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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Thief-4
Thief-4 Oct 19 2009, 9:59am says:

Oh well, I've tried everything.

Clean restore vista (Latest drivers etc)
Doom 3 installed
Patch 1.3.1
darkmod folder to doom3 folder
Run game and it crashes on the 'please wait' screen

And it can't be my hardware cause i got duel-core and SATA 2 harddrive
Doom 3 itself actually run's on it's own

soo.....

Im gonna give this mod 1 last change on the final? release. whenever that is. if not i'll just wait for thief 4 or play thief 3 for the 100th time and pretend it's this mod.

I even tried the comment that said load as a MOD and it does the same thing.

Only thing i can think of that is not making it work is the games resolution option isnt changing ? (I've put on center timing's and the menu's do not change size.. even on 1024x768 etc)

But even that doesn't make sense cause doom 3 is working fine...

Typical tho.. of all the mod's THIS one chooses not to work. -_-

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QuadX
QuadX Oct 19 2009, 10:26am replied:

I just thought I'd mention if you didn't already know, you need the 1.3.1.1304 patch. Not any other patch. Has to be this one. Cause I know with the thief's den you had to have that specific patch.

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Thief-4
Thief-4 Oct 19 2009, 11:34am replied:

Yup im using that one. I've tried a few now anyway from different sites 1.3.1.1302 and 1.3.1.1304 etc and non work (But the 1.3.1.1304 version is the one that get's me up to the 'Please wait' screen)

I mean i've waited ages at the please wait screen and there is no harddrive activity (= CRASH). and even if the game did work 20+mins to play a level is insane!!!

My serial number goes in fine, So it's not that either.
I've even used those no-cd cracks incase it was something stupid like it couldn't get past the cd-key screen. But it still doesn't work (Same crash)

I've tried doom3config.cfg resolution changes etc
Compatibilty changes (Xp sp2 mode etc)

It's giving me a headache -_-

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medve_a_maci
medve_a_maci Oct 19 2009, 8:14am says:

i have steam version, and the launcher dont work. but works correctly if i select it as a mod. great work.

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Thief-4
Thief-4 Oct 19 2009, 5:30am says:

I let it load for bout 15-20 mins (Fresh install as well) But it still doesnt work.

Im downloading your The Darkmod 1.00 (Corrected .zip file) version now and see if any luck with that.

As i downloaded your .torrent before.

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Mv.c9
Mv.c9 Oct 19 2009, 1:00am says:

ok, im now downloading, but before that, do i need Doom 3 RoE too ?! or just Doom 3.

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Neurological
Neurological Oct 19 2009, 6:10am replied:

Just Doom 3, no RoE required ;).

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cortez666
cortez666 Oct 18 2009, 4:19pm replied:

i got the a similar problem i started the mission get to the objects menu (just a blank menu)and then when i click on the on the buy stuff button its drop me back to the menu.

why did you separate the missions from the mod? it would be a lot easier if you include them in the release (at least the missions with an acceptable quality)

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happycheeze
happycheeze Oct 19 2009, 9:45am replied:

Try uninstalling the FM on the menu and install again.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Oct 18 2009, 1:48pm replied:

What are your specs?
Darkmod has very large map files, even when it says please wait, there can still be a large wait time, depending on your machine. Try it again and let it sit for longer. If it still doesn't load, than we'll see what can do from there.

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