Deus Ex odd graphics glitch?

mwmorph · Jan 15, 2006

jsut got the game and when i play it, the frapgics glitch, it;s not artifacting but while I walk, the textures will switch to different colors and patterns along the same wall. lighting is also off and when i turn on my light aug, the surface that is lighted will completely switch textures. odd really. all settings/resolutions highest.

9800xt
cat 5.13
amd64 3300+(2.4ghz, 256kb cache, cut down newcastle)
1gb ram

sandorski · Jan 15, 2006

Have the Game Patched to latest version?

HamburgerBoy · Jan 15, 2006

Can you take pictures of the changes in patterns?

BFG10K · Jan 15, 2006

Patch the game and run it under OpenGL.

mwmorph · Jan 15, 2006

Frodolives · Jan 15, 2006

Just to verify, as has been asked, did you apply the patch?

Looking at those screens, my first instinct had it been my system was to make sure my card wasn't too hot or that a fan had failed. Probably not the case for you, but just making sure.

I may have some troubleshooting references around here that I can look up if you don't find a solution soon.

mwmorph · Jan 15, 2006

Originally posted by: Frodolives
Just to verify, as has been asked, did you apply the patch?

Looking at those screens, my first instinct had it been my system was to make sure my card wasn't too hot or that a fan had failed. Probably not the case for you, but just making sure.

I may have some troubleshooting references around here that I can look up if you don't find a solution soon.

nope no artifacts in any other game like bf2 or need for speed most wanted.

waht patch? i installed the GOTY version, does that have the latest patch?

sandorski · Jan 15, 2006

Patch the game, but you may want to back off the High settings as an experiment. It's very possible that the High settings turn on some funky thingy that's no longer supported in DirectX or Vidcards(perhaps ATI cards specifically). It wouldn't surprise me at all if the High settings use a feature specific to 3DFX cards that no other card supported, since 3DFX was THE card to use(for Deus Ex) when Deus Ex came out.

Frodolives · Jan 15, 2006

Oh. Having the GOTY edition I don't think you require a patch. I recently installed a GOTY edition on an XP pc without problems just to check out the pc.

I can't find any saved info on the subject so I'm having a look here: http://forums.eidosgames.com/archive/index.php/f-28.html

Yes, so far I see verified that you shouldn't require patch, but I've already seen reference that you'd need this one if you have an audigy soundcard. EDIT: Darn, looks like that link is dead for the creative patch.

Maybe you'll find something useful on that board, but I'll follow your thread here in case you have some more feedback.

MTDEW · Jan 16, 2006

Just installed GOTY edition also.
It has the latest patches.

All i can say is its not that the games advanced features only supports 3DFX as mentioned it "might" be above.

Im running it on a 7800GT with evrything maxed with no glitches at all in D3D or OpenGL.

So i'm assuming its a Radeon/driver thing, but not sure.

1st thing i'd do is make sure AA and Aniso settings are disabled or set to "application controlled" in the ATI control panel, make sure desktop is in 32bit color and have the latest Cat drivers. (which you most likely tried all that)

Did a search of the Eidos forum for ya without much luck.
Theres alot of post on the Eidos forum about graphic glitches though, and i didnt read them all, so the answer is probably there and i just missed it.
(most of the posts were about Nvidia cards and graphic glitches which were resolved with updating drivers)

Schadenfroh · Jan 16, 2006

That game looked great on my voodoo5 5500 in GLIDE.

sandorski · Jan 16, 2006

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
That game looked great on my voodoo5 5500 in GLIDE.

on mine too. everything(then) looked great on it.

MTDEW · Jan 16, 2006

Any high rez texture packs for this game?
Located a few unfinished projects, but nothing i could install yet.

Would rather have high rez textures before i play the whole game again for about the tenth time...LOL

Frodolives · Jan 16, 2006

Check out this project for high def mod for Deus Ex. At least that's the only one I'm aware of.

MTDEW · Jan 16, 2006

yep, thats the one i've been looking at.

Hope its done soon.

Seems a shame that there is a high rez texture pack available for Invisible War and not the original Deus Ex.

IMO the original is a far superior game.

BFG10K · Jan 16, 2006

i installed the GOTY version, does that have the latest patch?

Yes. Now are you running under OpenGL?

mwmorph · Jan 16, 2006

Originally posted by: BFG10K

i installed the GOTY version, does that have the latest patch?

Click to expand...

Yes. Now are you running under OpenGL?

D3D which looks a lot worse than Half Life 1 which was released earlier. The charter textures look like garbage, I can barely make out a face.

There was a option for software and a option for D3D(when I first start the game and it rn the tests) no OGL for my card for some reason.(9800xt) I've installed nothing, no packs, nothing just a full install of the game.

I;m runnig ati tray tools.

AA is app control
Ansio is app controled
Truform is on
Texture preference is Quality
MipMap Detail level is Quality
Wait for Vsync is always off
Ansio Filtering optomization is off
Trilinear optomization is off
DXT texture format support is on
Bump mapping support is on
Cat AI is low(minimum optomizations)
Texture LOD adjustment is 0
Geometry Instancing on

In other words, auto balanced settings in Ati Tray Tools.

mwmorph · Jan 16, 2006

alright,m i went to safe mode, changed it to ogl and though it does look better, lighting is now all borked.

room texture? lighting? Ion Storm is haunting me from the grave?
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/4400/deusexogl1roomlooksprettydecen.jpg
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/5825/deusexogl2roomhasweirdpatchesw.jpg
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/6703/deusexogl3roomstillhaspatchaft.jpg

ay least when i turn on a light now, the whole wall dosent change color(D3D), just a circle of the wall. I truied software too but it flashes too, tried to force savage 3 and glide but wont work

This happened on performance texture filtering, quality filtering, high quality filtering, aa. af is set app control mip map tried quality and high quality, in other words turned off all optomizatinos, set everything to highest quality and still nothing,

LiekOMG · Jan 16, 2006

Odd. I run the game on the exact same video card and it looks just fine. Make sure you are running under DirectX.

The D3D renderer in the deusex.ini should look similar to this:

[D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice]
Translucency=True
VolumetricLighting=True
ShinySurfaces=True
Coronas=True
HighDetailActors=True
UseMipmapping=True
UseTrilinear=False
UseMultitexture=False
UsePageFlipping=True
UsePalettes=True
UseFullscreen=True
UseGammaCorrection=True
DetailTextures=True
Use3dfx=False
UseTripleBuffering=True
UsePrecache=False
Use32BitTextures=True
DescFlags=1
dwDeviceId=20042
dwVendorId=4098
UseVertexFog=False
UseAGPTextures=False
UseVideoMemoryVB=False
UseVSync=True
Description=RADEON 9800 XT

mwmorph · Jan 16, 2006

hmm multitexture was no for me. I turned to false, no i'll just go test it.

That fixed it thanks!
Turned off multitexture, texture shange stopped but chain link fences glowed gright green
turned on 32bit texturees and chain link looks fine
turned on trilinear for the hell of it.

LiekOMG · Jan 16, 2006

I edited my previous settings. They were some old ones. The new ones should work better, i think. Multitexture should be off though.

Also make sure "fullscreencolorbits=32"

shortylickens · Jan 17, 2006

DAMN! This problem got fixed without me.
My suggestion was going to be the same as DOACleric.

The user.ini and Deusex.ini have a lot of neat little goodies hidden in there.
When I had similar problems moving from an 8500 to a 9700, I just disabled everything in the render section and then enabled them one at a time. Found out that trilinear was giving me issues occasionally. As well as triple buffering. Which is a shame, because those two things really improve the game. (Though that may have been in OpenGL and not D3D.)

Got them working again when I moved to an X800. I now have a 7800GT. Based on the previous posts it should run fine with no hacking.

Frodolives · Jan 20, 2006

Glad you got it worked out mwmorph. Very fun game, and I'm on the verge of starting another campaign

Doc Uncanny · Jan 23, 2006

Originally posted by: shortylickens
DAMN! This problem got fixed without me.

Then you may enjoy this. (Sorry about the post bumping.)

Obligatory stats: My card is a "32MB Diamond Viper V770D Ultra NVIDIA". My machine has 512MB RAM and operates at 690MHZ.

I tried what was suggested here (i.e. UseMultitexture=False, FullScreenColorBits=32). Unfortunately, FullScreenColorBits=32 hangs Deus Ex occasionally, and the combination of the two is slightly unappetizing.

I attempted setting ColorBits back to false and Use32BitTextures=True, but it did nothing to the blacked-out mirrors and green safety glass wires. The other renderers don't seem to work well, and I've been experimenting with the various [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] options, few of which seem to help.

I don't like the idea of buying a new $80+ AGP (non-Pro) card for an $8 game, so how might this be fixed? Is there a patch of some kind for Unreal that could be streched to fit Deus Ex GOTY?

Incidentally, I never had this problem with the Deus Ex demo. :brokenheart:

apoppin · Jan 23, 2006

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