Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Developers
	Eidos-Montréal
Windows	Nixxes Software
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
GOG.com	General Arcade
Publishers
2016-2023	Square Enix
2023-present	Eidos-Montréal
Linux, OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Dawn Engine
Release dates
Windows	August 23, 2016
Linux	November 3, 2016
macOS (OS X)	December 12, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Cross-game bonus
Microtransactions	Boost, Currency, Infinite spend
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Immersive sim, Shooter, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk, Europe, Sci-fi
Series	Deus Ex

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

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is a singleplayer first-person immersive sim, shooter and stealth game in the Deus Ex series.

The Linux version of the game uses a wrapper to convert Direct3D 11 calls into OpenGL, which may result in reduced performance.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Eastern Europe: Steam key is obtained in Redeem.exe which checks CD-key and DVD authenticity. SecuROM 8.13.0066 DRM[citation needed]. No DVDs included in North American release.
Retail		Australia: Steam key is written on the inside of the DVD case behind DVD 3
Developer website		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Epic Games Store		Game can be launched directly from the executable. Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
GOG.com		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Publisher website (unavailable)
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Version differences

The Windows version on Steam requires Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes all of the DLCs for the game.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Cross-game bonus	Playing through Deus Ex GO before that game shut down entirely, would grant extra Praxis Kits in new savefiles. It is believed, albeit unconfirmed, that this extended to Deus Ex GO's Microsoft Store version.

DLC and expansion packs

All consumable items included in DLC are single-use microtransactions.

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Augmented Covert Agent Consumables Pack	Exclusive to pre-orders, the Day One Edition and Season Pass.
Classic Gear	Exclusive to pre-orders, the Day One Edition and Season Pass.
Enforcer Gear	Exclusive to pre-orders, the Day One Edition and Season Pass.
Intruder Gear	Exclusive to pre-orders, the Day One Edition and Season Pass.
Jensen Story: Desperate Measures	Exclusive to pre-orders, the Day One Edition and Season Pass.
System Rift
A Criminal Past
Japanese Language Pack	Only available in Japan.

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the -nolauncher command line argument

Skip intro videos

Use the -benchmark command line argument
This causes the game to skip both the launcher and the intro videos.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Deus Ex: MD\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Deus Ex Mankind Divided/
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\337000\remote\game_options.bin

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\337000\remote\
GOG.com	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Deus Ex Mankind Divided\Saves\
Epic Games Launcher	%APPDATA%\Eidos Montreal\DXNG %APPDATA%\Eidos Montreal\Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher display Options.

Launcher graphics Options.

Display Options.

Graphics Options.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			During hacking the node descriptions are cropped off for a 16:9 display. 32:9 aspect ratio is pillarboxed to 21:9. Aspect ratio fix see in FOV, down the page.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		67 to 101. For higher values see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Disable Exclusive fullscreen option.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA, TAA. For SMAA see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double buffered, Triple buffered
60 FPS
120+ FPS		There is a high tendency to get stuck moving up over small changes in elevation. Staircases, planks of wood on the ground, road to sidewalk transitions and so on require a jump to overcome at high framerates where one could simply walk over them at lower framerates.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Use RenoDX.

Field of view (FOV)

Use FOV Changer
Download Enhanced FoV Settings for DXMD. Extract to <path-to-game>\retail\. Edit DXMD_FOV.ini to set the preferred default FOV and hands FOV.

Use Cheat Engine

Download and install Cheat Engine (Square Enix does not ban DX:MD players for use of CE). Download this table. Launch the game, then launch Cheat Engine In Cheat Engine, Click File > Open process, select DXMD.exe Click File > Load, then find and open dxmd_hud_fov_timestop_174_edit.CT Check Enable FOV box Change FOV with these hotkeys Home Page Up Page Down Aspect ratio for 32:9 Aspect ratio is skewed so must be set manually in the registry. Set your other video settings in the launcher or in-game, then exit and go to the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Eidos\Deus Ex: MD\Graphics Edit AspectRatio and choose Decimal format. Enter the following value: 2400 for 3840x1080 Home = 101° (game's default max), Page Up = 111°, Page Down = 121° Notes: Also allows toggling HUD with assigned or user defined hotkey (Page UP/Page DOWN by default). Additionally can scale HUD further, compared to in-game limits.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

SMAA anti-aliasing is a lower cost solution for eliminating jaggies and gives better performance over MSAA in this game due as MSAA can severely reduce FPS due to the deferred nature of the engine, while TAA can reduce image clarity, introduce trails and smearing, and can disorientate some people.

SMAA via ReShade SweetFX shader pack

While installing ReShade to the game's directory, you will be prompted to select your choice of shader packages. Click the checkbox next to SweetFX until the checkbox shows a black square. Click Next From the window which appears, ensure only the checkbox next to SMAA.fx is checked. Continue installing ReShade. After completing installation, check the box next to SMAA in the ReShade window which appears in-game to activate SMAA. Notes: The quality and type of SMAA applied can be modified from the in-game ReShade window.

If running the game on Linux through Proton or Wine + dxvk/vkd3d-proton, SMAA anti-aliasing for it can be enabled with Vk Basalt.

Film grain

Remove film grain from the game with a DLL injection

Download this archive Unpack and copy files from the archive to <path-to-game>\retail\ Only works in the DirectX 11 mode. Causes periodic hard freezes upon loading new areas or segments (traveling by train, after cutscenes, etc.), requiring task manager closures. The freezes do not corrupt existing saves but occur BEFORE potential autosaves, forcing replays of potentially long or unskippable segments.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Fixed with Patch build 524.10
Mouse sensitivity		X and Y sensitivities can be set separately and the sensitivity range was increased in version 1.1.524.10 (26.08.16).
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis invert also supported
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Launcher requires mouse, see skip launcher.
Controller remapping		Limited to several presets
Controller sensitivity		Separate sliders for each axis
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis invert also supported

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, voice, music
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only mutes during gameplay
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation - #1
French				Pre-rendered cutscenes and in-engine cutscenes are stuck with a surround mix that makes voices very difficult to decipher.
German
Italian
Japanese				Requires the Japanese Language Pack DLC (not available in all regions).
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Exclusive Fullscreen must be enabled for DirectX 11 or disabled for DirectX 12.
Nvidia 3D Vision		Refer to the GeForce Forums topic for recommended adjustments.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Cover at Gaze, Icarus Dash at Gaze, Interaction at Gaze, Quick Inventory Items.

Issues unresolved

UI crunched together in Exclusive Fullscreen mode

Toggling Exclusive Fullscreen mode can mess up the UI on some aspect ratios.

All dialog audio reduced to 1% volume after using inventory

Using the inventory permanently reduces all dialog sound to almost inaudible volume.

Reload savegame to restore normal audio.

Combat music loops forever

After engaging in combat and then going back to the normal state, combat music keeps playing forever until the loading screen

Quicksave and then Quickload restores the proper music

Issues fixed

Game Enters Infinite Loading Screen

Use NVidia Control Panel to turn 'Threaded Optimization' 'off' for Game.

Open NVidia Control Panel Navigate to the 'Manage 3D Settings' page Click on the 'Program Settings' tab Click the 'add' button Find Deus Ex: Mankind Divided in the list or if it's missing, click 'browse' Once added to the list, scroll down to find 'Threaded Optimization', click on the drop down menu beside it, and select 'off' Click 'apply' on the bottom right of the window Close NVidia Control Panel

Set the game to use half of the number of CPU cores.
Launch the game. Start up Task Manager go to Details → "Deus Ex" (Right Click) → Set Affinity → Select only half the number of CPUs on PC.

Setting affinity to half of the number of CPU cores may also help reduce frame drops in game capturing software like OBS.

Use the /High command line argument. This will increase the priority for the program to speed it up. It may help to also not be running anything else in the background. This can work with conjunction with other command line arguments. See the reference link for more information on different priority commands.

Can not start Redeem.exe - api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll wasn't found (Retail)

This error is caused by the DVD including d3d11.dll Windows 8.1 system library never meant to be shipped in other OS.

Use fixed redeem applet
Download this file. Insert Disc 1 of the game. Start the downloaded program. Notes If there are still problems use the Support Page to request the Steam key.

Game crashes when Jensen watches TV in Prague

The fix is to turn on exclusive fullscreen.
In the settings dialog displayed when launching the game, turn on "Exclusive fullscreen". Notes "Exclusive fullscreen" appears to be the game's term for _true_ fullscreen, while the game's "Fullscreen" option is actually borderless windowed mode.

Blurry and semi-transparent faces

Due to how it presently works with facial meshes, tessellation can cause character faces to having a strange, "washed out" look to them which makes them look semi-transparent.

Disable tessellation
Notes Disabling tessellation may be undesirable if you wish to keep certain environments from looking too angular.

Game crashes at Prague train station cutscene

At the beginning cutscene when Jensen meets Alex the game crashes. Below there are some, confirmed, workarounds. Lower the graphic settings Deselect DLC content from the game’s properties in the library Run the game in windowed mode Turn off subtitles

Save games requiring DLC stop working if game is moved to / reinstalled on different drive

Fix can require re-download of several gigabytes (but not whole game).

Go to the game in your Steam library. Uncheck the DLC and wait for it to go greyed out. Check it again so that it will download/install the DLC.

Game crashes when exiting the shooting range

Before entering the shooting range itself, empty your inventory, or at least remove the weapons from the inventory. Supposedly, just not interacting with the lockers at the shooting range instead of dropping the inventory works, too.

Black bars during cutscenes or squished image

Game incorrectly renders at 4096x2160 (17:9) resolution, resulting in display oddities.

Remove all references to the 4096x2160 resolution

Download and start CRU. Make sure the display you want to modify is selected in the top box. If it's connected and in use, it will be marked as (active). In the Extension blocks box, select the CEA-861 entry and press Edit. Select the TV resolutions entry and press Edit. One by one, select all the 4096x2160 entries and press Delete. Press OK when done. Select the HDMI support entry and press Edit. Select any 4096x2160 entries and press Delete. Press OK on all the windows to return to the main application window. Press OK to close. Run restart64.exe/restart.exe to re-initialize the display driver.

Shadows are rendered incorrectly on Linux

Nvidia - Disable GLSL's Use Collapsed Arrays
Possibly caused by Beta Vulkan drivers Add the following command line in Launch Options: __GL_GlslUseCollapsedArrays=0 %command%

AMD (Open source driver) - Disable Ambient Occlusion

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Toggleable from launcher or in game settings.
OpenGL		Linux only. Used to convert Direct3D 11 calls.
Metal support

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	FMOD
Interface	Scaleform
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 AMD equivalent	Intel Core i7-3770K AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 GB	55 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 7870 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM	AMD Radeon RX 480 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz	Intel 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	67 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon R9 M290 2 GB of VRAM	4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4130 AMD FX-8350	Intel Core i7-3770K
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	67 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB of VRAM
Other	Nvidia Driver version 367.57

A 64-bit operating system is required.

AMD GPUs are not officially supported on Linux.