Opening menus causes game to hang/freeze

[Fenric]

Hello,

I followed this guide: http://steamcommunity.com/app/6910/discussions/0/613936673444809191/

I used the D3D 10 mode from Kentie's launcher and it ran ok, but at some point I tried to open the main menu to do something and the game froze for a good 15 seconds or so before the menu opens. The music keeps playing. Once the menu opens it's fine again.

It also hangs if I open the inventory or mission objectives, or alt-tab in/out of the game window. It's strange because once it gets past the hang up, I can close and re-open the menus without issue. Then after playing for some time and trying again, it will hang again.

I tried using the OpenGL mode and had the same problem. This is all happening within the training mission so it doesn't take long to start happening.

Would appreciate any suggestions as I'm not sure what to do, and don't want to mess around trying to figure it out too much in case I want to refund it. It was only a couple bucks but I won't play through the game like this so that's money wasted.

[Aramada]

This happened to me as well, check to make sure you have the game in fullscreen. Fullscreen window caused the hang that you're experiencing for me.

[Fenric]

I want to run it in borderless window though so I can tab out and do things on a second monitor, etc.

Edit: It happens in fullscreen mode as well.

[mumicate]

It's happening to me as well. I hope there's some fix or workaround, it's really annoying.

[Aramada]

Maybe also try doing a complete re-install? Make sure to clear out your install directory just incase there are any lingering files there.

Then follow the modern set-up guide on steam.

[BadMojo]

Go into the deusex.ini file and find the directx10 section somewhere near the bottom, look for a boolean called bpreacache, or something like that, set it to false... it may help with the menus taking their time to load.

Also I don't suggest following that guide, just do a fresh install, grab the latest kenties launcher , grab either the dx10, 9 or opengl enhanced renderer, I prefer the enhanced opengl renderer for the best performance and quality(a quick Google Search for "deus ex opengl" should hook ya up), and your good to go... I haven't found anything wrong with the game with this setup.... when you start adding those post processing effects and all of that, your bound to have problems somewhere down the line, it's best to just enjoy the game as it stands in all its glory

[Stomy]

I've been getting this running over Wine on gentoo with the OpenGL renderer. It must just be a bug with Kentie's launcher.

I fixed it making sure "Use single CPU" was OFF in Kentie's Configuration, now it works flawlessly.

I'm pretty sure that's the main culprit, but just in case these are all of my settings:
I have Raw Input and Widescreen cinematic subtitle fix both on, with custom GUI scale on and set to 1x.
I render with OpenGL Support with 144 FPS limit, Borderless fullscreen window viewport.
Audio latency is set to 60 with DirectSound enabled.
Single CPU off, 32-bit color and Detail Textures on (though they don't work), Automatic FOV.