To copy your colour schemes over, we need to locate the aptly named 'Schemes' folder in your game's save profile.

In the original CD/DVD releases and the Steam releases of the game, the profile is stored in the game directory. If you already know where this is, please skip to the last section, otherwise read on.

For CD/DVD installs you're on your own as install locations vary. I suggest using software called 'Everything' if you're struggling to locate files.

For Steam, see below.

Head to your Library first:

Right click the Dawn of War game you want to copy colour schemes from, I'll be using Soulstorm

Select "Manage" then "Browse local files"



This opens the Install directory, find the Profiles folder.
You may have many extra folders if you installed mods previously.


The profiles folder will just contain "profile1" unless you made multiple.

Inside your numbered profile folder, you'll find folders corresponding to the basegame and mods you've played. DXP2 is the basegame, but all look similar inside.

Inside the basegame or mod folder you'll find folders for multiplayer, singleplayer and schemes, the first 2 are used for saves but I wouldn't recommend transferring those across.

Go in to the schemes folder.


Inside is all your colour schemes. Note that they are numbered, you cannot have duplicate numbers. You can also edit these as text if you wish to change RGB values etc.

The definitive edition has been updated to follow modern software standards, meaning the profiles and associated data are now stored in %APPDATA%

Navigate to, or copy the below address:


You can copy your old Schemes here from the original game's Scheme folder mentioned previously.

NOTE: You must ensure there are no duplicate named schemes, they must be uniquely named, these do not have to correspond to the automatic names like "Scheme_34" and can be more descriptive like "Space_Elves" if you want.

You may also have custom badges and banners from the original game, if so they will be in the main game folder rather than the profiles folder with the colour schemes.



Definitive Edition does not store these in the installation directory anymore either, they are in %APPDATA% with the new profiles.

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