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Max Payne

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Max Payne
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Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Windows Gathering of Developers
Mac OS MacSoft
Engines
MAX-FX 1.0
Release dates
Windows July 23, 2001
Mac OS (Classic) July 16, 2002
Max Payne on Wikipedia
Max Payne
Max Payne 2001
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne 2003
Max Payne 3 2012
Max Payne 1&2 Remake TBA

Key points

Requires an unofficial patch to fix a missing audio issue in Windows Vista and later.

General information

Remedy's Forums for game
Max Payne Wiki
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DRM: SafeDisc 2 disc check.
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Amazon.com
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Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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GamersGate
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Green Man Gaming
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Humble Store
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Steam
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Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.05 is the latest official patch for the game.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12140/pfx/[Note 1]
ThirteenAG's fix includes an .asi file, which forces the game to use save games from <path-to-game>\savegames\

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher general settings.
Launcher general settings.
Launcher advanced settings.
Launcher advanced settings.
Can only be changed in the launcher.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Other audio languages can be downloaded from here.

Issues unresolved

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.[1][2]

Issues fixed

Missing audio

Instructions

The launcher does not start

Instructions

Game crashes or videos fail to load

Instructions

Error: setFullscreen - creating the device failed: E_FAIL

Instructions

Error: Exception in startupInit: Directory \data not found

Instructions
Instructions

Game won't launch on AMD graphics cards, still shows up in task manager

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
OpenGL
Mac OS only.
Software renderer
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Command line arguments

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
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) 450 MHz
System memory (RAM) 96 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 530 MB
Video card (GPU) Direct3D Compatible Graphics Card
16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.0 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectSound compatible sound card

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/12140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References