Deus Ex GOTY Guide

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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.

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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.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.8 is installed and you can close this window

PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "Install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Select "install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: deusexgoty
Click Next
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Check all three options:
  • Use another version of Wine
  • Configure Wine
  • Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.8
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop size: 1920x1080
Click OK
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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
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Click Browse

Select "setup_deus_ex_2.0.0.22.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next again

Click Options
Check "Yes, I have read and accept EULA"
Uncheck "Create desktop icons"
Click Install
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Click Exit
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select "DeusEx.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Deus Ex GOTY
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Select "Dues Ex GOTY"
Click Configure
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General Tab
Wine version: 1.8
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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
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Close Configure

Deus Ex GOTY First Launch

Select "Deus Ex GOTY"
Click Run
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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"
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Click "Show all devices"
Select "OpenGL Support"
Click Next
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Click Next
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Click Run
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Optimization

Press Esc
Click Settings
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Click Display
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Adjust:
  • Brightness
  • Full-screen
  • Render Device
  • Screen Resolution
  • Texture Color Depth
  • World Texure Detail
  • Object Texture Detail
  • Detailed Textures
  • Decals
Click OK
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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
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Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"
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Navigate to your Desktop
Select "New_vision_v1-5.exe"
Click Open
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Click Next
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Click Next

Check "Kentie's launcher"
Click Next
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Click Next again
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Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable?
Click Yes
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Click Finish
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Note: The installer might crash at this point

Close Configure

Select "Deus Ex GOTY"
Click Run
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Click Configure
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Adjust video settings
Click OK
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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:

Screenshots:
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Sorry the screens are a bit faded. Deus Ex adjust the brightness of Linux, so I had to turn it down a bit and then the screens became way too dark
 
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