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DromEd is the level editor for Looking Glass Studios' proprietary Dark engine, which was used to power the computer games Thief, Thief II, and System Shock 2. It was originally used in the design of Thief I, but after a petition from the fan community it was released to the public, as were later versions. The program itself is very buggy and unpredictable, as virtually no improvements were made prior to public release.
There are four different versions of DromEd: for Thief I, for Thief Gold, for Thief II, and lastly for System Shock 2, commonly called "ShockEd." DromEd for Thief I and Thief Gold use the same version of the Dark Engine and therefore can open levels created for each game, although Thief Gold levels may refer to in-game objects that are not found in Thief I. Thief II uses a revised version of the Dark Engine, and therefore it is difficult to open levels created for Thief I with DromEd for Thief II. ShockEd is not compatible with any Dark Engine games aside from System Shock 2. However, basic level geometry can be moved between editors using a geometry export feature called "multibrush". System Shock 2 levels can be loaded by DromEd 2 with some work.
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