Deus Ex: The Fall

Deus Ex: The Fall

Developers
	N-Fusion Interactive
	Eidos Montreal
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unity 4
Release dates
Windows	March 18, 2014

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

Key points

Does not include the mobile versions' microtransactions.

Enable Vsync in-game to avoid various issues including mouse sensitivity problems.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\N_Fusion Interactive\Deus Ex_ The Fall\PlayerPrefs.txt
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258180/pfx/

PlayerPrefs.txt contains all settings as well as turntable model unlocking progress.

*.xml files are generated during gameplay and don't contain useful settings.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\N_Fusion Interactive\Deus Ex_ The Fall\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/258180/pfx/

dxmsave.sav contains current save data.

endgamesave.sav contains endgame save data (only exists after completing the game).

PlayerPrefs.txt contains all settings as well as turntable model unlocking progress.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° vertical. Can be modified with FOV Changer.
Windowed		Set in Options, Video or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA up to x8; for SGSSAA see Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Disabled by default. Set in Options, Video. Enable to fix various issues.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate cap. Framerate affects zoom out recoil effect.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

SGSSAA can be forced with Nvidia Inspector (Nvidia cards only).

Set AA with Nvidia Profile Inspector Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Copy the compatibility bits for Deus Ex Human Revolution to a new profile for Deus Ex: The Fall. Set the anti-aliasing quality and sampling for the profile. Click Apply to save your changes.

Input settings

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Added in 1.0.1 patch. Quick save/load can only be remapped by editing a config file.
Mouse acceleration		Cannot be turned off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Moving a cursor for a pixel (or more) while clicking on the button, will make the game ignore the input.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised		Touchscreen functionality has been removed.
Controller
Controller support		Disabled by default.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Third-party XInput controllers are not recognised.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

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

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

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound FX and Dialog.
Surround sound		Stereo output only.
Subtitles		Enabled by default. Toggle in Options, Audio.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Instead of mute music uses low-pass filter.

The 1.0.1 patch did not add surround sound support, it simply corrected an incompatibility with surround sound systems.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Deus Ex the Fall.
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues unresolved

Third-party XInput controller not recognised

Third-party XInput controllers do not work with this game; only official Microsoft controllers are detected correctly. There is no known solution.

Issues fixed

Loading stops at "Downloading assets... 0%"

Restart Steam in offline mode Restart Steam in offline mode. Run the game.

Delete configuration folder Go to the configuration file location. Delete or rename the Deus Ex_ The Fall folder. The game should now launch properly.

Games crashes upon launch

Block EXE in firewall[citation needed] Close the game and make sure the .exe isn't running in Task Manager Open your firewall (Windows Firewall works well) Create an outbound traffic rule that blocks the game's .exe file within the steamapps folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

No Tint Filter

Disable the game's gold filter, making it more colorful Download custom SweetFX Extract archive contents to executable location Download custom preset and replace other SweetFX_Settings.txt file with this one Open SweetFX_Settings.txt, find define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 1. Change 1 to 0. Find define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1. Change 1 to 0.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core	2.66 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6500 ATI Radeon X1300 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7750 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible