TDM FM: Requiem by Gelo "Moonbo" Fleisher (2013/10/6)

Moonbo on 8/10/2013 at 21:26

Announcing the Release of 'Requiem' for The Dark Mod!

Inline Image:

http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/854/hyie.jpg

Download
Download the latest version of the Dark Mod here:
(http://www.thedarkmod.com/download-the-mod/)

Download the mission:
Mediafire: (http://www.mediafire.com/download/l6o3vvj9y78hu89/requiem.pk4)
Southquarter: (http://www.southquarter.com/tdm/fms/TDM2testmissions/requiem.pk4)
Fidcal.com: (http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/missions/TDM2testmissions/requiem.pk4)

Create a folder in your Dark Mod install with the path "darkmod/fms/requiem" and place the downloaded .pk4 file inside. When you load up The Dark Mod, the mission will appear on the "New Mission" page.

Requiem can also be found directly using the in-game loader.

Gameplay Notes
While this mission is playable in TDM 1.8, for an optimal experience please download and play in TDM 2.0 (or higher).

Most inventory items in the game can be dropped, so no need to carry them around after they are no longer of any use.

Note that If you use noclip or other console commands while playing, there is a good chance that you will break the intended flow of gameplay.

Credits
Mapping and Readables: Gelo R. Fleisher
Voice Acting: Goldwell
Additional scripting: Obsttorte
Additional textures and assets: Flanders, Sotha, Grayman, Springheel, Bikerdude, Obsttorte
Additional map optimizations: Bikerdude
Testers: Bikerdude, Obsttorte, Gnartsch, AluminumHaste, Baal, nbohr1more, PPoe
Custom Soundtrack: Leonardo Badinella - (http://leonardobadinella.com/)
Additional Music:
Lee Rosevere - (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)
Marianne Lihannah - (http://www.funeralsinger.net/)
Vox Vulgaris - (http://www.last.fm/music/Vox+Vulgaris/)

A note from the author
Hi all. While I've been involved in indie game development for a while now, I'm first and foremost a writer. My most recent project has been a novella that tries to capture the visual feel and tone of the Thief series (you can find the link below). As I was writing, I found myself playing a lot of Thief and Dark Mod fan missions, and got to thinking that maybe I wanted to make one myself, as a companion piece to the book.

When I finished up writing, I had a bit of down time and decided to take the plunge. Having never done any serious mapping before, my plan was to make a small mission that I could bang out in a month or two and call it a day.

Well, as sometimes happens, the project got a little bit bigger than I had planned. Ten months, and lots of elbow grease later, Requiem is finally ready for you to play.

I'd like to thank everyone who helped pitch in to help make Requiem come alive, from those who took the time to answer my many questions on the forums to those who actively contributed to the FM. I especially want to thank Bikerdude who served as my mapping mentor, and Obsttorte whose clever scripts really turned what was in my head into the game that you are playing.

Above all, I want to thank you for downloading and playing Requiem; I hope you enjoy it.

Links of Interest
Author's Blog: (http://gfleisher.blogspot.com/)
Companion Novella (Amazon): (http://www.amazon.com/Shadowcursed-ebook/dp/B00BYEW02M)
Companion Novella (Smashwords): (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/298956)

Flavia on 8/10/2013 at 22:14

Praise the Builder! Finally The Dark Mod mission that doesn't require me to ghost.
Thank you, good sir. You restore my faith in TDM.

Moonbo on 8/10/2013 at 22:54

Quote Posted by Flavia

Praise the Builder! Finally The Dark Mod mission that doesn't require me to ghost.
Thank you, good sir. You restore my faith in TDM.

Haha, no problem :p.

clearing on 9/10/2013 at 00:22

Congratulations, Moonbo! Downloading.

skacky on 9/10/2013 at 00:24

Congrats on the release! I really like the use of music in this one.

InfinituS on 9/10/2013 at 12:43

Congrats :D Will give it a go soon :thumb:

Edit: I'm getting a "Cannot load maps/requiem.script" error when i try to load. What could be the cause? I'm really curious about this mission so any help would be appreciated.

gnartsch on 9/10/2013 at 18:01

Quote Posted by InfinituS

The folder where you have TDM installed must be named darkmod !
Just in order to be on the safe side: also make sure the path has no blanks!
Simply move & rename the folder and it should be fine.

InfinituS on 9/10/2013 at 18:05

Quote Posted by gnartsch

The folder where you have TDM installed must be named darkmod !

I'll give it a go. I had no trouble playing another mission so i didn't really knew where the problem was at first :)

nickie on 9/10/2013 at 19:10

Congratulations on the release. It's high time I stole back my laptop so I can play TDM missions.

Moonbo on 9/10/2013 at 22:36

Quote Posted by InfinituS

I'll give it a go. I had no trouble playing another mission so i didn't really knew where the problem was at first :)

Hey InfinituS, Gnartsch is correct - this is a shortcoming of TDM 2.0 that will hopefully be fixed in 2.01. Probably the other mission you tried did not have a custom script file, which apparently has a hard-coded path in 2.0 so that if a mission (like Requiem) has one your install folder has to be called "darkmod" for the FM to load. I hope that's the only glitch you run into and that the FM is worth the work :).