By Alec Meer on August 9th, 2011 at 9:37 am.
With a couple of weeks still on the clock for the release of Deus Ex 3 (it’s still amazing to me that’s really happening), however will we occupy ourselves? Well, we Britishers could start with considering how to help bridge the terrible gulf between rich and poor. Then we could replay the original Deus Ex, but adorned with new, high resolution textures. The New Vision mod repaints DX’s world with pin-sharp new surfaces, which as well as making it look a little less geriatric also makes its world look a little more futuristic. Its 1.5GB of image files claims to increase texture resolution by some eight times. Sharp.
Don’t expect less cuboid character models, however, but New Vision does play nice with most, if not all, other DX mods, so you may well be able to combo-up for something even better. (Big thanks to everyone who mailed this in).
09/08/2011 at 09:44 Calneon says:
I haven’t played Deus Ex.
09/08/2011 at 09:47 mistwolf says:
And you are here admitting it, instead of buying it on Steam?
09/08/2011 at 09:48 LowKey says:
I keep restarting it but cant get into it
09/08/2011 at 09:50 Askeladd says:
Who wants DX gifted?
09/08/2011 at 09:50 Risingson says:
The beginning is the hardest (dullest) part of the game. Once you finish the first mission, the game becomes much more interesting. So keep trying.
09/08/2011 at 09:54 Askeladd says:
Oh, maybe you should play it again. The first level is one of its best.
Try Total Biscuits hour of DX gameplay.
09/08/2011 at 09:56 ChainsawHands says:
You haven’t played Deus Ex? What a shame.
09/08/2011 at 10:05 rayne117 says:
TB Deus EX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIx_i8dTLA
09/08/2011 at 10:05 Calneon says:
“And you are here admitting it, instead of buying it on Steam?”
I own it on Steam :S.
09/08/2011 at 10:12 KenTWOu says:
@Askeladd says: Who wants DX gifted?
I want
09/08/2011 at 10:13 faraany3k says:
Somebody said gift?? Sure I want one. Never played this franchise before
http://steamcommunity.com/id/faraany3k/
09/08/2011 at 10:16 thegrieve says:
Since looting is in season… I’d love a gift of DX! Don’t own it currently haven’t played it since it launched.
id: thegrieve
09/08/2011 at 10:19 HelderPinto says:
wow, wut!
09/08/2011 at 10:21 SprintJack says:
I hear you.
I own 3 copies and I never got past first level.
09/08/2011 at 11:05 Eddy9000 says:
I played the first level but could never decide whether to storm the front entrance of the statue or climb up the boxes on the side. So I gave up and never played a single computer game ever again. With the amount of free time this freed up I had nothing to do, and slowly found myself becoming aroused by otters. I’m now serving a seven year sentance for bestiality.
09/08/2011 at 11:19 Inglourious Badger says:
Isn’t it in the RPS terms and conditions that all readers and commenters must have played Deus Ex?
I’m curious to know: Those of you that haven’t played Deus Ex, are you still excited about Human Revolution?
09/08/2011 at 12:20 KenTWOu says:
@Askeladd
Thank you very much for your gift!
09/08/2011 at 12:21 saturnine says:
Askeladd: Yes, please.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/satur9
09/08/2011 at 12:25 DrGonzo says:
I’ve tried it a few times. The furthest I got into it was when you start getting talked to by some computer. But I always lose interest, partly due to the horrific controls and shooting mechanics, partly due to some of the worst acting I’ve ever heard in my life.
09/08/2011 at 12:57 Teddy Leach says:
I technically have it. On a broken disc. I promise it wasn’t my fault.
09/08/2011 at 13:07 LowKey says:
@ Inglourious Badger
I am very excited about Human Revolutions! I love the idea of Deus Ex, the theme, the mechanics, but I missed the boat when it was released and when I try it now I just… stop playing, I am not sure why, I usually have no problem going back to old classics and loving them (say Theif or System Shock) but there’s something about Deus Ex, I will try again!
09/08/2011 at 13:12 Eukatheude says:
I would love one, Askeladd,
https://steamcommunity.com/id/eukatheude
Here, if you’re still giving them out. Oh, and thanks :D
09/08/2011 at 14:12 Snargelfargen says:
What a shame.
09/08/2011 at 14:49 JFS says:
Gifts? Yes please! http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027671385
I nearly bought the game in the last sale, but I couldn’t get over the graphics. I love old 2D, but not old 3D. At that point, I couldn’t find a texture pack. Now, that has changed, and I would gladly accept a gift.
09/08/2011 at 15:51 Raziel_Alex says:
@Askeladd
I’d like it too, please. Raziel_axd on Steam.
09/08/2011 at 16:10 killerkerara says:
Probably far too late, but mseffner on Steam if anyone is feeling generous. It would make my week!
09/08/2011 at 16:46 Kent says:
@DrGonzo
If you’re complaining about bad controls and shooting mechanics then you’re playing it wrong – for instance you cannot play Fallout – New Vegas like BRINK and neither can you play Minecraft like Super Mario Bros. in the same way you cannot play Deus Ex like CoD. I dunno about your complaint about the “acting” in the game since the voice actors are really good.
09/08/2011 at 17:18 RianXD says:
Ive never got round to playing it either. my steam id is RianXD
doubt anyone is that kind tho :(. i wanna hear what all the fuss is about :D
09/08/2011 at 17:25 Askeladd says:
Sorry, I only had one copy left over. I gave it to the first person that responded in steam.
But i cant be the only one that has more than one copy, there ought to be more people!
I wish you good luck.
09/08/2011 at 18:10 RianXD says:
Thanks. i have a free copy of sanctum and portal. if the person wants one ill exchange them for it lol
09/08/2011 at 18:16 Askeladd says:
I just beat DX !!
WE. ARE. ONE.
09/08/2011 at 20:09 televizor says:
@LowKey:
Man, you should get over the bad graphics and focus on the game, you’ll be hooked in 30 min tops.
10/08/2011 at 04:07 Srethron says:
Eddie9000: For making me literally laugh out loud you are almost my new hero. Except you haven’t played Deus Ex, making you almost not my new hero. This puts me in an unpleasant moral dilemma. You have made my heart orange, but I promised myself to lemon lime. Can’t someone give me a Press X to continue button that solves all hard decisions for me?
09/08/2011 at 09:51 Simon Hawthorne says:
I’m going to play Deus Ex for the first time ever over the next few weeks. Sounds like this might be a good mod – any suggestions for others I should combine it with?
09/08/2011 at 10:03 Joshua says:
I don’t think you should play Deus Ex with any mod (for your first time playtrough). However, do try out the “Deus Exe”, which is a launcher which easily allows you to play the game with, say, a 1920*1080 resolution, and use all those different renderers.
09/08/2011 at 10:21 StingingVelvet says:
DX10 Renderer
Deus Ex EXE
This texture pack
That’s basically it really. None of them change the fundamental look or gameplay at all, they just make it run well at high resolutions on modern systems. Make sure you turn off the scaling HUD.
09/08/2011 at 10:35 Alexander Norris says:
Joshua is wrong. :P
For starters, Fixer (http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/) is basically mandatory.
Secondly, if you at all care about ironing out the few bits of bad design left in Deus Ex, you will absolutely want to install Biomod (http://www.moddb.com/mods/biomod). As an added bonus, Biomod steals the best gameplay idea that Invisible War has to offer (passive augs), so that saves you from having to play IW! More seriously, it removes the retarded bullshit micromanaging of augs that is no fun whatsoever, as well as rebalancing all the skills and augs. You should absolutely play Deus Ex with this the first time; it’s an improvement on the base game in every way and does not make it “not Deus Ex.” Recommending people play without this is like recommending people play STALKER without the Complete mods; it’s Wrong, with the capital letter.
Thirdly: you may want to use the DX10 renderer (http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/). You will want to use this anyway if you want to use New Vision (if you’re still on XP, there is also an OpenGL renderer provided as part of New Vision).
09/08/2011 at 12:33 LionsPhil says:
No mods at all. Especially nothing which isn’t purely graphical. Deus Ex is interesting in being a big, ambitious FPSRPG that isn’t completely broken, unlike many of its peers. The official patches are enough (and Steam presumably has those preapplied—which does sadly mean no horrendously good throwing knives to play with!).
To be honest I think a lot of the graphical “updates” are ugly, too—Gunther in particular looks awful.
09/08/2011 at 12:53 PickyBugger says:
If it’s your first playthrough don’t install Biomod it adds a couple of things that can really break the game, being able to climb over walls etc for one. On a first run through I wouldn’t install any mods apart from using that fix by kentie, then i’d install shifter for multiple playthroughs.
I don’t really see the point of graphical updates for this game, even with fancy res textures it’ll look crap. Don’t waste time on the graphics and just enjoy the game.
09/08/2011 at 12:54 Deano2099 says:
Isn’t Deus Ex EXE basically a replacement for Fixer? /confused
09/08/2011 at 13:24 Alexander Norris says:
@PickyBugger: no. The mantling was specifically coded so you can’t use it to go places you shouldn’t be able to (as in there are specific ledges designed as non-mantlable).
@Deano: fixer/Deus exe are the same thing (the fixed .exe).
09/08/2011 at 09:57 The Sombrero Kid says:
combine it with the dx10 renderer http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/
09/08/2011 at 09:58 OddsAgainst says:
I remember my first play through. I died and accidently pressed the quick save key. Then I promptly closed every application and opened up cod and lost my mind in easy shooterness. I think ill give it another shot with this mod though
09/08/2011 at 09:59 G-Flex says:
Interesting timing! I just yesterday finished a sort of compilation fix/fanpatch/balance mod for Deus Ex that should be very compatible with this.
Download and summary available on the project’s Google Code page: http://code.google.com/p/deus-ex-human-renovation/
I definitely recommend kentie’s exe replacement and, the DX10 renderer as well (if you can run that and you’re on Win7/Vista).
09/08/2011 at 10:00 Ovno says:
Out of date now the new New Vision has been released but here is a full guide on modding deus:ex to bring it a bit more up to date…
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ceuyh/step_by_step_moddingguide_deus_ex_i_spilled_my/
09/08/2011 at 10:43 thebigJ_A says:
I used this guide, like, a month ago in preparation for my first ever time with DX, but hadn’t gotten around to actually playing the thing. Now I have to DL New Vision again? How much does this add over the beta version? If it’s just one or two textures on some random wall somewhere, I won’t bother.
09/08/2011 at 11:53 Ovno says:
Not sure yet, but even if they’ve only updated the characters it will be a massive improvement.
09/08/2011 at 14:22 Ovno says:
Characters look much better, haven’t noticed anything else yet, though I’m half convinced the walls of the tunnel i’m in have improved…
09/08/2011 at 14:50 shoptroll says:
That’s the same guide I used a couple weeks ago. Pretty painless and took about 15 minutes total to do.
09/08/2011 at 15:28 billyblaze says:
I’m constantly in awe how people remember and repost my modding guides. Makes me want to create more stuff. Then again, I’m probably the laziest person to ever visit the Internet.
09/08/2011 at 15:58 Ovno says:
Ahh if you wrote the guide mate, Thank you very much made my life much easier :)
09/08/2011 at 10:01 talon03 says:
So I’m reinstalling Deus Ex then.
09/08/2011 at 11:03 PickyBugger says:
Isn’t everyone reinstalling Deus Ex to get one final playthrough done before the hopefully brilliant third installment?
09/08/2011 at 11:29 resignation.speaks says:
@PickyBugger
Spot-on!
09/08/2011 at 16:38 Sinomatic says:
You mean, people uninstall Deus Ex? I don’t understand?
09/08/2011 at 10:02 Josh Wanamaker says:
I make it a point to always have Deus Ex installed, just uh…incase.
This mod is brilliant but using the DX10 renderer makes character dialogue actually start cutting off before it finishes playing. It’s annoying.
09/08/2011 at 15:29 billyblaze says:
I had fixed that issue…somehow. There was an hour of .ini hacking involved though. If I can remember it I’ll get back to you.
09/08/2011 at 10:03 Matt says:
I installed this last night, but for some reason the game doesn’t load. (also, the menu has no text on it – just a load of blank buttons where ‘New Game, Load Game, etc should be). When I hit ‘New Game’, sort out my character and try to play, the game simply goes back to the Eidos/Ion Storm logos…
Anyone had any luck getting it to work?
09/08/2011 at 10:11 Ovno says:
I’ve got it working nicely with the previous version of New Vision, using the guide I posted above, downloading new version now, will let you know how it goes….
09/08/2011 at 11:50 Ovno says:
Working great for me after applying latest New Vision on top of modded version following guide
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ceuyh/step_by_step_moddingguide_deus_ex_i_spilled_my/
Can probably miss out the old new vision from the guide and use the new one instead…
09/08/2011 at 19:10 sandsower says:
The game can’t find the fonts, that’s why they don’t show up. Make sure that you have Paths=..Textures*.utx below Paths=..NVTextures*.utx in the .ini to avoid that problem.
10/08/2011 at 00:32 Matt says:
Nice one, I will give that guide a try.
Been playing it without the mod, and its a relief to see the game’s core gameplay and ideas still seem totally playable and fun. Can’t believe the amount of games that have failed to replicate the freedom of choice that this game has…
09/08/2011 at 10:09 KauhuK says:
I bought Deus Ex goty from games for windows marketplace mad sale for 10 euro cents. CENTS! That’s almost like nothing. But I havent gotten to playing it. Maybe I should with this mod.
09/08/2011 at 10:38 Voxel_Music_Man says:
Oh god please do, once you play it (and get into it) you’ll be hitting yourself for not playing this earlier.
09/08/2011 at 10:17 magnus says:
Well I’ve put the texture map on and I’m sure I’ve cocked up somehow, I’ll carry on because it might not show up so much in the Griffith Park section.
09/08/2011 at 10:23 StingingVelvet says:
It’s very subtle, it’s just higher resolution textures that look exactly the same. If you haven’t played Deus Ex in a while and don’t know how blurry the textures were you might not even notice.
09/08/2011 at 11:53 magnus says:
Well I’ll carry on, I’ve promised myself I’d finish it before DE:HR .
09/08/2011 at 10:18 StingingVelvet says:
I like this texture mod because it doesn’t change the look of the game at all, it just offers higher resolution versions of the same textures. That’s really nice, all too often graphics mods change the developer’s intent.
09/08/2011 at 10:21 The Colonel says:
HDTP had remodelled NPCs as well, amongst other stuff (IIRC). Does this has overhauled models too?
09/08/2011 at 10:23 StingingVelvet says:
No, that is a different mod that is more about changing things. This mod is simply to make the game look natural but better at higher res.
09/08/2011 at 10:34 Teddy Leach says:
Yeah, HDTP is a separate mod that has apparently been “nearly finished” for several years, with absolutely no progress updates. Whatever you do, don’t go onto the forum and ask what’s going on with it.
09/08/2011 at 10:51 The Colonel says:
Turns out you can have both installed. Hadn’t planned on my yearly Deus Ex revival but I suppose it’s overdue. Have to put aside Dwarf Fortress for a while then.
09/08/2011 at 12:59 Teddy Leach says:
They work alongside each other and were intended to be fully compatible with each other. Unfortunately, the latest, achingly old, version of HDTP only has a handful of retextures.
09/08/2011 at 15:31 billyblaze says:
I thought you were saying that Dwarf Fortress and Deus Ex were fully compatible with eachother.
Now I already have my member in hand and got to finish to something else.
09/08/2011 at 10:34 Jams O'Donnell says:
Ooh, might be time to give it another shot. I assume these days it’s easy to find savegames that skip the first mission.
09/08/2011 at 12:36 LionsPhil says:
Why would you skip the first mission?
If nothing else it’s pretty easy to speedrun it.
09/08/2011 at 10:41 Morte66 says:
Id there any risk that the introduction of good textures will make the remaining textures look even older?
I’ve had that happen with graphical mods before, and ended up uninstalling them. The graphical inconsistency once modded was more annoying than the low res graphics of the base game.
09/08/2011 at 11:08 diebroken says:
From reading the moddb comments, apparently the remaining 25% (of textures not revamped) are either of a quality/use that does not require reworking or due to time constraints on the mod creator.
09/08/2011 at 10:44 Baka says:
Anybody tried this with The Nameless Mod?
I recently started to play through that, it’s a very cool mod and I recommend it to every fan of Deus Ex.
09/08/2011 at 12:26 Jonas says:
I have, it works quite well :-)
09/08/2011 at 10:59 Eddy9000 says:
I can’t wait for Deus Ex 3 to come out, in fact I’m getting desperate.
Your turn.
09/08/2011 at 12:01 coldvvvave says:
Desperate.
09/08/2011 at 12:38 jon_hill987 says:
Savage?
09/08/2011 at 23:20 Josh W says:
No, Desperate.
10/08/2011 at 09:33 hexapodium says:
Old men. Warning! Warning!
09/08/2011 at 11:27 povu says:
This download of New Vision actually comes with the (optional) DirectX10 renderer, as well as the custom launcher. Very convenient.
09/08/2011 at 11:43 resignation.speaks says:
finished it (again) a few days ago.. haven’t noticed any cubed characters or blurry textures whatsoever?!
:)
brilliant game.
09/08/2011 at 11:49 John P says:
Why would you mod the greatest game ever made? It already looks great, plays great, and is great.
09/08/2011 at 11:52 Ovno says:
As someone who restarted it a couple of weeks ago and has since modded the gfx, I can wholeheartedly say…
It does not look great, it looks like a game from 10 years ago (unsuprisingly), whereas with the mods it looks sooo much better…..
Do bear in mind I played it when it first came out too so I do remember when these gfx were good.
09/08/2011 at 12:24 Vandelay says:
It looked bad when it was originally released. It also doesn’t play too great either, with some pretty fundamental design flaws.
It might be a classic, but it certainly wasn’t perfect.
09/08/2011 at 13:20 John P says:
Doesn’t play too great? I can load it up now and be playing a better game than any crap that’s been released in the past 11 years.
09/08/2011 at 11:58 Khann says:
I played the absolute living shit out of the demo. Used to go over to my rich mates place as often as possible and play through that damn thing.
I’ve never played the full game though. Have had it on Steam for a while now and this is as good a reason as any to get stuck into it.
I am hoping this will be a glorious experience, though my expectations for a 10 year old game are somewhat tempered.
09/08/2011 at 12:10 Sinomatic says:
Oooo shiny.
Does anyone else have real difficulty actually starting the game? Not for technical reasons, but just because you can’t help but sit and listen to the title screen music…
09/08/2011 at 12:37 LionsPhil says:
Yes, but not quite so much as for Civilization IV.
09/08/2011 at 16:09 Milky1985 says:
Nah thats really simple, i seem to reach a wierd bug when i go into the unatco headquaters, my character just kinda stops moving and listens to that theme music for long periods of time…………………..Then starts rummiging through all the desks of all the peopel working there, hacking there computers and invading the womens bath room, never quite fonud out why :p
09/08/2011 at 12:39 ChainsawCharlie says:
Hmm don’t think I’ve ever gotten past that first level either. Thanks for the mod recommendations will need to start this soon.
09/08/2011 at 14:15 Loopy says:
I’m currently replaying this myself, but am unsure as to whether I’ll actually finish it in time given how huge the game is! At the moment I’m trying to break out of the MJ12 complex under Liberty island, so a long way to go…. I may try this texture pack again, but I seem to remember I couldn’t get it running before.
Just reinstalled as per the instructions, seems to be working just fine, and looks great. :)
09/08/2011 at 14:21 Frank says:
The NYT today asks “Is America ready for more old men?” (look it up)
The answer is yes. Bring on Deus Ex 3!
09/08/2011 at 15:32 MikeBBetts says:
Of course this comes out the day AFTER I finish up my Deus Ex replay.
09/08/2011 at 15:34 Kaldor says:
4 years. And I almost see the difference! Yes… no… ha, so much fun!
09/08/2011 at 17:21 lonedemon says:
@Askeladd
did you just say gift?
id like it if possible
never played deus ex
http://steamcommunity.com/id/loneDEMON/
09/08/2011 at 18:14 Brometheus says:
Obligatory “I’m reinstalling it right now” comment. But for real. I want me some textures.
09/08/2011 at 20:14 televizor says:
To everyone complaining that they can’t replay it because of how old it feels:
You need to set a different goal for each play-through: kill no human, blast everything with rockets, play as Blade (Yes, you can! There’s a model that looks just like Wesley Snipes), play as Wesley Snipes the Sniper and so on.
12/08/2011 at 15:14 Doth Messar says:
It’s a perfectly cromulent word.