TDM now working: wrong menue

[nobody]

CORRECTION: "TDM NOT working: menu wrong" is what it should read.

 

JEEZ trying to do too many things at once.

 

when I start it the menu is wrong, there's no choice of "new mission" I have "start Mission" instead. if I click start mission it tries to load forever but never does anyuthing at all. I knew it might be slow to load the first time so I gave it an hour and 15 minutes before I shut it down.

ok I followed the install guide. here's the walk-through of what I did hopefully someone here can spot my error:

 

1: Create a darkmod folder in your Doom 3 directory, like this: C:\Program Files\DOOM 3\darkmod = DONE. had it already from running the Demo missions

2: Download the TDM Updater (see below for alternate download locations). = did it

3: Extract the tdm_update.exe from the downloaded ZIP and copy it into your C:\Program Files\DOOM 3\darkmod directory. DONE

4: Start the tdm_update.exe. The installer will connect to one of our download mirrors and start the download process. Be patient and wait. The download weighs 1.4 GB and will probably take a while. DONE

5: After installation, you'll find an executable tdmlauncher.exe in your darkmod folder, i.e. C:\Games\Doom3\darkmod\tdmlauncher.exe. Use this to start The Dark Mod. found it figured I better download the missions first

 

6: Download and drop the PK4 file into the fms/ folder, e.g. C:\Program Files\DOOM 3\darkmod\fms\.

 

got the zips from the archives, unzipped, found NO PK4 files anywhere. the demo mission has one here:C:\Program Files\DOOM 3\darkmod\fms\training_mission so I copied it into the fms folder (one folder up) so it is now in both places just in case.

 

decided to try the game.

 

clicked on the launcher then clicked on "start mission" and failure as I mentioned.

 

 

any one got any ideas?

 

I'd like to avoid a complete uninstall-re-install deal but will if I have to I guess. I'm presently installing on my other computer from scratch and taking out the space in the file name "Doom 3"

 

we'll see if that works.

Edited October 22, 2009 by nobody

[greebo]

You didn't check the FAQ, did you?

[nobody]

You didn't check the FAQ, did you?

yes I did. I did miss the point about not unzipping the missions but it doesn't really matter since I ended up putting the zips in there later so that I had it both ways.

 

I know I cannot use the demo but do I have to comlpletely remove doom and everything and completely re-install? I saw no install instructions the took the demo into account what do I need to do to make this work?

[Fidcal]

You need to study the FAQs again

 

The archives should have the suffix .pk4. If they have a zip suffix then that is caused usually by Internet Explorer without telling you. Rename them back to .pk4. They should not be opened. Just put them in the fms folder. This is what you should have in the fms folder:

 

fms\training_mission\training_mission.pk4

fms\chalice.pk4

fms\outpost.pk4

fms\crown_of_penitence.pk4

 

When you run Dark Mod it will make new folders and move the 3 fms where they should go. All you need to remember is whenever you get any FMs they must be pk4s not zips and you just download them into the fms folder.

 

BTW what was in the darkmod folder you started with? It should have been empty. This release is not an update to the demos.

[nobody]

thanks fidcal, that helps about the PK4/zip confusion

 

I guess I was figuring that anything left over from the demos would either not be used or written over, I can't tell you exactly what was in the darkmod folder but it wasn't empty, left-overs from the demos I'm sure. have I murdered my install? do I need to empty the darkmod folder and try again?

 

thank you

[Fidcal]

This is what I would do if it were me.

 

1. 
    
   
2. Rename that 'bad' darkmod folder as 'darkmodBad'
   
3. Move it out the darkmod folder somewhere for reference then delete it later when you are sure everything is OK.
   
4. Create a new folder called darkmod
   
5. Copy into it all pk4 files beginning with tdm_ there should be 45 (all listed below) Also copy tdm_update.exe, tdm_mirrors.txt and the fms folder. Also your DoomConfig.cfg if you've changed some settings.
   
6. Then run tdm_update.exe again in this new folder. It will just download any few that you miss so it should not take long.
   

 

tdm_ai_animals01.pk4

tdm_ai_base01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_builders01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_guards01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_heads01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_nobles01.pk4

tdm_ai_humanoid_townsfolk01.pk4

tdm_base01.pk4

tdm_defs01.pk4

tdm_env01.pk4

tdm_fonts01.pk4

tdm_game01.pk4

tdm_game02.pk4

tdm_gui01.pk4

tdm_models01.pk4

tdm_models02.pk4

tdm_player01.pk4

tdm_prefabs01.pk4

tdm_sound_ambient01.pk4

tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4

tdm_sound_sfx01.pk4

tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4

tdm_sound_vocals01.pk4

tdm_sound_vocals02.pk4

tdm_sound_vocals03.pk4

tdm_sound_vocals04.pk4

tdm_textures_base01.pk4

tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4

tdm_textures_decals01.pk4

tdm_textures_door01.pk4

tdm_textures_fabric01.pk4

tdm_textures_glass01.pk4

tdm_textures_metal01.pk4

tdm_textures_nature01.pk4

tdm_textures_paint_paper01.pk4

tdm_textures_plaster01.pk4

tdm_textures_roof01.pk4

tdm_textures_sfx01.pk4

tdm_textures_stone_brick01.pk4

tdm_textures_stone_cobblestones01.pk4

tdm_textures_stone_flat01.pk4

tdm_textures_stone_natural01.pk4

tdm_textures_stone_sculpted01.pk4

tdm_textures_window01.pk4

tdm_textures_wood01.pk4

[nobody]

thank you Fidcal, I'll give that a try.

[nobody]

ok I got no love with this efort. I copied all that stuf into he file and only that stuff and I ran the updater but the up dater doesn't run. it flashes some words so fast I can't read them and disapears. but it tells windows it is using the folder so I can't do anything to it but even if I leave it alone for an hour to work nothing hapens. after several tries I was just able to make out the words "Updater cannot" or that's what it looked like to me, before it shut down. so I thought I botched a file that tells it where to look so I removed everything from the file deleted the darkmod file, made a new file, copied everything back in except for the updater and redownloaded the updater and ran it. same problem.

 

now what? how do I get the updater to run?

 

after a few more attempt I ca better read a few words "updater cant locate URI.p(something)" there's more I'm just not fast enough to read it

 

some fastfinger cntrl+printscreen-ing reveals a little more:

"can't locate URI.pm in @INC <@inc contains: lib devel/lib CODE(0x35c65f4) C:\use . . . (that's all I can read right now) working on it

Edited October 22, 2009 by nobody

[LeatherMan]

ok I got no love with this efort. I copied all that stuf into he file and only that stuff and I ran the updater but the up dater doesn't run. it flashes some words so fast I can't read them and disapears. but it tells windows it is using the folder so I can't do anything to it but even if I leave it alone for an hour to work nothing hapens. after several tries I was just able to make out the words "Updater cannot" or that's what it looked like to me, before it shut down. so I thought I botched a file that tells it where to look so I removed everything from the file deleted the darkmod file, made a new file, copied everything back in except for the updater and redownloaded the updater and ran it. same problem.

 

now what? how do I get the updater to run?

 

after a few more attempt I ca better read a few words "updater cant locate URI.p(something)" there's more I'm just not fast enough to read it

 

some fastfinger cntrl+printscreen-ing reveals a little more:

"can't locate URI.pm in @INC <@inc contains: lib devel/lib CODE(0x35c65f4) C:\use . . . (that's all I can read right now) working on it

 

See here for the solution to that problem.

[nobody]

that fixed every thing thank you LeatherMan and Fidcal now I am playing the training mission.