Deus Ex is a first person stealth RPG that takes place in 2052. Play as an anti-terrorist agent and take down terrorism first hand from the inside. Delevop your characters skills, augmentations, weapons and loot.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Deus Ex GOTY in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Deus Ex GOTY. Other versions may require additional steps.
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Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.8 is installed and you can close this window
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "Install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: deusexgoty
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.8
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Wine Configuration
Applications Tab
Windows version: windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080
Click OK
Note: Match the desktop size to your Linux desktop resolution
PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, DLL', components)
Check the following:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Click Browse
Select "setup_deus_ex_2.0.0.22.exe"
Click Open
Click Next again
Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
Click Exit
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select "DeusEx.exe"
Click Next
Name the shortcut: Deus Ex GOTY
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Select "Dues Ex GOTY"
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine version: 1.8
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine
Display Tab
Video Memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Deus Ex GOTY First Launch
Select "Deus Ex GOTY"
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Deus Ex GOTY might crash upon first launch
After a crash Deus Ex should automatically give you this screen
Click "Run Deus Ex"
Click "Show all devices"
Select "OpenGL Support"
Click Next
Click Next
Click Run
Optimization
Press Esc
Click Settings
Click Display
Adjust:
- Brightness
- Full-screen
- Render Device
- Screen Resolution
- Texture Color Depth
- World Texure Detail
- Object Texture Detail
- Detailed Textures
- Decals
Note: Brightness settings will "stick" in Mint so you may want to lower it a bit. Otherwise, you can go to Menu, Administration, Nvidia Server Settings and the brightness will reset.
New Vision Texture Mod
Go To http://www.moddb.com/mods/new-vision/downloads/new-vision-15
Save "New_Vision_v1-5.exe" on your Desktop
Back to PlayOnLinux
Select "Dues Ex GOTY"
Click Configure
Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
Navigate to your Desktop
Select "New_vision_v1-5.exe"
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Check "Kentie's launcher"
Click Next
Click Next again
Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable?
Click Yes
Click Finish
Note: The installer might crash at this point
Close Configure
Select "Deus Ex GOTY"
Click Run
Click Configure
Adjust video settings
Click OK
Conclusion:
Deus Ex GOTY only crash upon first launch and upon display changes. After I installed New Vision texture mod I never experienced another crash. It was probably due to setting the render device to direct3d instead of openGL. The texture mod is beautiful but no all textures are replaced. Character textures are not replaced. Everything ran great since this is an older game. It should run perfectly on laptops and probably netbooks.
Gameplay video:
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