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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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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TheKraize
TheKraize Apr 14 2009, 9:02pm says:

Im a big fan of the Thief series, so I'm watching this.

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luiz0regis
luiz0regis Apr 9 2009, 11:32pm says:

Thief : deadly shadows remake

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NewHorizon
NewHorizon Apr 29 2009, 10:53pm replied:

No. It is not a remake of Deadly Shadows, nor do we want it to be like Deadly Shadows.

As Happy Cheeze said, TDM takes place in universe unto itself...similar, yet different. Our goal is to make TDM visually closer to what T3 might have looked like if it were made by Looking Glass Studios on an updated Dark Engine.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Apr 12 2009, 12:14pm replied:

Not quite. Rather than a remake, TDM takes place in a different universe, different characters etc. TDM is more what some fans of thief felt what TDS could of been.

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happycheeze
happycheeze Mar 16 2009, 9:26pm replied:

That is a question for our coders. You'd want to ask Greebo or Orbweaver. You can register on our forum and talk to them about this.

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