Recommended mods for Invisible War?

[soopytwist]

The number of times I've played Invisible War since it's release back in 2003/4 is...ONCE. Not that I found the game rubbish it just paled in comparison to the masterpiece that came before it.

I think the only things that got to me at the time was the tiny, tiny size of the maps broken up by loading portals - the same thing that befell Thief: Deadly Shadows (Thief 3) and general "consoleness" sneaking into PC gaming, yep it started back then and for me is started with those two games.

I recently played Deus Ex again for the millionth time, with the Revision mod. I've also played Human Revolution for the second time before it and very recently finished Mankind Divided.

I figured it's high time I gave Invisible War another go. I did actually attempt to do this a few years ago but the game kept crashing just after the start, I couldn't fix it and I gave up. I'm hoping history won't repeat itself.

However I'm now older, more cynical and grumpy so grappling with Invisible War's "consoleness" fills me me with dread. With that in mind what are the best mods for Invisible War to make it less like an Xbox piece of crud? I'm referring mainly to a new HUD perhaps (because that default one was f***ing awful even back then).

I recall a mod appearing not too long ago for Thief: Deadly Shadows that removed the loading portals from the maps and has them stitched together. Is there anything like that for Invisible War? It's the same engine so I hope so.

[Francisè von Spitroast]

Eww, Revision? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ why?
Anyway, no, unfortunately. Other than a texture pack there's nothing. No community patches, nothing. Unless the guy who made Deadly Shadows playable on modern systems (Sneaky Tweaker) ever decides to do Invisible War (he has said he has never played it before and that's why) then I doubt anyone else will be interested enough to fix it, which is a real damn shame.

[soopytwist]

Originally posted by Expert Texpert:

Eww, Revision? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ why?
Anyway, no, unfortunately. Other than a texture pack there's nothing. No community patches, nothing. Unless the guy who made Deadly Shadows playable on modern systems (Sneaky Tweaker) ever decides to do Invisible War (he has said he has never played it before and that's why) then I doubt anyone else will be interested enough to fix it, which is a real damn shame.

Ahh, that's a pity. I just can't bring myself to play it again without some form of modification. Are there any tools, unpackers/repackers? etc? I could have a go at modding myself if the tools were available.

[Francisè von Spitroast]

Originally posted by soopytwist:

Originally posted by Expert Texpert:

Eww, Revision? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ why?
Anyway, no, unfortunately. Other than a texture pack there's nothing. No community patches, nothing. Unless the guy who made Deadly Shadows playable on modern systems (Sneaky Tweaker) ever decides to do Invisible War (he has said he has never played it before and that's why) then I doubt anyone else will be interested enough to fix it, which is a real damn shame.

Ahh, that's a pity. I just can't bring myself to play it again without some form of modification. Are there any tools, unpackers/repackers? etc? I could have a go at modding myself if the tools were available.

I'm not entirely sure, sorry. I know UT2K4 does which is on UE2 but I know this is a heavily modified version of that so yeah not sure.