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Dashiva

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I recently tried to install TDM with the 1.07 Linux installer but for some reason it doesn't download the actual launcher script.

 


[m@thoth darkmod]$ ls
config.spec  tdm_game03.pk4 tdm_textures_base01.pk4
crc_info.txt  tdm_gui01.pk4 tdm_textures_carpet01.pk4
DoomConfig.cfg  tdm_gui_credits01.pk4 tdm_textures_decals01.pk4
fms  tdm_mirrors.txt tdm_textures_door01.pk4
gamex86.so  tdm_models01.pk4 tdm_textures_fabric01.pk4
tdm_ai_animals01.pk4  tdm_models02.pk4 tdm_textures_glass01.pk4
tdm_ai_base01.pk4  tdm_models_decls01.pk4 tdm_textures_metal01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_builders01.pk4  tdm_player01.pk4 tdm_textures_nature01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_females01.pk4  tdm_prefabs01.pk4 tdm_textures_paint_paper01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_guards01.pk4  tdm_shared_stuff.zip tdm_textures_plaster01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_heads01.pk4  tdm_sound_ambient01.pk4 tdm_textures_roof01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_mages01.pk4  tdm_sound_ambient02.pk4 tdm_textures_sfx01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_nobles01.pk4  tdm_sound_ambient03.pk4 tdm_textures_stone_brick01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_pagans01.pk4  tdm_sound_ambient_decls01.pk4 tdm_textures_stone_cobblestones01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_townsfolk01.pk4  tdm_sound_sfx01.pk4 tdm_textures_stone_flat01.pk4
tdm_ai_humanoid_undead01.pk4  tdm_sound_sfx02.pk4 tdm_textures_stone_natural01.pk4
tdm_ai_monsters_spiders01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals01.pk4 tdm_textures_stone_sculpted01.pk4
tdm_ai_steambots01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals02.pk4 tdm_textures_window01.pk4
tdm_base01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals03.pk4 __tdm_textures_wood01.pk4
tdm_defs01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals04.pk4 tdm_update.linux
tdm_env01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals05.pk4 tdm_update.log
tdm_fonts01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals06.pk4 tdm_version_info.txt
tdm_game01.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals07.pk4
tdm_game02.pk4  tdm_sound_vocals_decls01.pk4

 

This is the contents of the directory. Is there a mirror that I can just download the launch script straight from? Also if I go to the "mods" section of Doom3 and try launching the game I get an engine restart with a black screen with music but no windows. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks.

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PranQster

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The first thing I'd try is, in your Darkmod directory, to do ./tdmupdate.linux That should assure you have all files downloaded. After that you should have a tdmlauncher.linux file to run to play the game.

Alternatively*, you could launch it with the doom3 command and the proper parameters, like such: (in the path to doom3) ./doom3 +set fs_game darkmod

*The problem with this second method is that the game may 'forget' which mission is currently installed after exiting and restarting the game. There could be other issues as well.

System: Mageia Linux Cauldron, aka Mageia 8

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If all else fails, you can download this file: http://bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/pk4/tdm_shared_stuff.zip and extract its contents into your darkmod directory, then delete the ZIP file. It contains the launcher, the config etc.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

 

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