PJMaybe on 31/12/2022 at 19:45
I've never played Deus Ex before. Don't know anything about it except it is often popular with Thief fans so I'd rather go in blind as far as the story goes. I've got the GOTY edition on Steam.
I'm just wondering if there's any mods or updates that I should install that improve (without changing) the game? Texture packs or AI improvements etc like there are with Thief ? I saw the thread for the unofficial patch for DE2. Is there something similar for DE1?
edit... I've found the Helios Texture Overhaul, that looks good
heywood on 1/1/2023 at 13:46
It depends on what you are looking for.
If you want to stay closest to the original experience, I would go with New Vision only. There's really no downside with that mod; it doesn't change the look of the game, it just takes the blur out of environment textures displayed on a high resolution monitor.
HTO on Default starts taking some liberties, some things don't look as they do in the original game, but they are not major ones from what I can tell. There's some environmental texture changes from Revision that I would prefer stayed in Revision. But HTO improves the characters without really changing how they look. I like that, because I'm so used to how the characters look. The character models in HDTP are well done, but they are different enough from the originals that it's hard to get comfortable with them. Since you're starting fresh, that might not be a hangup for you.
Revision is a bigger graphical overhaul. It combines some of the major convenience, bug fix, and visual mods that preceded it, including New Vision and HDTP (which is optional), but it goes way beyond that with many more new textures, revised lighting, and expanded maps. The lighting changes are good. The map changes are a mixed bag IMHO and a couple of the hub levels are worse than the originals. Revision is pretty good at preserving the original gameplay, although the revised maps did change my approach in a few places.
Stingm on 1/1/2023 at 19:50
Play through once the way it is. Then add gmdx.
Jason Moyer on 12/1/2023 at 09:13
Only tweaks I do are a.) map update (to fix some bugs that made it into the GotY edition but were patched out in the original game) b.) version 2 of the unofficial patch to fix a potential game-breaking bug involving a character not appearing c.) directx10 renderer. Basically completely vanilla with bugfixing/modern system compatibility.
heywood on 12/1/2023 at 19:53
Quote Posted by Stingm
Play through once the way it is. Then add gmdx.
Have you played GMDX 9? I played it many years and versions ago when it was mostly bug fixes, balancing, and gameplay polish. I liked it. But I just went to the website and see it's up to version 9 and the changes are now pretty extensive. I wonder how far it's gotten from the original experience.
Basically, I'm getting itchy for more Deus Ex, but I can't decide whether to play GMDX again, or the Nameless Mod 2.0, or have another go at Mankind Divided.
Stingm on 13/1/2023 at 04:00
I would do the Nameless mod. My other favorites are Zodiac and Redsun 2020.
heywood on 13/1/2023 at 14:20
Yeah, I like those too. I've been meaning to play Redsun again, but TNM just released a re-do of the first half of their game so I'm going to try that.
Stingm on 14/1/2023 at 03:47
I'm gonna wait for the full release.
heywood on 14/1/2023 at 18:18
Here is the best place to follow it now:
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1774011024) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1774011024
I don't know who is supposed to be maintaining the TNM web site. ZeroPresence is now leading the mod. He's the level designer who did a lot of TNM's major maps. He wasn't satisfied, particularly with the city maps, which were too sprawling and empty, so he started re-doing them. And then kept going. I found out about it in August after it showed up on Steam workshop. He ported it to Revision which was already on Steam. Apparently most if it is done, except the space station and bug fixes. I'm going to give it a try. Will report back.
