TDM in The News

[Paralytik]

Yeah, for sure. I'm impressed by the quality of those mini-documentaries.

[jaxa]

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=The-Dark-Mod-2.08-Released

[lowenz]

EDIT: same post of jaxa, LOL!

Edited July 1, 2020 by lowenz

[Anderson]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/news/the-dark-mod-208-is-here

[Amadeus]

Looks like 2.08 is getting some love here too: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-dark-mod-v2-08-released-now-fully-supports-opengl-3-3-glsl-improves-cpu-multi-core-support/

[Petike the Taffer]

PC Gamer coverage for 2.08:

https://www.pcgamer.com/free-thief-like-game-the-dark-mod-updates-with-graphical-revamps/

[madtaffer]

Is there an estimated time of arrival for 2.09 ?

[grayman]

On 9/17/2020 at 3:01 AM, madtaffer said:

Is there an estimated time of arrival for 2.09 ?

Not yet.

[stgatilov]

On 9/17/2020 at 2:01 PM, madtaffer said:

Is there an estimated time of arrival for 2.09 ?

The current plan is to start 2.09 beta in December 2020.

Keep in mind that we planned to start 2.08 beta in December 2019 too

[esme]

TDM is in El Reg https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/26/linux_game_development_scene/

[AluminumHaste]

Relevant part:

 

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First-person stealth game The Dark Mod (TDM) also uses open-source code. The project, which runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS, began as a mod for Doom 3 and still uses the engine from original creator id Software.

"id Software had a record of both supporting Linux in their games as well as open-sourcing them after they were reaching their commercial end-of-life," says "Greebo", an Austria-based developer who has worked on The Dark Mod project since 2006. He is part of a team of volunteers who keep adding new features to the game.

"Doom 3 just had [Linux support], but it was a team agreement to keep supporting it. TDM was lucky to have one or two Linux developers among them who made sure the game was still working on their platform," he says.

Maintaining that support for the estimated 10 per cent of TDM users running Linux is a challenge, though. "If you stop thinking about a platform build, support is dropped sooner or later."

It helps that the Doom 3 code is so polished. "It didn't rely on a lot of external libraries, maybe for exactly that reason of having their code compiling on every platform," says Greebo. "So when you need to link against a new library (eg to load a new video file format), you have to keep in mind that it has to be available on the other platforms too."

 

 

[Zerg Rush]

In another forum where I made it known, Linux users were delighted with TDM, because the offer of games for this OS is not exactly overwhelming, in this field Windows rules and OSS games are usually quite crappy, while TDM really is comparable in quality to many commercial games.

[MirceaKitsune]

3 hours ago, Zerg Rush said:

In another forum where I made it known, Linux users were delighted with TDM, because the offer of games for this OS is not exactly overwhelming, in this field Windows rules and OSS games are usually quite crappy, while TDM really is comparable in quality to many commercial games.

I can definitely add to this. I ditched Windows 8 years ago, haven't had it on my system since... still can't believe how long I lived on it till finally making this choice. Indeed the only issue is some games being harder to play, especially newer ones as old ones typically work fine under WINE. I didn't notice it much as I rarely touch commercial games any more; Unlike free projects like TDM, which are made by the community and we can fully edit, I don't feel those truly belong to us rather that some company who makes boring stuff just so we give it our money.

We must not forget that TDM isn't just the only FOSS game of its genre: It's one of the only projects with AAA assets and graphics... albeit by 2010's standards, but in my book I would still call them that. Alongside it and Xonotic, most open-source games have pretty cheap assets and a lot of bugs unfortunately... TDM however has long achieved commercial quality, and for something remarkably complex in its core design and the features required.

[jaxa]

No TDM mentions in the El Reg comment section yet. ;`(

[esme]

You could add one @jaxa

[Solis]

Hello all.  Been a while since I've stopped by here (darn real life obligations mixed with forgetfulness), but the fairly popular Youtube channel OutsideXbox just today posted a video of "7 Fan Mods That Totally Transformed The Game" and The Dark Mod was one they covered!  Their videos usually get between a quarter and a half million views, so I'd imagine we'll see a decent number of new people trying the mod.  Pretty positive impression they give of it too, as well as some amusing commentary. 

The Dark Mod section starts at 10:48:

 

[Anderson]

TDM 2.09

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=The-Dark-Mod-2.09

[jaxa]

The home page could use an update, it has the 2.08 release news on it.

[lowenz]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/news/the-dark-mod-209-is-here

[Zerg Rush]

There a a lot of reactions in the web

https://peekier.com/#!the+dark+mod+2.09+reviews

[AluminumHaste]

Can someone with a DSO account help the commentor? http://disq.us/p/2f5z0ul

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-dark-mod-2-09-is-now-available-for-download-brings-better-performance-graphics/

 

She says she gets a black screen on launching the new update, even on a fresh install.

[Anderson]

Featured on the Moddb site and some gameplay from the official mission featured on the Moddb channel on YouTube.

 

This video reminds me that there are no #shorts with The Dark Mod. We need to fix that.

Edited April 22, 2022 by Anderson

[Moonbo]

A review of the game from a YouTube channel I follow : 

 

[AluminumHaste]

That was fantastic

[datiswous]

Interestingly the reviewer actually played TDM first and then found out about Thief.

Edited October 3, 2022 by datiswous