pshjt/dmm

Mod manager for Dark engine games by Looking Glass Studios

About

This is the home of the Dark engine Mod Manager (DMM), a fork of SS2BMM meant for all Dark engine games, System Shock 2 as well as Thief and Thief II. More info on its intended use and about mod installation can be obtained from its ReadMe, and the official threads at SystemShock.org and TTLG.com.

Requirements

DMM requires Windows Vista SP2 or later to run by default but can be compiled for WinXP given appropriate VC++ settings.

(Optional) 7-Zip

7-Zip is required to use the archive extraction feature and is bundled with the games in all standard installations (Steam, GOG, SS2Tool). To provide a custom 7-Zip version,

1. Go to 7-zip.org and download the 32-bit version.
2. Copy 7z.dll to the same folder as dmm.exe.

Build

Clone the repository with submodules:
git clone https://github.com/pshjt/dmm.git --recursive

If you have cloned without this option, use
git submodule update --init --recursive

The project requires cmake >=3.19 and is meant to be built with the Windows 10 SDK.

The following steps build DMM as a 32-bit application using Visual Studio 2019:

1. While in the root folder, execute
   cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -B "Build" -A Win32
   to generate the solution file in the folder Build.
2. To build immediately from command line, execute
   cmake --build Build --config Release --target "dmm".
   Alternatively, open the generated solution and build the dmm project from the IDE.

(Optional) Get wxFormBuilder

1. Get and install wxFormBuilder.
2. Open wxFormBuilder\DarkModManager.fbp, do your changes, and use Generate Code.

Contribute

You want to improve the mod manager or otherwise help with development? Great! Contributions are always welcome. Create your own branch, use a rebase workflow, and open a pull request once you're good to go.

License

Dark engine Mod Manager is licensed under the MIT License. The project relies on wxWidgets and 7z-cpp. Refer to their websites for respective licensing information.