Dawn of War Widescreen Fix

Warning only use this Method for Singleplayer and not for Multiplayer!

I couldn't get a answer if this is allowed since it is more than just .ini changes and they have new servers with protection after the demise of Gamespy so I made this Guide "Hidden" but of course the people want to play in higher Resolutions so I will continue to update the Guide.

I will leave the warning there but we are most likely allowed to use this since they haven't responded for Years or taken this down, play the Campaigns of GOTY and Winter Assault with this and move on to Soulstorm for Multiplayer.

If you ever wanted to play Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War:Game of the Year Edition and Winter Assault in 1920x1080 here is your solution and if you are too inexperienced to hex the files yourself I also included the modified files.

This will stretch the Screen a little bit but it is better than the default.

A Call To Arms Battlebrothers and Heretics!

First of all please go to this Thread and let them know that you want proper Widescreen Support for this older Gem they are continuously making updates since May 2014 a +1 would suffice.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/4570/discussions/0/522728086915502105/
Thank you!

The Easy Solution

Here are all the modified files for GOTY/Winter Assault for (16/9) and also (16:10) extract the files and copy/overwrite them into your installation Folder:
Steam\SteamApps\common\Dawn of War Gold
(Right click the Game in your Library click on Properties the tab Local Files and click on Browse local files...)

Don't change the Resolution in the Options or you have to manually edit the "Local.ini" into your Resolution.
(The Resolution will not be visible in the Options Menu if you use this.)

Resolution 1920x1080 (16:9)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/obwvltxk0k3ezsa/Warhammer%20Widescreen%20Fix%20%2816.9%29.rar?dl=0
http://www.filefactory.com/file/15fqe6bdyopr

Resolution 1366x768 (16:9)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fccgqfnwprgkg0b/Warhammer%20Widescreen%20Fix%20%2816.9%2C%201366x768%29.rar?dl=0

Resolution 1680x1050 (16:10)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zpbl2y5wproa9n1/Warhammer%20Widescreen%20Fix%20%2816.10%29.rar?dl=0
http://www.filefactory.com/file/wvlq0eost97

For the Update: 09/22/2016

Modifiying the Files yourself

First you will need a Hex editor and a Text-Editor you can download the Hex editor from:
http://mh-nexus.de/en/downloads.php?product=HxD
I recommend Notepad++ for Text editing or use the default Notepad:
http://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/

Go to your installation folder and open the file "Local.ini" with a Text-Editor and change your "screenheight" and "screenwidth" to your desired Resolution:

1920x1080:
screenheight=1080
and
screenwidth=1920

1366x768:
(It needs to be 1360x768 in the ini)
screenheight=768
and
screenwidth=1360

1680x1050:
screenheight=1050
and
screenwidth=1680

(Don't change the Resolution in the Options otherwise it will reset the Local.ini and you have to edit it again)

Now you need to search and edit the hex values in all five .exe files, open them with HxD and search with (ctrl+f) for ABAAAA3F don't forget to change the Datatype from Text-string to Hex-values:

Open "W40k.exe" with the Hex editor and search (ctrl+f) for the hex value ABAAAA3F. When you have a 16/9 monitor Replace it with 398EE33F for 16/10 change it to CCCCCD3F Save your file.

Open "W40kWA.exe" with the Hex editor and search (ctrl+f) for the hex value ABAAAA3F. When you have a 16/9 monitor Replace it with 398EE33F for 16/10 change it to CCCCCD3F Save your file.

Now open "Platform.dll" with the Hex editor and search (ctrl+f) for the hex value ABAAAA3F. When you have a 16/9 monitor Replace it with 398EE33F for 16/10 change it to CCCCCD3F Save your file.

Now open "spDx9.dll" with the Hex editor and search (ctrl+f) the hex value ABAAAA3F. When you have a 16/9 monitor Replace it with 398EE33F for 16/10 change it to CCCCCD3F Save your file.

Now open "UserInterface.dll" file and search (ctrl+f) for the hex value ABAAAA3F.
You should find 2 occurrences of this value in this file. Replace both values with 398EE33F if you have a 16/9 monitor or CCCCCD3F if you have a 16/10 monitor. Save your file and close your hex editor.

Credits and last Words

If you want to change it to any other Resolution than the ones listed be warned that the minimap will look far worse I haven't found anything to combat that.

All Credits go to Shuny for making it all possible:
http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php&f=63&t=25139
and to good ol' grandpappy Nurgle! for bringing it to our attention.

The Original Thread that got under in the Discussion Forum and the Reason why I made this Guide:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/4570/discussions/0/810919056975040474

This is the same Guide as the one in the Base Game with more Comments:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=205040803

If you have any questions ask them in the Comment section and I help whenever I can.

[Hyperboy21]

Any tip how play the game on steam deck controls it my first to play it?

[Armwulf]

Is there a good hex value for a 21:9 display?

[Keiti]

ATTENTION:
This makes the game look squashed at 16/9, i.e. wider than it should... to fix it, simply fix:
"W40k.exe" and "W40kWA.exe" in an HxD. In both do the same as before, but change the "Replace with:" value to "0000A03F" and not "398EE33F" unlike in all the other files.

I hope this helps, because it was quite difficult for me to find a way to keep it from looking crushed... Greetings ;-)

[MikiPy]

Me funciono perfectamente

[Black Boy ☪]

Thanks! :D

[summer_snowman]

wtf is that file factory link that looks like just looking at that website with my eyes will somehow manifest a computer virus

[NeonPirate73]

I don't suppose there are any values you can mess with to change the position and size of the minimap? The UI in dark crusade is squashed like with this fix but the map doesn't spill out of the HUD. I think the minimap bug also gets worse for maps that are more rectangular, like the first
order mission in winter assault.

[Media]

thank you, works perfectly fine for 1920x1080!

[PaddeMcnasty]

ah okay, thank you!

[Yorith]

It won't show anywhere ingame, you have to disregard what the options say.