In The Dark Mod, you play a master thief living in a dark, sprawling city. A blend of gothic architecture and steampunk technology, the city contains great, belching chimneys, grand cathedrals, and medieval manor-houses. As a master of the shadows, you move through the city streets unseen, avoiding the eyes (and blades) of the city's thieves' guild, while doing jobs for the various political factions. Nobles, mages or the Church, it doesn't matter, as long as the pay is good.

In technical terms, our goal is to create a complete conversion of the Doom 3 platform, turning it into a stealth-based game. We have created new and improved AI, and new models and textures that support a 'steampunk' genre made popular by Looking Glass Studio's "Thief" franchise.

This mod is, first and foremost, a toolkit.  Although it ships with some playable maps, our goal is to provide people with all the tools necessary to create their own Medieval Steampunk Fan Missions.

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The response to the release of The Dark Mod has been very gratifying. There have been over 3000 downloads thus far, and the vast majority of the comments we've received have been very positive. Thanks to all those who took the time to offer feedback! Rest assured, we're working on several fixes and improvements for our first update (likely due sometime before the end of the year).

Be sure to visit our forums if you're having any problems installing TDM...we've also put together a FAQ on our wiki with solutions to common problems.

In other exciting news...although it's only been two weeks, we've already released our first new Fan Mission! Demagogue is the author of "Patently Dangerous", a city mission about inventor espionage. Get it on our Downloads page, and post comments here.

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The Darkmod 1.00 (Corrected .zip file)

The Darkmod 1.00 (Corrected .zip file)

Oct 18, 2009 Full Version 2 comments

This is an alternative download for those who prefer not to use the updater method. This is the corrected .zip file release for The Darkmod 1.00. The...

The Darkmod 1.00

The Darkmod 1.00

Oct 17, 2009 Full Version 5 comments

This is the Darkmod 1.00 beta! HUGE IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure doom 3 is PATCHED (1.3.1.1304) Special note to Linux users: Please go to the download page...

The Tears of Saint Lucia

The Tears of Saint Lucia

Oct 21, 2008 Demo 1 comment

Welcome to the second mission release of The Dark Mod: The Tears of Saint Lucia. If you liked the first teaser demo Thief's Den, you'll absolutely love...

Closemouthed Shadows

Closemouthed Shadows

Sep 21, 2008 Singleplayer Map 0 comments

Lordsavage from our forums has made the first "unofficial" fanmission for the Thiefsden alpha demo. Note: This isn't supported by The Dark Mod team, if...

Thiefs Den - Teaser Demo

Thiefs Den - Teaser Demo

Sep 09, 2008 Demo 0 comments

Want to try The Dark Mod? Download our teaser demo, alpha release. Play a mission, make maps, ENJOY!

Official SoundTrack, Vol. 1

Official SoundTrack, Vol. 1

Feb 11, 2006 Music 0 comments

This, the first official Dark Mod soundtrack, was released to the public May 12, 2005.

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bradford28
bradford28 Nov 1 2009, 3:07pm says:

I'm still having some problems with some mission files. After placing the pk4 file in the fms folder they do show up in the mission list. However when I try to install the missions they do not appear as the current mission after the game restarts. Is it sufficient just to have the pk4 file in the fm folder?

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happycheeze
happycheeze Nov 3 2009, 7:19am replied:

Putting just the pk4 in the fms folder should be enough. Darkmod will automatically make a folder for the .pk4 file.

If it persists, either check this FAQ (http://modetwo.net/darkmod/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ#FM_downloaded_but_won.27t_play) or ask on our forum.

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moonhoplite
moonhoplite Nov 4 2009, 2:04am replied:

I found that disabling UAC for vista users will allow the fm's to show up. With UAC on, many files can't be edited and saved, etc...

Try turning UAC off.

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jesse1994
jesse1994 Oct 30 2009, 11:05pm says:

I think this is the first Doom 3 mod that doesn't or rarely use the Doom 3 textures or models.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Oct 31 2009, 6:57pm replied:

We're quite proud of that :D

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Thief-4
Thief-4 Oct 20 2009, 10:45am says:

For anyone with a Radeon X1600 (Or any from that series?)

Disable your Catalyst A.I and the game works fine

Right-click desktop/Catalyst(TM)Control Center/3D/All Settings/Disable Catalyst A.I.

Apply and Ok.

Hope that help's.

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bradford28
bradford28 Oct 20 2009, 9:15am says:

I have now managed to play the mod properly after installing the zip file version of the mod. The earlier download program version was dodgy and did not work properly for me. Still, I have now played through the training mission and it looks and plays great. It is definitely more ambitious than all the other thief games. I am now playing the chalice and am stuck in the opening area. I don't know if I should be going through the door or climbing over walls. Are there any walkthroughs for these early missions?

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Toyoch
Toyoch Oct 20 2009, 5:14am says:

Ghosted through The Outpost mission.

I've been a fan of Thief from 1 and 2, and I think it's a great Thief-ish mod for Doom 3.
One of the big change(from originals) I have to mention is lockpicking, but I started to feel it's fun after getting used to.

Rated 10. I look forward for more fanmissions people create in future.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Oct 20 2009, 12:58pm replied:

Hm, does this FAQ help in any way? (http://modetwo.net/darkmod/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ)

If not, you could register on The Darkmod forums. Heres the link (http://www.modetwo.net/darkmod).

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QuadX
QuadX Oct 19 2009, 10:50pm replied:

Are you familiar with TTLG? Do you have an account? I suggest asking about your problem there.. but also check their wiki site too if you haven't already.

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