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Max Payne 2 Developer is the special version of Max Payne 2 that can be accessed by using the <code>-developer</code> [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]. The following parameters can be used:
The following shortcut pathnames can be added to the Max Payne 2 Shortcut:
 
  
 
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Revision as of 05:50, 1 September 2014

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
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Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Engines
MAX-FX 2.0
Release dates
Windows October 14, 2003
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General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Remedy's forums for game

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
DRM details are not known
DRM: SecuROM.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
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Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

Patches for Max Payne 2 can be downloaded here

Content

Two bonus chapters were released by the developer for the "Dead Man Walking" mode. They can be downloaded from Rockstar Games

Developer Mode

Max Payne 2 Developer is the special version of Max Payne 2 that can be accessed by using the -developer command line argument. The following parameters can be used:

Parameter Description
-developer Activates Developer Mode, which allows you see the games core input and output.
-developerkeys activates Developer Keys, which allows you access special functions that developerkeys doesn't allow. See Developer Key Functions below.
-screenshot Works with Developer Keys. Allows you to take screenshots with the F3 key.
-window Shows Max Payne 2 in a window rather than full screen.
-skipstartup Skips the intro for Max Payne 2 and goes straight to the loading screen

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/12150/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

The launcher doesn't start

Laptops using Nvidia Optimus must set the preferred graphics processor for Max Payne 2 to "Intel Integrated Graphics".
Instructions

Error: setFullscreen - creating the device failed: E_FAIL

Instructions

Error: Exception in startupInit: Directory \data not found

Instructions

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

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz PIII/Athlon or 1.2 GHz Celeron/Duron processor
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
32 MB of VRAM

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>/12150/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (12150) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References