  Ruan-Tian deformations of the Cauchy-Riemann operator enable a geometric
definition of (standard) Gromov-Witten invariants of semi-positive symplectic
manifolds in arbitrary genera. We describe an analogue of these deformations
compatible with our recent construction of real Gromov-Witten invariants in
arbitrary genera. Our approach avoids the need for an embedding of the
universal curve into a smooth manifold and systematizes the
deformation-obstruction setup behind constructions of Gromov-Witten invariants.
