Any Thief 1 & 2 fans around? The Dark Mod 2.0 (standalone)

[Professor Paul1290]

I guess I might as well share part of the reason I haven't been around much lately.

Here's a short gameplay teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJcjpPullo&hd=1

I've been testing missions for the closed Beta of The Dark Mod 2.0. I cobbled this together using a few minutes of recorded gameplay from the mission "Old Habits II".

Except for the intro and ending I left this recording completely un-edited. As such it may contain spoilers, periods of inactivity, and player error.

This version does not depend on Doom 3 content and runs completely standalone as its own game. For now it'll still be called "The Dark Mod", partly to avoid confusion and partly because "The Dark Game" doesn't sound as nice.
The game is more or less done and playable right now, it'll be released as a free game as soon as the team sorts out a few minor issues.


I do not directly represent the Dark Mod team, but if you have questions I'll try to answer with what I know.

http://www.thedarkmod.com/

[zespri]

What's the difference to the version 1?

[Professor Paul1290]

What's the difference to the version 1?

The biggest thing is that it is now completely standalone and runs as its own game. It no longer needs Doom 3.

I don't remember anywhere near all the rest of them, but off the top of my head:
-Lots of AI improvements and a lot of new optional behaviors. (some missions may now have AI that re-light light sources, run for help rather than confront you alone, some missions may have semi-random patrol routes, and so on)
-Several new and better looking models and textures.
-More animations.
-Support for larger maps.
-More voice clips.
-Some physics improvements (notably AI can now be knocked out by falling objects).

There's lots of other stuff, but unfortunately I've been playing 1.08 - 2.00 so long that I don't remember exactly what wasn't in 1.00.

If you're looking for something in particular here's links to all the changelogs:
http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php?title=What%27s_new

[zespri]

Cool, thanks!