Settings not saving and missions not changing?

[HalfKaztBoy]

I just downloaded the mod via torrent, the source was from Pirate Bay. When I try to change any of the settings and restart the game for the settings to change it simply reverts back to the old saved settings. I decided to not worry about it and play the mod, so I chose a mission and the mod restarted back to the default mission.

 

It seems as if nothing is being saved??? The mod was downloaded into the "Download" folder which is where I am running it from.

 

What should I do?

[Springheel]

Do you have write permissions on the folder?

[HalfKaztBoy]

I don't know what you mean by "written permission" and how do I do it?

[SteveL]

It sounds like darkmod can't save any files to your hard drive. That would explain the symptoms, and it's what Springheel was asking about. If it's still in a .zip file, unzip it to a new folder somewhere. More likely, the folder you have it in might be write-protected (meaning, nothing is allowed to save files in it). To check whether that's the problem, right-click on the folder you have darkmod in, and choose "properties" from the bottom of the list. Then find the "Read-only" checkbox. You want that to be completely unchecked, so remove any tick or square from the box and click OK. Then see if that fixes TDM.

[Xarg]

Alternatively, try moving the dark mod folder to somewhere else, like c:\games if you've got one.

[HalfKaztBoy]

thankyou guys, it's all working fine. I'm so happy to finally get back to playing.