Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne
Max Payne	2001
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne	2003
Max Payne 3	2012
Max Payne 1&2 Remake	TBA

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Remedy's forums for game

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: SecuROM.
Amazon.com
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store

Steam

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.01 is the latest version.

Bonus chapters

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

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 advanced settings.

Can only be changed in the launcher

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Italian

Issues fixed

Application load error 5:0000065434

Instructions

The launcher does not start

Instructions

Instructions

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

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

Instructions

Other information

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)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz PIII/Athlon or 1.2 GHz Celeron/Duron processor	1 GHz PIII/Athlon or 1.2 GHz Celeron/Duron processor
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible	compatible AGP graphics card with hardware T&L support 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectSound compatible sound card

Notes

↑ ^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

[Proton_path_note-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.

[Note 1]

Developers

	Remedy Entertainment
Publishers
	Rockstar Games
Engines
	MAX-FX
Release dates
Windows	October 14, 2003