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

Click Next


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

Click Next


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

Click OK


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.

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