TDM 1.03 Ready for Download

[greebo 29]

At long last The Dark Mod version 1.03 is available for download!

 

To get the update, just run your tdm_update.exe file or see our website for more info: http://www.thedarkmod.com. With the new updater the download size for upgrading 1.02 to 1.03 is about 210 MB. A fresh download will weigh about 1.8 GB.

 

Ultra-short summary

 

- Graphic overhaul: New Ambient method, Interaction Shader and HDR-Lite Post-Processing

- Various code changes with regards to AI, physics, sound, location system, inventory

- New textures (lilies, skyboxes, metal, roof and brick textures)

- New female AI including two new vocal sets "Wench" and "Lady"

- A couple of new models, fixed a few fixed issues with existing models

- Built-in Mission Downloader, plus some changes to the settings GUI

- Added Werebeast and Horse AI, spiders upgraded

- New update system supporting differential downloads

- A couple of new systems are still in preparation, so expect more goodness to come in TDM 1.04 (Overhauled Level of Detail system, AI pathing upgrades and more)

 

The full changelog can be found on our wiki: http://modetwo.net/d...new_in_TDM_1.03

 

Note: While missions are fully compatible with this release, you can NOT load any previously saved games after updating to 1.03. If you're in the middle of playing a mission, you might want to finish it before updating.

 

A torrent is available through the following link, but please note that it won't work until Kolya will have registered it on his tracker - this might take a little while.

 

TDM 1.03 Torrent: http://www.bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/thedarkmod_1.03.torrent

Edited December 22, 2010 by greebo
added torrent

[Fidcal 173]

greebo: Your wiki link is broken:

 

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=What%27s_new_in_TDM_1.03

 

Mappers: worth browsing your new assets (models, textures, entities, etc) as there is so much that not all the new stuff might have got on to the wiki list. For instance only a day or so ago I stumbled across the new ladder variants with different sounds for chain, foliage, etc. which I added so there may be more stuff. For instance my new grass edges are under decals.

[Fidcal 173]

Also, remember to extract your prefabs from the pk4.

[greebo 29]

greebo: Your wiki link is broken:

Thanks, is fixed now.

[grayman 2915]

Three of my bug fixes were missing from the "new in 1.03" wiki: #1488, #2376, #2409.

 

They were properly marked for 1.03. Don't know why they weren't picked up.

 

I've added them.

 

 

I also removed #2450, since that was introduced by #2376, and should be treated the same as #2467, which was not on the list.

 

Should these be added to the list? : #2412, #2413, #2455

 

Congratulations for getting 1.03 out!!!!

[greebo 29]

Basically every change should be either on the bugtracker or on the wiki, or both. So feel free to add any changes that made it into TDM 1.03 but not into the changelog.

[greebo 29]

I uploaded a TDM 1.03 .torrent file to one of our servers, but please note that it won't work until Kolya will have registered it on his tracker: http://www.bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/thedarkmod_1.03.torrent

 

Thanks to Kolya for providing a torrent tracker!

[Baddcog 114]

Congrats on the release, it's a big one.