Spend all of the skill points before starting the game

deus-ex

At the start of Deus Ex, when you begin a new game, it asks you to select some base character abilities and gives you 5000 skill points to spend;

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Do I have to spend all of my skill points before starting the game?

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No, you do not have to use up all of your skill points during character creation, in fact you don't have to spend any of them at all. Any skill points that you don't spend will still be available to spend and won't be lost:

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These can then be spent once you're in the game as the need arises, however keep in mind that without any weapons skills your weapons will be very difficult to aim and do less damage than a trained weapon skill.

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Steam – “Failed to find Steam” when starting

If you have 64-bit Windows or have chosen a custom installation location for Steam, the game will "fail to find Steam" because it's only looking in the default locations.

The solution below is from the official Steam forums.

Users of 64-bit Windows will have Steam located here by default:

C:\Program Files (x86)\steam

The solution is to add your Steam location to your path.

Here's how you modify the 'Path' environmental variable;

Right-click on "Computer" (in XP it was called "My Computer") and click on Properties.
in Vista / 7, on the left click on "Advanced System Settings". On XP, skip to the next step as you're already on the right screen.
In the Advanced tab, you'll see a button for "Environment Variables". Click it.
In the lower section of that new window, you should see something like "System Variables". Scroll through to find the one called "PATH". You could probably create a user variable for this instead if you wanted
Highlight the entry for "PATH" and click "Edit...".
You'll get a too-small text box that has a field on the top for "Variable Name" and a field under it for "Variable Value". Put your cursor into the "Variable Value" field and hit the [End] key so you know you're not inserting text in the middle of another entry. If you push the right arrow key it should not scroll.
Add a semicolon [;] to separate your new entry from the others.
Paste in the path to Steam, which for me is D:\Steam but if you've installed to the default location on a Windows 7 64 system will be:
```
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
```
Press OK, and re-launch Steam so that it gets the new environment variables. (It might work without re-launching, but hey why not.)
Run the game!

This should work with any custom location of Steam, for any games that have trouble finding Steam when they launch.

Is the GEP gun still useful late-game

Usually it's just whatever you like to do and whatever is consistent with your skills. For explosives, the 20mm grenades have limited range, while you can basically hit a target a mile away with GEP, as long as you can lock on. Then there's always the ammo issue if you like using one or the other a lot.

But if you got your mind wrapped around the game enough, usually just carrying some form of explosive consistent with the skills you are using is enough.

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