Installation Instructions and performance tweaks - Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer GitHub Wiki

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For downloads or to read patch notes go to the Releases page and look in the "Assets" section at the bottom of each release for downloads.

For Nvidia users, setting ultra low latency mode for DXRando.exe can help performance.

Below are instructions for doing installation manually, however the DXRando Installer program already does everything below automatically, and more! We highly recommend the installer program as it also does compatibility fixes like Kentie's Launcher, Engine.dll fix, D3D10, and DXVK. For new releases the package files (.u files) are inside the root of the repo.

Manual Installation Instructions for Vanilla

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  1. Get our DeusEx.u file, and if you don't already have LDDP installed then the FemJC.u file too.
  2. Then copy them into your Deus Ex\System\ folder, which is probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System (make a backup of the original DeusEx.u).

If you also want mirrored maps, download dx.mirrored.maps.zip from here and put the .dx files into the game's Maps folder.


Manual Installation Instructions for Lay D Denton

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  1. Download Lay D Denton version 1.1 or newer from here
  2. Install Lay D Denton by copying all the files into your Deus Ex folder.
  3. Then copy Deus Ex Randomizers's DeusEx.u file into your Deus Ex\System\ folder, which is probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System. This will overwrite the DeusEx.u file from Lay D Denton.

If you also want mirrored maps, download dx.mirrored.maps.zip from here and put the .dx files into the game's Maps folder.


Manual Installation Instructions for GMDX

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  1. Install GMDX
  2. Get our GMDXRandomizer.u file.
  3. Copy GMDXRandomizer.u into the game's System folder, which is probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System\
  4. Find the GMDX config file to edit it
    • For v9: GMDX.ini will probably be in %UserProfile%\Documents\Deus Ex\GMDXv9\System\
    • For RSD: GMDX.ini will probably be in %UserProfile%\Documents\Deus Ex\GMDXvRSD\System\
    • For v10: GMDXv10.ini is probably in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System\
  5. In the [Engine.Engine] section, change DefaultGame to DefaultGame=GMDXRandomizer.DXRandoGameInfo and change Root to Root=GMDXRandomizer.DXRandoRootWindow

GMDX Randomizer is in alpha testing and does not support all of the features that the vanilla randomizer has.


Manual Installation Instructions for Revision

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  1. Install Revision from Steam or their ModDB page
  2. Get our RevRandomizer.u file.
  3. Copy RevRandomizer.u into the game's Revision\System folder, which is probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\Revision\System
  4. Open the Revision.ini file which is probably in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\Revision\System
  5. In the [Engine.Engine] section, change DefaultGame from DefaultGame=Revision.RevGameInfo to DefaultGame=RevRandomizer.DXRandoGameInfo and change Root from Root=Revision.RevRootWindow to Root=RevRandomizer.DXRandoRootWindow

Revision Randomizer is in alpha testing and does not support all of the features that the vanilla randomizer has.


Manual Installation Instructions for Vanilla? Madder.

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  1. Install VMD Phase 1.75 from https://www.moddb.com/mods/vanilla-madder-actual-phase-1/downloads/vmd-phase-175-installer-175
  2. Get our VMDRandomizer.u file.
  3. Copy VMDRandomizer.u into the game's System folder, which is probably C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System
  4. Open the VMDSim.ini file which is probably in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Deus Ex\System
  5. In the [Engine.Engine] section, change DefaultGame from DefaultGame=DeusEx.DeusExGameInfo to DefaultGame=VMDRandomizer.DXRandoGameInfo and change Root from Root=DeusEx.DeusExRootWindow to Root=VMDRandomizer.DXRandoRootWindow

VMD Randomizer is in beta testing and does not support all of the features that the vanilla randomizer has.


Manual Installation Instructions for HX (Co-op)

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  1. Make sure to use the DeusEx.u file from the original game for co-op.
  2. First download and install HX-0.9.89.4.zip from https://builds.hx.hanfling.de/testing/
  3. Then copy our HXRandomizer.u and HXRandomizer.int files into the System directory of the game.

HXRandomizer is in alpha testing and does not support all of the features that the single player vanilla randomizer has.


Manual Installation Recommended tweaks for running Deus Ex on modern computers

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Only needed for manual installations.

Recommended to use it with Kentie's Deus Exe Launcher, or Han's Launcher. The Deus Ex Speedup Fix mod. The Deus Ex Speedup Fix mod (download at the bottom of linked page) allows you to disable the fps cap (the fps cap in the game can cause stutters, but capping frame rate in nvidia control panel works perfectly) If you use that mod, then edit your Documents\Deus Ex\System\DeusEx.ini file and search for FPSLimit= and set it to 0 to manually remove the fps cap because I've noticed that Kentie's Launcher doesn't always do it correctly, and also disable vsync with your graphics driver. If you use the speedup fix then you'll probably want to use the Direct3D 10 renderer. I use my graphics driver to enforce a 120fps limit with Direct3D 10.

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