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Dr. Fronkensteen Feb 6, 2018 @ 9:41am
Too Dark
Most of you probably know that the brightness scale is broken, and I've already seen people suggest installations that alter a bunch of things and not just the brightness. I'd prefer to keep everything else the same if possible, I just want the lighting to be a little brighter so I can see where the hell I'm going. Is there anything in the game files that I can adjust?
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Yay_This_Is_Awesome Feb 6, 2018 @ 6:29pm 
[Nah, screw it. Supporting G O G is too important to just give away that info.]
Last edited by Yay_This_Is_Awesome; Feb 6, 2018 @ 6:42pm
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Yay_This_Is_Awesome Feb 6, 2018 @ 6:34pm 
I was going to say something like "Buy the game from Good Old Gaming." but I screwed up.
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Can Of Noodles Feb 6, 2018 @ 11:14pm 
Use the DirectX 10 renderer found here: http://kentie.net/article/d3d10drv/
It should fix the brightness issue, as well as any performance problems that you may have. Make sure to switch the renderer in the in-game menu!

EDIT: Actually, also check out Kentie's launcher too: http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/index.htm
It doesn't change anything about the game at all, but it provides a bunch of neat options that you can use to tweak graphical or performance settings. Although this is purely optional.
Last edited by Can Of Noodles; Feb 6, 2018 @ 11:18pm
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DrDrake Feb 9, 2018 @ 12:03pm 
lol, use OpenGL as your renderer and you will see everything!
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Dr. Fronkensteen Feb 10, 2018 @ 2:32pm 
Originally posted by DrDrake:
lol, use OpenGL as your renderer and you will see everything!
That certainly helps. Granted, OpenGL makes the shading behave weirdly, but it works...
EDIT: Is it normal for my screen to look kinda weird after switching to OpenGL for that game? Even after exiting out of the game, it's like my screen's been tinted with white.
Last edited by Dr. Fronkensteen; Feb 10, 2018 @ 2:36pm
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DrDrake Feb 12, 2018 @ 10:27am 
I use OpenGL all day every day, it lights up my screen, not sure what white tint you are talking about and why game option affects your screen while you are off the game! Btw, im using win 8....
I hope you changed it from pop up window which comes up when you start the game?
Last edited by DrDrake; Feb 12, 2018 @ 10:31am
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Dr. Fronkensteen Feb 14, 2018 @ 12:17pm 
Originally posted by DrDrake:
I use OpenGL all day every day, it lights up my screen, not sure what white tint you are talking about and why game option affects your screen while you are off the game! Btw, im using win 8....
I hope you changed it from pop up window which comes up when you start the game?
It's all good, I recalibrated my monitor which fixed the problem. That being said, I think I'm gonna leave Deus Ex alone for a while. Not permanently, but for a while.
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prince_of_arfon Feb 15, 2018 @ 10:16pm 
Originally posted by Yay_This_Is_Awesome:
[Nah, screw it. Supporting G O G is too important to just give away that info.]

Does the GOG version not have this problem? I was about to buy the game here, but I'll wait to get it on GOG if the Steam version has issues the GOG one doesn't.
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Yay_This_Is_Awesome Feb 16, 2018 @ 2:29am 
Originally posted by prince_of_arfon:
Originally posted by Yay_This_Is_Awesome:
[Nah, screw it. Supporting G O G is too important to just give away that info.]
Does the G O G version not have this problem? I was about to buy the game here, but I'll wait to get it on G O G if the Steam version has issues the G O G one doesn't.
I can only speak for myself. I bought it on G O G (as I do for many old games) and I had zero issues with it. Chose 'Glide' and was good to go.

Also, as an added bonus, all their games are without DRM.
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prince_of_arfon Feb 16, 2018 @ 11:03am 
Originally posted by Yay_This_Is_Awesome:
Originally posted by prince_of_arfon:
Does the G O G version not have this problem? I was about to buy the game here, but I'll wait to get it on G O G if the Steam version has issues the G O G one doesn't.
I can only speak for myself. I bought it on G O G (as I do for many old games) and I had zero issues with it. Chose 'Glide' and was good to go.

Also, as an added bonus, all their games are without DRM.

Yeah, I'll usually buy GOG when it's an otherwise even choice. I'm not against Steam though, and the current sale is tempting. But I'm also far from starved for new games to play in my library, so waiting is no problem. Thanks for the reply, though.
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Rcchrys Aug 1, 2021 @ 2:51pm 
Originally posted by Dr. Fronkensteen:
Most of you probably know that the brightness scale is broken, and I've already seen people suggest installations that alter a bunch of things and not just the brightness. I'd prefer to keep everything else the same if possible, I just want the lighting to be a little brighter so I can see where the hell I'm going. Is there anything in the game files that I can adjust?
Go in video menu and change the 3D renderer to open Gl something. Needs restart the game to work.
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SCARaw Apr 18, 2022 @ 7:23am 
help, my game is also pitch black dark and i hate it
nothing helps, i wanna make videos that does not looks like diving inside anus with deus ex hud on top xD
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