Deus Ex GMDX: Deus Ex Advancement Mod v9 Released!

[Ash]

The amount of TK's are cut down in v9.0, and the Triad fight is set back to vanilla. This may be a good solution.

 

[†††]

How does the mantling timing work in 9.0? I cannot make it work, my success rate is like 1 succesful attemp for 8-10 bad ones. I get that you have to press jump again while in mid-air, and yes, I have it activated on the settings, but I completely suck with this new system.

Edit: Nevermind, I get it now... you have to press jump again very soon after the initial jump. Two many decades of double-jump mechanics wired into my brain, where you have to jump again at the highest peak.

Edit2: and now I cannot do it again, wtf... I guess I'll deal with it

 

[Ash]

You can press it at any point of the jump. Just make sure you're reasonably aligned with the surface. Did you play the tutorial? It goes into it some. Surest bet is to spam the key.
You can even fall from height and save yourself by mantling if something is within reach, although if you're falling too fast (approximately 1/3 or more of terminal velocity) you can't. By design.

Alright, throwing knives can now be retrieved from corpses of enemies you've killed with them, and it even plays a fleshy gore sound to indicate the extraction of the knive/s.
This means I can now place emphasis on realism and remove throwing knives that are placed in unrealistic locations. Now that good gameplay is seen to. Throwing knives are very complimentary to a melee build and wasn't supported well vanilla due to this focus on realism, but now we can have both realism and gameplay.
If any testers come across any such locations let me know.

 

[KlauZ]

Can you add the option of doubleclicking for InvWar Toolbelt?

 

[KlauZ]

New props are cool, but pencils need to be bulkier in DX artsyle. Use a lockpick for reference.

 

[TOUGH GUY]

You'll be stocked forever after the Triad gang fight in Canal Road if you don't use throwing knives for everything.

Are you saying that it is now advisable for tourists to visit the canals at night?

 

[Ash]

Can you add the option of doubleclicking for InvWar Toolbelt?

It does apply to the IW Belt.

 

[KlauZ]

I meant taking items out.

Another interesting PS2 addition: Paul's secret room is larger:

Spoiler

 

[Ash]

Looks better vanilla imo. Although it being more spacious is probably more realistic.

I meant taking items out.

For what purpose? It's only really a problem when holstering.

 

[KlauZ]

The same reason why oneclick holstering is a problem. Accidently taking out things don't need.

 

[Ash]

Yeah but that's not really a concerning issue, except in places where drawing weapons results in hostility I guess.

 

[RoSoDude]

Random thought -- could cigarettes be given a positive effect beyond a mildly distracting smoke cloud? Shifter's sobering effect is pretty silly, but something like slight aim stabilization could be interesting.

Generally I wonder if the various drugs in the game could have more uses/tradeoffs. Obviously the alcohol has the vision effect which means you can't really drink it in combat, but it's still a pretty short lived effect rather than a more slowly accumulating effect that you'd feel over a longer duration. Zyme is basically just the vision effect, although I guess it zooms in.

Any impactful change has the risk of coming off super gamey, though. Like Bioshock's trade health for mana shenanigans. It also makes sense that cigarettes are just bad for you.

 

[KlauZ]

Well, how holstering is more concerning then?

 

[Ash]

Frantically attempting to interact with something small in combat (door switch), attempting to escape when you got a lot of enemies on your ass.

Accidentally holstering equipped items that are not in the toolbelt, you have to bring up the inventory to equip it again.

There's probably other notable scenarios.

For those that don't know what we're on about, we're talking about one of GMDX's many options, "Double click holstering", which makes holstering weapons require a double right click as opposed to one right click, if the option is enabled. Necessary because right click interacts with things, and if nothing is targeted instead it holsters your weapon.
The contextual, multi-functional nature caused some issues in this particular instance.

 

[KlauZ]

Erm, equipping unnecessary item in toolbelt still holster item that i held in my hand. And now its worse because more animations playing.

 

[Ash]

Random thought -- could cigarettes be given a positive effect beyond a mildly distracting smoke cloud? Shifter's sobering effect is pretty silly, but something like slight aim stabilization could be interesting.

Any impactful change has the risk of coming off super gamey, though. Like Bioshock's trade health for mana shenanigans. It also makes sense that cigarettes are just bad for you.

It's a purely a simulation and world building prop. No reason it should be changed. If we want more items with gameplay enhancing effects I can always add more, with the help of some artists. In fact I'd like more, as there is very little consumables in the game overall.

Erm, equipping unnecessary item in toolbelt still holster item that i held in my hand. And now its worse because more animations playing.

Can you explain in more detail?

Edit: Oh right. I see. Maybe I'll apply the double click gate to it.

 

[KlauZ]

What if laser tripwires were invisible and cigarette smoke would make them visible.
Also you can add augmentation for shooting bees, and if enemy uses it, you can scare them off.
By the way, second hand smoke should do twice more damage to the enemy than to JC. Scientific fact.

 

[Jaedar]

What if laser tripwires were invisible and cigarette smoke would make them visible.

This would actually be really cool. Cigarettes, pepper spray, smoke in general. Would also allow for some sweet room redesigns where the tripwires can be walked through with ease.... if you can figure out where they are.

 

[HansDampf]

Wouldn't you still see the props on the walls where they originate?

 

[DavetheGrave]

What if laser tripwires were invisible and cigarette smoke would make them visible.

This would actually be really cool. Cigarettes, pepper spray, smoke in general. Would also allow for some sweet room redesigns where the tripwires can be walked through with ease.... if you can figure out where they are.

Would be pretty good feature for Hardcore, have the vision aug be able to spot the lasers. Also make the noise much less loud and more subtle so it can sneak up on you more.

 

[Jaedar]

Wouldn't you still see the props on the walls where they originate?

Yes, but you'd have to pay attention. Not like currently when you can't miss em.

 

[Black]

To people testing GMDX 9, is it me or is running draining stamina way too fast? JC ain't no fatty.

 

[KlauZ]

He's carrying about 60 kg of equipment, and it's probably difficult to run in that coat and leather boots.

 

[Ash]

To people testing GMDX 9, is it me or is running draining stamina way too fast? JC ain't no fatty.

You on Realistic? Because stamina drains twice as fast on hardcore.

 

[Black]

No, just hard.
Also untrained athletics