EASY SOLUTION to get Max Payne 2 running on a modern PC!

This will guide you through the steps to make Max Payne 2 run on newer PC's.

5 Easy Steps

1) Download ReShade 0.19.2 Public Beta (UPDATED LINK)

http://www._________.com/file/5dk9p03ibglgago/ReShade+1.1.0+with+SweetFX+2.0.7z

Put "mediafire" where the missing part of the url is (in between both periods). For some reason Steam removes the media fire link.

2) Extract the file you just downloaded and then run the "ReShade Setup.exe".

3) Click on "Select Game" and then choose the "maxpayne2.exe".

4) It won't be able to Auto-Detect the DirectX version so manually select the "Direct3D8".

5) Now click "Run MaxPayne 2 Application" and it should work! It might give you an error the first time you try to run it. That just means you need to launch it directly from Steam and it will work.

You can now run Max Payne 2 from Steam whenever you like!

This works for both Max Payne 1 and 2.

Here's a video for the people that want to see exactly how to do it.

OPTIONAL - Graphics Mods and "SweetFX 2.0 (Running on ReShade)"

If you want you can you can use SweetFX that comes with ReShade for Max Payne 2. This was never possible before ReShade existed. I've been using SweetFX with a couple mods for Max Payne 2 and it's actually a pretty great improvement graphically.

Here's a link to some comparison screenshots of the before and after with SweetFX/Mods: http://imgur.com/a/cHKx5#0

This video will guide you through the steps to make your game look like those screenshots:

[Good Googly Moogly]

does doing this allow me to run the EOS mod?

[Guest Raptor]

just give me the d3d8 dll not this reshade garbage

[Sheik Yerbouti]

You can just download d3d8 to 9 from github, saves you from the junk reshade downloads.

[TheFreeman]

Please update the link again, it seems not to work.

[Nrasch0402]

noise

[ToasterRoast]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. This worked on Windows 11 for me, was such a relief after trying every ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fix out there.

[JustLada]

On Linux Max run without problem. :)

[Benita]

Korsandada işe yarıyor teşekkürler

[Madalin]

"Exception in engineInit:Unable to load save game "games\steamapps\common\Max". File does not exist or it is not a valid savegame file."How do i fix it?

[P3ngw1ng]

This allowed me to start the game, but now the frame stutters whenever I move my mouse, and the game freezes for a solid 5 seconds everytime I quicksave or pause. Does anyone know a way to fix these things?