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Key points
- Free.
- Originally a Doom 3 total conversion, now a standalone game.
- The Dark Mod is a toolset for use with 'Fan Missions' designed by the community.
General information
- Official site
- The Dark Mod Forums
- The Dark Mod Wiki/Game Manual
- Official source code repository
Availability
Source |
DRM |
Notes |
Keys |
OS |
Official website |
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Use tdm_update.exe to update the mod whenever a new version is available. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
- Saves are in a
savegames
folder inside each mission's folder.
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Issues fixed
- A comprehensive list of issues, and their fixes, is listed on the Dark Mod Wiki here.
Game refuses to run on 64-bit Ubuntu
If it complains about missing libcurl version 4, try installing libcurl3 package forcing i386 architecture by issuing the following command:
sudo apt-get install libcurl3:i386
No sound in Linux
Ubuntu Linux uses PulseAudio as default backend. To configure Dark Mod for PulseAudio, use the following command:
env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 ./thedarkmod.x86 +set s_driver best +set s_alsa_pcm default
This will re-route game's ALSA output to Pulse and increase its latency a little bit in order to prevent sound skipping.
If you insist on using ALSA however, follow the steps below:
- get the list of available sound devices using
aplay -L
(that's capital L)
- start the game using pasuspender and the parameter
+set s_alsa_pcm DEVICE
where DEVICE is one of the entries from the list you obtained in the previous step, e.g.:
pasuspender ./thedarkmod.x86 +set s_alsa_pcm sysdefault:CARD=PCH +set NumberOfSpeakers 2
Issues unresolved
Issues with missions supporting EAX effects with EAX enabled
- EAX support has been broken since version 1.2, causing missions supporting it to either incorrectly load or, under Windows 10, cause a BSOD.[2][3]
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
OpenAL |
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Performance tweaks
- Performance tweaks can be found at the Dark Mod Wiki and the Dark Mod FAQ.
- The game is built on the Doom 3 engine, so the TweakGuide should still be applicable.
- Do not tweak the
r_lightScale
variable as it's used to calculate player's visibility (light gem). It's actually possible to disable all lights in the game by assigning it a value of 0.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
2000 |
XP, Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
1.5 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
3 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible | |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
64 MB of VRAM |
- See the official Known System Configurations page for a list of compatible GPUs and CPUs.
References