Deus Ex

What works

Everything Single Player

Everything Multiplayer

What does not

Everything works

Workarounds

What was not tested

Running Mods

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

Using OpenGL renderer as listed on http://www.cwdohnal.com/utglr/

1. Install Wine
2. Configure Wine
3. Setup your environment variables:
   export WINEARCH=win32
   export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚"
   (for a 32-bit Wineprefix - the WINEPREFIX folder should not be pre-created)
4. Check your CD-ROM drive is mapped using:
   winecfg
5. Launch the setup:
   wine "D:\SETUP.EXE"
   (Replace D: with whatever drive letter you have your CD mapped to in winecfg)
   The default installation folder is C:\DeusEx.
   This will install Deus Ex: Game of the Year edition, version 1.112fm, released in 2001.
6. Remove the CD check when launching the game:
   sed -i "/^CdPath\=.*$/d" "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/DeusEx/System/DeusEx.ini"
   The above command replaces CdPath=D: with a blank line in the DeusEx.ini file.
7. Launch the game:
   export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚" && cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/DeusEx/System" && wine DeusEx.exe ; xgamma -gamma 1

Out-of-the box the stock OpenGL renderer will generate a segmentation fault:

This BASH script will fix the DeusEx.ini file settings to correct this. Note it is recommended to use the newer OpenGL renderer (which is significantly better)

1. Create this script (credit to Morgawr, his original script was used as a basis for this):
#!/bin/bash




#export WINEPREFIX="❚❚❚❚❚❚"


export DEUS_EX_PATH

# Read install path for Deus Ex, from the Wine Registry.
# Note: this requires a first run, when DeusEx is installed under Steam.

DEUS_EX_PATH="$(
     wine reg query 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Unreal Technology\Installed Apps\Deus Ex' /v Folder 2>/dev/null \
        | awk '{ if (sub("^[[:blank:]]*Folder[[:blank:]]*REG_SZ[[:blank:]]*","")) print $0 }' \
        | dos2unix
)"

# Fallback to 'C:\DeusEx'

DEUS_EX_PATH="${DEUS_EX_PATH:-C:\\DeusEx}"

printf "Using DeusEx (Windows) install path: '%s'\\n" "${DEUS_EX_PATH}"

# Convert path from Windows to Unix format

DEUS_EX_PATH="$(winepath -u "${DEUS_EX_PATH}" 2>/dev/null)"

if [[ ! -d "${DEUS_EX_PATH}" ]]; then
     printf "DeusEx install path: '%s' ; does not exist\\n" "${DEUS_EX_PATH}" >&2
     exit 1
fi

# Patch settings to make the game work properly on OpenGL devices
# Uses the default DeusEx install path (for the current WINEPREFIX)
if ! sed -i -e '/FrameRateLimit=60/d' \
              -e 's/^GameRenderDevice=.*$/GameRenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice/g' \
              -e '/^GameRenderDevice=OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice$/a\FrameRateLimit=60' \
              -e 's/FirstRun=.*$/FirstRun=1100/g' \
         "${DEUS_EX_PATH}/System/DeusEx.ini"
then
     printf "Unable to update DeusEx.ini file: '%s'\\n" "${DEUS_EX_PATH}/System/DeusEx.ini" >&2
exit 1
fi

printf "Successfully updated DeusEx.ini file: '%s'\\n" "${DEUS_EX_PATH}/System/DeusEx.ini"

2. Make the script executable & run it:
   chmod +x fix_deus_ex_opengl.sh
   ./fix_deus_ex_opengl.sh
   (ensure your WINEPREFIX env variable is set)

The Kentie Launcher Deus Exe is a replacement executable for Deus Ex. It's compatible with the GOTY edition of the game, which includes the Steam version. Note: the enhanced Steam version of DeusEx appears to lose support for the high resolution/wide screen fixes, when the Kentie Launcher is installed.

The launcher:

• fixes various issues running the game on modern computers
• helps you configure the game
• includes a mod manager

Kentie Launcher homepage

This script will download version 8.1 of the Kentie Launcher and automatically install it, to the specified WINEPREFIX.

Update the KENTIE_VERSION variable as required.