A few minor issues with the downloader

[Jito463]

Okay, so I've played the Doom 3 mod version before, but haven't touched it in a while. Now that it's standalone, I decided to take another crack at it. I got the downloader and proceeded to install it. That leads to the first issue.

• The downloader from http://www.thedarkmod.com/downloads/ isn't the most current version.
  

I would have thought that the one linked from here would be the most up-to-date copy. Instead, it had to download an updated copy of the installer before continuing; an unnecessary extra step. Nothing major, just a minor annoyance.

• No spaces in the name?
  

I tried to install it to E:\Games\The Dark Mod, but when it restarted after updating the downloader, it ended up as E:\Games\The. Once again, not a major problem, I just renamed the directory to DarkMod and all was well. Still, for a program in 2014 not to recognize spaces, that seems a little off to me. Which sort of leads to my discovery of the last issue.

• Quotation marks (" ") cause the downloader to crash.
  

My attempt to retain the spaces in the name, led me to type in "E:\Games\The Dark Mod" and try to download/install to there. The downloader crashed every single time. Again, for a program in 2014 to be unable to handle quotation marks is a bit strange.

 

 

Obviously none of these are make-or-break issues, and they're not high-priority, I just thought someone should be made aware of them, if they're not already.

[New Horizon]

it's documented that spaces are not supported but I'm surprised to see that this isn't mentioned in the download / install instructions. We should update that.

[Lux]

Try E:\Games\The_Dark_Mod

 

Again, for a program in 2014 to be unable to handle quotation marks is a bit strange.

 

Hehe, mOSt games don't run on Linux either. TDM is Linux friendly. Character conventions have to be followed so they work on both platforms, not just Windows.

[Jito463]

Try E:\Games\The_Dark_Mod

 

 

 

Hehe, mOSt games don't run on Linux either. TDM is Linux friendly. Character conventions have to be followed so they work on both platforms, not just Windows.

 

That does help explain things a little. Thanks for the clarification.

 

 

 

it's documented that spaces are not supported but I'm surprised to see that this isn't mentioned in the download / install instructions. We should update that.

 

A couple things that would help is to have a default install path (e.g. C:\DarkMod) that could then be modified by the user. Also, it would be nice to have a browse option on the downloader, to be able to select/create the directory from within the downloader itself, instead of using Explorer to browse there, create the location, then type in or copy/paste the path in the downloader manually.

Edited March 18, 2014 by Jito463

[slopoke]

If I may, where did you get the updated downloader?