Max Payne
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Developers | |
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Remedy Entertainment | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Westlake Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive |
Publishers | |
Original | Gathering of Developers |
Current | Rockstar Games |
OS X | MacSoft |
Russia | 1C-SoftClub |
Brazil | GreenLeaf |
Engines | |
MAX-FX | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 23, 2001[1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 16, 2002[2] |
macOS (OS X) | July 16, 2002[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | North America, Contemporary |
Series | Max Payne |
Max Payne | |
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Max Payne | 2001 |
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | 2003 |
Max Payne 3 | 2012 |
Max Payne 1&2 Remake | TBA |
Max Payne is a singleplayer third-person action and shooter game in the Max Payne series.
Key points
- Some sounds are missing on Windows Vista and later. See Missing audio.
- The unofficial startup hang patch should be applied to prevent the game from locking up during startup.
- The game does not work on AMD Zen 2/3-based processors.[3][4] See JPEG errors on AMD Zen 2/3-based CPUs.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1] | |||
Retail | Original Polish release. Max Payne Anthology released only in Poland and Germany. |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | Can only be purchased in specific countries. Among others: USA, Canada, UK, Switzerland and some European countries. Notable exceptions: Brazil, Croatia, Germany and Russia. | |||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [7] |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available.
- Faithful higher quality icons for Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne can be found here.
You must be logged in to download.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest version is v1.05. The Steam version is up-to-date.
Peixoto's Patch
- Fixes missing audio in cutscenes and certain areas.
- Forced Vsync, otherwise not possible on Windows 10, which prevents several bugs.
- Forced resolution solves several artifacts on the edges of polygons and allows supersampling anti-aliasing.
Fix Packs
- Complete FixPack. A patch that includes startup hang patch, ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix, a high-res texture pack, different options for video wrappers and other fixes.
- Definitive Fix. A patch that includes startup hang patch, ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix, a D3D9 wrapper and other fixes.
Skip intro videos
Run the game with the -skipstartup parameter[8]
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Skip Launcher
Run the game with the -nodialog parameter[9]
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Unlock All Difficulties Without Completing the Game
Add this to your Windows Registry |
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Remove broken Adaptive Difficulty
- The adaptive difficulty feature in the game's standard difficulty mode ("Fugitive") is broken, and does not account for player deaths properly. This results in the difficulty escalating and then remaining on the hardest values.
Use this file to replace the minimum and maximum adaptive difficulty values with the original PC version's default/neutral values |
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Use this file to replace the adaptive difficulty values with the static ones from the remastered mobile version |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Remedy Entertainment\Max Payne\ |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12140/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Max Payne Savegames\ |
Mac OS (Classic) | {Boot}:Documents:Max Payne Saved Games or user's Documents folder |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Documents/Max Payne Saved Games/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12140/pfx/[Note 2] |
- 10 save slots + 2 quicksave slots + 1 autosave slot available.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use ThirteenAG's fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV) | ||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or use the -window parameter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Anisotropic filtering mode option only. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always enabled. See Vertical sync (Vsync) on Windows 10. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | High frame rate breaks physics.[10] See Game breaking bugs at high frame rate. The game seems to be completable when capped at 144 FPS. |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Field of view (FOV)
Set FOV with widescreen fix[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Borderless fullscreen windowed
Force borderless fullscreen |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
- The built-in Vsync requires workarounds to function on modern operating systems (Windows 10 and later).
Use Widescreen Fix[11] |
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Use d3d8to9[11] |
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Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music & Effects | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
- Some regions only have certain languages available. All audio languages can be downloaded from here.
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation, download. | |||
French | ||||
German | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Ported from mobile version and converted with sound patch, download. | |||
Polish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. Details | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only.[12] Patch for digital release here. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Slovenian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation, download. |
Issues unresolved
Missing intro video (Proton/Linux)
- With Proton 5.13-6 and newer, the intro video before the main menu plays audio only. It can be skipped by adding
-skipstartup
to the launch options. - With Proton 5.0-10 and older, the intro video before the main menu is skipped entirely, even if the
-skipstartup
parameter is not used.
Issues fixed
Corrupted files in the French version (Steam)
- The French version of Max Payne, on Steam, has corrupted files. Error message: "Invalid Data Read from R_memory File("part1_level1b)".
Reports indicate issues with the following files:x_level1.ras
,x_level2.ras
andx_level3.ras
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Replace files |
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Installer fails on Windows 7 64-bit and later (Retail)
- Default installer on disc root is 16-bit.
Run setup.exe[13] |
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Missing audio
Use DirectSound3D restoration software |
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Notes
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Use unofficial patch[14] |
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Notes
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The launcher does not start
Set the compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Me [15]
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JPEG errors on AMD Zen 2/3-based CPUs
Use a fixed rlmfc.dll [16]
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Notes
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Game crashes or videos fail to load
Set the compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Me [citation needed]
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Error: setFullscreen - creating the device failed: E_FAIL
Use ThirteenAG's fix[citation needed] |
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Exception in engineInit: Unable to load saved game "Files"
Reinstall the game on the local disk (C:)[citation needed] |
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Exception in startupInit: Directory \data not found
Reinstall the game without specifying spaces in the folder path (e.g. C:\Games\MaxPayne)[citation needed] |
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Disable Anti-Aliasing[citation needed] |
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Reinstall the game (Steam)[17] |
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Game won't launch, shows up in task manager, white screen
Use the unofficial Startup hang patch[citation needed] |
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Set the compatibility mode to Windows 98 / Me [citation needed]
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Skip the intro or delete it in the game folder[citation needed] |
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Force CPU affinity to one core[citation needed] |
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Roll back AMD Catalyst drivers to v12.6 from here[citation needed] |
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Random freezes
- It occurs when too many sound effects are played at once and the IndirectSound wrapper is used to fix the missing audio issue.
Replace IndirectSound with DSOAL[18] |
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Notes
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Game breaking bugs at high frame rate
- Shootdodge and jump distance are shortened, which makes certain areas incompletable.
- The game's built-in Vsync does not work on Windows 10 and later; requires a fix.
- Both Nvidia and AMD control panels cannot cap the frame rate, unless a wrapper is applied.[19][20]
Use one of the Vsync fixes and set the refresh rate to 144 Hz or lower[21] |
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Cap the frame rate to 144 FPS or lower |
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Visible polygon seams
- On Windows 10, there are a lot of visible polygon seams when both Hardware T&L and anti-aliasing are enabled.
Disable anti-aliasing in the game launcher and force it through the GPU control panel |
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Use dgVoodoo 2 |
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Reshade/SweetFX doesn't work
- This problem occurs when using the ThirteenAG's Widescreen Patch.
Edit INI file[citation needed] |
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Delete dinput8.dll or rename it to d3d8.dll
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Reduced color depth (Proton/Linux)
- Color banding may occur with Proton 6.3-8 or newer.
Use d3d8to9 |
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Use ThirteenAG's widescreen fix |
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Use Proton 5.13-6 or older |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
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Novint Falcon |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | |
DirectDraw | DirectDraw for the intro video only. Everything else uses Direct3D 8.[22] | |
OpenGL | Mac OS only | |
Shader Model support | 1.1 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | ||||||
macOS (OS X) | PowerPC applies for retail version only. ARM aplies for Mac App Store version only. |
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Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
Console commands
See this article.
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-screenshot |
Enables taking screenshots with F10. They are saved to <path-to-game>\screenshots . |
-nodialog |
Skips the setup dialog when loading the game. Previously set options are used. |
-skipstartup |
Skips the startup video. |
-disable3dpreloads |
If the system runs out of texture memory while loading a level, this option may prevent the game from crashing. |
-window |
Runs the game in windowed mode, at the resolution selected from the setup dialog. Not all 3D accelerators support running in windowed mode. |
-novidmemcheck |
Disables the video memory check at startup. |
-developer |
Enables developer mode, including the console (toggled with F12). |
-developerkeys |
Enables special developer keys. Requires developer mode. Using developer keys can break the game flow. |
-showprogress |
Shows extended loading information. Requires developer mode. |
-profile |
Enables in-game profiler. Toggle profile with F11, and see console aliases for profiling options. |
Mods
- Max Payne Remastered. HD texture pack using ESRGAN; an upscaling method that takes a low-res image and adds realistic details to it.
- Enemies and Items HD. Upscales character models and items in HD.
- Marcomix's Real Weapons. Upscales weapons in HD.
- Max Payne: Echo of the Past. Restores cut content.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum[23] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME, 2000 | |
Processor (CPU) | 450 MHz | 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectSound compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 9.1 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 900 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 900 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL compatible 16 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[5] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[6]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (12140) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Max Payne Ships (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-08-02
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Max Payne Goes Gold! (June 13) (retrieved) - last accessed on 2023-08-02
- "Max Payne, the amazing shooter about a New York cop "with nothing to lose", has been approved by all parties for duplication and will be heading to store shelves on July 16th."
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2023-10-14
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Max Payne ™ - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2022-01-23
- ↑ How to directly boot the game and skip/bypass the launcher? - Steam Users' Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Max Payne frame limit · Issue #568 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-12
- ↑ Big Box PC Games Brasil Wiki - last accessed on 2023-06-12
- ↑ Can't install Max Payne on Win7 x64 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ -Ultimate Max Payne(1) Vista/Win7 Sound Fix- - Steam Users' Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Chick'n'Duck on 2023-10-14
- ↑ luigoalma comments on A Uniquely Ryzen 3000 Problem - Max Payne (2001) : AMD - Reddit - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Theexplodingbarrel on 2023-06-03
- ↑ Game freezes for no apparent reason (central topic) - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2023-06-03
- ↑ GitHub - ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack: Max Payne 1: can't limit FPS with WidescreenFixes - last accessed on 2023-10-14
- ↑ Steam Community Discussion - I cannot get the frame rate to lock - last accessed on 2023-10-22
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2023-10-16
- Tested by capping the frame rate. Can't pinpoint the exact value it breaks at; seems to be between 144 and 180. I picked 144 since it's more common.
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2022-08-30
- Checked with RTSS and dgVoodoo2
- ↑ Max Payne manual - last accessed on 2023-08-02