Crashing on start up

[Slugatron]

i've tried a million times now, reinstalled my drivers, reinstalled the game, adjusted all kind's of stuff tried every solution I can manage and can find but it won;t work. When I start it my screen keeps flashing black and then back to the game over and over. also the game doesn't start in full screen. Anybody that has this or can help?

[Yogurdechorizo]

Same here. No idea how it can be fixed

[GiraffeCat]

mine was working but i was cleaning some of my documents and there was something piontless well at least i thought it was it had max paynme three i looked inside it didnt look important so i deleted it and then when i tried to start the game it flashes then says maxd payne 3 has stoped working so i unistalled the game and then redownloaded it witch pissed me off cause its 30gb
and it takes 2 days to download cause i have slow internet so then i reinstaled it and says the same thing

[BIGCAKEASSAULTFAN6000]

Verify your game cache, should work.

[Yogurdechorizo]

Already done and reinstalling again still dont make it works

The extrange thing is that the 1st time it launched with no problems.

[GiraffeCat]

i restarted my comp and for some reason thjat fixed it but thanks anyways

[Slugatron]

Also already did the game cache thingy, as i said i tried everything, restrating also doesn't work :P

[GiraffeCat]

did u delete any of ur documents like i did? thats what messed muine up

[Slugatron]

Nope mayb the first time, but have reinstalled twice now. On a 30gb game that's a pain hehe

[GiraffeCat]

same here i did it not knowing i had to but reinstalling it on mine didnt bring bakc those files i had to get them off the internet in ur documents there should be a folder names max payne 3 user files

[GiraffeCat]

i just biult my whole comp last month

[zyl]

navigate to this location
Documents - Rockstar Games - Max Payne 3 - Open Graphics.xml with notepad or editor
Change this line "DirectXVersion value" and try out untill it works :

0 will be DX 9
1 DX 10
2 DX 10.1
3 DX 11

This one worked for me
<DirectXVersion value="0"/>

Also change the line
<Fullscreen value="0"/> to 1 if you want Fullscreen.

Let me know if this helped you.

[Slugatron]

Originally posted by **ICH BIN DER BABO 98 **:

navigate to this location
Documents - Rockstar Games - Max Payne 3 - Open Graphics.xml with notepad or editor
Change this line "DirectXVersion value" and try out untill it works :

0 will be DX 9
1 DX 10
2 DX 10.1
3 DX 11

This one worked for me
<DirectXVersion value="0"/>

Also change the line
<Fullscreen value="0"/> to 1 if you want Fullscreen.

Let me know if this helped you.

This actually helped yes, changed it to: 2 for DX 10.1. now it's working flawlessly so far.
Dmn, how come this isn't anywhere on the net. Thanks man :D

[BIGCAKEASSAULTFAN6000]

Originally posted by Erniieduud:

This actually helped yes, changed it to: 2 for DX 10.1. now it's working flawlessly so far.
Dmn, how come this isn't anywhere on the net. Thanks man :D

There are like dozens of solutions to this game's crashes and each work for different people... Maybe we should get a thread with all of them.

[Slugatron]

On the steam site are all of them except this one.
This is the answer i got back when I sent an email to Steam about the crashes.

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

If you are currently running Vista or Windows 7, please complete the instructions in the following link:

Title: Windows 7 and Vista Troubleshooting
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5688-IFHZ-2170

If you are running in Windows XP, take the following steps:
1) Exit Steam.
2) Go to the "Start" menu, select "Run", type "regedit" and click "OK".
3) Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\VALVE
4) Right click and select "Permissions"
5) Check the "Allow" boxes for "Admin" and "System" for both "Full control" and "Read".

The remaining steps apply to *all* versions of Windows.

Please also verify the GCF for this game as outlined here:

Title: Verifying Game Cache Files (GCF)
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335

Note: Files may fail to verify. This is normal and can be ignored.

Then test the issue.

If you still have difficulty, you may also need to manually run secondary installers required by this game.

Exit Steam entirely.

Browse to your Max Payne 3 installation folder (Usually C:\Program files\Steam\Steamapps\common\max payne 3\)

Run the following installers:

...\Steamapps\common\max payne 3\MP3_Installers\DirectX\dxsetup.exe
...\Steamapps\common\max payne 3\MP3_Installers\vcredist_x86.exe
...\Steamapps\common\max payne 3\MP3_Installers\Social Club Setup.exe


Reboot your computer and test the issue again.

If the issues persist, please complete these guides:

Title: This game is currently unavailable
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=4595-WEXN-6831

Title: Games do not run after 'Preparing to Launch'
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6218-USFX-5568

Further support for this title is handled by a third party support department - please follow the instructions below to contact the support provider to troubleshoot this issue:

Title: Max Payne 3
Link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7444-ERUO-0002

All that could fix it

[ᵯ® ᵰΐ©Ќ (NICK)]

Originally posted by Erniieduud:

Also already did the game cache thingy, as i said i tried everything, restrating also doesn't work :P

same here