This is a mini collection of essential fixes for Deus Ex (2000) which aims to provide a stable experience for
people who wants to have an unaltered vanilla playthrough on modern systems.
What's included:
1- Launch: An alternative launcher made by Hanfling which provides resolution selection at startup, fixes for game running at a non constant speed and disabling DEP. Doesn't feature the extensive customizations from Kentie's launcher but it's much more stable and isn't prone to crashes.
2- OpenGL Renderer: A modern OpenGL renderer made by Hanfling which provides better compatibility for modern graphics cards, this is the recommended choice.
3- Direct3D 9: An old but very stable DirectX 9 renderer made by Chris Dohnal, only use this one if you're having issues with OpenGL.
4- Direct3D 10: An DirectX 10 renderer made by Kentie which provides more graphical features such as bump mapping, parallax occlusion, HDR lighting and bloom. Not recommended for Nvidia card users.
5- Maps Patch: Fixes buggy maps present in the GOTY Edition and restores some missing music
Installation:
Very simple process. Just drop the System folder from this zip to where Deus Ex is installed and overwrite files when prompted, and then you just start the game.
If you're having issues with DeusEx.exe try starting the game from Launch.exe instead.
Very useful, thanks.
FYI the "maps patch" is literally just the 1002f / original release map files.
Still useful, buuuut there's this whole mythology that's built up around them that as far as I can tell is incorrect.
Trello.com
Also if anyone is comparing this to the Community Update (my project!) just know that you can get a similarly or even less altered "Vanilla on modern systems" setup by selecting the appropriate install options.
That being said this is a hell of a lot smaller, if your a stickler for absolutely pure vanilla and just want English, this will do ya great! (Otherwise I'd recommend DXT+Confix, also an install option in the CU ofc :P)
Thanks.