14:31.58 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel PRTY
12:14:31.58 PartyInternal: Fade to black
12:14:31.58 AutomatchInternal: Fade to black
12:14:31.58 PeerRemoveAll - flushing local session peer data
12:14:31.58 Session::Reset with reason 999 and MatchInternal::PeerRemoveAll
12:14:31.58 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel GSTP
12:14:31.58 Net::ThreadFunction - Returning from the network thread function...
12:14:31.58 CallManager - terminating all server calls in progress (0 in progress)
12:14:31.58 AsyncJobDriver::~AsyncJobDriver() - dynamically allocated job FetchStatsAsync is still running
12:14:31.58 AsyncJobDriver::~AsyncJobDriver() - dynamically allocated job SteamRequestUserStatsExtAsync is still running
12:14:31.58 Datastore -- uninitialize complete
12:14:31.59 MOD -- (mod manager) shutting down

Your dow2 installation is on D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution, so reinstall the mod and specify this path or move Elite\ and Elite.module here.

Hmmm okay that's strange and I didn't even realise I got this twice on two different steamlibrarys. The one on c:\ seems to be an older one, i guess i should delete it or does it effect my current game somehow?

It works now for me, thanks for the help!

Hi.
I have problem too :/ Maybe forums partners help ?

12:35:05.78 -- DOW2 Warnings Log --
12:35:05.78 D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\DOW2.exe started at 2014-08-14 12:35
12:35:05.78 OS NT 6.1, 4096 MB Physical Memory, 2288 Mb Physical Available, 3321 Mb Virtual Available
12:35:05.78 RUN OPTIONS: -nomovies -modname Elite -dev
12:35:05.78 WORKING DIR: 'D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution'
12:35:05.78 USER: 'GUNWO'
12:35:05.84 GAME -- Failed to find mod 'Elite'.
12:35:05.84 APP - Multi-threading Enabled
12:35:05.84 XTHREAD: Detected 4 core(s) with 4 hardware thread(s)
12:35:05.84 ParentalControls: Games Explorer found.
12:35:05.84 ParentalControls: Module found.
12:35:05.86 ParentalControls: IGameExplorer::VerifyAccess() call succeeded (0x00000001).
12:35:05.86 ParentalControls: access granted.
12:35:05.86 FILESYSTEM -- filepath failure, missing alias 'DATA:config\sysconfig.lua'
12:35:05.91 NetworkManager::Create - creating network manager
12:35:05.91 SteamService: region is PL
12:35:05.91 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel GSTP
12:35:05.91 Net::ThreadFunction - Entering network thread function...
12:35:05.91 Session::Initialize - info, initializing session object, using threads.
12:35:05.91 Transport::Connection request to lan://255.255.255.255:6112
12:35:05.91 AutomatchInternal: Instantiating
12:35:05.91 PartyInternal: Instantiating
12:35:05.91 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel PRTY
12:35:05.91 MessageInternal::CreateChannel: Created channel QCKM
12:35:05.91 Session::Initialize - info, initializing session object, using threads.
12:35:05.91 Transport::Connection request to lan://255.255.255.255:6112
12:35:05.92 GAME -- Dawn of War 2, EXE Version: 3.19, Build 6123
12:35:05.92 CommandBPDatabase : [DATA:config\CommandBPDatabase.lua] is not a proper .lua file.
12:35:05.92 APP -- The application failed to initialize it's devices, code: 2
12:35:05.92 RemoveAllPeers - flushing local session peer data
12:35:05.92 Session::Reset with reason 999 and PartyInternal::RemoveAllPeers
12:35:05.92 NetworkManager::Destroy - destroying network manager
12:35:05.92 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel QCKM
12:35:05.92 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel PRTY
12:35:05.92 PartyInternal: Fade to black
12:35:05.92 AutomatchInternal: Fade to black
12:35:05.92 PeerRemoveAll - flushing local session peer data
12:35:05.92 Session::Reset with reason 999 and MatchInternal::PeerRemoveAll
12:35:05.92 MessageInternal::DestroyChannel: Destroyed channel GSTP
12:35:05.94 Net::ThreadFunction - Returning from the network thread function...
12:35:05.94 CallManager - terminating all server calls in progress (0 in progress)
12:35:05.94 AsyncJobDriver::~AsyncJobDriver() - dynamically allocated job FetchStatsAsync is still running
12:35:05.94 AsyncJobDriver::~AsyncJobDriver() - dynamically allocated job SteamRequestUserStatsExtAsync is still running
12:35:05.94 Datastore -- uninitialize complete
12:35:05.94 MOD -- (mod manager) shutting down

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12:35:05.84 GAME -- Failed to find mod 'Elite'.

have you run retail at least once and got elite installed in the correct place? is steam on a different HDD from the game?

Raziel91, I had the same problem. Fix it by moving files inside of the folder D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\DOW2-ELITE to the D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War II - Retribution\

Also, it's the problem with the installer creating a new folder inside of the games folder and not actually putting files directly in it.

Hello guys, i have problem too
I installed the mod version 2.3.0 but every time i try to start the game don't start.
i installed the mod under: Data(D:)\Steam\SteamApps\common\dawn of war ii - retribution \ DOW2-ELITE

in the folder named DOW2-ELITE, at the inside i have two folder named Elite and GameAssets and one file named ELITE.module

in the folder Elite
i have 4 folder: Archives, Data, DataAttrib, Locale
and Elite_beta.ucs elitemod.ico .gitattributes

in the folder GameAssets
i have a folder Locale
inside i have English and in the folder English i have Elite.ucs

i put "-nomovies -modname ELITE -dev" in steam by launch options

i really don't know what is the problem i'm not good with this thing

(sorry for bad english)

The game should install in: Data(D:)\Steam\SteamApps\common\dawn of war ii - retribution \

You shouldn't need to add DOW2 - ELITE onto the end.

thanks man thanks
i put the the all the thing out of DOW2-ELITE and the mod start... dammn two hour man, two hour trying to discover the problem and was only that dammn

It happens

Glad it's working, have fun!

I'm having the same issue but can't figure out how to fix it with the previous comments. I installed it to D> program files(x86)>steam>steamapps>common>dawn of war ii-retribution which is what the installer suggested. Then when I go to launch the mod with the desktop icon it says I'm playing it for 1 second then just doesn't launch. I'm a little confused as well because my actual retribution install is on my C drive in my other steam install location. Any help would be greatly appreciated I am really looking forward to playing the mod.

edit: I also added -nomovies -modname ELITE -dev to the steam launch option, still no launch.

Try installing it to the same location as Retribution on your C drive in the dawn of war ii-retribution folder. They have to be in the same location, so that is probably the issue.

Alright well I reinstalled it to the same folder but when I go to launch the elite.exe short-cut it still just does nothing. The exe is for some reason installing to the D drive still when the rest of the mod data is going to where I told it to in the C drive. Also when I click go to file location for the .exe it just links to the steam.exe.

Did you delete the old shortcut and make a new one to connect to the new install location? It might not have overwritten. I assume the old one is set to lead to your D drive since that's where the installer defaulted to.

Ya I did a complete fresh install of it deleted everything the installer put.

Make sure there isn't a folder named 'DOW2-ELITE' in your retribution folder. This might be tacked on the end if you change the destination folder in the installer. This seems to happen for some reason.

If that doesn't work, I guess we should start from the top then. First, delete the folder named 'Elite' in your 'dawn of war ii - retribution' folder in steamapps\common\, and delete any shortcut on your desktop. You have started retribution before? The mod won't work if you haven't.

Next: your Retribution game is installed on your C drive and you set the installer to install to 'c:\program files (x86)\steam\SteamApps\common\dawn of war ii - retribution'? Make sure 'DOW2-ELITE' isn't tacked onto the end of the destination.

If you've done those things, can you tell me what folders and files you have in your retribution folder? For example, ELITE.ucs, and a folder called Elite. There could be an issue with the file path.

Ok it was tacking on the DOW-elite at the end so I'm trying a clean install of it without that on the end will update if it works.

edit: WOOT it works thank you guys very much for the help!

Help here too?

Here's my log files warning... thing.

17:32:45.28 -- DOW2 Warnings Log --
17:32:45.28 C:\Games\DoWar2R\DOW2.exe started at 2014-12-22 17:32
17:32:45.28 OS NT 6.1, 2000 MB Physical Memory, 755 Mb Physical Available, 1357 Mb Virtual Available
17:32:45.28 RUN OPTIONS: -applaunch 56400 -nomovies -modname Elite -dev
17:32:45.28 WORKING DIR: 'C:\Games\DoWar2R'
17:32:45.28 USER: 'admin'
17:32:45.29 LOAD COMPLETE GlobalInit Core Systems 0.005
17:32:45.33 MOD -- Initializing mod 'Elite', version '2.3', locale 'english'.
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\004_campaign.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\004_campaign.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\004_laststand.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\004_laststand.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\004_multiplayer.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\004_multiplayer.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\004_extra.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\004_extra.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\004_data.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\004_data.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\003_campaign.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\003_campaign.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\003_laststand.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\003_laststand.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\003_multiplayer.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\003_multiplayer.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\003_extra.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\003_extra.sga
17:32:45.36 MOD MANAGER -- 'data:common': Unable to mount archive 'GameAssets\Archives\003_data.sga'!
17:32:45.36 Failed to mount GameAssets\Archives\003_data.sga
17:32:45.82 Unable to mount all archives. Is your .module file out of sync with your locale.ini file?

I don't know how to fix this =.=

Are you sure you have a fully installed dow2 retribution on this path? There seems to be some missing archive files, GameAssets\Archives should be around 3.5gb.