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* This | * This application package doesnt include the main-files for TDM. <br>And has to be downloaded using the updater. | ||
* TDM app is not a native mac application, It uses wineskin (a wine-wrapper) to run the application. | * TDM app is not a native mac application, It uses wineskin (a wine-wrapper) to run the application. | ||
* Its a big appication file (221 mb), because it contains the tdm-launcher, the TDM-updater<br> and Wine, to run these applications-for-windows to run on Mac os. | * Its a big appication file (221 mb), because it contains the tdm-launcher, the TDM-updater<br> and Wine, to run these applications-for-windows to run on Mac os. | ||
* This is a work-in-progress (early alpha) testversion. Tested with Mac os Mavericks (10.9.5) - intel. | |||
* Created with Wineskin Winery 1.7, NSIS and Apple's diskutility. | * Created with Wineskin Winery 1.7, NSIS and Apple's diskutility. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 4 August 2017
Introduction
For those who want to install The Dark Mod on their system, there are several ways to do this, like:
Windows
- Installing TDM on Windows, using the installer
- Installing TDM on Windows, using the updater
Linux
- Manual installation on a Linux Distribution
- Manual Installation on Ubuntu Linux 64 bit
- Installing TDM on a linux distribtution, using a DEB Package
- Installing TDM on a linux distribtution, using RPM Package
- Installing TDM on a Linux distribution, using Play on Mac/Linux
Mac OS
- Installing TDM on on Mac OS
- Installing TDM on on Mac/Linux, using Play on Mac/Linux
Install TDM on Windows, using the Installer
Using the installer
- Download the "The Dark Mod installer Windows" executable package from: http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/downloads/the-dark-mod-gui-installer-windows
- Unpack the zip file and execute "tdm_installer"
- At the welcome screen, click "next"
- Read the licence and click "I agree"
- At the choose components-screen, click "Next". (or select the components you want to install)
- At the "choose install location", use the automaticly selected location for the gamefolder and click "install" (or change the location using the "browse" button)
- After the installation, in the "completeing the darkmod installer setup", click finisch.
- so the the system automaticly run the updater.
- (or if you dont want to runthe updater, uncheck button "launch the dark mod updater" and click finisch).
- In the updater you only have to click "continue" to download automaticly the files.
Notes
- Start TDM: The game and updater can be executed via their startmenu/desktop shortcuts or directly from the tdm folder.
- Update TDM: To update TDM, run the updater from the folder where you installed tdm to. or using the menushortcut.
- Delete TDM: The game and files can be uninstalled using the uninstaller in the folder where installed tdm to. This can be started from:
- the the startmenu
- Or "software & components". windows configuration screen > software and components > "the dark mod"
- Installing in program files: To install TDM in programfiles-folder, please run the installer as administrator. (but not supported)
Install TDM on Windows, using the updater
- As of version 2.01, TDM can be installed wherever you like. Call the gamefolder "Darkmod".
(And make sure you have read and write access to the folder:
righ click on folder > preferences > tab "security > edit > select users > full control) - Download the TDM Updater.
- Extract the tdm_update.exe from the downloaded ZIP and copy it into your darkmod directory.
- Start the tdm_update.exe. The installer will connect to one of our download mirrors and start the download process.
- Be patient and wait. The download weighs > 2 GB and will probably take a while.
- After installation, you’ll find an executable TheDarkMod.exe in your darkmod folder. Use this to start The Dark Mod.
Install TDM on a Linux Distribution
There are several ways to install TDM on a Linux Distribution.
- By a manual installation.
- By installing a RPM/Deb package
- Or using application "Play on Linux" (a WINE frontend)
Installing TDM Manually on a Linux Distribution
Step 1:
Create a folder and set the permissions. By opening a terminal window and enter the following commands:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/games/darkmod sudo chown -R nobody:users /usr/share/games/darkmod sudo chmod uga+w /usr/share/games/darkmod exit
Step 2:
Now the updater needs to be downloaded, unpacked in the install foler and permissions need to be set. open the terminal again and enter the following lines:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod wget http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/tdm_update_linux.zip unzip ./tdm_update_linux.zip -d /usr/share/games/darkmod rm ./tdm_update_linux.zip chmod uga+x ./tdm_update.linux
Step 3:
Run the updater
./tdm_update.linux
Step 4:
Wait until the updater ends, then give everybody the permission to start the applicationfile "thedarkmod.x86".
chmod uga+x ./thedarkmod.x86
Installing the DEB Package
Important:This DEB Package does not install dependencies packages.
Step 1:
Download the "The Dark Mod" deb package from: https://freyk.wordpress.com/tdm-installer/
Step 2:
Save the package in your "downloads" folder.
Step 3:
Go to your download folder and execute the deb-package. Or go to your terminal, navigate to the download file and run the following command:
sudo dpkg -i darkmod.deb
Step 4:
A package manager will appear to install the package. Please follow the needed steps.
Step 5:
Run the tdm-updater. Open your terminal and enter the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./tdm_update.linux;
Or run the updater using the menushortcut.
Running TDM
you will find the Shortcuts in your applications menu.
Or open a terminal and exectute the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./thedarkmod.x86
Updating TDM
Run the updater, by using the menushortcut.
Or open a terminal and exectute the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./tdm_update.linux
Removing TDM
Remove tdm using your packagemanager
Or open a terminal, exectute the following command:
sudo dpkg -r darkmod
Notes
- Its possible you need install several dependencies packages
- In the future the TDM-package will be publisched on popular repo's.
So you can install/update/remove TDM with your favorite packagemanager.
RPM Package
Important:
The RPM Package does not install dependencies packages.
Step 1:
Download the "The Dark Mod" rpm package from: https://freyk.wordpress.com/tdm-installer/
Step 2:
Save the package in your "downloads" folder.
Step 3:
Install TDM by running the RPM file with the packagemanager of your linux-distribution.
Go to your download folder.
Execute the rpm-package by double clicking on it and follow the steps that the packagamanger say you to do.
(ignore the warning-popups if they appair)
Or
Open the terminal, navigate to the downloaded rpm-package and execute the following command:
sudo rpm -ivh --ignorearch darkmod.rpm
A package manager will appear to install the package.
Please follow the steps that the applicationmanager wants you to do.
Step 4:
Run the tdm-updater.
Manual: Open your terminal and enter the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./tdm_update.linux;
Or run the updater using the desktopshortcut.
Step 5:
End.
Running TDM Start
Use the Shortcuts in your applications menu.
Or open a terminal and execute the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./thedarkmod.x86
Updating TDM
Run the updater, by using the menushortcut.
Or open a terminal and exectute the following command:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod; ./tdm_update.linux
Removing TDM
Remove tdm using your packagemanager or: sudo rpm -e darkmod
Notes
- It's possible you need install several packages if needed.
- TDM software package in repos
In the future the TDM-package will be publisched on popular repo's. So you can install/update tdm with your favorite packagemanager.
Manual Installation on Ubuntu Linux 64 bit
Step 1:
Open your terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxxf86vm1:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 wget unzip sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/games/darkmod sudo chown -R nobody:users /usr/share/games/darkmod sudo chmod uga+w /usr/share/games/darkmod exit
Step 2:
open the terminal again and enter the following lines:
cd /usr/share/games/darkmod wget http://www.fidcal.com/darkuser/tdm_update_linux.zip unzip ./tdm_update_linux.zip -d /usr/share/games/darkmod rm ./tdm_update_linux.zip chmod uga+x ./tdm_update.linux
Step 3: Run the updater
./tdm_update.linux
Step 4: Wait until the updater ends, then:
chmod uga+x ./thedarkmod.x86
Notes
- maybe you need also to install some 32bit libraries for the videocard:
- nvidea: libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386
Creating application shortcuts for TDM Linux
If you want to have some desktop shortcuts for the tdm-executable and the tdm-updater,
Its advisable to create a shortcut that opens a terminal and runs the game.
Create these shortcuts using the following settings:
Settings for updater-shortcut
Path=/usr/share/games/darkmod/ Exec=sh -c /usr/share/games/darkmod/tdm_update.linux;$SHELL Categories=Game;ArcadeGame; Type=Application
Settings for the gameexecutable-shortcut
Path=/usr/share/games/darkmod/ Exec=sh -c /usr/share/games/darkmod/thedarkmod.x86;$SHELL Type=Application Terminal=false
Installation on Mac OS
There are several ways to run TDM on Mac Os.
You can
- install TDM 2.05
- install TDM in WINE
- Using the Winery package
- Using PlayonMac
Installation of TDM 2.05 on Mac os
- Download the OSX binary from MODDB, http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-dark-mod/downloads/the-dark-mod-205-native-osx-binaries
- Go to your home folder and create folder "games"
- navigate to yet created folder games, and create another folder names "darkmod"
- Extract the files (from step 1 and 2) to the darkmod folder.
- open "Terminal" (go to finder, search for "terminal")
- enter to following lines and hit the enter-button after every line:
cd ~/games/darkmod chmod uga+x ./tdm_update.macosx ./tdm_update.macosx
- The updater will start to download the files. Wait until all the needed files are downloaded.
- close terminal
Note:
- For more information, see tdm-forumtopic "tdm on osx test build"
Download from that topic, the files "The Dark Mod.app" "tdm_game03.pk4" and "tdm_update.macosx"
Running TDM 2.05 on Mac os
- navigate to your homefolder. From there open folders games and darkmod.
- run the app "The Dark Mod".
Updating TDM 2.05 on Mac os
- open "Terminal" (go to finder, search for "terminal")
- enter to following lines and hit the enter-button after every line:
cd ~/games/darkmod chmod uga+x ./tdm_update.macosx ./tdm_update.macosx
- The updater will start to search and download updates the files.
- close terminal
Deleting TDM 2.05
- move the tdm folder (in your games folder) to the trashcan.
- empty the trashcan.
Installation of TDM on Mac OS, using WINE
For every new version of TDM, the developers need to create executable for the version.
This will take a while.
In the meantime, you can run the TDM (for windows) on MAC OS, using WINE.
For this we advice to use:
- the Winery package
- or Playonmac.
Freyk, creator of the TDM installer and other TDM-softwareinstallation packages, advices you to use the winery package.
Installation of TDM on Mac OS, using WINery
The winery package is an all-in-one application,
that includes only the updater and several other files to run TDM in WINE.
Note: For this there are no other depended software installations needed.
Installation TDM
- Download the DMG-file from: https://freyk.wordpress.com/tdm-installer/
- Extract the dmg-file from the zipfile.
- Mount the dmg-file (dbyoubleclick on the dmg-file)
- Drag Thedarkmod.app to your applications home folder and close the dmg-windowfolder.
- umount the tdm image (by moving the dmg file to the trashcan), remove the tdm dmg-file and zip-file.
- Run the application from your applications home folder.
- Automatically The TDM Launcher will start.
- Select in the launcher "the dark mod updater" and hit "close".
(the label of this button will have to be renamed) - The launcher starts the TDM-updater.
- Download the TDM-files with the TDM-updater.
- Close the updater.
- end.
Running TDM
- Go to your applications folder
- run thedarkmod.app. The launcher will start.
- select in the tdm launcher "The dark mod" and hit close.
- Wait for TDM to start.
- end
Updating TDM
- Run the application from your applications home folder.
- The TDM Launcher will open, select the dark mod updater and hit "close". (I need to change the label of that button)
- Update the files using the updater.
- close the updater
- end
Removing TDM
Just move "the dark mod" app from your application folder to your trashbin
and empty your trashbin.
Notes:
- This application package doesnt include the main-files for TDM.
And has to be downloaded using the updater. - TDM app is not a native mac application, It uses wineskin (a wine-wrapper) to run the application.
- Its a big appication file (221 mb), because it contains the tdm-launcher, the TDM-updater
and Wine, to run these applications-for-windows to run on Mac os. - This is a work-in-progress (early alpha) testversion. Tested with Mac os Mavericks (10.9.5) - intel.
- Created with Wineskin Winery 1.7, NSIS and Apple's diskutility.
Installation on Mac/Linux, using PlayonMac/PlayonLinux
Playonmac is a application suite.
This suite contains WINE and a front-end to manage Windows-based applications.
From this application you need to download TDM package.
It is a program that enables Microsoft Windows applications to run on Unix-like operating systems
(for example on Mac os, Linux and BSD)
To make it more user-friendly,
We advice to use a WINE-frontend, like ""Play on Mac"" and ""Play on Linux"
- First download and install PlayonMac (pol) / PlayonLinux (pom)
- Then start Pol/Pom.
- Select the +-button (install).
- In the next window, select the "Games" button, click checkbox "no-cd needed".
- A popup window will appear to warn you about no-cd patched. Accept this by clicking the "OK"-button.
- Select "The Darkmod" and click on the "install" button.
- Several warning-popupwindows will appear, click the "ok" buttons, to accept them.
- The Pol/Pom installation wizard starts, select next.
- Select one of the three options and click on the "next"-button. my advice is to select the "online" option.(if you have the tdm_updater zip file, select "local updater zip" or if you have standalone darkmod 2.0)
- select "local standalone zip") automatically the wizard installs the needed wine environment, the tdm-updater and shortcuts.
- a popup-window can appear to install the mono installer, click on the "install" button.
- The pol/pom installation wizard would like to run the updater, click on the "next" button.
- The updater starts, click on the "continue"-button to download automaticly the needed game files.
- After the download procedure, close the updater. The Pol/Pom installation wizard creates some pol/pom shortcuts.
- The wizard shows the end-of-script window, click on "next".
- end
Notes
- Text in Pol/Pom are automatically translated.
- TDM Start: you will find the Shortcuts to TDM in the pol/pom main window.
- TDM Delete: select configure button. In the next window select on the left side "TheDarkMod", click on the "remove"-button and accept the "remove virtual drive"-warning.
- TDM Update: Run the updater, by using the shortcut from the pol/pom main window.