snobel on 22/10/2019 at 03:42
Not sure what's going on, but I checked the SU code and for the loading screen text size tweak a patch in the exe was needed. So it's likely that the same will be the case for DX2.
DarkForge on 26/10/2019 at 09:36
So I'm not going to lie: I always figured the Visible Upgrade was something that I would never bother with. But as it turns out, installing it was the only way I could get IW to run on my new Win10 PC - so thank you very much! :D
chk772 on 21/12/2019 at 16:39
Unfortunately, I get the ominous "black screen" bug when loading a save game, or starting a new game as well. Tried a couple of things already: Installing via Steam, installing via my DVD copy, turning off Nvida Shadowplay overlay, closing the Logitech gaming software, deactivating Steam overlay... the only thing which works for me is running IW in windowed mode. I hope there'll be a fix for that. I remember I used to be able to play it with the visible upgrade in fullscreen, maybe some of the recent Windows updates broke something.
Could it be that this could be caused by not adhering to this step during the installation/preparation?
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After installation, run the game once and select your preferred resolution in the Options screen. (The patched game uses a private setting for the resolution)
chk772 on 22/12/2019 at 11:06
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, when I use the d3d8.dll from T3 Gold (I have the latest version installed), I not only get a black screen when I start a new game, or load the game now, but, also the cutscenes stay black now, and I only hear the sound... I will stick to the windowed mode for now.
Edit: Oh, and the game doesn't shut down properly as well. It hangs with "Window doesn't respond", and a white screen, and I always have to kill the 3 processes via the task manager to shut down the game...
snobel on 22/12/2019 at 13:15
Better try dgVoodoo as well, as it wraps to D3D11 and is generally the most advanced option.
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Oh, and the game doesn't shut down properly as well. It hangs with "Window doesn't respond", and a white screen, and I always have to kill the 3 processes via the task manager to shut down the game...
When shutting down you should have, depending on how the game is started, DeusEx2.exe (edit: or DX2Main.exe if it's the Steam version, IIRC) and maybe DX2.exe - but what's the third?
I assume you do not have the same issues running T3? What about the unpatched DX2 (which you can run from the DX2 Visible Upgrade start menu group)?
chk772 on 22/12/2019 at 14:34
I think it actually only happens when I've played for a while that a couple of those processes show up in the task manager. It's the task as shown in the screenshot below. Sometimes there's 3 of them, but I also had like 5 or 6 of them I had to close.
I have no such issues with Thief 3 Gold/Sneaky Upgrade.
I'll try dgVoodoo, thanks again.
snobel on 22/12/2019 at 15:38
Quote Posted by chk772
It's the task as shown in the screenshot below
Screenshot?
Btw. since you don't mention it explicitly: did you try disabling your virus checker? (Not sure it's a prime suspect here, but still...)
chk772 on 22/12/2019 at 15:51
Sorry, stupid me forgot to attach the screen shot. Here it is. (
https://imgur.com/a/b8PduGm)
I'll also try to exclude IW from virus/task checking.
snobel on 22/12/2019 at 17:09
Looks like porting the borderless windowed mode from the SU to the VU should be easy, so I'll have a go at that now. It's not proper fullscreen but much better than window-with-borders mode. :)