Deus Ex: Human Revolution

What works

• Installation through Steam
• Launching
• Playing the game
• DirectX 11 and Tessellation

What does not

• DirectX 11 performance is poor (frequent freezing)

Workarounds

To resolve the severe freezing every few seconds the game suffers from, setting Strict Draw Ordering to enabled will work, but it will also kill performance. Alternative workaround:

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos\Deus Ex: HRDC" /v "AllowJobStealing" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "0" /f
wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos\Deus Ex: HRDC\Graphics" /v "AtiForceFetch4" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "0" /f

Maintainer note: see Useful Registry Keys ... Note that the Strict Draw Ordering setting is depreciated, as of Wine version 2.6, and is replaced by the CSMT registry setting.

What was not tested

Nothing

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

I can comfortably play DX: HR on high details with DX11 disabled (using DX9 render path) and only experience occasional stuttering when entering new areas.

Gold rating is for DX9 render path only!

System specifications:

• CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 Processor (Sandy Bridge)
• GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 (Nvidia proprietary driver version: 387.34)

These notes were last updated: 28 November 2017

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DirectX 11 Support

As of Wine version 1.7.53(+) there are tests enabled to see if your graphics hardware supports DirectX 11... Unfortunately a significant amount of the DirectX 11 translation layer has still to be implemented in Wine.

On supported hardware, Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director's Cut will start in DirectX 11 mode. The menus will display correctly (some dialogue boxes may appear to be undersized??) In game there will be a lot of graphical corruption and missing textures.

The workaround is to disable support for the DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI) in Wine:

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\DXHRDC.exe\DllOverrides" "/v" "dxgi" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" ""

Graphical Corruption

Wine, by default, does DirectX draw calls in a different order from Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director's Cut running under Windows.

The workaround is to enable strict draw ordering (via a registry key):

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\DXHRDC.exe\Direct3D" "/v" "StrictDrawOrdering" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "enabled"

In addition the AlwaysOffscreen registry setting is enabled by default (since wine version: 1.5.10). It is important that this registry setting should be left enabled.

Mouse Escapes Window (Wine Virtual Desktop mode)

The symptom of this problem is that when Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director's Cut is run in a Wine Virtual Desktop the mouse can escape from the fullscreen game window.

The workaround is to enable the grab mouse in full screen mode setting (via a registry key):

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver" "/v" "GrabFullscreen" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "Y" /f

This is a workaround introduced by Wine Bug 6971 - Mouse "escapes" window or is confined to an area in the full screen program.

Incorrect DPI Scaling of Elements

The symptom of this issue is that all UI popup elements, the in-game HUD, etc. are scaled to an inappropriately small size. This appears to manifest on a single-head X session with multiple monitors, combined into a single X display.

The only known workaround is to use a Wine Virtual Desktop. The issue is to be investigated further as no Wine bugs appear to be filed against it.

In-game stuttering and generally low FPS

Enabling StrictDrawOrdering leads to a high price in game performance. It is recommended, certainly for Nvidia GPU users (using the proprietary driver), to use the Wine Staging CMST patchset available in the Wine Staging package. AMD GPU users who are using Gallium Nine may not require or benefit from this patchset.

This unstable feature can be enabled in the Staging tab of the winecfg utility. Regressions (crashes, graphical artifacts, etc.) should be reported at the WineHQ Bugzilla - stating that the Wine Staging patchset was used.

DirectX 11 Support

As of Wine version 1.7.53(+) there are tests enabled to see if your graphics hardware supports DirectX 11... Unfortunately a significant amount of the DirectX 11 translation layer has still to be implemented in Wine.

On supported hardware, Deus Ex: Human Revolution will start in DirectX 11 mode. The menus may display correctly. In game there will be a lot of graphical corruption and missing textures.

The workaround is to disable support for the DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI) in Wine:

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\dxhr.exe\DllOverrides" "/v" "dxgi" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "" /f

Graphical Corruption

Wine, by default, does DirectX draw calls in a different order from Deus Ex: Human Revolution running under Windows.

The workaround is to enable strict draw ordering (via a registry key):

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\AppDefaults\dxhr.exe\Direct3D" "/v" "StrictDrawOrdering" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "enabled" /f

In addition the AlwaysOffscreen registry setting is enabled by default (since wine version: 1.5.10). It is important that this registry setting should be left enabled.

Mouse Escapes Window (Wine Virtual Desktop mode)

The symptom of this problem is that when Deus Ex: Human Revolution is run in a Wine Virtual Desktop the mouse can escape from the fullscreen game window.

The workaround is to enable the grab mouse in full screen mode setting (via a registry key):

wine reg.exe ADD "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver" "/v" "GrabFullscreen" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "Y" /f

This is a workaround introduced by Wine Bug 6971 - Mouse "escapes" window or is confined to an area in the full screen program.

Incorrect DPI Scaling of Elements

The symptom of this issue is that all UI popup elements, the in-game HUD, etc. are scaled to an inappropriately small size. This appears to manifest on a single-head X session with multiple monitors, combined into a single X display.

The only known workaround is to use a Wine Virtual Desktop. The issue is to be investigated further as no Wine bugs appear to be filed against it.

In-game stuttering and generally low FPS

Enabling StrictDrawOrdering leads to a high price in game performance. It is recommended, certainly for Nvidia GPU users (using the proprietary driver), to use the Wine Staging CMST patchset available in the Wine Staging package. AMD GPU users who are using Gallium Nine may not require or benefit from this patchset.

This unstable feature can be enabled in the Staging tab of the winecfg utility. Regressions (crashes, graphical artifacts, etc.) should be reported at the WineHQ Bugzilla - stating that the Wine Staging patchset was used.