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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cover
Developers
Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
Rockstar Games
Engines
MAX-FX
Release dates
Windows October 14, 2003
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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: SecuROM disc check
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.01 is the latest version.

Bonus chapters

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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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 general settings.
Launcher advanced settings.
Launcher advanced settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
Can only be changed in the launcher

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions
Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Some regions only have certain languages available. All audio languages can be downloaded from here.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Application load error 5:0000065434

Instructions

The launcher does not start

Instructions
Instructions

Error: setFullscreen - creating the device failed: E_FAIL

Instructions

Exception in engineInit: Unable to load save game "Files"

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
Instructions

Launcher starts, but game won't launch on nVidia graphics cards, crashes and doesn't show up in task manager

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8
Shader Model support 1.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

Command line arguments

Parameter Description
-screenshot Works with Developer Keys. Allows taking screenshots with F3.
-skipstartup Skips the intro for Max Payne 2 and goes straight to the loading screen.
-window Shows Max Payne 2 in a window rather than full screen.
-developer Activates Developer Mode, which allows seeing the game's core input and output. Also enables the console (toggled with ~).
-developerkeys Activates Developer Keys, which allows access to special functions that developer keys doesn't allow.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
Intel Celeron 1.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
AMD Duron 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 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>/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