Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

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How to PROPERLY install Unification Mod for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition
由 9Days 制作
The other guides and YouTube tutorials just don't work.... this one will actually get your mod running in DE because I pretty much experienced all the issues while following other tutorials and managed to figure it out while documenting the process here

This guide has been updated as of the 8th of November 2025 for the release of Unification 7.3.7 which is the fully compatible version for DE, previous 7.3.6 version steps have been kept at the bottom if you want to use the older version
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Download the Unification Mod for Dawn of War DE
Here is the ModDB link to download Unification version: 7.3.7: https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/downloads/unification-v737

or Nexus Mods if you prefer (download speed was faster when I tested, even on a free account): https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40000dawnofwar/mods/340?tab=files

Either will work, installation steps are the exact same

Downloading from ModDB

Select the middle option for the mod files only (not the .exe's)






Downloading from Nexus Mods

On the FILES tab, select the download for Unification v7.3.5 (the file name is v7.3.5 but the version is actually 7.3.7, dunno why but that's just how it is)


It's ~20GB and the download speeds are pretty slow so it might take a while, you only need this file as this guide is for a manual installation of the mod
Installing The Mod Correctly
Step 1) Extract the downloaded Unification.7z file, location doesn't matter (downloads folder is fine)

Using 7-Zip to extract it is ideal and you should be using 7-Zip anyway, Windows default extraction isn't the best and can't really handle .7z files anyway. You can download 7-Zip from here: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

After installing 7-Zip, simply right click the Unification.7z file and select 7-Zip > Extract to "Unification\"




Step 2) The extracted contents should look like this, copy all these files


Step 3) Open your Definitive Edition game directory which should have a file path similar to this: DriveLetter:\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War Definitive Edition

You can get directly to it by right clicking your game in the Library and selecting Properties. From the Properties window select Installed Files and click Browse to open your directory:

After opening the game directory, paste in the copied files from your extracted download

Step 4) Once the data has copied over, open the DXP2 folder within your directory and copy the Movies folder:

Go back to your game directory > open the new Unification folder and paste the Movies folder from DXP2 to copy the files into your Unification mod

That's the install done!
Launching The Mod
Open the game from Steam like normal and click Mods from the main menu:



You should see the Unification Definitive Edition and Unification Legacy Edition available to launch from the mods list, select Definitive Edition and click Activate


The game should then load and you're good to go, the updated DE version you just installed will have the banner with Unification Definitive Edition instead of Soulstorm
Things To Note (7.3.7 Guide)
The Unification Campaign Addon is not ready yet for Definitive Edition and Team Unification should be publishing it in the coming days. Once the mod is available I'll update this guide with how to get the Campaign Addon working as well
OLD - Download the Unification Mod (7.3.6 previous guide)
Here is the ModDB link to download Unification version: 7.3.6: https://www.moddb.com/mods/unification-mod-dawn-of-war-soulstorm/downloads/unification-v736




It's over 18GB and the download speeds are pretty slow so it might take a while, you only need this file as this guide is for a manual installation of the mod
OLD - Installing The Mod Correctly (7.3.6 previous guide)
Step 1) Extract the downloaded Unification.7z file, location doesn't matter (downloads folder is fine)

Using 7-Zip to extract it is ideal and you should be using 7-Zip anyway, Windows default extraction isn't the best and can't really handle .7z files anyway. You can download 7-Zip from here: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

After installing 7-Zip, simply right click the Unification.7z file and select 7-Zip > Extract to "Unification\"




Step 2) The extracted contents should look like this, copy all these files


Step 3) Open your Definitive Edition game directory which should have a file path similar to this: DriveLetter:\Steam\steamapps\common\Dawn of War Definitive Edition

You can get directly to it by right clicking your game in the Library and selecting Properties. From the Properties window select Installed Files and click Browse to open your directory:

After opening the game directory, paste in the copied files from your extracted download

Step 4) Once the data has copied over, open the DXP2 folder within your directory and copy the Movies folder:

Go back to your game directory > open the new Unification folder and paste the Movies folder from DXP2 to copy the files into your Unification mod

That's the install done!
OLD - Launching The Mod (7.3.6 previous guide)
Open the game from Steam like normal and click Mods from the main menu:



You should see the Unification Mod available to launch from the mods list, select it and click Activate



The game should then load and you're good to go. You can tell if this older version is installed because the banner will say Unification Soulstorm instead of Definitive Edition
Things To Note (7.3.6 previous guide)
The above 7.3.6 guide is the Soulstorm version of the mod installed into Definitive Edition so there are some bugs. Use the 7.3.7 guide at the top of the page instead
21 条留言
An Owl Trapped in TescoDirect 11 月 16 日 上午 6:15 
Is their any update news on Ultimate Apocalypse?
yamotti 11 月 13 日 下午 7:46 
when playing orks in 8 map it crash while playing is there any solution of this ?
9Days  [作者] 11 月 9 日 下午 6:47 
I'm pretty sure the installer does the exact same thing I'm doing but I found it unreliable to get working (in my case it didn't work at all) and the exe is unverified so you have to let it through security gates like Windows Defender which I'm not a fan of. Would rather just do the steps myself in a couple of minutes and have it work 100% of the time
✟𝓔𝓵 𝓢𝓾𝓮𝓷𝓸 11 月 9 日 上午 12:39 
Я сделал все по инструкции, у меня все работает. Однако на сайте модов есть инсталятор. Зачем он нужен? Нужно ли его тоже скачивать?
9Days  [作者] 11 月 8 日 上午 2:29 
Guide has been updated for definitive edition 7.3.7 of Unification Mod, tested from a brand new installation of DOW DE and it's all working (even panning the camera with your mouse!)

The steps are identical to the Soulstorm 7.3.6 version except there are some extra files in the new version to copy into your game folder. Campaign Addon steps coming soon once that is available to download. Enjoy
9Days  [作者] 11 月 7 日 下午 4:30 
Yeah downloading the new version at the moment, it's just super slow. Will be updating this guide over the weekend
Daicon IV 11 月 7 日 下午 4:02 
The new version of Unification (v7.3.7) just came out, will you be updating your guide on how to install it for DE?
johngoncalves10 11 月 1 日 下午 12:28 
Any idea if this might work on the Steam Deck?
Smizzo 11 月 1 日 下午 12:17 
I just want to give my thanks. I have had nothing but frustration trying to get mods to work on DE and this was smooth as silk. Greatly appreciate it and looking forward to the updated mod.
Sawich 10 月 27 日 上午 7:23 
Got it, thank you! I’ll follow your guide.