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Javert93

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I'm writing this post in the hopes that it will save others my hours self-induced frustration. After downloading and installing TDM (using the updater), I was psyched to whet my thiefy appetite on some fan missions. To that end, I decided to start with the training mission. However, much to my chagrin, when I attempted to install it, TDM barked back at me with the error message:

 

COULD NOT FIND TDMLAUNCHER

 

Thinking I had done something wrong, I started googling my heart out with as many variations of this error message as I could muster, but to no avail. I then started to play with installing the files manually, with limited success. Namely, I could get the training mission to run, but my saves would disappear into what seemed like oblivion (i.e. the game would write the save file to the training_mission\savegames folder, but the save/load list was always empty). So, I finally did what I probably should have done to start with - download the source to see what was going on. From that, I determined which log flags to enable, which resulted in some curious log messages:

 

[.\DarkMod\DarkModGlobals.cpp (1239):INF (MAINMENU) FR: 0] Parent path is c:/program files (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/doom 3/
[.\DarkMod\DarkModGlobals.cpp (1243):INF (MAINMENU) FR: 0] fs_game_base is
[.\DarkMod\DarkModGlobals.cpp (1263):INF (MAINMENU) FR: 0] Resulting darkmod path is c:/program files (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/doom 3/darkmod -console

As it turns out, I am using the Steam version of Doom 3, which I had actually been playing long before I installed TDM (a long, long time ago). I had totally forgotten about the fact that I had set my launch options to pass the -console argument in Steam (I had already beaten the game and was playing around; no need to start a flame war about cheating). It seems that this caused an issue with TDM, and once I removed it, TDM worked like a charm.

 

So, the lesson here is, make sure your launch options are empty in Steam before running TDM. Otherwise, you'll get no joy. Of course, if you insist on keeping your command line options, I suppose you can always move them to darkmod\dmargs.txt. However, Steam's launch options must still be empty.

 

On a related note, I <3 this mod. Really appreciate the effort the devs and FM authors put into this; everything looks so awesome.

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STiFU

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A similar problem also had kept me busy quite some time. If you add commands to dmargs.txt without the proper syntax (e.g. forgot to prefix the commands with a "+"), you'll get the same behavior. I guess we could also add this to the FAQ in the wiki...

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A similar problem also had kept me busy quite some time. If you add commands to dmargs.txt without the proper syntax (e.g. forgot to prefix the commands with a "+"), you'll get the same behavior. I guess we could also add this to the FAQ in the wiki...

 

After STEAM screwed me over I NEVER buy anything connected with STEAM. I admit it was my initial mistake as I could not remember which email I had my STEAM account attached to but when I tried to remedy the problem i only got automated responses. Not one person lifted their hand to help me out. Their customer service is really sorry and when I finally called Valve they just hung up on me. So never buy anything with the STEAM logo. Let it rot on the shelf.

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Pfffffffffffft. I love Steam. It rocks. :wub:

My games | Public Service Announcement: TDM is not set in the Thief universe. The city in which it takes place is not the City from Thief. The player character is not called Garrett. Any person who contradicts these facts will be subjected to disapproving stares.
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Pfffffffffffft. I love Steam. It rocks. :wub:

 

Until they ban your account (simple mistakes do happen), or just disable it because there was a credit card dispute, or you try to sell one of the games as used (do people remember that you could give your games to other people after you played them?), or they push the censored game version to you (regulary happens to Germans when Valve sees your German credit card and a German version is available), or valve tanks or or or. And there is no recurse for the player at all. Steam is (all server-based DRM schemes are) outright dangerous on long-term for the customer.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

"Remember: If the game lets you do it, it's not cheating." -- Xarax

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