Black Screen + Resolution Issues --> How do I play this game without third party programs?

[Hasan Bacak]

This is the only major game in the Deus Ex franchise (my favorite) that I haven't played yet and my plans to play it this weekend is impossible now because this game is even worse than the original to get working properly, since I can't even start the game.

It gives me a black screen whenever I start a new game, right after I choose difficulty, portrait etc. The black screen cannot be escaped, it is required to hard reboot because Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work.

Plus even when I set both the steam defaul.ini file and the user.ini file to Read-Only, the resolution reverts back to it's original after a second launch.

I've read that the third party unofficial visual patch fixes the resolution and some in-game graphical elements but doesn't usually solve the problem. I cannot trust it since it's third party and virus total classifies it as suspicious as well.

So how do I run this game properly at 1440p without any third party program?

Note: Sorry for bad english.

Tl;dr:
+Black screen right at the beginning of the game which requires a hard reboot makes the game unplayable.
+Resolution reverts back to 1600x1200 after a second launch.
+Cannot trust unofficial visual patch because it usually doesn't solve the black screen and Virus Total says it's dangerous.
+How to run at 1440p properly?

[/|l13n]

ps: u must kill conflicting .exe like razer synapse process , nv container, roland cloud manager, logitech mouse software.... all that conflicts :


https://www.gog.com/forum/deus_ex_series/deus_ex_invisible_war_black_screen_fix_guide

or

alt-tab to process manager, then kill dxmain.exe when black screen

:)

[/|l13n]

C:\Users\DragonLord\Documents\Deus Ex - Invisible War\user.ini

[WinDrv.WindowsClient]
FullscreenViewportY=1440
FullscreenViewportX=2560

then,

https://steamcommunity.com/app/6920/discussions/0/333656722978417312/

4) HUD resizing. On some screens ratio, the HUD can appear very large.. To fix this, go to /steam/steamapps/common/deus ex invisible war/system, open the "default.ini" file, and in the [WindowManager] part, [DOUBLE UNDERSCRORES FOLLOWING, GO FIGURE WHY ...]

Change the line "FOV__d=67 (witch is right for a 4:3 screen) by another value :

FOV__d=58 for 16:10 screens
FOV__d=53 for 16:9 screens
FOV__d=67 for 4:3 screens

[/|l13n]

me i use no mod, just fr patch traduction !

tell me if all is ok,

[Hasan Bacak]

OMG did you just write a modless solution under a dead post? This is huge xD gonna try it today, even if it doesn't work thanks a lot I appreciate it, nobody has made any other suggestion than buying GOG version or downloading visual upgrade. I hope this works. Thx for help :D Gonna inform when I make it work.

[/|l13n]

my .bat that kills conflicting apps is like this :

@echo off
taskkill /IM "Razer Synapse Service Process.exe" /f >nul 2>&1
taskkill /IM "nvcontainer.exe" /f >nul 2>&1
taskkill /IM "Roland Cloud Manager.exe" /f >nul 2>&1
explorer.exe steam://rungameid/6920
exit

[Hasan Bacak]

Solved it by killing nvcontainer. After going to details and analyzing DX:IW's wait chain, which showed me that nvcontainer.exe was the conflicting program, I ended it's process and now even though every time before a loading screen the game window disappears for like 10 seconds, it works absolutely fine.
Thanks a lot for responding to a very old post, I can now play this game without downloading third party crap :D

[/|l13n]

np,

your "dxiw.bat" should be :

@echo off
taskkill /IM "nvcontainer.exe" /f >nul 2>&1
explorer.exe steam://rungameid/6920
exit

[Hasan Bacak]

Does this save me time so I don't have to do it every time?

[/|l13n]

Originally posted by Swofz_0:

Does this save me time so I don't have to do it every time?

yes, right click desktop > new file > text

copy paste this :


@echo off
taskkill /IM "nvcontainer.exe" /f >nul 2>&1
explorer.exe steam://rungameid/6920
exit


then save the file as DXIW.BAT (file extension must be ".bat", its a batch script,,,)

then u run it.

it kill nvcontainer process then launch deus ex !

[/|l13n]

for example, u put this BAT file in deus ex / system folder, then you right click it > send as desktop shortcut, so u can add a icon.

and u launch game with this shortcut.

[/|l13n]

but,

visible patch,

texture patch,

fr pqtch,

are no virus !!! it's DEUS EX COMMUNITY made by !

your antivirus is bad, it detects false-positive ...

try the free antivirus :

Kaspersky secutity cloud free, its the best free antivirus,

i use the premium kaspersky for my family...

[/|l13n]

https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/free-cloud-antivirus

[Hasan Bacak]

I put it onto Virus Total, it scans the file using multiple antiviruses and engines, including Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec and so on. Just because one antivirus couldn't detect a certain type of virus, doesn't mean that the software doesn't contain malicious code.

I achieved widescreen and fixed FOV without using the visual upgrade patch, no FPS issues or stuttering either. So why would I download potential malicious software when I can modify my game files and get the same or similar results in a couple of minutes?

[Hasan Bacak]

For example, both Kentie's deus.exe launcher and Kentie's D3D10 renderer seemed clean on Virus Total, on McAfee's paid version and on Windows Defender, but with this game's visual upgrade patch that wasn't the case :/

[retro_Ed]

Forget garbage Windows. Use Steam Linux. Valve is strong open source supporter.
This game runs with PROTON. (a tool by VALVE...)