I got my sound working on both Max Payne 1 and 2:)

[Cyber Nyran]

I deleted all the dsound.dll files in the max payne 1 and 2 folders and now all sound works :)

The dsound.dll files are for Creative AL enhanced EAX sound. Delete them and you should have sound :)

I didnt even need any patches.

I have WIndows 8 64bit.

If you are that worried about it, delete them to recycle bin and then restore them if it doesnt work. It worked for me.

I stil had to use compatability Windows 98 of course.

You may not have these files however.

[The Denton Project]

Hi,

I'm am really ill-versed in computing and technology.

So what your saying is that if i have these files just delete them (For MP 1), and the sound will work?

2) how does one use compatability mode for Steam games? I have literally looked and don't know how to possibly do it!

Any help would be greatly appreaciated!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!

[Cyber Nyran]

goto STEAM/STEAMAPPS/COMMON folder. right click on the maxpayne .exe (its the application for your game to run it) then properties and compatability and change it to windows 98/me.

rename Max payne 1 and max payne 2 FOLDERS to maxpayne and maxpayne2 (basically get rid of the spaces in the title) and delete dsound.dll files IF they are there. Otherwise you will have to install the max payne patch to get sound, if all else fails. Even if you do install the max payne patch MAXBATCH (GOOGLE Max payne 1 sound patch), delete the dsound.dll files anyway, its a conflict with Windows 8 and EAX from Creative. Windows 8 doesnt use the old sound files anymore.

[The Denton Project]

Thanks, will this work on Win 7 x64 bit?

[Cyber Nyran]

Originally posted by The Denton Project:

Thanks, will this work on Win 7 x64 bit?

it should work on any OS. including 8.

[The Denton Project]

Thank You very much for this information!

Unfortunately my Max Payne files do not contain the aforementioned files :(

[MrEWhite]

My game works fine with EAX on and everything
meh