EarlyTaffer

As a former moderator myself I understand the reluctance of adding yet another thankless task that is likely to be a spam magnet. i.e. an "open" webmaster email account. Yes, even some "captcha"s have been cracked. And no matter _what_ countermeasures are used as a filter such will need to be maintained / upgraded as the spammers skill progress. But a link on the home page for such directed to a page with the preferred method/ forum / post title to use would seem reasonable. Alternatively, a sticky post on the forums could do the same. Given the relatively small apparent size of TDM its probably overkill. BTW Quick work on the broken link! HTH!

Ok, See no "Contact Us" links anywhere on thedarkmod.com FYI: http://www.thedarkmod.com/missiondetails/?id=6 Download site #2, "http://www.darklurker.com/DarkMod/patently_dangerous.pk4" is 404 - bad link needs to be removed HTH!

Ok finally found the problem. The DM subdirectory folder name *_must_* be "darkmod" (PranQster thought such in his above reply). Mine was "Dark Mod". Caps are probably ignored (untested) but the space was not. Maybe add some emphasis in the install help files / FAQ? Thanks for the help EarlyTaffer

But that IS where tdmlauncher.exe sends me! (using no user selected parameters, whatever is default) So what is going wrong? tdmlauncher.log below: Path to tdmlauncher is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\tdmlauncher.exe Darkmod directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\ Darkmod directory after normalisation is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod Trying default value for engine executable: C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\DOOM3.exe Found engine executable in C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\DOOM3.exe Engine path after normalisation is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\DOOM3.exe Current FM is: training_mission Using the following argument vector: #0: +set #1: fs_game #2: training_mission #3: +set #4: fs_game_base #5: darkmod Starting process C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\DOOM3.exe +set fs_game training_mission +set fs_game_base darkmod Closing logfile.

Ok, still no joy TDM loaded throught the Doom3 load screen choosing the mods tab. Then TDM allowed choosing the training mission, again it only appears on the Doom3 mods tab. Restarting TDM begins with the Doom3 load choice screen but now choosing either the DarkMod or the now selectable traning mission I get a C++ runtime error in Doom3.exe I Doom3 was operating before, such as it is (head still spinning) and I have patched it from TDM's (your) link to DOOM3-1.3.1 before my TDM install. Doom3 still runs such as it is (stomach still churning) It appears there's still somthing bad in my TDM install Any good ideas anyone? Also, is the only "way" into TDM throught the Doom3 mods tab choice? Or is there something a bit more direct i.e. a switch or .cfg file command / tweak so that you that can load directly into TDM (still have the DOOM3 hangover and don't like the memories...). Thanks! EarlyTaffer

Thanks for the quick reply Muddled through a bit farther and scoured the DarkMod install log. Found a few other files that needed to be moved. Nixed the Darkmod\system sub folder too. Guess I somehow oopsed the install folder choice. With the missing files in place loads fine now EarlyTaffer

Ok I've read the install wiki. I seemed to get the whole 205Gb enchalada, but in my Win7 64 bit Windows\SysWOW64 folder! Huh? Ok so I moved them to my C:\...\Doom3\DarkMod\system folder. tdmlauncherexe appears to do nothing. but I found tdmlauncherlog: Path to tdmlauncher is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\System\tdmlauncher.exe Darkmod directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\System\ Darkmod directory after normalisation is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\System Trying default value for engine executable: C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\DOOM3.exe Could not find engine executable at default locations, will be searching command line arguments for a path to doom3 executable. Engine path after normalisation is C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\DOOM3.exe Could not find 'currentfm.txt' file in C:/Program Files (x86)/DOOM 3/Dark Mod/System/currentfm.txt Current FM is: Using the following argument vector: #0: +set #1: fs_game #2: darkmod Starting process C:\Program Files (x86)\DOOM 3\Dark Mod\DOOM3.exe +set fs_game darkmod Error spawning the D3 process: No such file or directory Closing logfile. Paths in the log file are correct for my install The missing file "currentfm.txt" is not found anywhere on my system, but from its filename I suspect that's no surprise So what other files are missing? Or is there another step I am missing? How do I succeed in installing the DarkMod so I can start taffing (or whatever you DarkModders call it) Thanks EarlyTaffer