graphic issues, smoke appears black

[Boredome]

the game works on my macbookpro13 2012, but the smoke doesn't appear on screen, instead does black patterns/squares that are covering my visual, how can i fix this? got graphic set to minimum in the game

[imthebilliejoe]

same problem here!

[Boredome]

Originally posted by imthebilliejoe:

same problem here!

I tried to fix this by typing "-dx9" into the library/max payne/properties/start options string on steam, apparently it works

[imthebilliejoe]

Originally posted by Errata DNB:

Originally posted by imthebilliejoe:

same problem here!

I tried to fix this by typing "-dx9" into the library/max payne/properties/start options string on steam, apparently it works

i tried it but it still does not fix the problem, still black boxes for me. HELP any other ideas?

[Boredome]

i noticed it appears further in the game to me, but try to play it, it is not really nice to see but you can still play it

[Goryeo]

Bump, same stuff for me. Also windows are plain white and there are some weird lightning glitches with big circles appearing on the ground.

Thanks Rockstar for providing such a shietty port.

[Major Konkelbär]

I see the problem macbook ;). No but you could try this fix that i found by google - Go to the Max Payne folder in your documents folder. Find the graphics xml file and place a 0 in the DirectX line. This will change the Directx to 9 instead of 11. For some reason DirectX 11,10,10.1 all run terribly slowly with lots of jitters and huge loading times for levels. Also set your resolution and other settings to whatever you want. All thanks goes to whitedragon101.

[Stu Brown]

Originally posted by meisterkoff:

I see the problem macbook ;). No but you could try this fix that i found by google - Go to the Max Payne folder in your documents folder. Find the graphics xml file and place a 0 in the DirectX line. This will change the Directx to 9 instead of 11. For some reason DirectX 11,10,10.1 all run terribly slowly with lots of jitters and huge loading times for levels. Also set your resolution and other settings to whatever you want. All thanks goes to whitedragon101.

Can you provide a link to the instructions - not quite sure what you mean i'm having this exact problem - thanks

[Major Konkelbär]

Here is the link :) http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1378934

[Stu Brown]

Thank you mate, but don't suppose you could tell me where i can find this xml graphics file that i need to amend? I can't find it anywhere and searching for 'directx' in the finder window isn't returning anything. Really appreciate your help on this.

[Major Konkelbär]

For me the graphics XML file is located (C:\Users\user\Documents\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 3) Im using Windows 7 thou :). To change the file open it with for example notepad and change <DirectXVersion value="3"/> to <DirectXVersion value="0"/>. Close and save :)

[Stu Brown]

ah ok, i'm on OS X - those kind of files aren't editable or findable i don't think (although i can't think why that would be the case). My Max Payne game is found in the steam folder but it's just the application, no apparent supporting files. Thanks for your help anyway - much appreciated.

[Major Konkelbär]

My max payne is installed on my second harddrive (D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Max Payne 3). The file isnt where you installed the game, but at the dokuments. Try looking trough your dokuments after a folder namned Rockstar Games. Dont know much about mac, sorry :/

[Stu Brown]

you're a gent for trying to help - i'll keep at it and let anyone know if i find it

[Stu Brown]

oh wow - after all that - i finally located the file - opened it up and the line already has the value i was looking to change it to... that's bummed me out :(

[Stu Brown]

meisterkoff - don't suppose you'd suggest changing anything of the following?

<Resolution value="9"/>
<Width value="1600"/>
<Height value="900"/>
<RefreshRate value="60"/>
<Fullscreen value="1"/>
<TextureQuality value="1"/>
<AnisotropicQuality value="1"/>
<Vsync value="1"/>
<SSAO value="0"/>
<ShadowQuality value="2"/>
<ReflectionQuality value="2"/>
<WaterQuality value="0"/>
<FXAA value="2"/>
<Tessellation value="0"/>
<HighQualityShaders value="1"/>
<DirectXVersion value="0"/>
<MSAA value="1"/>