Max payne 3 worked fine until chapter 7 now it crashes always elp?

[The Nothing Man]

Hello all

Firstly sigh

Ok so the game worked just fine on win 10 up until chapter 7
I got one crash stopped working exe thing
from now on no matter what I do the game doesnt respond in chapter 7
sometimes I can get to a next checkpoint.. then poof
but not enough to play again

anyone know why this happened or how to mend it so I can play?
ive reinstalled and verified, ran all the old redists and dx
run as admin in compat with 7 (compat didnt work) admin did
tried dx 9 10 10.1 and 11
all options lowest or off just in case..
nope.. nothing help

Please help danke!

[ovd_masterkey]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1846028991

[The Nothing Man]

this isnt a fix nor does it mend the issues of the crashing
esp on joes dlc
these are indeed memory faults also asking to run this port at anything over 60 fps is idiotic, as the cap was 60 and anything higher is lost.

all that aside, win 10 + this games terrible coding causes the saves to corrupt, this has nothing to do with solving all the "problems" as you have listed.
gfx settings have zero zero to do with anything in this case.

I ty for your post but I have removed and ignored the game forever due to this.

but just a note again
your link/guide doesnt apply to the save corruption that exists due to failed permissions and win 10 + terrible port coding.
wish someone would fix this but since they never will no one on our side can

lemme know what you think

[ovd_masterkey]

The game is only optimized and stable with DX9, but it starts automatically with DX11 , so that some don't even make it into the menu to select ingame DX9, because of CRASH!!

DX9 works best and if you have problems while playing, the first reaction is always: go to DX9!

With DX9 : 130 - 180 FPS! (2560x1440 DSR, VSync off, FXAA on or off, I prefer off)

With DX11 : 54 - 69 FPS! (1920x1080, VSync off, FXAA off, all other DX11 Features max)

VSync off for FPS measurement only.

There is no 60 Hz lock, not in the PC version, but I mostly play with Adaptive VSync because of less tearing and the fact that low latency = "Ultra" works better with VSync = "on".

For the best game result you need both the command line parameters and the graphics card game profile.
See chapters A and B in the Guide.

....if you have problems while playing, the first reaction is always: go to DX9 with my commandline parameters and the graphics card game profile from the Guide.

....then you have a maximum bug-free and perfect basis for more testing.

[The Nothing Man]

why does anyone want to force a console port that was capped at 50 fps to be 130-180 fps
I dont need this

I know there isnt a lock on the pc version sheesh
im saying dont go over that , the devs never tested the game for pc as such

i want max 58.8 fps
max..
this helps with the input lag
and again forcing the vsync ON in inspector but off in game, which do you think the game listens too? the game settings or inspector ? LOL

Hugs
but again my issues dont exist as yours
I would never try to run an older game in insane fps ultrawide etc
max payne = just another show that rockstar doesnt care about pc consumers and hasnt since oh,, san diego era

[ovd_masterkey]

Sorry but I always only understand parts of your statements, but it doesn't have to be your fault, LOL.
I've been negotiating with rockstar for a long time, but under no circumstances will they hire any programmer to improve even the tiniest little thing.
I've only found that the Dx9 runs worlds better than all other Dx versions and if the Dx9 works with 130-180 FPS, then it is also smoother with "locked" 60 FPS over Adaptive VSync at 60Hz Displayrefresh.
When using NVIDIA Low Lag (AMD Anti Lag) at the same time with Adaptive VSync, there is almost no input lag.

[The Nothing Man]

ahh I see nice
yea as per rockstar, back in the old day, around vice city era, you could call them up and chat literally talking to them.
Sad really where they have gone from there. as they had heart and its loong lost.

Same with valve when I first started here, you could CALL valve and talk to real people
even got the ceo once. It was great,. just sucks when companies get so big they tend to lose their souls.

[ovd_masterkey]

Ok, that's a bit true, but I can understand that you are somehow subordinate to economic efficiency and therefore also rationalized.

At Valve you still have the best range of functions and as far as possible freedom of expression, if this is not restricted by other players, in the forum where you can make suggestions to Valve you never get feedback whether Steam likes the idea or not, but there is always that like idiots who sabotage every idea and find everything bad, only out of a negative greed for validity......

[The Nothing Man]

very well worded
I concur wholeheartedly

[Talay3]

i have the same problem, did you solve it ?

[ovd_masterkey]

Originally posted by Talay3:

i have the same problem, did you solve it ?

Did you test DX9?

[The Nothing Man]

if you have win 11+
good luck playing older games
sad

[ovd_masterkey]

Originally posted by The Nothing Man:

if you have win 11+
good luck playing older games
sad

This is not a Problem of Win11 this was always a Problam under all OS.

Did you test DX9?

[StupidNameHere]

Originally posted by ovd_masterkey:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1846028991

i thought this was a guide to disable the drunk effects and i was so excited.

[The Nothing Man]

that link is bad
this game should never be ran at that high of fps
thats the issue
59.97fps lock
and its all good

[ovd_masterkey]

Originally posted by The Nothing Man:

that link is bad
this game should never be ran at that high of fps
thats the issue
59.97fps lock
and its all good

No.

The FPS is not the main point of the Guide. LOL.

It would help to read.

"How to RUN "Max Payne 3" without Error"