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 1 comment

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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hero_kenshin
hero_kenshin Oct 17 2009, 7:24am says:

my only concern is the game might feel like thief deadly shadows, i kinda dis-liked it.

But seriously WOW, this is awesome work guys... you've got to be the best mod team out (no joke), release it as an indie game :P (of course you'd have to pay the makers of doom but i'm sure if you guys got popular enough they'd let you do it :P

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TheRealSolus
TheRealSolus Oct 17 2009, 2:45am says:

This sounds and looks very good tracking:)
Just 1 question WTH is Darkradiant? Sorry if this is a stupid question but I has to ask=P

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happycheeze
happycheeze Oct 17 2009, 10:59am replied:

Yes, Darkradiant is a heavily modified GTKradiant specifically designed for making Darkmod maps. You can use it for doom 3 and other doom 3 mods, but its main focus is TDM.

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cortez666
cortez666 Oct 17 2009, 4:08am replied:

i guess its the gtk radiant forked for this mod

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Hidraga
Hidraga Oct 13 2009, 10:27am says:

Yeah, this will be sweet! Cant wait to play!

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Marvin_hun
Marvin_hun Sep 14 2009, 1:59am says:

I hope there will be some remake-maps from the original Thief1-2! Very good work, and it's too hard to wait for the release

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happycheeze
happycheeze Sep 18 2009, 7:54pm replied:

As cool as it would be to see Thief 1 and 2 remade, we cannot due to copyright.

This is from our FAQ:

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Q: What about copyright issues?

We will be making no references to any Thief trademarks or Eidos’ intellectual property. The Dark Mod is not Thief--there is no Garrett, no Keepers, no Mechanists, etc. However, since both Thief and The Dark Mod are based on a steampunk version of our own history, there are plenty of similarities."

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Holodoctor
Holodoctor Aug 9 2009, 1:11am says:

I've been waiting for the Dark Mod for ages now. Can't wait for the Beta release. Hope it's going to get released this month.

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bradford28
bradford28 Aug 4 2009, 4:05pm says:

The Black heart manor video looks great. Are you planning to release it as one of the maps? I hope so.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Aug 11 2009, 2:32pm replied:

Sorry about the long wait. Yes, we do plan on releasing Black Heart Manor as a mission.

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