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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided cover
Developers
Eidos Montreal
Windows Nixxes Software[1]
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[2]
Linux Feral Interactive[3]
Publishers
Square Enix
OS X, Linux Feral Interactive
Engines
Dawn Engine[4]
Release dates
Windows August 23, 2016
Linux November 3, 2016[3]
macOS (OS X) December 12, 2017[2]
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on Wikipedia
Deus Ex
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution 2011
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut 2013
Deus Ex: The Fall 2014
Deus Ex: Revision (unofficial mod) 2015
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 2016
Deus Ex: Breach 2017
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - VR Experience 2017
Deus Ex GO 2017

Key points

The Linux version of the game uses a wrapper to convert Direct3D 11 calls into OpenGL, which may result in reduced performance.

General information

Official site
Official forum
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
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Eastern Europe: Steam key is obtained in Redeem.exe which checks CD-key and DVD authenticity.[5]
SecuROM 8.13.0066 DRM[citation needed].
No DVDs included in North American release.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Retail
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Australia: Steam key is written on the inside of the DVD case behind DVD 3
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Developer website
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Digital Deluxe Edition. Regular Edition also available.
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Publisher website
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Amazon.com
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Digital Deluxe Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM - additionally all Windows versions use Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM (Linux and macOS versions do not).[6][7]

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes all the DLC for the game.

DLC and expansion packs

This game has in-game micro-transactions (not listed below).
All consumable items included in DLC are single-use micro-transactions.[8]
Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Augmented Covert Agent Consumables Pack Exclusive to preorders, the Day One edition and Season Pass. Items can only be claimed once[9]
Windows
Classic Gear Exclusive to preorders, the Day One edition and Season Pass.
Windows
Enforcer Gear Exclusive to preorders, the Day One edition and Season Pass.
Windows
Intruder Gear Exclusive to preorders, the Day One edition and Season Pass.
Windows
Jensen Story: Desperate Measures Exclusive to preorders, the Day One edition and Season Pass.
Windows
System Rift
Windows
A Criminal Past
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the -nolauncher command line argument[citation needed]

Skip intro videos

Use the -benchmark command line argument[10]
This causes the game to skip both the launcher and the intro videos.
Use intro skip[11]

Use the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Deus Ex: MD\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Deus Ex Mankind Divided/
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/337000/remote/game_options.bin
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/337000/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher display Options.
Launcher display Options.
Launcher graphics Options.
Launcher graphics Options.
Display Options.
Display Options.
Graphics Options.
Graphics Options.

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Field of view (FOV)

Use FOV Changer[12]
  1. Download Enhanced FoV Settings for DXMD.
  2. Extract to <path-to-game>\retail\.
  3. Edit DXMD_FOV.ini to set the preferred default FOV and hands FOV.
Use Cheat Engine[13]
  1. Download and install Cheat Engine (Square Enix does not ban DX:MD players for use of CE[14]).
  2. Download this table.
  3. Launch the game, then launch Cheat Engine
  4. In Cheat Engine, Click File > Open process, select DXMD.exe
  5. Click File > Load, then find and open dxmd_hud_fov_timestop_174_edit.CT
  6. Check Enable FOV box

Change FOV with these hotkeys

  • Home
  • Page Up
  • Page Down

Home = 101° (game's default max), Page Up = 111°, Page Down = 121°

Anti-aliasing (AA)

SMAA anti-aliasing is a lower cost solution for eliminating jaggies that looks better than TAA and gives better performance over MSAA. MSAA can severely reduce FPS on weaker systems while TAA reduces image clarity (and can disorientate some people).
SMAA via SweetFX[citation needed]
  1. Download custom SweetFX
  2. Extract archive contents to <path-to-game>\retail\ and replace DLL's with ones from "x64" folder

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Requires the Japanese Language Pack DLC (not available in all regions).
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Native 3D
Exclusive Fullscreen must be enabled for DirectX 11 or disabled for DirectX 12.[15]
Nvidia 3D Vision
Refer to the GeForce Forums topic for recommended adjustments.
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking

Issues unresolved

UI crunched together in Exclusive Fullscreen mode

Toggling Exclusive Fullscreen mode can mess up the UI on some aspect ratios.[16]

All dialog audio reduced to 1% volume after using inventory

Using the inventory permanently reduces all dialog sound to almost inaudible volume.[17]
Reload savegame to restore normal audio.

Issues fixed

Can not start Redeem.exe - api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-2-0.dll wasn't found (Retail)

This error is caused by the DVD including d3d11.dll Windows 8.1 system library[18] never meant to be shipped in other OS.
Use fixed redeem applet[19]
  1. Download this file.
  2. Insert Disc 1 of the game.
  3. Start the downloaded program.

Notes

If there are still problems use the Support Page to request the Steam key.[20]

Blurry and semi-transparent faces

Due to how it presently works with facial meshes, tessellation can cause character faces to having a strange, "washed out" look to them which makes them look semi-transparent.
Disable tessellation[citation needed]

Notes

Disabling tessellation may be undesirable if you wish to keep certain environments from looking too angular.

Save games requiring DLC stop working if game is moved to / reinstalled on different drive

Fix can require re-download of several gigabytes (but not whole game).
Go to the game in your Steam library. Uncheck the DLC and wait for it to go greyed out. Check it again so that it will download/install the DLC.[21]

Game crashes when exiting the shooting range

Before entering the shooting range itself, empty your inventory, or at least remove the weapons from the inventory. Supposedly, just not interacting with the lockers at the shooting range instead of dropping the inventory works, too.[22]

Black bars in cutscenes and aspect ratio issues on TVs with 4K resolution

Follow this guide on Steam[citation needed]

Cutscene black bars/aspect ratio fix for 4K TVs

Shadows are rendered incorrectly on Linux

Nvidia - Disable GLSL's Use Collapsed Arrays
Possibly caused by Beta Vulkan drivers

Add the following command line in Launch Options:

__GL_GlslUseCollapsedArrays=0 %command%
AMD (Open source driver) - Disable Ambient Occlusion

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Toggleable from launcher or in game settings.
OpenGL
Linux only. Used to convert Direct3D 11 calls
Metal support
[23]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100
AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 45 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 7870
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.13.1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 67 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon R9 M290
2 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum[24] Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit, SteamOS 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4130
AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 67 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
2 GB of VRAM
Other Nvidia Driver version 367.57
A 64-bit operating system is required.
AMD GPUs are not officially supported on Linux.[24]

References

  1. Working on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  2. 2.0 2.1 Feral Interactive on Twitter: "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac and Linux this year. Embrace what you've become." - last accessed on 2016-09-15
  3. 3.0 3.1 Feral Interactive on Twitter: "On November 3, become Human 2.0 as Deus Ex: Mankind Divided arrives on Linux." - last accessed on 2016-10-21
  4. Introducing the Dawn Engine - Eidos Montreal: Community
  5. System weryfikacji produktu - FAQ - Cenega.pl
  6. Poticha comments on We are the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided team. Our game is coming out next Tuesday. Ask us anything! - last accessed on 2016-08-23
    "The game has Denuvo, like other Square Enix games indeed."
  7. Support Page for Denuvo Anti-Tamper offline activation
  8. Poticha comments on What the hell Square, is this for real? Single use single save pre-order items? - last accessed on September 3, 2016
    "Consumables (Praxis Kits, Ammo, Credits, Crafting Parts) are one-time use items [...] they will be 'consumed' in your current playthrough, and not re-usable."
  9. "Before redeeming your Deus Ex: Mankind Divided pre-order bonus, you need to know this". 2016-08-24. https://www.vg247.com/2016/08/24/before-redeeming-your-deus-ex-mankind-divided-pre-order-bonus-you-need-to-know-this/. 
  10. Verified by User:Blackbird on 2017-09-11
    Skips right to the "Press key to start" screen
  11. ROFLCopter64bit comments on Hack to get rid of the annoying intro videos in DXMD (PC)
  12. DXMD Enhanced FoV Settings by SeanP
  13. Verified by User:God, owner of the universe on 2016-08-26
  14. Confirmed: No ban for Cheat Engine or trainers
  15. PC Patch notes for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Patch build 616.0 - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™
  16. Steam Community :: Screenshot - last accessed on 2016-9-7
  17. One of several dialog sound issue Steam forum posts. Nixxes_Official forwarded it to development
  18. MS14-045: Description of the security update for kernel-mode drivers: August 12, 2014
  19. Deus Ex: Rozłam Ludzkości - Pomoc techniczna Cenega.pl
  20. NeoGAF - View Single Post - Denuvo, are we putting the keys to PC gaming in the hands of an unknown third party?
  21. Steam forum post solving issue that DLC save games can't be loaded after game was moved
  22. Steam forum post: "Game crashes on the gun range tutorial"
  23. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided™ for Mac and Linux - Home - last accessed on 2016-09-16
    "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac using Apple’s Metal graphics API, delivering Deus Ex onto the OS in spectacularly polished form."
  24. 24.0 24.1 Deus Ex Mankind Divided for Linux - Requirements - Feral Interactive - last accessed on 2016-11-03