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Revision as of 03:08, 8 June 2021
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 new Ryzen Zen 2 processors.[2] See JPEG errors on AMD Zen-2-based CPUs.
General information
- Max Payne Wiki
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- 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.
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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.
- 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
- HD texture pack using ESRGAN, an upscaling method that takes a low-res image and adds realistic details to it.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Location |
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.
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
Launcher general settings.
Launcher advanced settings.
Set FOV with widescreen fix[citation needed]
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- Install ThirteenAG's fix.
- Edit
MaxPayne.WidescreenFix.ini .
- Set
FOVFactor to the desired value (capped at around 1.43 ).
Notes
- It might turn the nightmare levels unplayable, since these sections of the game already alter the camera FOV.
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Force borderless fullscreen[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the Path to
<path-to-game>\maxpayne.exe .
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX 8.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
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- Using Vsync on modern systems (Windows 10+) requires a workaround.
Activate d3d8to9 in Widescreen Fix[7]
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- Download ThirteenAG's fix.
- Copy all contents to the installation folder.
- Open
global.ini in the scripts folder.
- Change
UseD3D8to9=0 to UseD3D8to9=1 .
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Use d3d8to9 by itself[7]
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- Download d3d8to9.
- Copy
d3d8.dll to the installation folder.
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Input
In-game key map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Music, Effects |
Surround sound |
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Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software. |
Subtitles |
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Cutscenes only, not in-game voices and intro. |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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DirectSound3D.[8] |
Localizations
- Some regions only have certain languages available. All audio languages can be downloaded from here.
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here (indirect sound included) or subs only |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Spanish |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Turkish |
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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 workaround to this is to disable one of these options 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 files x_level1.ras
, x_level2.ras
and x_level3.ras
To solve the crash
- Download the file.
- Copy/past the content in the game folder.
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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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- Run
Disk1\setup.exe from the disc instead.
- Click Yes on prompts regarding not enough memory and install anyway.
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Missing audio
Use Creative Lab's ALchemy Software[11]
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- Download and install ALchemy.
- Launch ALchemy.
- Add a new Profile (skip to Step 11 if using retail version of the game).
- Name it "MaxPayne".
- Select Use Game Path and navigate to Max Payne's install directory.
- Set Buffers to 4.
- Set Duration to 25.
- Set Max Voice Count to 128.
- Click OK.
- Click the newly created profile and then click ">>" to enable it.
- Close ALchemy and play.
Notes
- Even better quality DirectSound wrapper to use with Creative cards as well as others.
- The Max Payne profile will automatically show up in ALchemy when using retail version of the game.
- If you encounter random stuttering after applying the fix, try moving your game folder to an SSD.
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Use an unofficial patch[12]
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- Download the unofficial patch.
- Extract the contents to the installation folder.
- Run
MaxBatch.bat .
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
- Relies on automated lossy sound files recompression into other format.
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The launcher does not start
JPEG errors on AMD Zen-2-based CPUs
Game crashes or videos fail to load
Error: setFullscreen - creating the device failed: E_FAIL
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).
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Disable anti-aliasing[citation needed]
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(Steam) Move the game to a folder without spaces[citation needed]
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- Set up a new Steam library folder without spaces in the folder path (e.g. C:\Steam).
- Remove the game and install it to the new Steam library folder.
- Go to that folder and go into SteamApps\common.
- Rename the Max Payne folder to MaxPayne.
- Go back to the SteamApps folder and open
appmanifest_12140.acf with a text editor.
- If Windows Notepad can't read it, use another text editor like Notepad++.
- Change the line
"installdir" "Max Payne" to "installdir" "MaxPayne"
- Restart Steam.
- If needed, run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98 / Me.
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Game won't launch on AMD graphics cards, still shows up in task manager
Roll back CCC 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 engages 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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- Download ThirteenAG's fix.
- Copy all contents to the installation folder.
- Open
global.ini in the scripts folder.
- Change
UseD3D8to9=0 to UseD3D8to9=1 .
- Download d3d9 wrapper.
- Copy the contents to the installation folder.
- Open
d3d9.ini .
- In
FPSLimit = change 0 to your desired number.
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Use d3d8to9 and d3d9 wrapper[7]
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- Download d3d8to9.
- Copy
d3d8.dll to the installation folder.
- Download d3d9 wrapper.
- Copy the contents to the installation folder.
- Open
d3d9.ini .
- In
FPSLimit = change 0 to your desired number.
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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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- Open
global.ini in the scripts folder.
- Change
UseD3D8to9=0 to UseD3D8to9=1 .
- Install ReShade or SweetFX as DirectX 9.
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VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| G3D Requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
7, 8 |
Direct3D 7 in cutscenes only. Everything else is in Direct3D 8. |
OpenGL |
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Mac OS only. |
Shader Model support |
1.1 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit | ARM |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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macOS (OS X) | | | |
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PowerPC applies for retail version only. ARM aplies for Mac App Store version only. |
Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Audio |
DirectSound3D |
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Command line arguments
- See command line arguments on how to use the following options.
Parameter |
Description |
-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 | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
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:
References