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Deus Ex: Revision

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This page is for the fan-made remake of Deus Ex. For the original, see Deus Ex.

Deus Ex: Revision
Deus Ex: Revision cover
Developers
Ion Storm
Caustic Creative
Publishers
Caustic Creative
Engines
Unreal Engine 1
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Immersive sim, Shooter, Stealth
Art styles Realistic
Themes Asia, Cyberpunk, Europe, North America, Sci-fi
Series Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Deus Ex 2000
Deus Ex: Invisible War 2003
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

Deus Ex: Revision is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person immersive sim, shooter and stealth game in the Deus Ex series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Official website
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Standalone installer for Steam v1.6.3.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
v1.6.3. Can be updated to 1.7.3 with this patch.
Windows
Steam
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v1.7.3.1
Windows
A copy of Deus Ex GOTY on either GOG.com or Steam is required for installation.
Soundtrack is available for free on Bandcamp.

Monetization

Type Notes
Freeware Completely free to own.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain microtransactions.

Essential improvements

Updated Direct3D Renderers

Unreal engine Direct3D 10 renderer

Kentie's Direct3D 10 renderer improves compatibility with modern systems and adds support for various features including bump mapping, parallax occlusion mapping, HDR lighting and multi-monitor resolutions.

This renderer may exhibit stuttering and performance issues with Nvidia driver 442 or newer.[1][2]
No longer developed as of October 21, 2015.[3] The final version is 29.
Usage[4]
  • If you are using the original Deus Ex, install the renderer then run Deus Ex: Revision in Safe Mode and choose Direct3D 10 Support from the list.
Fixing stuttering with NVIDIA driver 442 or newer
  1. Disable in-game frame rate limit. Use "0" for "FPSLimit" setting.
  2. Add deusex.exe to Program Settings in Manage 3D settings in NVIDIA Control Panel and change the following settings.
  3. Low Latency Mode: Ultra.
  4. Max Frame Rate: 120 FPS.
  5. Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance.
  6. Click Apply.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Revision\System\Revision.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/397550/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Revision\Save\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/397550/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use the Direct3D 10 renderer or the DirectX 11 renderer for auto FOV.
Ultra-widescreen
FOV is Vert-. FOV can be increased to compensate. To set a manual FOV, press ~ in the game and enter fov X with X being any desired value.[5] Use the Direct3D 10 renderer or the DirectX 11 renderer for auto FOV.
4K Ultra HD
Maximum resolution of the included Direct3D 9 renderer is 2280x1620 (3K).[6] Use the Direct3D 10 renderer or the DirectX 11 renderer for auto FOV and 4K/8K Ultra HD.
Field of view (FOV)
80 to 110 in increments of 2; default is 86. Also possible to change via console. If neither works, see Issues fixed. Use the Direct3D 10 renderer or the DirectX 11 renderer for auto FOV.
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See Anisotropic filtering (AF).
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See Vertical sync (Vsync).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Frame rate (FPS). Replace Engine.dll with vanilla then - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2048525175 (only changing 0AD7A33B to 00000000 needed).
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Use the DirectX 11 renderer and Special K. Turn on HDR rendered lighting for maximum effect.

Windowed

This fix makes the game start in windowed mode rather than fullscreen, so tools like Borderless Gaming can work properly.
Set windowed mode[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Revision\System\
  2. Edit Revision.ini
  3. Find the section [WinDrvLite.WindowsClientLite]
  4. Change StartupFullscreen=True to StartupFullscreen=False
  5. Save and close the file

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

The game defaults to 16x anisotropic filtering. This value can be modified.
Change AF value[7]
  1. In-game, press ~.
  2. Enter preferences.
  3. A window called Advanced Options will appear.
  4. Go to Rendering > Direct3D9 support
  5. Change the value of MaxAnisotropy to the desired value.
  6. Close the window to apply changes.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

The game uses MSAA and defaults to a value of 4x. This value can be modified.
Change AA value[7]
  1. In-game, press ~.
  2. Enter preferences.
  3. A window called Advanced Options will appear.
  4. Go to Rendering > Direct3D9 support
  5. Change the value of NumAASamples to the desired value.
  6. Close the window to apply changes.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

The game defaults to Vsync disabled.
Enable Vsync[8]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Revision\System\
  2. Edit Revision.ini.
  3. Find the section [D3D9Drv.D3D9RenderDevice] or [OpenGLDrv.OpenGLRenderDevice]
  4. Change SwapInterval=-1 to SwapInterval=1
  5. Save and close the file

Frame rate (FPS)

The game defaults to an uncapped FPS. If needed, a FPS cap can be applied.
Change FPS value[7]
  1. In-game, press ~.
  2. Enter preferences.
  3. A window called Advanced Options will appear.
  4. Go to Rendering > Direct3D9 support
  5. Change the value of FrameRateLimit to the desired value.
  6. Close the window to apply changes.

Notes

A value of 0 uncaps FPS.

Input

Controls settings
Controls settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Patch 1.0.2 added Raw Input by default and thus eliminated acceleration in-game.[9]
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound Effects, Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
ALAudio pre-installed for OpenAL Soft HRTF.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

New Vision add-on has to be disabled in Settings → Display for multiplayer.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
16 Versus
Online play
16 Versus

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7790-7792, 27900
UDP 7790-7792, 27900
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Cannot set FOV using in-game settings

If the game's FOV cannot be set using the in-game options menu, you may need to disable the game renderer's auto-FOV setting.
Disable Auto-FOV[10]
  1. In-game, press ~.
  2. Enter preferences.
  3. A window called Advanced Options will appear.
  4. Go to Rendering > Direct3D9 support
  5. Set autofov to false.
  6. Close the window to apply changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 10, 11 Custom version of Chris Dohnal's D3D9 renderer. D3D10 and D3D11 have to be installed separately.
OpenGL 1.2 Chris Dohnal's Enhanced OGL renderer.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL, Vorbis

Run without Steam

The Revision mod officially requires the Steam version of Deus Ex.[11] However, it is possible to play Deus Ex Revision with a non-Steam version of the original game, by adding parameters in the executable target:
Create a link of the executable[10]
  • Run <path-to-game>\System\deusex.exe with the command line arguments -localdata -INI=Revision.ini -USERINI=RevisionUser.ini
  • If you encounter an issue with the above arguments, replace it with -localdata -INI=RevisionDefault.ini -USERINI=RevisionDefUser.ini

Run with a family-shared copy of the Steam version

Free products like this mod cannot be "bought" with a copy via family sharing. These instructions describe how to install manually the mod over a family-shared Steam version (or a non-Steam version).
Install the mod over a family-shared Steam copy[12]
  1. Download both the Revision Steam installer and the patch
  2. Extract both zip files.
  3. From the files extracted from the patch, open Content_Patch.wim as an archive and extract all files to the Deus Ex main folder.
  4. From the files extracted from the Steam installer, open Content_Stock.wim as an archive and extract all files to the Deus Ex main folder, and the RevisionDefault.ini file from the system folder to the <path-to-game>\System folder.
  5. Copy and rename DeusEx.exe to Revision.exe and RevisionDefault.ini to Revision.ini
  6. Edit the Revision.ini file by changing these lines
Paths=..\..\Music\*.umx
Paths=..\..\Sounds\*.uax
Paths=..\..\Textures\*.utx
Paths=..\..\Maps\*.dx
Paths=..\..\System\*.u

to

Paths=..\Music\*.umx
Paths=..\Sounds\*.uax
Paths=..\Textures\*.utx
Paths=..\Maps\*.dx
Paths=..\System\*.u

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Dual Core 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/397550/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (397550) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-09-26
    Multiple tests of multiple people in Deus Ex speedrunning community.
  2. Deus ex 1 low fps Nvidia driver issue (FIX) - last accessed on 2020-09-26
  3. Kentie's Direct3D10 renderer changelog - last accessed on May 2023
  4. Verified by User:Bob Page on 2020-08-16
  5. Imgur - last accessed on May 2023
  6. Steam Community Discussion - How to enable DX10?, post #4 - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Tested by Expack3
  8. Verified by User:Quiet Bob on August 4, 2022
  9. 1.0.2 Patch is live (Part 3) - Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
  10. 10.0 10.1 Verified by User:God, owner of the universe on 19 October 2015
  11. DoctorJunglist comments on Deus Ex: Revision is now out on steam.
  12. https://www.moddb.com/mods/deus-ex-revision/downloads/deus-ex-revision/page/2#comments