Is there always a login/pin for every ATM machine?

[InfestedAdam]

After a few playthroughs I've learned to not hack ATMs right away and instead wait till I've explored an area for any login/pin that's sitting around. However I dont' remember the exact location of everything so many of times I'll think I've explored everywhere, decide to hack an ATM only to find the login/pin later.

Is there always some login/pin lying around somewhere for each ATM or for some hacking is the only approach?

Comments and suggestions are appreciated,

Thank you

[talgaby]

More than one for each machine, actually. I think only the one at the base of the statue is with one valid combination only. And they almost always give more credits than hacking. (Almost.)

There are several places on the net where all Deus Ex 1 codes were compiled into lists. If you wish, just look for Deus Ex logins and you'll most likely find one.

[InfestedAdam]

Thank you for the response. Despite my experience from previous playthroughs I'm trying to minimize metagaming. Past experiences suggest there's gotta be some login in the vincinity and for the life of me can't find it. Knowing my luck I'll find it after I decide to just hack the ATM.

[talgaby]

Not always in the vicinity. Sometimes the logins are spread all over the map. The only rule of thumb that they are always in the same large area (Hell's Kitchen and all submaps, for example). Some of them are hidden in emails. Very, very long ago I found a forum where people took the login list and slowly started to add where each code is found. Maybe eventually it was compiled into a wikipedia pack.

[InfestedAdam]

Originally posted by talgaby:

Not always in the vicinity. Sometimes the logins are spread all over the map. The only rule of thumb that they are always in the same large area (Hell's Kitchen and all submaps, for example)

I see, so it's likely somewhere within both Liberty Island and Unatco HQ. I eventually gaved up and just hacked the ATM but hopefully I'll find that list or the location later since the login/pin actually exist and from what I've seen there's actually two of them.

[MedievalKnievel]

Originally posted by talgaby:

There are several places on the net where all Deus Ex 1 codes were compiled into lists. If you wish, just look for Deus Ex logins and you'll most likely find one.

I gotcha right here: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130419

[InfestedAdam]

I'm in Hell's Kitchen and only managed to find one ATM login/pin. Annoys me because with the amount of money available I know there are others out there but after scouring the place I can only find one. Maybe there's some back at Battery Park that I missed somehow.

EDIT: Somehow that one login/pin is still working at the various ATM machines. Doesn't make sense given it's suppose to be tied to one account but I'm not going to try and instill some real world logic into this. It makes about as much sense as an agent like Denton resorting to theft into order to buy equipment that Unatco won't supply me with.

[talgaby]

ATMs in one map share account info, but the 'Ton and the bar are separate maps.

[InfestedAdam]

Originally posted by talgaby:

ATMs in one map share account info, but the 'Ton and the bar are separate maps.

Ah okay. I was wondering how that one login/pin worked in the Ton, Hell's Kitchen and subway ATM.

[talgaby]

Later you'll find accounts that work only at certain sub-maps, even though in reality the ATMs are only a few dozen meters apart from each other. It's because of how the game is built and how the engine/their scripting engine works.