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snobel, the guy who made the excellent "Sneaky Upgrade" patch for Thief: Deadly Shadows has made a similar patch for Deus Ex: Invisible War.
http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147423
http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147423
Visible Upgrade: Unofficial patch for Deus Ex 2
The patch contains various bugfixes and game improvements such as widescreen support, and provides a few tweaks. It optionally bundles the Unified Texture Pack. It works with the GOG and Steam versions of the game.
Original game bugs and issues that have been fixed or improved:
- Multicore fix. Can be switched off for better performance (when it works)
- Some speed-up of level loading, especially with vsync on
- Fix for the desktop being visible during level loading on Vista and up. (Fullscreen only)
- Fix for the mouse freezing or becoming invisible when using large font size settings in Windows
Game improvements:
- All resolutions reported by the system, plus an optional custom display mode, are available from the options screen. The aspect ratio is shown as well
- Easy switching between fullscreen and windowed mode
- Field of view adjustment for widescreen is automatic - the horizontal view is extended instead of cropping off the top and bottom. This includes conversations and binocular/scope zoom
- In addition the FOV can be adjusted to the user's preference
- The HUD and menus are shown correctly, regardless of resolution and aspect ratio. In 3-monitor modes, the HUD is constricted to the middle monitor by default
- Loading screens are shown correctly, at 4:3 aspect
- The intro and cutscenes, which are letterboxed, are allowed to crop to fit the monitor (up to 16:9, a bit less when subtitles are on)
- The fullscreen game can run on a display other than the primary. (Experimental)
Additionally some optional tweaks have been incorporated:
- Minor HUD and GUI tweaks: Alternative reticles, disable the HUD or only the compass, symmetrically letterboxed conversations, disable the short intro movies
- Walk by default, hold the qualifier key to run
- Mouse sensitivity, which is normally stored in savegames, can be overridden using a central value
- 'No Target' cheat: Make the NPCs ignore you
All tweaks are disabled by default.
Download:
The full edition includes the mod the Unified Texture Pack (a.k.a. John P). Please see the included readme file for more information. The update edition only includes the VU patch and the VisibleTweaker tool. It provides a much smaller download in cases where no mods have been changed or added since the last release.
Current release 1.2.0: Full - Update - readme
Installation:
- It's recommended to reboot before installation, especially for the full edition
- It's also recommended to disable the virus checker during installation
- Steam users should read Additional notes below
- After installation, run the original game once and select your preferred resolution in the Options screen. (The patched game uses a private setting for the resolution)
- Run the VisibleTweaker tool for setting up tweaks and the UTP
The installer will set up a start menu group with shortcuts to the readmes, the options folder etc. By default it will also create two icons on your desktop: A light blue icon for the patched game and a red version for the VisibleTweaker tool.
The patch has its own configuration file, VisibleOptions.ini. Normally this should be changed only through the tweak tool, but for advanced options manual editing is necessary. In that case it can be found through the Visible Upgrade start menu group (in Local Folders).
Additional notes:
The patch expects an original game installation, the original DX2UI.ini in particular. Existing tweaks may or may not be compatible. If a legacy FOV tool has been used, undo the changes or reinstall. If in doubt - reinstall.
For the US retail version the official 1.2 patch should be installed before installing the VU.
Steam users should leave the "keep the unpatched game available" option unchecked, to keep the overlay working. After installation, disable updates for the game and refrain from doing game cache validation, because it would remove the patch. Be sure to run the game once prior to installation, otherwise the game's registry values may not be set.
There are a few known issues - nothing major, though. There is a list in the readme. Hopefully they will be fixed in a future version.
Acknowledgements:
Tester hall of fame: lowenz, Stingm. Thanks to Vorob for the name and to mensch and Thirith for additional naming suggestions.
This patch builds on fixes and ideas etc. from the following sources: tolsen64, NotCarolKaye, Lolwutman, swaaye and le Corbeau.
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