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GuardianPL
10-14-2010, 03:16 AM
Greetings all

I'm one of die-hard fans of DeusEx, and after listening to the music/remixes lately I've decided that it is time to immerse myself in this amazing world once again.

To my joy, I've found znokiss' graphics improvement tutorial, as well as mentions about this awesome mod called Shifter.

Well, I got myself to work, downloaded&installed whole bunch of things and it works! ... Mostly... :/

With Shifter, alternate fire doesn't work (1.8.3) - no matter how hard I try my alternate fire button ALWAYS drops/throws item (at the same time, drop/throw key does the same). I've found that one guy in comments on shifter mod site had same problem, but no replies. Any ideas? I've reinstalled the whole thing to no avail.

Also, I've read about this ultra-hard Unrealistic mod... Doesn't work (allegedly right-clicking on "Realistic" should do it, but nothing happens). I even went to Multiplayer, but couldn't figure that out - I'd appreciate your input.


Finally (this is more for znokiss really) - when I followed znokiss' ultimage tutorial to the letter it works, but for some reason the floors are hideous, like I'm walking through the mud!
In one of the users screenshots here (http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9809/72777653.jpg) I can see mirror-like floors, well I've got nothing like that! (http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9809/72777653.jpg) (btw in-game it looks less dark than on screenshots, for some reason...)
And that's how it looks like without enb (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/Guardian_PL/Shot0004.jpg) :/

Ah, and when I start the game the screen stays black (music and sounds are on, but nothing on screen), I have to Alt/tab to the desktop and back, and then it all works fine.

I've got Win7 ultimate, GeForce 9600GT.

If someone could shed some light on my issues I'd deeply appreciate that... :)

GuardianPL
10-14-2010, 10:13 AM
Right, problem solved :D

Issue was with HDTP - when I was using it, Unrealistic mode was unavailable, as well as alternate fire. Without HDTP everything works.
Weird, I did what readme wanted (copying HDTPanim.utx file into Textures folder), and yet it wasn't cooperating. "Alternate fire" hotkey was in controls, yet instead of working I was dropping items xP

Now I can go and throw some knives at the enemies ^^

Also, my other questions (like what unrealistic mode does etc) has been answered by reading detailed readme - didn't notice that stuff before - and checking yukichigai's website.

As for graphical glitches, it seems that my DeusEx install doesn't like different rendering devices - enb plugin, as well as DX10 rendering device from kentie's site were misbehaving. Without them, everything's fine.

So yeah, job done, no need to rush with the answers ;)