Max Payne
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Developers | |
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Remedy Entertainment | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Feral Interactive |
macOS (OS X) | Westlake Interactive[1] |
Publishers | |
Windows (Past) | Gathering of Developers |
Windows (Current) | Rockstar Games |
Mac OS | MacSoft |
Russia | 1C-SoftClub |
Engines | |
MAX-FX | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 23, 2001 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 16, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | July 16, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 89 |
IGDB | 74 |
Taxonomy | |
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 |
Key points
- Some sounds are missing on Windows Vista and later. See Missing audio.
- Unofficial startup hang patch should be applied to prevent the game from locking up during startup.
- The game does not work on Ryzen Zen 2-based processors.[2] See JPEG errors on AMD Zen 2-based CPUs.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | Max Payne Anthology released only in Poland and Germany | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- Demo
- A 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 official patch v1.05 is available at community.pcgamingwiki.com and at soggi.org. The Steam version is already patched.
Peixoto's patch
- Fixes missing audio on cutscenes and in some areas
- Forced vsync - which is not possible via driver on Direct3D8\Windows 10 anymore - also prevents some bugs
- Forced resolution solves some artifacts on the edges of polygons and allows super sampling anti aliasing
Unofficial patches
- Startup hang patch
- Max Payne Fix It All A combined patch with ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix, Direct X 9 wrappers for Vsync, and a sound fix.
- Max Payne 1, Complete FixPack A combined patch with ThirteenAG's Widescreen Fix, a high-res texture pack, and different options for video wrappers and sound fixes.
Skip intro videos
Launch the game with the -skipstartup parameter[citation needed]
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Skip Launcher
Launch the game with the -nodialog parameter[5]
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Max Payne Remastered
- HD texture pack using ESRGAN, an upscaling method that takes a low-res image and adds realistic details to it.
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) | ~/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) | Can be improved by forcing 16x in the graphics card control panel. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always enabled. See Vertical sync (Vsync) on Windows 10. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Uncapped frame rate breaks physics.[6] See Game breaking bugs at high frame rate. Game appears to be completable when locked to 144 fps. | ||
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[citation needed] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
- Using Vsync on modern systems (Windows 10+) requires a workaround.
Activate d3d8to9 in Widescreen Fix[7] |
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Use d3d8to9 by itself[7] |
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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 | Cutscenes only, not in-game voices and intro. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | DirectSound3D.[8] |
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 | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here (indirect sound included) or subs only | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it. |
Issues unresolved
There are visible polygon seams when running under Windows 10
- When the game is running under Windows 10 there are a lot of visible polygon seams when both Hardware T&L and MSAA (any type) enabled. The only known workarounds is to disable Anti-aliasing (MSAA) in the launcher and force MSAA through the GPU's control Panel, or use supersampling (use Nvidia Inspector for Nvidia Cards).
Issues fixed
Corrupted files in the French version
- The French Steam version of Max Payne has corrupted files, with the error message
Invalid Data Read from R_memory File("part1_level1b)
. Reports indicate issues with the filesx_level1.ras
,x_level2.ras
andx_level3.ras
To solve the crash |
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Installer fails on Windows 7 64-bit and later (Retail)
- Default installer on disc root is 16-bit.
Run from setup[9] |
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Missing audio
Use IndirectSound[10] |
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Use Creative Lab's ALchemy Software[11] |
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Notes
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Use an unofficial patch[12] |
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The launcher does not start
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98 / Me[citation needed] |
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JPEG errors on AMD Ryzen Zen 2-based CPUs
Use a fixed rlmfc.dll [13]
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Game crashes or videos fail to load
Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98/Windows 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 save game "Files"
Reinstall the game on the C: drive[citation needed] |
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Exception in startupInit: Directory \data not found
Move the game to a folder without spaces[citation needed] |
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Reinstall the game to a folder without spaces in the folder path (e.g. C:\Games\MaxPayne). |
Disable anti-aliasing[citation needed] |
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(Steam) Move the game to a folder without spaces[citation needed] |
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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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Run the game in compatibility mode for 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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See Force CPU affinity to run the game on one core[citation needed] |
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Roll back AMD Catalyst drivers to 12.6 from here[citation needed] |
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Game breaking bugs at high frame rate
- An extremely high uncapped frame rate reduces your shootdodge and jump distance and may make some areas unfinishable.
- d3d8to9 already uses the game's built-in vsync. Use d3d9 wrapper only if you need to cap the frame rate to lower than your display's refresh rate. Alternatively, you can lower the display's refresh rate.
Use Widescreen Fix and d3d9 wrapper[7] |
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Use d3d8to9 and d3d9 wrapper[7] |
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Reshade/SweetFX doesn't work
- This problem occurs when using the Thirteen AG Widescreen Patch.
Use the d3d8to9 wrapper[citation needed] |
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remove dinput8.dll or rename it to d3d8.dll |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D Requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Devices | |||
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Novint Falcon |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7, 8 | Direct3D 7 in cutscenes only. Everything else is in Direct3D 8. |
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. | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | DirectSound3D |
Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter | Description |
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-screenshot | Enables F10 for taking screen shots. Screen shots are saved to the "screenshots" folder in the Max Payne installation folder. |
-nodialog | Skips the Max Payne startup dialog when loading the game (uses options previously set). |
-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 due to a driver error. |
-window | Runs the game in a windowed mode, in the resolution selected from the Max Payne launch dialog. Not all 3d accelerators support running in a windowed mode. |
-novidmemcheck | Disables the video memory check at the start of the game. |
-developer | Enables "developer mode", including 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. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 OSR2 | 98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | 450 MHz | 700 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 530 MB | 830 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.0 compatible |
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[3] 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.[4]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Westlake bringing Max Payne to the Mac - Macworld - last accessed on 2017-07-20
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 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
- ↑ How to directly boot the game and skip/bypass the launcher? - Steam Users' Forums
- ↑ Max Payne frame limit · Issue #568 · ThirteenAG/WidescreenFixesPack
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Verified by User:Keith on 2020-10-12
- ↑ Max Payne 1 with 3D spatial sound 🎧 (CMSS-3D HRTF audio)
- ↑ Can't install Max Payne on Win7 x64
- ↑ Verified by User:Blackbird on 2018-01-08
- Tested under Windows 10 version 1709
- ↑ -Creative Labs ALchemy 1.45.1
- ↑ -Ultimate Max Payne(1) Vista/Win7 Sound Fix- - Steam Users' Forums
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/dr5f0b/a_uniquely_ryzen_3000_problem_max_payne_2001/f6q2krp/ - A Uniquely Ryzen 3000 Problem - Max Payne (2001)