The Dawn of War: Strongholds mod unlocks all seven Dark Crusade and all nine Soulstorm campaign stronghold missions, allowing them to be played directly from the skirmish menu. Compatibility is included for all vanilla and most mod races, which means that the Dark Eldar and Sisters of Battle can be used on the Dark Crusade missions, blue-on-blue match-ups are permitted, and support is included for the following mods:
- Adeptus Mechanicus Explorators
- Black Templars: Kaurava Crusade
- Blood Angels
- Chaos Daemons
- Dark Angels
- Emperor's Children
- Harlequins - The Dance Macabre
- Inquisition: Daemonhunt
- Legion of the Damned
- Night Lords
- Praetorian Guard
- RAGE: World Eaters Warband
- Renegade Guard
- Salamanders
- Space Wolves
- Steel Legion
- Thousand Sons
- Vostroyan Firstborn
- Witch Hunters
Any other new race mods that are released will be added to this list. This should be a fairly easy process, as I have re-coded all the mission SCAR and NIS files to make it as simple as possible to add extra race compatibility.
Full instructions on how to get this mod set up correctly can be found in the readme file accompanying the most recent release version including a list of all required and optional mods with download links. I strongly advise that you check it out before you get started.
Articles
Firstly there is an updated installation tutorial for anyone who has been having difficulty getting started with the mod:
Secondly, there are two gameplay videos, showing a Grey Knights raid into the Thur'Abis Catacombs and a Vostroyan Firstborn assault on the Dussala Precinct:
This is in addition to all the older Strongholds videos on his channel. Although they were created using out-of-date versions of the mod, many are still well worth a look. The full playlist can be found here:
Of course he also has videos of vanilla Dawn of War, other mods like Ultimate Apocalypse, plus a host of other games. Check them out here:
FAQ
Other Tutorial 29 commentsI have created this list to try and address the most common questions that are asked about the Soulstorm: Strongholds mod. Please read through this before...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.6 patch]
Patch 34 commentsLooks like it's patch time again. Ensure you have v1.7.0 installed (other v1.7.X patches are not required but won't do any harm if you already have any...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.0]
Full Version 17 commentsProbably the biggest update ever for the mod, as many missions have received major updates, new bonus abilities are available for Soulstorm missions...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.5 patch]
Patch 1 commentJust a quick patch to address a few issues missed in the last update. Ensure you have v1.7.0 installed (other v1.7.X patches are not required but won't...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.4 patch]
Patch 5 commentsWell then, I think two years is long enough, so here we go. Ensure you have v1.7.0 installed (patches v1.7.1, v1.7.2 and v1.7.3 are not required but won't...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.3 patch]
Patch 116 commentsAnother set of bugfixes for Strongholds. As before, ensure you have v1.7.0 installed (patches v1.7.1 and v1.7.2 are not required but won't do any harm...
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[OBSOLETE] Dawn of War: Strongholds [v1.7.2 patch]
Patch 7 commentsPatch 1.7.2 brings some more vital fixes for various stronghold missions. Ensure that you have v1.7.0 installed first (the v1.7.1 patch is not required...
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Fascinating and potentially awesome.
Pray tell, what are the other seven races in this mod and what other mods is it confirmed to be compatible with? You said Steel Legion in the description, but is it compatible with say, Tyranids, or IDH?
Is it compatible with full conversion mods such as Codex?
In any case, tracking.
The race mods that are compatible with this are:
- Steel Legion
- Harlequins
- Inquisition: Daemonhunt
- Space Wolves
- Renegade Guard
- Black Templars
- Tyranids
The thing about Tyranids though is that the most recent version of the Tyranids mod won't work with the mission coding. As a result, the most recent version that will work is v0.5b1.
The next release should hopefully have full support for the Daemons mod as well.
Full details of how to set everything up to run with these mods can be found in the readme file.
Ah, informative. Thank you kindly.
Though I feel I should ask again. How compatible is it with full conversions? Do you know?
Anyway, downloading now.
Only the mods listed above are currently supported (check the readme file for the latest supported versions). More comprehensive mods that change stuff in the game rather than just add new races, such as Ultimate Apocalypse, Titanium Wars, Purgation of Kaurava, will cause all sorts of errors in the mission scripting. I'm not really familiar with the Codex mod, so I couldn't say for definite about that one.
Play the latest TWM for SS, Administratum race
Just a brilliant idea for a mod!
Congratulations!