To update your copy of Deus Ex to version 1.0.1, double-click the "Deus Ex 1.0.1 Updater" application included with this readme. Follow the updater's on-screen instructions. This update will only work with the full retail version of Deus Ex, not the demo.
Please read the Troubleshooting and Fixes sections below for information on what has changed in 1.0.1.
Troubleshooting
The character's voices stop playing after a while.
This is due to QuickTime running out of memory to decompress the voice files in Deus Ex. QuickTime uses memory outside of the Deus Ex application, so increasing the Deus Ex application size will not help! To make sure there is room (5MB or 10MB) outside of Deus Ex for QuickTime, pull up the "About This Computer" window under the Apple menu in the Finder. The "largest unused block" should be 5MB or 10MB more than the "preferred size" on the Deus Ex application. The default Deus Ex size is 155MB, so you should have at least 160MB as the largest unused block. If you don't have enough room, use the Memory control panel (under the Apple menu) to increase the amount of Virtual Memory in your Mac.
The game gets very choppy and pauses when I'm in a lot of action and people are yelling things.
Check the Fixes section below for an option to turn off ambient speech, which should help speed things up.
I get an "out of memory" error message after playing the game for several hours.
After playing through many levels of the game, your computer's memory may become too fragmented to be used by Deus Ex. Quitting the game and restarting it should let you continue to play. To increase the length of time you can play in one session, you may need to increase the Deus Ex application's memory partition size. It starts at 155000K. Increasing this to 175000K or 200000K will increase the time the game will play without fragmentation considerably. Make sure you still have enough free memory in your computer to leave 5M or so outside of Deus Ex, so the System will have memory for QuickTime.
I get "Bad Name Index" or "Invalid Actor Class" errors while playing.
These can occur when your hard disk needs repairs or the game install has been corrupted. First try running Disk First Aid, TechTool Pro, or Norton Utilities on your hard disk to make sure it doesn't need to be repaired. If problems persist, re-installing the game from the original CD should resolve these problems.
This error may also occur if a save game has been corrupted, causing the error to always pop up when leaving an area after reloading a save. In this case, repairing hard disk errors may help, but more likely you will need to go back to a save game at an earlier position in the game and play from there.
Please read the original Deus Ex Readme for many other troubleshooting tips!
Fixes for 1.0.1
• Fixed a crash that would occur on Mac OS 8.1 when saving/loading games.
• Fixed a memory leak in the speech code, which should allow for longer play with fewer "out of memory" errors.
• Added an option to turn off "ambient" speech (enemies' cries in battle and InfoLink messages). This should help limit slowdowns when fighting several enemies or getting messages via the InfoLink. It will not impact speech in conversations with other characters.
To turn off ambient speech, open the "DeusEx.ini" file with SimpleText and add the following line to the
[Galaxy.GalaxyAudioSubsystem] section:
NoAmbVoice=True
Setting NoAmbVoice=False will return the game to playing all speech.
You can also bind a key to toggle the ambient speech on/off by editing the User.ini file. For instance, to
bind the "Home" key to toggle ambient speech, change the "home=" line in the User.ini to:
home=ambvoice
• Added an option to specify the main monitor refresh rate in Rave.
To pick a particular refresh rate, open "DeusEx.ini", and go to the [MacDrv.MacClient] section.
Add the line:
FullscreenRefresh=85.0
This will select 85Hz as the refresh rate. You can specify any rate by changing the number after the ='s.
To have the game use the default refresh rate, set FullscreenRefresh=0.0
