Here’s another fan made video of my map Vulcano, thanks to crysis modding community member HomelessLD for making yet another awesome video!
Thanks a lot! 
Enjoy!
Venturing into a new future.. »« Aliens SFAM ~ Competition Entry
Hélder [HP] Pinto – DeusEx Ultra High Quality Config V0.1
Increase the quality of DeusEx with this Ultra High Quality config.
I am not the author of HDTP or ENBSeries, I simply placed and tweaked those two together to achieve optimal graphical quality.
I didn’t had the opportunity to fully test this, so if you spot any flaws on my installation guide, or anything really, please let me know by sending me a e-mail.
- Better shadows and render contrast
- Bloom
- Bump Mapping
- Ambient Occlusion
- Specularity
- Very high quality textures
- Lightning improved
Installing
1. First of all, make sure you install HDTP-Release1 into DeusEx folder. (After install, it should create a HDTP shortcut on your desktop, if not, go to the game’s system folder and make one, you’ll be using HDTP.exe from now on)
2. After that, copy all the contents of the folder “DeusEx Ultra High Quality Mod Files”, and paste it inside the folder “System” on the game’s folder. (Replacing all the existing files)
You will have to edit the file HDTP.ini, search for the line that says “CdPath=J:”, change the letter “J” for your CD/DVD drive where DeusEx CD is placed.
3. Run HDTP.exe, the game should start, now go to Settings -> Display -> Rendering device, click “Show all devices” on the “DeusEx Video configuration” window, and select “Direct3D9 Support”.
4. Now, go back to settings, and select your favorite graphics resolution, and make sure to select 32bit on “Texture Color Depth”.
5. Select new game, and try it out. Pressing Shift + F12, disables and enables screen effects.
Change Log & Bug Fixes
Version 0.1 ~ release 07-10-2008
First official release
Notes:
- VERY IMPORTANT: Do not forget to edit the file HDTP.ini, search for the line that says “CdPath=J:”, change the letter “J” for you’r CD/DVD drive where DeusEx CD is placed.
- You wont be able to use your old save files after installing HDTP.
- Press Shift + F12, to disable and enable screen effects. This is useful to be able to better see the menu, due to exaggerated bloom.
- To tweak the bump mapping, press Shift + Enter, you should see 6 options on the top of the screen, press a number from 1 to 6, and use PageUp and PageDown to tweak.
- To tweak the D3d9 settings, press T, delete the “say” text, and type “preferences”. Go to “Rendering” -> “Direct3D9 support”, and tweak away! 
Comparison pics:
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Config made by Hélder [HP] Pinto
www.helderpinto.com
helderhp_AT_Gmail.com
Thanks to:
ENBSeries
http://boris-vorontsov.narod.ru (ENB developer)
HDTP creator
http://offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/
Thanks to Buddy for giving me all these links in first place!
Enjoy the best game ever made, with fancy screen filter effects!
:: Edit ::
Hey guys!
I never imagine this config will get so popular, thanks to all the websites mentioning this, and to everyone mailing me!
I’d like add something to the text on my post, by the time I wrote that I didn’t knew that you could just find the DeusEx.ini in the system folder and remove the CD drive letter so it looks like this
CdPath=
Cheers all!
Deus Ex ~ Ultra High Quality Mod Video »« Stop motion beauty!
I am so happy to see that my work is being recognized all over the world by gamers, and Crysis fans!
I want to thank them all for all the PM’s and e-mails I’ve been receiving since I released this map, filled with so good feedback!
If you still didn’t played Vulcano, you can download it here!
Here’s a video I found on youtube, it’s basically a beautiful flytrough of my map, when I saw it, I had to post it here!
(I embed the video in HD so wait a little while it streams!)
Thanks HomelessLD, for uploading this beautiful video!
Portal’s “Still Alive” done with typography! »« Max Payne ~ The Movie
It’s with great honor and proud that I can now announce I was the winner of the Intel Crysis Mapping Competition, Fun and Gameplay category.
Once more, I would like to thank everyone who supported me, and gave me great feedback all this long.
I also want to thank the jury for picking me, obviously. And also Crytek and Intel for organizing this great competition!
ICMC: Singleplayer Winners Announcement!
Game Art ~ Old Radio »« Operation Codename: Vulcano ~ Released!
Here we are, my final update on my Crysis map.
The countdown has began, I have exactly 16 days to give the final touches to this map before final release.
Wish me luck for the contest! And thanks to everyone who gave me very nice C&C during all this time.
For now, take a look at this new screenshots, and return to this blog in 16 days, to download the map.
Thank you!
Crysis ~ Ultra High Quality Custom Config 1.3.1 »« Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Only one month left to the ICMC dead-line, and still so much left to do on this map… Been working on a daily basis on it, and despite my huge efforts, I fear I wont have time to include all my ideas on this map.
Nevertheless, I’m trying to push this engine to it’s limits, and it never ceases to amaze me, CryEngine2 is definitely the most amazing engine I’ve ever had the opportunity to work with.
For now, enjoy this new screenshots.
Lost World Returns ~ PCGamerUK Article »« Lust World Returns ~ Update #1
Hourenced have released his new book: The Hows and Whys of the Games Industry!
* Intended for amateurs who wish to ‘break into’ the games industry and who are looking for additional information. It’s also for those who are yet undecided on whether or not to pursue a career in the games industry.
* Aims to provide the reader with a honest and objective discourse about the games industry, its pros and cons, and why one would, or would not, want to be active within this industry.
* Interviews with over twenty industry professionals on how they got in, what they like, and what they dislike about the games industry.
* Attempts to provide the reader with answers to some of the most common questions beginners have; such as how much one can expect to earn, the best way to apply to a studio, and what to expect during a job interview. The book will provide the reader with plenty of tips about what to look for when searching for a job.
* Illustrated with exclusive concept art by Romano Molenaar.
Two example extracts are available.
http://www.hourences.com/book/book2procon.htm
http://www.hourences.com/book/book2interview.htm
Order : http://www.hourences.com/book/bookorder.htm
The book is shipped world wide and counts 236 pages.
More information on http://www.hourences.com/book!
Unreal Engine 3 ~ Official Video Tutorials »« Call Of Duty 4 ~ Video Review
Sjoerd De Jong, aka Hourences continued contributing to the Level Design and Game Development community and released another book, this time focused on the games industry, It’s called The Hows and Whys of the Games Industry.
Scheduled for release around Nov-Dec.
He also pimped his website with alot more tutorials, Jobs Section, and alot more, take a look at his new community website here: http://community.hourences.com/
Many thanks for all your hard work Hourences, the community appreciate it alot!
Street Fighter 4 ~ Confirmed! »« Crysis ~ Official System Requirements
I’m no Start Wars fan, actually I try to avoid everything Start Wars related. 
Although, Lucasarts is developing a really great game, with some of the most revolutionary animation techniques, never used in any game, since they own all the copyrights of this technology, at least until this title gets released.
Some parts of this video are kind of old already, more than six months, but they are still very interesting to watch, especially, as I mentioned before, this has never been used in any game ’till date.
Wanna know further onto the world of Star Wars Force Unleashed? Here’s a fairly nice documentary about the development of this title.
GT5 vs Reality ~ comparison »« Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Today, the portuguese game developer company, Seed Studios (The company I’m working for), released a Post Mortem of their never released title, HolyWar.
You can read the first part (of three parts to come), here! (Portuguese only)
This first part has a brief and technical explanation about the weapons used in the game.
MGS4: Guns of the Patriots ~ TGS 07 »« Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream
