Difference between revisions of "Deus Ex: Invisible War"

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Deus Ex
Deus Ex	2000
Deus Ex: Invisible War	2003
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut	2013
Deus Ex: The Fall	2014
Deus Ex: Revision (unofficial mod)	2015
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided	2016
Deus Ex: Breach	2017
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - VR Experience	2017
Deus Ex GO	2017

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SecuROM disc check.
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com		Includes: Manual, 2 wallpapers, soundtrack, developer's commentary, 2 avatars, and 24 artworks.
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

The v1.2 Patch updates North American retail versions to the latest version. Digital distribution and European retail versions already have this patch.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Improve textures

John P's Deus Ex Unified Texture Pack improves textures and models for most of the game's assets and is a compilation of a variety of mods into a single installer.

The GOG.com version of Invisible War is treated as the UK version. The Unified Texture Pack's installer will need to be set to UK to work.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6920/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Instructions

Input settings

Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading

Invisible War temporarily shows the desktop or a black screen prior to the loading screen. The game still works despite this.

This workaround is not available on Windows 8 and later.

Instructions

Game hangs when loading

Instructions

Crash when installed in a Storage Space

The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed as a storage space on Windows 8 and later.

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 1.3 GHz AMD Athlon XP	Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 1.1 support	128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6920) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (6920) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (6920) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-The [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/48-deus-ex-invisible-war-patch-retail/ v1.2 Patch] updates North American retail versions to the latest version. Digital distribution and European retail versions already have this patch.
+{{ii}} The [http://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/48-deus-ex-invisible-war-patch-retail/ v1.2 Patch] updates North American retail versions to the latest version. Digital distribution and European retail versions already have this patch.
 ===Skip intro videos===
@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 }}
-===HD Texture Pack===
+===Improve textures===
-{{ii}} "John P's Deus Ex Unified Texture Pack" is [http://www.moddb.com/mods/john-p/downloads/deus-ex-unified-texture-pack available for download from Mod DB]. It improves textures and models for most of the game's assets and is a compilation of a variety of mods into a single installer.
+{{++}} [http://www.moddb.com/mods/john-p/downloads/deus-ex-unified-texture-pack John P's Deus Ex Unified Texture Pack] improves textures and models for most of the game's assets and is a compilation of a variety of mods into a single installer.
+{{ii}} The GOG.com version of Invisible War is treated as the UK version. The Unified Texture Pack's installer will need to be set to UK to work.
-====GOG Installation====
-The GOG.com version of Invisible War is treated as the UK version. The Unified Texture Pack's installer will need to be set to UK to work.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 124: / Line 121: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Hex editing}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Set FOV by hex editing}}
-You can also set the FOV by altering deus ex invisible war\system\Engine.d2u file with a hex editor. Search for every AA42 and replace the AA, which is the hex version of the FOV multiplied by 2 (meaning that if you put in F0 which is 240, you get a FOV of 120) with the number of your choice. Again, put your number in for every occurrence.
+# Edit the <code>{{P|game}}\system\Engine.d2u</code> file with a hex editor.
+# Search for every <code>AA42</code> and replace the AA, which is the hex version of the FOV multiplied by 2, with the number of your choice. Put the number in for every occurrence.
 }}
@@ Line 140: / Line 138: @@
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Set larger windowed size}}
-{{ii}} If you want a windowed size larger than the in-game maximum, do the following:
 # Open <code>{{p|userprofile}}\Documents\Deus Ex - Invisible War\user.ini</code>
 # Change the <code>WindowedViewportX=</code> and <code>WindowedViewportY=</code> values to the resolution you want.
@@ Line 212: / Line 209: @@
 ===Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading===
 {{ii}} Invisible War temporarily shows the desktop or a black screen prior to the loading screen. The game still works despite this.
-{{ii}} This workaround is not available on Windows 8 and later.
+{{--}} This workaround is not available on Windows 8 and later.
 {{Fixbox|1=
 {{Fixbox/fix|Run the game without [[Windows Compatibility Mode#Disable desktop composition|desktop composition]]}}
@@ Line 218: / Line 215: @@
 ===Game hangs when loading===
-In some cases the game might hang when loading, not doing anything (e.g. showing a progress bar) for minutes. To fix that, in Windows 8 or later do these steps while the game is running:
+{{Fixbox|1=
-* Open the task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del, select Task Manager)
+{{Fixbox/fix|Fix for Windows 8 or later}}
-* Make sure the "Details" tab is visible
+# Perform the following steps while the game is running.
-** You may need to use the keyboard to navigate in the window using the Tab key if the game has hidden the mouse
+# Open the Task Manager.
-** The detailed view might not be enabled and the tabs will be hidden - in that case click or select with Tab and press enter on the "More details" button at the bottom of window
+# Make sure the "Details" tab is visible and activate it.
-* Activate the "Details" tab
+# Find the "DX2Main.exe" executable, right click it, and select "Analyze wait chain."
-** If the mouse is invisible, use the Tab key to select the tabs at the top of the window (press the Tab key enough times until a dotted rectangle appears in one of the tabs and then press the Right arrow key until the "Details" tab is visible)
+# In the window that appears, there will be the DX2Main.exe as well as other program(s) that cause(s) the game to hang.
-* Find the "DX2Main.exe" executable
+# Close those programs and the game will continue normally.
-** If the mouse is invisible, use the Up and Down arrow keys to navigate the list
+}}
-* Right click (or press the Menu key - the one right next to the right Window key) and select "Analyze wait chain".
-* In the window that will appear, there will be the DX2Main.exe as well as some other program or programs (e.g. OneDrive.exe) that causes the game to hang.
-* Close those programs and the game will continue normally.
-Some of the programs that cause this are Google Chrome, Logitech SetPoint, Skype and OneDrive, but there doesn't seem to be much of a connection between them so other programs might cause it. If none of these programs are running use the method above to find the program that causes the game to hang in your computer.
 ===Crash when installed in a Storage Space===
-The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed by a Storage Space on Windows 8 and later.
+{{--}} The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed as a storage space on Windows 8 and later.
 {{Fixbox|1=
-{{Fixbox/fix|Installing the Game on a drive that is not a Storage Space will fix this issue.}}
+{{Fixbox/fix|Install the game on a drive that is not a storage space}}
 }}

Developers

	Ion Storm
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2
Release dates
Windows	December 2, 2003