neko on 23/4/2002 at 17:02

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hi guys,

I recently reinstalled Deus Ex to finish the game off (got about 70% through) and I patched up the latest mp/sp patch (1112?). This has loki's opengl dll etc, so I gave that a go.

Wow, opengl not only runs better on my geforce2, but I claim that it looks better, too. Except for those strange artefacts where everyone has flames pointing out of their guns and pink sunglasses.

So I dug around a bit and I found out how to fix it so that these artefacts go away!

You have to set "UseS3TC=1" in your opengl settings.

here are my opengl settings:

[OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice]
Translucency=True
VolumetricLighting=True
ShinySurfaces=True
Coronas=True
HighDetailActors=True
DetailTextures=True
UseTNT=0
MinDepthBits=16
MaxLogUOverV=8
MaxLogVOverU=8
UseMultiTexture=1
UsePalette=1
UseAlphaPalette=0
ShareLists=0
AlwaysMipmap=0
DoPrecache=0
UseTrilinear=True
MaxAnisotropy=0
SupportsLazyTextures=0
UseS3TC=1
DescFlags=0
Description=

I'm running 1024x768 @ 32bpp with High details and detail textures. I DON'T use surround sound or EAX, as I couldn't tell the difference and I believe it gives me a performance boost.

anyway, here are some piccies to show it:

First run of opengl - damn wierd glitches!
http://members.optushome.com.au/smaclure/images/deus_ex/opengl_damn_artefacts.jpg

After tweakage : no more pink sunnines (boo!) :)
http://members.optushome.com.au/smaclure/images/deus_ex/opengl_no_pink_sunnies.jpg

Just on a side note, can anyone tell the difference between 16 and 32 bit colour in-game? I can't, as shown by the 2 shots below (and yes, I restarted deus ex so the changes could take effect).

16-bit
http://members.optushome.com.au/smaclure/images/deus_ex/16bit.jpg

32-bit
http://members.optushome.com.au/smaclure/images/deus_ex/32bit.jpg