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There's one problem. With resolutions higher than 1280x800, the UI doesn't scale well and it becomes really huge, looking very pixelated. :cry:



Go to this link to see this screenshot in 1680x1050

http://www.zonapda.com/aplica/imagenes/dx_2.jpg

nice man, that was a great game...mine always reverted back to 640x480 no matter what though...back in the GF2 days I didn't care...lol

the version that came free on the CGW disc does not have the FOV lines anywhere in the .ini

should i add them in?

where?

I also have that CGW copy, and my copy has them. Are you opening user.ini?

wow... stupid mistake. after doing dozens and dozens of these hacks.. messed up and was still in deusex.ini

fixed!

I'm so going to re-buy this game. It's one of my favorite of all time.

There's one problem. With resolutions higher than 1280x800, the UI doesn't scale well and it becomes really huge, looking very pixelated. :cry:

Aye, that's a problem that kinda bugs me a lot. The HUD scaled nicely back when I was using 1024x768, but the widescreen resolutions force it to double-size the HUD and take up more space. Of course, if it didn't the HUD would be so damn small and the text would be painfully hard to read.

Got mine in CGW also!

Its not a game you forget easily, im going to install it again, and enjoy it in WS glory.

Hmmm, I have the Game of the Year Edition and I can't seem to find the deusex.ini anywhere in the "system" folder. Anyone have any tips?

I also notice that I can select 1680x1050 in the ingame options, but the resolution is actually worse at that setting. Weird.

Open up a command prompt. Navigate to your system directory, and type "dir *.ini /b". Tell us what the output is.

Start - Run - Browse - MyComputer - F Drive - Deus Ex - System - Then copy pasted "dir *.ini /b" without quotes -

This is the message I got: The above file name is invalid.

I don't think I'm understanding what you are asking for when you say "Open a command prompt"

Thanks.

I don't think I'm understanding what you are asking for when you say "Open a command prompt"

Start->Run, type "cmd".

Then type this:
f:
cd "deus ex"
cd system
dir *.ini /b

cd "deus ex"

Thanks for the extra help. At this point, with or without the quotes, I get this error:

"The system cannot find the path specified"

At the point where the prompt says this:
F:>
Type
cd d
But instead of pressing enter, press Tab. It will auto-fill it with the first item beginning with "d". Continue pressing Tab until you come to what seems to be Deus Ex. Then press enter.

You can also type "dir d* b" to get a list of everything beginning with "d". Or "dir * b" to get a list of everything.

Wow, thanks for sticking with me here. I swear I'm not a noob...OK maybe I am and this proves it :)

Here's what was listed:

Default.ini
DefUser.ini
Detected.ini
DeusEx.ini
Manifest.ini
OpenGlDrv.ini
Running.ini
User.ini

Looks like I found it. It was the icon that was throwing me off. Thanks for the help.

Looks like this game won't work in 2560x1600. If I edit the .ini file for that resolution the game opens up in a window and afterwards the WindowedViewportX/Y settings have been set to 2048x1200. I guess these might be the absolute maximum X/Y resolution limits or has someone else succeeded in topping them?

It looks like someone created a HUD Scaling fix, I haven't tried it myself but thought I would post it here for you guys

News post with comments:
http://www.thenamelessmod.com/?nid=365

link to file its self:
http://thenamelessmod.com/downloads/miscfiles/

I tried running Deus Ex at 1680*1050 using the method described above and it didn't work for me - the game reverted to a lower resolution, I think it was 1280*1024. Any idea why this might be? I thought drivers might be the issue (I'm running the latest Nvidia drivers, 169.21), but that's just a theory.

What's your monitor's native resolution?