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Fun Times! posted:Do I REALLY need the Deus Exe fixer thing described in the OP? I just got the game from fantastic goon Newtie and played through the tutorial without any issues. My laptop is ~2 years old. It'll fix game speed problems on modern multicore processors as well as save you the hassle of some .ini editing for proper resolution, fov and audio settings.
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Fun Times! posted:Do I REALLY need the Deus Exe fixer thing described in the OP? I just got the game from fantastic goon Newtie and played through the tutorial without any issues. My laptop is ~2 years old. It means you can play the game using DirectX 10, which makes it look much nicer.
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Aug 16, 2011 03:21
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Should I only get the updated exe file or the extra Direct3D 10 renderer as well?
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Aug 16, 2011 03:41
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Aug 16, 2011 03:45
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I got both and now the game doesn't run visually. The opening menu is fine but if I try to start the tutorial or a new game, it minimizes back to the steam window and I can hear the appropriate dialogue. Trying to alt tab back into the game causes it to keep minimizing/maximizing without really doing anything, and the screen is black all the while.
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Aug 16, 2011 04:12
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So this is my first time playing through Deus Ex and I've had no problems beating the Statue of Liberty level at all. In fact I thought it was kinda easy, I was expecting something brutally difficult after all these years of hearing about this level. Where does everyone get "stuck" anyway?
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Aug 16, 2011 04:14
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PonchAxis posted:So this is my first time playing through Deus Ex and I've had no problems beating the Statue of Liberty level at all. In fact I thought it was kinda easy, I was expecting something brutally difficult after all these years of hearing about this level. Where does everyone get "stuck" anyway? Trying to get on the boat at the end of the level.
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Aug 16, 2011 04:15
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Fun Times! posted:Do I REALLY need the Deus Exe fixer thing described in the OP? I just got the game from fantastic goon Newtie and played through the tutorial without any issues. My laptop is ~2 years old.
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Aug 16, 2011 04:20
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PonchAxis posted:So this is my first time playing through Deus Ex and I've had no problems beating the Statue of Liberty level at all. In fact I thought it was kinda easy, I was expecting something brutally difficult after all these years of hearing about this level. Where does everyone get "stuck" anyway? I don't think it's so much that they get stuck, but that instead of being a FPS badass like in the first level of lots of FPSes, you're more of a level 1 RPG character - low or no skills, lack of options, the whole lot. And remember, this game came out back in 2000 - FPSes were a lot more visceral then. If you try and play it like a traditional FPS (run around, shoot everything) it can be slow and frustrating. The disconnect between how Deus Ex plays compared to everything else is what gets people, I think. Of course, once you've finished the island level you've learnt more about the way the game works and things just pick up from there.
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Aug 16, 2011 05:38
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Dominoes posted:No, you just need the DX10 renderer. I tried it like this and it lagged like poo poo. Tell me my integrated graphics laptop is too lovely for Deus loving Ex!
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Aug 16, 2011 06:53
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Try this instead: http://www.cwdohnal.com/utglr/dxd3d9r13.zip
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Aug 16, 2011 06:58
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Fag Boy Jim posted:BTW you will truly be a Deus Ex pro once you figure out a way to carry a GEP gun, sniper rifle, and Dragons Tooth Sword for the bulk of the last half of the game.
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Aug 16, 2011 07:37
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Fun Times! posted:Do I REALLY need the Deus Exe fixer thing described in the OP? I just got the game from fantastic goon Newtie and played through the tutorial without any issues. My laptop is ~2 years old. Why would you not want fixer? Installing it is a two minute effort.
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Aug 16, 2011 08:13
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Iggles posted:Pft, all 3 heavy weapons and no bug exploiting! I was heavy weapons ninja and at all times carried a GEP gun, flamethrower, and either plasma/railgun along with complements of regular and throwing knives as well as the obligatory pepper spray for ninja vanish. I didn't bother getting electronics since I couldn't carry any multitools and had to use LAMs and GEP rockets as my only lockpicks, but it was worth it.
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Aug 16, 2011 08:32
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Fun Times! posted:I tried it like this and it lagged like poo poo. Tell me my integrated graphics laptop is too lovely for Deus loving Ex! I just used the altered exe and nothing else. It helped a lot- at the least it allowed me to run the game at my native resolution. I didn't even need a new renderer or anything.
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Aug 16, 2011 15:52
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I guess I'm the opposite. I tried the new exe by itself and the game lagged. So I reinstalled with the direct3D 9 that SwissCM posted and now it works great and looks better than the default, so I'm happy. Oh, laptop gaming.
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Aug 16, 2011 17:39
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Anatharon posted:I have a crossbow, and he won't take it. He won't take my silenced pistol, either. I've got a Pistol, Silenced Pistol, Sniper Rifle, LAMs, a GEP, a mini-crossbow, a crowbar, a riot prod, pepper spray and a PS20. He was never properly trained in any of their operation.
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Aug 16, 2011 23:04
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My roommate finally finished his first run of deus ex. He picked the illuminati ending, but I don't think he meant to, he got caught up in hacking keypads and pressing buttons. I think it's time for me to finally download and try to play the nameless mod.
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Aug 17, 2011 03:46
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RichieWolk posted:My roommate finally finished his first run of deus ex. He picked the illuminati ending, but I don't think he meant to, he got caught up in hacking keypads and pressing buttons. Everyone keeps talking about which ending they picked on their first run. Did no one else clear out the entire level and create a save file that only needs a single action to complete each ending? Subsequent runs were never about getting a new ending; they were about different styles of play. Actually, the second run was about recreating that save file but with Paul alive. 
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Aug 17, 2011 04:06
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Derek Dominoe posted:Everyone keeps talking about which ending they picked on their first run. Did no one else clear out the entire level and create a save file that only needs a single action to complete each ending? I certainly did this, but I guess others have too and we're just talking about a 'preferred' ending (maybe?).
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Aug 17, 2011 07:05
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Mega 64 is going to get arrested one day.
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Aug 17, 2011 07:30
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Tapatio posted:Mega 64 is going to get arrested one day.
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Aug 17, 2011 07:47
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So how hard is it to save Paul in the 'ton? He keeps disappearing which I assume means he got blowd up.
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Aug 17, 2011 17:45
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gender illusionist posted:So how hard is it to save Paul in the 'ton? He keeps disappearing which I assume means he got blowd up. If you leave out the window, he dies. Simple as that. If he disappears and there's no body or anything then he got away. If YOU die in the 'Ton then he still survives.
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Aug 17, 2011 17:56
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RichieWolk posted:My roommate finally finished his first run of deus ex. He picked the illuminati ending, but I don't think he meant to, he got caught up in hacking keypads and pressing buttons. How unprofessional.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:41
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Dr Snofeld posted:If you leave out the window, he dies. Simple as that. If he disappears and there's no body or anything then he got away. If YOU die in the 'Ton then he still survives. If you have Biomod installed like you should (or Shifter but you should install Biomod instead) then leaving through the window doesn't automatically kill him; he only dies if you leave without fighting UNATCO off first. In vanilla, there's a bug whereby leaving through the window kills him regardless, which is fixed in Shifter/Biomod.
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Aug 17, 2011 18:49
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Lemon Curdistan posted:If you have Biomod installed like you should shao kong posted:I was heavy weapons ninja and at all times carried a GEP gun, flamethrower, and either plasma/railgun along with complements of regular and throwing knives as well as the obligatory pepper spray for ninja vanish.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:33
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Iggles posted:It was a while ago but IIRC I used Flamethrower, GEP, Plasma Rifle. Lockpicks, Multitools, Medkits, Biocells, Pistol, Mini Crossbow. No melee weapon is a pain but does encourage creative crate-breaking. Let me guess, you used the GEP gun for all your crate opening?
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Aug 17, 2011 21:42
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Allegedly (and this is from Warren Spector himself, so take that however you want), if you kill every single enemy in the 'Ton, including the two guys at the entrance, who are very easy to miss if you don't actually intend to leave that way, and then leave through the back window, he lives.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:45
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Iggles posted:It's time to stop this I really, really hate how the final build of Biomod actually removes functionality by removing Shifter's combat experience and gimping your jump height.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:47
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Lork posted:Allegedly (and this is from Warren Spector himself, so take that however you want), if you kill every single enemy in the 'Ton, including the two guys at the entrance, who are very easy to miss if you don't actually intend to leave that way, and then leave through the back window, he lives. If memory serves, the check the game does is a simple Window: yes/no one.
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Aug 17, 2011 21:50
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Iggles posted:It's time to stop this No, it's really not. For as long as people continue to stupidly insist that first playthroughs should be done vanilla or with Shifter, I will continue to insist that people use Biomod.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:04
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Lemon Curdistan posted:No, it's really not. For as long as people continue to stupidly insist that first playthroughs should be done vanilla or with Shifter, I will continue to insist that people use Biomod. And as long as you keep threadshitting I'm sure people will continue to pretend that Biomod doesn't exist.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:20
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Lemon Curdistan posted:No, it's really not. For as long as people continue to stupidly insist that first playthroughs should be done vanilla or with Shifter, I will continue to insist that people use Biomod. Yeah, great idea. Tell people who have no actual reference, experience, or expectations of what the mods really change to play on a modded version their first time.  To those who are worried: Deus Ex vanilla fully patched up is a perfectly fine game and the game became legendary without any mods so feel free to play through it at least once unmodded. It'll let you appreciate any mods you slap on so much more.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:24
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Madman Theory posted:And as long as you keep threadshitting I'm sure people will continue to pretend that Biomod doesn't exist.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:25
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I'm not saying Biomod's bad, I'm saying Lemon Curdistan should probably stop turning tricks for it.
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Aug 17, 2011 22:49
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Sam. posted:Let me guess, you used the GEP gun for all your crate opening?
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Aug 17, 2011 23:12
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I never liked how Shifter gave experience for kills, so I was pretty glad when it was removed. Mantling should be available by default though, it feels like adding poo poo for its own sake. Or perhaps to justify that athletics skill that otherwise might as well not exist.
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Aug 17, 2011 23:28
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Positronic Spleen posted:I never liked how Shifter gave experience for kills, so I was pretty glad when it was removed. Mantling should be available by default though, it feels like adding poo poo for its own sake. Or perhaps to justify that athletics skill that otherwise might as well not exist. The best solution would be to let people pick which changes they want, whether through an installer or by editing a text file. That was people can just play what they want rather than the mod's creator being the supreme god of game balance.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:No, it's really not. For as long as people continue to stupidly insist that first playthroughs should be done vanilla or with Shifter, I will continue to insist that people use Biomod. I think I actually like shifter better than biomod. Biomod did a lot of cool stuff, but the one deciding factor is skill points for performing stealthy things or kills. It's the little skillbumps that keep you going, like little digital drugbursts.
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