I can't play the games.

[ToasterRobber]

I can't play any of the Max Payne games I have. (Which are the fist and second games.) If I try and play them it just says Running forever unless I restart my computer, how do I fix this?

[жэф]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/12140/

[жэф]

I don't know why it won't paste the URL to the guide I'm trying to link you. Look for the guide "Getting Max Payne to run on Windows 10."

[ToasterRobber]

Originally posted by ЯunΣ:

I don't know why it won't paste the URL to the guide I'm trying to link you. Look for the guide "Getting Max Payne to run on Windows 10."

Okay, thanks.

[жэф]

Not sure if you found a solution or not yet, but I figured out an easy one for me that negates the need for running a bat file or command line options:

1. ------> go to ../steamapps/common/Max Payne/
----> find "maxpayne.exe"
---> right click on "maxpayne.exe"
--> click on "compatibility" pane (no pun intended ;])
-> look for the area that says "compatibility mode"
> Enable 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and set the option to either Windows 95 or Windows 98 in the drop down menu (find which one works for you).

2. ----> Go to: https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#sec2
---> Select "Download" from the first widget box. This is for Max Payne 1. The second widget box is for MP2.
--> Follow the instructions from the website and extract the contents of the zip into the root Max Payne dir.
-> Launch the launcher -- the zip file we extracted in the previous step contains the Direct X 8 library necessary to play the game and scale the graphics to newer aspect ratios.
> Put in your 16:9 or 16:10 settings, upgrade the graphics options, etc. and press play!

3.-> Whenever you see a cutscene in game, or one of those comic-esque interludes pops up, press the "E" key. It will start the cutscene over but play it with sound this time.
> If this doesn't work, just google the sound fix.

[ToasterRobber]

Originally posted by ЯunΣ:

Not sure if you found a solution or not yet, but I figured out an easy one for me that negates the need for running a bat file or command line options:

1. ------> go to ../steamapps/common/Max Payne/
----> find "maxpayne.exe"
---> right click on "maxpayne.exe"
--> click on "compatibility" pane (no pun intended ;])
-> look for the area that says "compatibility mode"
> Enable 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and set the option to either Windows 95 or Windows 98 in the drop down menu (find which one works for you).

2. ----> Go to: https://thirteenag.github.io/wfp#sec2
---> Select "Download" from the first widget box. This is for Max Payne 1. The second widget box is for MP2.
--> Follow the instructions from the website and extract the contents of the zip into the root Max Payne dir.
-> Launch the launcher -- the zip file we extracted in the previous step contains the Direct X 8 library necessary to play the game and scale the graphics to newer aspect ratios.
> Put in your 16:9 or 16:10 settings, upgrade the graphics options, etc. and press play!

3.-> Whenever you see a cutscene in game, or one of those comic-esque interludes pops up, press the "E" key. It will start the cutscene over but play it with sound this time.
> If this doesn't work, just google the sound fix.

K thanks.