Release v2.0.0
The latest version of the executable that is compatible with:
- Dawn of War: Gold Edition™️
- Dawn of War: Winter Assault™️
- Dawn of War: Dark Crusade™️
- Dawn of War: Soulstorm™️
CHANGES
- Added a new form - System Performance Manager. This tool is able to change system-wise settings for better performance
- Added a new form - About (authors + homepage + updates + changelog + license). Yes - DoW Mod Manager could update to a newer version just with ONE click of a mouse!
- Added a new form - Message - now all error messages will have the same theme as all main forms (and it's helper class - ThemedMessageBox)
- Replaced all error messages from MessageBox to ThemedMessageBox
- Added ability to search for mods in Mod Downloader (to achieve this result, the whole ModDownloaderForm was rewritten).
- Added ability to find a missing mod
- Added ability to create, rename and delete Player Profiles (in Settings Manager)
- Added ability to change and save "Invert Declination", "Invert Pan" and "Scroll Rate" in Settings Manager
- Now all profiles are shown as PLayer names instead of numbers ("YourName" instead of "Profile1")
- Added version descriptions to all mods in Mod Downloader
- Added version detection for mods in Mod Manager
- Added ability to show Critical errors from warnings.log
- Added a new mod to download - Imperial Fists (Version 3.0)
- Added a new mod to download - Dawn Of Skirmish AI Mod (Version 3.20)
- Updated CornCobMan's Fun Mod for Soulstorm (from 1.87 to 1.88.4)
- Updated Veteran Mod for Dark Crusade with additional file links that are required
- Fixed a bug where ScrollRate and Gamma could be saved incorrectly
- Changed "goto" statement in ModManagerForm (in Thread handling) to more modern "while" loop
- Aggressive inlining were requested for all methods with only one call (performance impact will be tested in future but most likely it will be positive)
- All Soulstorm mods in modlist (ModDownloaderForm) have a new attribute now - "ModuleFileName".
- Renamed all non-lowercase image resources (such as Checkmark.png and Checkmark_disabled.png)'
- Renamed "DoW Mod Manager Resources" to just "Resources"
- Resized all image resources to 50 px hight. Resource folder is now 56 Kb instead of 268 Kb (21% of original size). It even looks better now (less artifacts when it's stretched).
- Because of resource optimizations DoW Mod Manager executable is 643 Kb instead of 1085 Kb (59% of original size)
- Changed a few colors - application theme is more consistent now
- "cancelButton" was renamed to "closeButton"
- Added IgorTheLight to the authors (thanks, FragJacker!)
- Added annotations for all methods in ModManagerForm
- Small code tweaks and optimizations here and there
- Some small tweaks here and there
INSTALLATION
In order to install the Mod Manager drop the "DoW Mod Manager v2.0.0.exe" into your primary game directory which is either:
- "..\Dawn of War - Soulstorm"
or - "..\Dawn of War - Dark Crusade"
or - "..\Dawn of War - Winter Assault"
or even - "..\Dawn of War - Gold"
DO NOT put executable file into a subfolder or it won't work!