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Revision as of 17:27, 23 July 2022
Developers | |
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Rockstar Vancouver | |
Rockstar London[1] | |
Rockstar Toronto[1] | |
Rockstar New England[1] | |
Rockstar San Diego[1] | |
Rockstar Leeds[1] | |
Rockstar North[1] | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc.[2] |
Publishers | |
Rockstar Games | |
Russia | 1C-SoftClub |
Engines | |
RAGE | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 1, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) | June 20, 2013 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
IGDB | 89 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | North America, South 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 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- The OS X version suffers from multiple issues, one being the complete lack of multiplayer, due to the GameSpy services being shut down.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Comes on four DVDs. Retail version can be activated on Rockstar Games Launcher.[4] |
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Official website | If the Steam version is detected, the launcher can launch the game through Steam instead. | |||
GamersGate | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | DLC is loaded through the Rockstar Games Social Club account. Logging there is required independently from Steam, after game launch. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | Complete Pack (includes the Rockstar Pass DLC). | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
- All versions require Rockstar Games Social Club for activation and online features.
- All Windows versions use GameShield IronWrap DRM.[5] Rockstar have not disclosed details of how many machine activations are allowed nor any other restrictions.[6]
DLC and expansion packs
- DLCs are now a part of the base game.
Name | Notes | |
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Cemetery Map | ||
Classic Max Payne Character | ||
Deadly Force Burst | ||
Deathmatch Made In Heaven Pack | ||
Disorganized Crime Pack | Free | |
Hostage Negotiation Pack | ||
Local Justice Pack | ||
Painful Memories Pack | ||
Pill Bottle Item | ||
Rockstar Pass | ||
Silent Killer Loadout Pack | ||
Special Edition Pack |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Updates for the retail versions can be found here.
Max Payne 3 Fusion Fix
- Adds the ability to hide the skip cutscene button as well as to increase the size of subtitle text outlines.
- Fixes a crash when selecting Hoboken Alleys map in Dead Men Walking mode.
- To use this alongside Max Payne 3 FOV Fix, rename ASI Loader's
dinput8.dll
tod3d11.dll
,d3d10.dll
ord3d9.dll
.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 3\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204100/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 3\Profiles\<user-id>\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204100/pfx/[Note 1] |
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 |
- Supports save game files syncing with the Rockstar Games cloud.
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Aspect ratios other than 16:9 are letterboxed in non-engine cutscenes. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes do not display correctly. Use this fix.[7][8] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Max Payne 3 FOV Fix. Default is 45° vertical; see FOV Calculator for help. | ||
Windowed | Can also use the -windowed parameter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16 samples. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Low to Very High FXAA and up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Double buffered in fullscreen mode, triple buffered in windowed mode. Alt-tabbing out of and back to fullscreen mode may change double buffering to triple buffering.[citation needed] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[9] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | 4 presets available. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX | |
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 output[10] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «1C-Softclub» | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «ENPY Studio». More faithful to the original storytelling and contains all of the strong language official localization lacks. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Ukrainian | An Ukrainian fan patch is available here |
- Most languages can be forced by using
-language Language
. For Brazilian Portuguese use-language Portuguese
. See Command line arguments.
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | Versus, Co-op Co-op included in Deathmatch Made In Heaven DLC. OS X multiplayer no longer works.[3] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | ||||
TriDef 3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest | |||
Novint Falcon |
Issues fixed
Nothing happens at "Initializing" screen
The game must be installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steamapps\Common\Max Payne 3
in order for Social Club to load, which is required to play the game. If the game was installed to a custom Steam folder, there are two methods to solve the issue.
Symlinks[11] |
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It is possible to create a symlink to the folder containing the game, tricking the game into believing it is installed in the correct location.
Replacing Next time you run the game through Steam it will reinstall the prerequisites, and then let you play the game. |
Copy installation[citation needed] |
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The game must be installed under
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Unable to sign into Rockstar Games Social Club
Delete files[12] |
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Game will not launch
- The game will not launch for many users.[13]
Change to DirectX 9[14] |
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This can be fixed by going into safe mode, and changing the game to DirectX 9.
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Negative mouse acceleration and frame dependent mouse sensitivity
- Even after the patch which introduced a mouse acceleration toggle, some players experience negative mouse acceleration as well as frame rate dependent sensitivities.
- There are currently no true fixes for the negative mouse acceleration.
Reduce graphics settings[citation needed] |
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Turning off FXAA, MSAA, and vsync may help to make negative mouse acceleration tolerable. |
Copy ddraw.dll to Max Payne 3 folder |
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Copy ddraw.dll from Windows\System32 folder, or SysWow64 folder (different file size), or just download Custom ddraw.dll changes mouse feeling too. Or maybe not in every case for better. It can be easily tested even in main menu.
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This error is usually caused by having an Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter plugged into USB.
Remove Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter[citation needed] |
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Error code 1641 on launch
Restart[citation needed] |
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Game crashes with StackHash_XXX Error
Administrator privileges[citation needed] |
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Run |
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only). |
ERR_OS_VISTA
- This error message can be caused on the Steam version of the game when Steam is forced by the OS into compatibility mode.
ERR_OS_VISTA[citation needed] |
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Graphics settings not saving
- Game may report that video memory is 0/0. This may be caused by older graphics drivers which need updating.
Edit graphics.xml[16] |
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One fix is to edit |
Steam version product key activation error
Move installation folder[citation needed] |
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For the error message "no activations remaining for this activation key" or "cannot contact activation server [17] when trying to activate the game over socialclub.
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Requires Service Pack 1
- The game may show the error message 'Requires Service Pack 1 or superior'.
Requires Service Pack 1[citation needed] |
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Asus software
- Asus software 'Smart Doctor' or 'Asus Gamer' may cause crashing.
Uninstall Asus software[citation needed] |
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Game freeze during startup
Can be fixed by reinstalling Rockstar Games Social Club before launching. This have to be done every time before launching the game. Also make sure that your internet connection works fine. Problem may also appear during using Android smartphone as modem. When using Steam version, the problem may also appear when you run game's executable without Steam enabled.
New York Minute Hardcore troubleshooting and glitches
- This mode can reveal few glitches which you can encounter during gameplay, resulting being unable to finish the game:
List: |
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Notes
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Crash when selecting Hoboken Alleys map in Dead Men Walking mode[20]
Use FusionFix. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 10, 10.1, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
Middleware
Command line arguments
- Add parameters to a
commandline.txt
file in the installation folder, or see command line arguments for other methods.
Parameter | Description |
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adapter | Force specific DirectX adapter starting from 0. |
aspectratio | Force aspect ratio [width:height]. |
availablevidmem | Force Video RAM limit to the amount specified (MB). |
cpucount | Force CPU count if query is not successful. |
d3dmt | Force multi-threaded DirectX runtime. Can cause graphical problems like a overly bright sky, incorrect lightning, no rain etc. in at least DX11. |
dx10 | Force DirectX 10 if available. |
dx10_1 | Force DirectX 10.1 if available. |
dx11 | Force DirectX 11 if available. |
dx9 | Force DirectX 9. |
frameLimit | Force VSync [0, 1, 2] |
fullscreen | Force Fullscreen mode. |
fxaa | Force FXAA quality [0..3]. |
gpucount | Force GPU count if query is not successful. |
height | Force vertical resolution. |
language english | Force English language. |
language french | Force French language. |
language italian | Force Italian language. |
language german | Force German language. |
language spanish | Force Spanish language. |
language russian | Force Russian language. |
language portuguese | Force Portuguese language. |
language polish | Force Polish language. |
MSAA | Force MSAA [0..5]. |
MSAAQuality | Force MSAA quality level. |
nomouseaccel | Disable mouse acceleration. |
outputMonitor | Force specific monitor starting from 0. |
reflectionquality | Force reflection quality [0..3]. |
refreshrate | Force refresh rate. |
safemode | Force game to load with safest settings. |
shadowquality | Force shadow quality [0..3]. |
ssao | Force SSAO [0..1]. |
stereo | Force 3D stereo support [0..1] (1 is on) |
tessellation | Force tessellation quality [0..3]. |
texturefilterquality | Force the Anisotropic texture filter quality [0..4]. |
texturequality | Force the texture quality [0..2]. |
useHighQualityShaders | Force usage of high quality shaders [0..1]. |
waterquality | Force water quality [0..2]. |
width | Force horizontal resolution |
windowed | Force windowed mode. |
Mods
Script hook and trainer/mod menu
- To activate, press F4. Press 8 to scroll up, 2 down, 0 to back out, 5 to accept, 6 scroll sideways.
KTMXHancer Texture Mod, source with Reshade
Skip in-game cutscenes
- If you skip the cutscenes before specific parts (detailed below), the game won't finish loading properly, forcing you to die or reload the checkpoint, ending a NYMHC run.
Install skip cutscenes script[21] |
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Notes
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 AMD Phenom II X2 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3930K 3.06 GHz AMD FX-8150 3.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT AMD Radeon HD 3400 512 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | 100% DirectX 9.0 compatible | DirectX 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 Lion | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Dual Core Xeon 2.4 GHz or greater Intel Core i Series 2.4 GHz or greater |
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System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 32 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (204100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Credits - Rockstar Games Presents Max Payne 3 - last accessed on 2017-01-06
- ↑ TransGaming on Twitter: "MEDIA ALERT: Rockstar Games and TransGaming Inc Partner To Bring Max Payne 3 To Mac http://t.co/dLvyMx3XEs" / Twitter - last accessed on 2021-01-07
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Effect of GameSpy Closure on Past Rockstar Titles – Rockstar Support
- ↑ Verified by User:Tomasak on 2021-04-25
- Logged into account with MP3 retail activated into RGL and it had button to install the game.
- ↑ [ProjectRYG v2.0 & v3.0] RYG Evaluation- Max Payne 3
- ↑ Rockstar Support on Twitter: "@PalZer0 We don't announce max activations, reset timers, etc. but we can make sure that you can play the game on computers you own. :)"
- ↑ https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=158792#p158792
- ↑ https://www.wsgf.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=172338#p172338
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Symlink fix reddit thread
- ↑ Unable to sign into rockstar social club. - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Game will not launch... >.< - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Game will not launch... >.< - Page 7 - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Fix: Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode
- ↑ Changing graphic settings - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Freezing, "in use," or "no activations remaining" when clicking OK to link Steam with Social Club – Rockstar Support
- ↑ Can't Activate Max Payne 3, Error Contacting Activation Server? - Page 4 - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Fixed Service Pack 1 Issue. - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Proper Dead Men Walking/Co-op Fix Steam Guide
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: Max Payne 3 Skip Cutscenes INSTANTLY!