Stories from the Shadows

The Dark Mod can be installed in Windows and Linux. You need a working and patched Doom 3 installation on your hard drive. These steps will assume that you installed Doom 3 (patched to the most recent 1.3.1.1304 version) in the folder C:\Games\Doom3.

Install TDM on Windows

  1. Create a darkmod folder in your Doom 3 directory, like this: C:\Games\Doom3\darkmod
  2. Download the TDM Updater (see below for alternate download locations).
  3. Extract the tdm_update.exe from the downloaded ZIP and copy it into your C:\Games\Doom3\darkmod directory.
  4. Start the tdm_update.exe. The installer will connect to one of our download mirrors and start the download process.
  5. Be patient and wait. The download weighs 1.4 GB and will probably take a while.
  6. 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.

Install TDM on Linux

  1. You need the native version of Doom 3 installed and patched to v1.3.1, see below for download links and install instructions.
  2. Since there is no 64 bit version of either Doom 3 or The Dark Mod, on 64 bit systems you also need the 32 bit compatibility libraries installed. On some distributions like SuSE, these are included in the default installation, but on Kubuntu/Ubuntu you need to install the package called ia32-lib and all its dependencies. Otherwise, even the installer for Doom 3 will fail to run.
  3. Create a folder ~/.doom3/darkmod in your home directory. Mind the dot in the path.
  4. Download the Linux version of the TDM Updater and extract it to ~/.doom3/darkmod/ (see below for alternate download locations)
  5. Make tdm_update.linux executable: chmod +x tdm_update.linux
  6. Run the updater, it will connect to our mirrors and download the packages for you.
  7. Start The Dark Mod using the tdmlauncher.linux binary in your ~/.doom3/darkmod folder (make it executable beforehand: chmod +x ~/.doom3/darkmod/tdmlauncher.linux).

Torrent / Alternate Download Methods

In the first few days and weeks after release, there will be a torrent available for people who prefer not to use the updater or have connection problems.

  1. Get the torrent here: http://www.bloodgate.com/mirrors/tdm/pub/darkmod.torrent
  2. Choose the download location C:\Games\Doom3\darkmod or ~/.doom3/darkmod in Linux.
  3. After download, make sure you don't have duplicated the folders, like C:\Games\Doom3\darkmod\darkmod or something.
  4. 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.
  5. To update TDM to receive future updates, just run the tdm_update.exe application found within the darkmod folder.

Troubles Installing?

There is a more detailed Installation Guide on our Wiki. If you keep running into problems, check the FAQ on our wiki or post in our forums.

Mirrors

Each of our mirrors contains a copy of the updater. Get it from here: