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 Although they were created using out-of-date versions of the mod, many are still well worth a look.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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So like, where do you download the mod? If all the files are obselete do none of them work, or do all of them work? Like what Syndrome said in The Incredibles.
They're all out of date since Unification got the big update a few months back. I'm working on it.
Is it possible to still use the latest existing version in the meantime?
You can try, but even if it works it'll be buggy and janky as hell.
I see - then I will wait until the updated version. Thank you for the response!
No problem. Sorry for the wait, there's a LOT that needs sorting out.
Loved the Mod
hope there will be an updated version
You are doing the Emperors ( or the chaos gods/Gorks/Ynneads whatever you prefer) Work!
When I play Upper Wastes if I skip the cutscene or in middle of cutscene it shows Fatal Scar Error I would like to know how to fix it.
it is possible to use the present unification mode for your stronghold?
I don't know if this is intentional or a bug, but Shroud ability on webways (eldar) on Sama district (Sisters) does not work. Healing waystation seems to work tho. Is it disabled on Insane difficulty?
One of the special Living Saints on this mission (the golden one) reveals all your infiltrated units, so Shroud is useless until she is destroyed.
Stronghold missions is literally all I play on soulstorm now, especially with all the different race mods. Thank you so much for this mod for years of fun. One request is if you would be able to make this compatible with the new RAGE: World Eater's Warband 3.0 release? Either way though, thank you for making this mod, I can't stop playing it.
Hi - I love this mod. However, I can't seem to import all the Soulstorm Stronghold maps to just Skirmish. Many seem to be missing SGB files or the sgb is 0 data and don;t show up in the menu for Skirmish maps. I got Dussala Precinct to work (also missing the icon but works otherwise)) but tried Yan Naoi (Tau base) and it won't work. Any way to just download the plain map files themselves?
Kasrkin84 Can you make a small patch fix this bug? I rarely play the sister stronghold, but I can't really wait till the next version.
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Currently trying to get things compatible with the new Unification release, which will probably take a while. I'm going to try and get a fix for that specific bug as well, but it's a tricky one to nail down.
If you download new races, how do you get them to work in the mod?
Okay, just found out how. Go into Mod Manager and click on "Merge Mods." Select Strongholds, then add in additional race mods.