Deus ex failed to find steam install#

Deus ex failed to find steam install#

I mentioned earlier that OpenGL doesn't work with the Steam install of DX. System/ folder since the DeusEx.exe in the Steam folder is broken to only work through Steam, HDTP.exe is also broken. The reason for this is that most full-conversion mod installers make a copy of DeusEx.exe that's found in the. exe (for example, replace Steam 'HDTP.exe' with retail 'HDTP.exe'). If you're trying to use a mod like HDTP or TNM through Steam, you'll need to replace the exe that shares the mod's name with a retail DeusEx.exe renamed to. Find yourself one (PLEASE NOTE: Hosting this EXE file for download is NOT LEGAL IN ANYWAY) Replace the Steam DeusEx.exe with the retail DeusEx.exe and it should work. Well, the long and short of it is, you need a copy of DeusEx.exe from a non-Steam copy of the game. I also found out that the Steam DeusEx.exe doesn't like OpenGL mode at all, even with the new renderer in place it's like Eidos enforced D3D functionality when they released it on Steam. It's anyone's guess what the exact differences (at a code level) between the two are all I know is that if you try to run mods with a vanilla install of Steam DX, you'll get bupkiss. The filesizes are the most obvious give-away the retail copy of DeusEx.exe weighs in at 248KB, while the Steam copy of DeusEx.exe is only 62.5KB. It appears that Eidos modified the DeusEx.exe file to only run if it is called through Steam. The why is unknown to me, but I can speculate. WHY does the Steam Deus Ex not work with mods?

Well, boys and girls, read up and be learn-ed (Note: Most of the information in those post are copy-pasted from previous threads, so don't be surprised if it feels like you've read it before): The question has come up many times, 'WHY I CAN NOT HAZ DX MODZ?!'. As some of you may know, this version of Deus Ex does NOT, for reasons unknown, work with many (if not all) mods out there. As a good lot of you may know, Deus Ex is available on Steam for the paltry sum of $10.