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Revision as of 10:30, 15 October 2023
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 |
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.
- 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 Poland 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
Use this file to remove the broken adaptive difficulty on "Fugitive" using the values of 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) | Can be improved by forcing 16x through the GPU 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 | 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. | ||
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)
- Using Vsync on modern systems (Windows 10 and later) requires a workaround.
Use Widescreen Fix[11] |
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Use d3d8to9[11] |
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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 save 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
- Although it is enabled by default, Vsync does not work on Windows 10.
- Uncapped high frame rate reduces shootdodge and jump distance by making certain areas uncompletable.
- Both the Nvidia and AMD control panels won't cap the frame rate.
Use RTSS to cap the frame rate to 60 FPS[19] |
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Use d3d8to9 |
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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 dgVoodoo2 |
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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. |
Devices | |||
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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.[20] | |
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 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. |
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[21] | 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
- ↑ RTSS can limit the frame rate - last accessed on 2023-10-14
- ↑ Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2022-08-30
- Checked with RTSS and dgVoodoo2
- ↑ Max Payne Manual - last accessed on 2023-08-02