Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 Retribution multiplayer not working #34

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2026-02-28T13:56:01-05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-28 13:56:01 -05:00

Originally created by @JunkPegasus on GitHub (Dec 16, 2025).

Hi there,

i wanted to try Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 Retribution for a LAN party and when i tested it with UniverseLan i got the following message in the game. I don't know if you guys can do anything about it. But nevertheless i wanted you to know.

UniverseLan version: UniverseLAN-1.148.3-Build-506-x64_x86

Server output:

Build: 506
Opening Global config located at "F:\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\UniverseLAN.ini"
Opening Server config located at "F:\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\UniverseLANServerData\Config.ini"
Binding address: 0.0.0.0:19486
Max Connections: 1024
Using key: 1267164015825760610
Listening...
Peer(100007f:51605) EventConnect
Peer(16777343:51605) KeyChallengeMessage ACCEPT
Lobby Created: 1(ID_TYPE_LOBBY) (Raw: 72057594037927937)

UniverseLan game output:

Opening Global config located at "F:\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\UniverseLAN.ini"
== UniverseLAN Client ==
Build: 506
Using username: Player
Using key: 1267164015825760610
Using GalaxyID: 49758637915550825 (193873825991406697)
Peer connected: 0100007f:19486
Replying to challenge with ID 193873825991406697
Connection accepted by server

Message In-Game:

Originally created by @JunkPegasus on GitHub (Dec 16, 2025). Hi there, i wanted to try Warhammer 40k Dawn of War 2 Retribution for a LAN party and when i tested it with UniverseLan i got the following message in the game. I don't know if you guys can do anything about it. But nevertheless i wanted you to know. UniverseLan version: UniverseLAN-1.148.3-Build-506-x64_x86 Server output: > Build: 506 Opening Global config located at "F:\\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\\UniverseLAN.ini" Opening Server config located at "F:\\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\\UniverseLANServerData\\Config.ini" Binding address: 0.0.0.0:19486 Max Connections: 1024 Using key: 1267164015825760610 Listening... Peer(100007f:51605) EventConnect Peer(16777343:51605) KeyChallengeMessage ACCEPT Lobby Created: 1(ID_TYPE_LOBBY) (Raw: 72057594037927937) UniverseLan game output: > Opening Global config located at "F:\\Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II - Retribution\\UniverseLAN.ini" == UniverseLAN Client == Build: 506 Using username: Player Using key: 1267164015825760610 Using GalaxyID: 49758637915550825 (193873825991406697) Peer connected: 0100007f:19486 Replying to challenge with ID 193873825991406697 Connection accepted by server Message In-Game: <img width="2491" height="1087" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/15af286a-7fef-46c7-ad59-af06f901740c" />

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2026-02-28 13:56:01 -05:00

yindo commented

2026-02-28 13:56:02 -05:00

@grasmanek94 commented on GitHub (Dec 17, 2025):

Hi, thanks for the info! This issue has already been reported here https://github.com/grasmanek94/UniverseLAN/issues/3

Unfortunately W40K DoW uses some different kind of mechanism for multiplayer, which means UniverseLAN will not work (yet).

@grasmanek94 commented on GitHub (Dec 17, 2025): Hi, thanks for the info! This issue has already been reported here https://github.com/grasmanek94/UniverseLAN/issues/3 Unfortunately W40K DoW uses some different kind of mechanism for multiplayer, which means UniverseLAN will not work (yet).

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Reference: yindo/UniverseLAN#34