Posted August 05, 2012
high rated
I'm not sure if other people have run into the same problems installing the Unified Texture Pack as I ran into with the GOG version (which if you have not checked out the texture pack, I HIGHLY recommend it), but if you have then here is the solution.
The Problem: during installation of the tex pack, the ibd_patcher will not be able to find the game path and will produce an error message. The reason this happens is the GOG version of the game adds a "\" to the end of the install path in the registry (which shouldn't be a problem but it is with the tex pack). This problem may not occur on all systems, but I have encountered it on Win7 x64 and WinXP x86, so I'm assuming this will happen on all GOG version installs.
The Solution: just a warning, this involves very minimal registry editing, so if you don't know much about registry editing then you may want to google it to learn or just pass. Incorrectly editing your registry can cause SERIOUS problems to your pc, however this edit is very simple.
1) open regedit (google if you don't know)
2) navigate to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ion Storm\Deus Ex - Invisible War
(note, this is the path for x64 Win7, 32 bit systems should look like this: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\Ion Storm\Deus Ex - Invisible War)
3) open ION_ROOT_PC and remove the last "\" so it's walue is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Deus Ex - Invisible War
(this may not be your exact path, but the important part is that it doesn't end with a "\")
4) exit the registry, you should be set now
Before proceeding with the text pack install, make sure you've run the game at least once, maybe even start a game and save to be sure (most likely don't need that last part).
Enjoy the tex pack, it helps the game quite a bit since it already had great lighting and shadows but really blurry textures.
The Problem: during installation of the tex pack, the ibd_patcher will not be able to find the game path and will produce an error message. The reason this happens is the GOG version of the game adds a "\" to the end of the install path in the registry (which shouldn't be a problem but it is with the tex pack). This problem may not occur on all systems, but I have encountered it on Win7 x64 and WinXP x86, so I'm assuming this will happen on all GOG version installs.
The Solution: just a warning, this involves very minimal registry editing, so if you don't know much about registry editing then you may want to google it to learn or just pass. Incorrectly editing your registry can cause SERIOUS problems to your pc, however this edit is very simple.
1) open regedit (google if you don't know)
2) navigate to the following folder:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ion Storm\Deus Ex - Invisible War
(note, this is the path for x64 Win7, 32 bit systems should look like this: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\\Ion Storm\Deus Ex - Invisible War)
3) open ION_ROOT_PC and remove the last "\" so it's walue is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Deus Ex - Invisible War
(this may not be your exact path, but the important part is that it doesn't end with a "\")
4) exit the registry, you should be set now
Before proceeding with the text pack install, make sure you've run the game at least once, maybe even start a game and save to be sure (most likely don't need that last part).
Enjoy the tex pack, it helps the game quite a bit since it already had great lighting and shadows but really blurry textures.