Micro guide -DEV

Relic games developers have had a console and devmode for almost all of their RTS games.

Access:

To enable devmode set your launch options for DoW3 to include -dev.

For Example:

Utilisation in game

To open the console you have to press Ctrl + Shift + ~ (QWERTY)
For those with AZERTY, switch to QWERTY (-Alt + Maj for win10)

Commands

• Commands that are easy to use are:

quit- this will quit out of DoW3 and close the game
restart- restarts the game
capturemoviestart(fps) -
ex "capturemoviestart(30)" will take screenshots at 30fps till you tell it to stop. The files are somewhere in the dow3 mydocs folder
capturemoviestop - stop the screenshots

• Others Commands:

Player_SetPopCapOverride(Game_GetLocalPlayer(), pop limit size) -
ex "Player_SetPopCapOverride(Game_GetLocalPlayer(), 4096)" will get you a pop size of 4096

setsimrate(gamespeed) -
ex "setsimrate(100)" this will set the game speed. The regular speed of the game is 10

cheat_buildtime - instant build time

cheat_ignorecosts - ignore cost of units and elite points

cheat_resources(amount) -
ex "cheat_resources(1000)" 1000 of every resource including elite points

cheat_revealall - turn off fog of war

The commands for freeing the camera

Yes! I created a script to unlock and control the camera. You can find it here:

https://github.com/HajBakri/DoWIII-Camera-Mod

To install the script, follow these steps:

1- Download the file and place it in your DoWIII installation folder.
2- Launch the game in -dev mode.
3- Start a match and open the console, then type: dofile("camera.scar")

You can now zoom in and out freely with the scroll wheel (you can see the whole map). To rotate, press alt+j and alt+k for left and right. You can also adjust the declination by pressing alt+n and alt+m.

Warning this script can crash your game and sharply lower your FPS.
This does not have any global consequences, but causes some inconvenience.

Infos utiles

This micro guide was created from a page of the official forum of DOW 3.

Refer to the Forum for questions.

https://community.dawnofwar.com/discussion/12198/dow3-console-commands-devmode-scar-functions-and-cheats
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Cordially.

[sith_jedi_7]

Does dev mode allow cheats for campaign missions?

[dragonsphotoworks]

Had to use fast build, and no cost build to finish a mission.Kept trying but couldnt finish in time. But now when i finish the mission it locks up. First it went through debriefing but the continue button was locked. Now it goes to black screen "2nd time I turned off console cheats before finishing mission. Even saved then reloaded mission to destroy last building and not black screen"

[Merve]

Camera_LoadEditorCamera works but how do you switch back to the normal camera?

[dario9020]

this is the only site that still has the file available for download
https://www.playground.ru/warhammer_40000_dawn_of_war_3/file/warhammer_40_000_dawn_of_war_3_mod_na_kameru_dowiii_camera_mod_master-1004784
it must be placed in the game folder and then for those who do not have the tilde character must change the combination by replacing tilde with another character, in the App.ini file

so it works, I tested it myself

[Dux]

Camera_LoadEditorCamera is the command needed to free the camera.

[Henry-FrogMan]

Hello I'm sorry, I don't know how to activate the camera. Courage in your research

[[OFc] Rπmb©rc]

Just bought this guys and desperate for the camera unlock but it's not available anymore. can someone direct me? camera is awful in DoWIII so far. A decline from DoWII for sure :-(

[Henry-FrogMan]

@White Glint What do you want, to know how to take on oneself

[cdcool]

Cool

[White Glint]

@warfruna that really sucks, was looking forward to using the simrate commands aswel as pop cap without using mods