
If using the Visible Upgrade and Unified Texture Pack, create the file %PROGRAMDATA%\Deus Ex 2 Visible Upgrade\Installed Mods\Unified Texture Pack\System\DX2Menu.ini and open it. When you launch the game, it should run with HBAO+ enabled. Hit the Apply changes button and close the Inspector. Under 5 - Common, set Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled. Under 5 - Common, set Ambient Occlusion setting to High quality. If using dgVoodoo2, set this value to 0x00060000. Under 1 - Compatibility, find Ambient Occlusion compatibility. If using the Visible Upgrade, and you haven't added it to the Nvidia Control Panel previously, create a new profile and add DeusEx2.exe to it. If you are using the Visible Upgrade, and you've previously added the Visible Upgrade's DeusEx2.exe in the Nvidia Control Panel, there should be a profile listed as the path to that DeusEx2.exe. If not using the Visible Upgrade, then select the profile for Deus Ex: Invisible War in the dropdown. Download the Nvidia Profile Inspector and open it. Press the OK button to apply the settings and close the control panel. In the dgVoodoo2 Control Panel (dgVoodooCpl.exe), under the General tab, change the game's Output API setting to Direct3D 11 (feature level 11.0). You can now use MXAO (or any other depth buffer based shader). Once you enter the value and click out of the popup, Reshade will register the depth buffer correctly. If the value doesn't exist, you can add it by clicking the "+" button in the popup.
If it's not set properly, update the value.
Check that the value RESHADE_DEPTH_MULTIPLIER exists and is set to 2. In-game, open the Reshade UI, and click the "Edit global preprocessor definitions" button. This prevents the game from resizing the depth buffer. To prevent the game from overwriting the file, also set the file to read-only. Set both values to 100, then save the file. Whichever file you opened, find the lines for StaticVPScale and DynVPScale. If using the Visible Upgrade with Unified Texture Pack, open %PROGRAMDATA%\Deus Ex 2 Visible Upgrade\Installed Mods\Unified Texture Pack\System\Default.ini. Make sure you have set up dgVoodoo2 already, as explained here. 8.8 Heavy stuttering with Visible Upgrade. 8.6 Vsync option not working on Windows10.
8.5 Mouse does not move in menu, inventory, etc. 8.4 Crash when installed in a Storage Space. 8.1 Temporary switch to desktop or black screen when loading. 2.5 Deus Ex 2 High Res Fonts by djdarko. 2.4 Deus Ex: Invisible War ESRGAN Texture Pack. 2.1.2 Dgvoodoo2 to force game to use GPU. 2.1.1 Visible Upgrade: Unofficial patch for Deus Ex 2.