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A little writeup about what we've been doing over on the Machine God project over the past year

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cross-posted from: !deus_ex_randomizer@lemmy.mods4ever.com | https://retrolemmy.com/post/39522604

Time for another annual recap since our previous post: https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/454

Downloads here: https://mods4ever.com/

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, here's the trailer from v3.0 which gives an overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3mTcG6xeq4&list=PLZIQTa_kwZhBksj7UzcahPiRaHk87fWch&index=1

In the past year we've released v3.6, v3.6.1, v3.6.6.6, v3.6.7, v3.7, v3.7.1, and v3.8. We've been doing less frequent but larger updates, but still pushing out alpha/beta versions frequently in our Discord. When someone reports a bug we usually fix it quickly.

Some of the biggest additions in the past year:

  • New game mode: Serious Rando. No memes, all Rando. This includes randomization of important goal locations, similar to Full Rando, but it excludes the silly ones and has memes disabled by default. Full list of game modes wiki page.
  • Improved pool ball physics. This is great in combination with bingo.
  • Many improvements for Revision, GMDX, and Vanilla? Madder. support.
  • Halloween 2
    • Two new stalkers: Weeping Anna and Bobby.
    • New game mode: Mr. Page's Horrifying Bingo Machine. The Halloween version of Mean Bingo Machine. Play through the whole game, but you must complete a bingo line before being allowed to progress to the next mission. Once you get to the next mission, you are given a new bingo board! Now featuring Halloween stalkers and zombies.
    • Improvements to the Fixed/Limited saving modes. These are actually great outside of the Halloween modes, for players who want to kick the save-scumming habit. Wiki page.
  • New password randomization styles! By default, passwords will now be randomized by picking a few words from word lists instead of purely random letters and numbers. In theory these passwords should be a bit easier to remember if not using autofill, as well as simply being more "fun".
  • New game mode: Mr. Page's Nice Bingo Machine. You must complete a bingo line before being able to progress to the next mission. But this one is without goal location randomization. Good for learning bingo.
  • New Game Presets: skip the complicated menus and just choose one of our most popular ways to play.
  • New game mode: Speedrun Shuffle. Like Speedrun Mode, but also the mission order is shuffled! You will get a selection of about 3 to 5 missions, targeting a playtime of under 1 hour. Look at the splits to see which missions you drew, and see if you can beat the par time!
    • We will be starting a tournament for Speedrun Shuffle in July! Keep an eye on our YouTube and/or Discord!
  • And many smaller improvements and bug fixes!

We also had a few tournaments: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZIQTa_kwZhDZjz905W-hpORQ4S1Rj3a6

Full release notes history here: https://github.com/Die4Ever/deus-ex-randomizer/releases

Follow on Mastodon @Die4ever@mastodon.gamedev.place or BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/die4ever.bsky.social

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It just makes sense.

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Embracer Group have said they'll be "more actively" exploring licensing out series like Deus Ex, Saints Row and TimeSplitters to external partners.

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Don't mention the (invisible) war.

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It wasn't this '90s cyberpunk Johnny Mnemonic cheese fest that everybody reveled in at that time.

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Eidos Montreal wanted to put its own stamp on Deus Ex after it took over the series, and that meant it wanted music from an entirely different composer.

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AI's impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

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Give me Deus Ex (Invisible War)

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I think the world would be better off if people took the best things from both sides instead of always fighting over extremes.

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There is a surprising amount of immersive sim Deus Ex's DNA in Fallout 3. Though, for a good reason, you may not have noticed it before.

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cross-posted from: !deus_ex_randomizer@lemmy.mods4ever.com | https://lemmy.mods4ever.com/post/496

Download from Mods4Ever.com.

Use vanilla/GOTY (optionally with Lay D Denton) to get all of the Randomizer's features, best QoL improvements, and the most polished experience. Our installer has an option to install Lay D Denton for you automatically. We also support Revision, GMDX, HX, and Vanilla? Madder.

If you're experiencing objects warping and drawing on top of each other incorrectly when using the D3D10 renderer, you can use the D3D9 or OpenGL renderer (and check the Rando ➜ Visuals menu for Brightness Boost).

Trailers

Click to show trailers

If you don't know what Deus Ex Randomizer is, then here's our trailer which shows a breakdown of how it works:

v3.0 Trailer

Here are trailers for our Halloween modes, WaltonWare, and Vanilla Fixer/Zero Rando:

Halloween Trailer WaltonWare Trailer Zero Rando Trailer

See the full README here. Also check out our Discord and Mods4Ever.com

Major Changes

  • New Halloween Stalker types.
  • New game mode: Mr. Page's Horrifying Bingo Machine
  • Fixed and/or Limited Saves modes now get emergency autosaves for crashes and when exiting the game, same as WaltonWare Hardcore

Minor Changes

Click to expand Minor Changes

  • Adjusted the direction characters face at several goal randomization locations
    • The Terrorist Commander on Liberty Island now looks out over the North Dock when he's on the base of the statue
    • The location near the water valves in Brooklyn Bridge Station now looks towards the steam vents instead of looking at the wall
    • The location on the East side of the Rooks' territory in Brooklyn Bridge Station now looks into the hall area, instead of towards the fence
    • The location in Manderley's bathroom in Mission 5 now looks towards the door instead of the wall
    • The location in the UNATCO HQ West office in Mission 5 now looks vaguely towards the center of the room, instead of being perfectly parallel with the wall
  • Adjusted the location of the character in the North-West corner of the Brooklyn Bridge station slightly so that they won't sometimes end up inside a box when containers get shuffled
  • Mr. H now causes less chaos in UNATCO, Tong's base, and the Vandenberg computer room (where you meet Gary Savage)
  • Tweaked seeding of Mr. H spawn locations
  • Slightly reduced number of zombies in Graveyard in Halloween modes
  • Slightly reduced the number of Jack-o-Lanterns when they are enabled
  • Crash saves are now hidden from the load game menu, because they were confusing to see
  • Crash saves and autosaves no longer overwrite each other
  • In Fixed Saves modes, the Vandenberg gas station now gets an ATM
  • The WaltonWare countdown at the end of a loop now makes a crash save
  • Fixed a bug with a couple books incorrectly giving you passwords later when Autofill Passwords is enabled. Affected books are "Jacob's Shadow: Chapter 20" and the "MJ12 Compromised Individuals List"
  • Trashcans no longer drop contents when carrying across map transitions
  • Added some more mutual exclusions for bingo goals
  • Fixed max health bug in Vanilla? Madder
  • Lyla (An LDDP character in the mission 4 bar) now uses the correct female damage and death sounds, instead of dying like a man
  • Added a large crate to the Ocean Lab UC map to buff the upper vents route
  • Fixed a bug with the quick aug upgrade menu when you have 10 augs that can be upgraded
  • Lenny, the junkie with a LAM in Brooklyn Bridge Station, will now talk to you again if you didn't have room for it the first time you tried to trade with him
  • Slightly reduced the spawn rate of rubber batons in limited loadouts
  • Paul has slightly more health and better accuracy during the UNATCO raid on the 'Ton
  • Dr. Mehdi Kit (the bum in the abandoned bunker in the Paris Catacombs who sells medkits and darts) will no longer sell you infinite darts if you haven't bought all of his medkits
  • Graveyard starts no longer give Superfreighter map images

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Deus Ex remaster looks horrible. Stick with Revision.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1RdKezTYNk

@deus_ex

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