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Hi there, all! I've been enjoying The Dark Mod for years now, and finally got myself a brand spanking new computer system, pretty high end stuff. I had been using Windows 8 on the last rig and I had gotten TDM to run, but now I'm having problems. I've done the usual things, of running it as administrator and making sure it has write access to the directory, but whenever I try to play a mission, like St. Lucia, it goes through the intro, lets me pick equipment, starts to load and shows progress, then just drops me back to the main menu -- with no sound. I've got a geForce 780 Ti video card now, and I can get other games to do 3D just fine -- not sure if I've gotten any other OpenGL game to work yet, though. Also, sometimes it drops me back to the main menu, with no sound, and kills my mouse's ability to move. I need to sleep/wake up or reboot to get it back. Keyboard stays fine. I've pulled up the console, and here's the last few lines of the console that I see when it drops me back to the main menu: removed 2 degenerate triangles removed 16 degenerate triangles removed 10 degenerate triangles --------- Game Map Shutdown ---------- WARNING:Door atdm_mover_door_2 is not within a valid AAS area ModelGenerator memory: No LOD entries. --------- Game Map Shutdown done ----- ERROR:idSoundCache Load: error 40963 loading data into OpenAL hardware buffer -------------------------------------- WARNING:idSession: triggering mainmenu watchdog I'm going to guess that I've gotta install some more runtimes to get it working. Anyone have any clues? Oh, and the install directory is C:\Games\darkmod, so no issues with spaces, and I'm running 2.01 so it supposedly fixed the bug where I needed to run it as c:\darkmod...

I used the installer to install the dark mod on my laptop. After I had installed it, and I tried to open it, it said that it could not extract gamex86.dll from tdm_game01.pk4. I did this manually using winrar and tried to open it again. This time it opened fine, but in the missions section it says that no missions are installed> When I click where the missions should be, the missions completion status changes from 'not completable' to 'not yet'. When I click the install mission button, it says that the missions has been installed and the game restarts, however there is still no playable missions there after this has happened. What do I need to do to rectify this?

Had a problem with the web server yesterday that led to a crashed table in the forum database. This has now been repaired and things seems to work again. I was on travel so it took a while before I was able to fix it. Merry Christmas!

I can get on the main forum now but still get an error when trying to load posts. Anyone else?

I am back after a couple of years to try out the new 2.0 and the new missions created this year. (YAY). Er. I'm havubg engine problems (Boo) First problem is I cannot alt tab out of the dark mod. I can alt-tab physicaly but it doesn't switch to my other apps or the windows desktop as long as the dark mod is running. The dark mod wants to always keep focus away from all else.It wants to stay opened on top. How can I fix this? I cannot manually run and jump. In the tutorial you have to run and jump to get on a window ledge. I can only do this if Always Run is set in options. Otherwise when I try to do it manually by running and jumping, ( holding down Shift while running then hitting Space to jump while running) does not work at all. I cannot jump at all while running manually. How can I fix this? Thanks! Edit to add System specs: System Manufacturer/Model Number - HP Pavillion G7-2251dx OS Windows 8 64 bit CPU AMD A-8 4500M - Quad Core Memory 8 Gigabytes DDR3 sdram Graphics Card Discrete ATI Radeon HD 7640G with 2 Gigabytes additional video memory Sound Card IDT Audio Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 Screen Resolution 1600x900 Hard Drives 500 gig

First of all thank you for this great effort in reviving one of the most beautifull games of all times. I was following this project for quite some time but since now is a standalone release i gave it a go. Some of the problems that I'm experiencing but I saw some other did as well. -On a high end system (GTX760) I experience really low fps (10-15) which seems to get slightly better if I decrease antiallizing etc, but always below 30fps. The config file is as per wiki's recommended instructions -As other I cant load the two preinstalled missions, but it works perfectly on others. - I was facing really slow loading times but by deactivating vertical sync it got better but still not perfect. Now a problem that I didnt manage to find a similar question anywhere. - I face major shuttering in my movement. When I press a movement key I will likely face a pause on my movement. Its like stop pressing the movement button, which is quite difficult to play and perform on any level. For example when I press forward, after a while Garett stops moving. Release forward and press again, Garett moves but it will stop after a while. There is no constant pattern its just random but quite often.

Just a heads up that the header images are now missing from the top of the forum. I suspect due to domain forwarding or something like that?

Have I been hacked or is the site being rebuilt or hacked?

Until it calms down a bit here is another option for people to use, that bypasses the slower mirrors and the need to download the tdm_mirrors.txt file from the already swamped darkmod.com server. Download the attached file and save the following file to the root of the Darkmod folder, over-writing the one there already. Run the tdm_update.exe and on the main windows click on "advanced options" Then click on "dont search for new mirrors" and then click save. Then click on "continue" If your updating from an earlier version of TDM, you need to check the "dont search for new mirrors" once again, after 'tdm_update.exe' updates itself and restarts.mack sure to do steps 2-4 again. Please note the manual mirrors list wont work when you want to download mission's, you need to replace the "tdm_mirrors.txt" file with the default one - see attached. - see the screenshot below for steps 2-4. Manual mirrors - tdm_mirrors.txt Default mirrors - tdm_mirrors.txt

edit: oops I made a typo. it was not mirror list. it was MISSION list. I already have the full game downloaded. This is the in-game mission downloader. thanks for all the links to the game though. So I did a clean install of of TDM 2.0. I was told that all available FM in the in-game downloader would be compatible with 2.0. After clicking to download more than just the training and one mission, it just stays on the "downloading mission list". Is this because the servers are getting hard on release or is there something else I should be aware of?

Hi there, I've tried to create a custom elevator for my current WIP. However, while the elevator is behaving normal, it has a very weird bug. If I'm on the upper floor and move downwards on it, my view starts shaking, and if I'm on the lower floor and tell the elevator to move upwards, I just fell through it. Never seen this behaviour before, and tried some fixes, like a clip textured fs_brush below the elevator, bound to it. Nothing worked so far.

This is addressed to whoever submitted the prefab safe (furniture/misc/metal_safe.pfb). Please fix these problems: 1 - The door origin is in the wrong place. 2 - The door handle rotates around the wrong axis. 3 - The prefab origin needs to change so that the prefab appears in DR at the selected spot, not a thousand units away. 4 - When the door closes, it should make a nice metal clang, not the sound of a wood door closing. 5 - If the door is opened, items inside are frobable. If the door is closed and reopened, they are not. 6 - Some of the surfaces use the texture "textures/mcity/mcityplain6", which is a D3 texture not available in TDM. Maybe this is a WIP, I can't tell. Thanks.

Just wanted to say, Hello! From reading through various posts in the forums it seems like a great community and I hope to become a part of it. So I got the hankering for some Thief as of late and stumbled on TDM through some googling. After purchasing Doom 3 through Steam and instaling TDM, I have been nostalgiacly playing through many of the FMs and have also decided to d/l the Radiant editor and start making a mission, maybe many, we'll see. As it turns out also, I just started (today!) my 1 week vacation from work and intend to dive in to the Radiant editor and am currently going through the A-Z wiki on it. A bit of background on me, I 'used' to work in application support till the economic crash a couple years ago and was laid off and am now running a machining center at a local machine shop, using Mastercam daily, 2D/3D stuff and have always wanted to make a mission/game, and decided since I've always enjoyed the Thief series and stealth gameplay so much, this is where I would start. After getting to my third year in Mechanical Technology I changed my major to Information Technology (should have went with straight Computer Science but ahhh hindsight). I've always loved building things and designing things and also really enjoy computers, art, audio, and the entire visual experience as presented to a user. I have created a couple playable maps before using the older source engine editor so I'm vaguely familiar with 3D modeling, skyboxes, lighting, AI pathing, etc. That's been over 10 years ago though. I got familiar with 3dsmax, ProE, Autocad, and Mastercam in my first major during school so that helps a bit when familiarizing with a new editor and as previously mentioned I've dabbled around in the Valve Source editor. I'm also very much looking forward to the Crucible of Omens campaign created by the marvelous talent at TDM and would like to help in any way I can once I'm familiar with the Radiant engine. I can also do many many voices, I've often thought about moving out to Cali from Indiana and finding work in voice-overs, voice acting, etc. All this started as a youngster with little friends, time on my hands, and imaginary friends. Wow that's hard to admit. So anyway, I've been working on a shadowy Garrett voice, and can do guards and some women characters with old, old english, gruff, slippery, sneaky, terrifying, voices and personalities. Just thought I'd mention that as it may be a way that I could contribute early on and would also enjoy. So anyway, too much about me and not enough A-Z wiki, back to the tutorial! Glad to be here and hope for good things to come.