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Why can I no longer break into doors in Deus Ex?
The Door Strength bar on the doors in Deus Ex doesn't show Hit Points, but a threshold: it shows the minimal damage you need to apply in one go in order to break it down.
This forces you to make ...
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Does Anna Navarre and Gunther Hermann's killswitch codes have any meaning?
Laputan Machine (source):
The phrase itself refers to the flying city of Laputa from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. In the novel, the Laputans are masters of theoretical engineering but ...
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Can Gunther be defeated at the first confrontation?
No, the encounter with Gunther in battery park is one of the few instances, where you cannot kill a NPC. Gunther is invincible in this situation and the story will only progress once he got you.
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What's the difference between difficulty settings?
From the game's manual, third page (manual.pdf, included in the GOG version):
Combat Difficulty Level
When you start a new game of Deus Ex, the first thing you have to do is select the Combat ...
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Can player receive Gray Death treatment?
This is not related to Gray Death. This is for access to use special part of Clinic with MedBots.
See http://deusex.wikia.com/wiki/Free_Clinic for more details (inlcuding 2k price with 40% discount)
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Can the mini-crossbow oneshot with tranquilizer darts?
As @GeoffAtkins said, a headshot will incapacitate the enemy immediately (or at least very quickly) and unless there is somebody around to witness the person falling down no alert will be raised. To ...
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Deus Ex:GOTY crashes on the "BatteryPark" level
There is a fix here:
Start the game using the -hax0r parameter in the launch options. This enables cheat mode.
In-game, using the console, press t, remove the say that's entered by default on a new ...
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Can player receive Gray Death treatment?
JC doesn't need Grey Death treatment. There's actually indications that Grey Death isn't just a disease but also a way for certain people to tolerate nanotech augmentations. For example, when you find ...
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What's the difference between difficulty settings?
Easy, Medium and Hard have two components - damage dealt to you and damage dealt to opponents. Easy makes you harder to kill, while Hard makes the enemy harder to kill and you easier.
Realistic is ...
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Where are Deus Ex saves stored?
In the steamapps\common\Deus Ex\Save was only an empty textfile on my system, the actual saves were in %userprofile%\Documents\Deus Ex.
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