Max Payne (1) Language files

Here you will find the available language files and install instructions for playing the game in an other language.

Introduction

Max Payne 1 Language Files Collected by Darkje

I've collected most languages files for the game, and made them available for downloading in the old spud forums[web.archive.org]. Since these are closed now, I decided to make a new guide here.

Instructions

How it works

To change the language of the game, 2 files are needed;
- x_(language).ras
- x_data.ras.

Install

- Install the game, from cd or from steam.
- Use Soundpatch if needed.
- In the game directory create a new folder and move both current language files there, as a back-up.
- Place the new language files in the main game directory.
- Done

Uninstall

- Remove both language files from the main directory and move the backups back, delete
the now empty backup folder.
- Done

Remarks

- changing language has to be the last step, so if you want to use the soundpatch afterward to restore to original, please manually undo the language change first. (you can still convert mods, without changing language back)
- your saves will still work after changing language.

Downloads

Official language files

- English: MP1-English-converted.rar (208.6 MB)[drive.google.com]
- French: MP1-French-converted.rar (177.1 MB)[drive.google.com]
- Italian: MP1-Italian-converted.rar (167.5 MB)[drive.google.com]
- Polish: MP1-Polish-converted.rar 207.7 MB[drive.google.com]
- Portuguese: MP1-Portuguese-converted.rar (228.1 MB)[drive.google.com]
- Russian: MP1-Russian-converted.rar (204.3 MB)[drive.google.com]
- Spanish: MP1-Spanish-converted.rar (155.5 MB)[drive.google.com]
* The files in here are already converted with the soundpatch.

Fan-made language files

A German user made mod was reported by MaxSchmerz, I added the file to my collection, just to make sure it's there in the future:
German (mod version): MaxPayne_DeutschPatch_v4.rar (171.1 MB)[drive.google.com]
German text only (mod version): MaxPayne_DeutschPatch_Text_v4.rar (37.6 MB)[drive.google.com]
* these work like a mod, place the mpm in your game directory and select the mod from the startup screen.

SuperContra6 came up with some more fanmade translations I prommised to add to the list (thanks man! I'll add them to my personal collection too):
- Japanese: MP1-Japanese-converted.rar (212.5 MB)[drive.google.com] - ported from Android version. Converted and patched.
- German: MP1-German-converted.rar (232.0 MB)[drive.google.com] - from 'MaxPayne_DeutschPatch_v4': sorted and packed in RAS-files.
- Czech: MP1-Czech-converted.rar (20.7 MB)[drive.google.com] - text only, unofficial.
- Slovenian: MP1-Slovenian-converted.rar (29.0 MB)[drive.google.com] - text only, unofficial.

- Turkish: Sizercopter pointed me to http://www.oyunceviri.com/turkceyamalarimiz/max-payne-1/ where a Turkish language text only mod can be downloaded. Of course I added this to my personal archive too and I'm awaiting their permission to offer you this download. For the time being you will have to get it from their site.

In the discussions below a couple of requests came up for existing languages but then text only while keeping the English narration. I personally made some mods for that, using the German text-only files as an example, extracting the files listed in there from the original language files. The resulting mpm can be used as a mod. The data directory ones are basically the same as the mod, but is unpacked with ras-maker, the use of that is you can stil play other mods.

- French text-only:
mod https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ekMEsmZLngXai8KCqRO2v-p_W_xhFAQ9/view?usp=sharing
or a data directory(use this if you want to be able to play other mods)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rPC7m4pV_Q8wIeqAbK3cXGUGwuERYYYl/view?usp=sharing

- Spanish text-only:
mod: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nLbmEGWpFwgCNttGk2t8mWujM9FxrhQO/view?usp=sharing
or a data directory(use this if you want to be able to play other mods)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rdomEFyom_GKp_qWDvfTUBGuNJO0uRLW/view?usp=sharing

Russian text, English narration Language Files
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original sound format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DvMSXNQZs2gsgjAWhvVoqZxRrB9nrya7/view?usp=sharing
converted sound format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MBzJcLkbU8dxfwsQtNI10lPsY6zMdAe-/view?usp=sharing

English narration mod file (works with any language, select the eng-nar mod in the launcher)
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original sound format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kUp-lxq6OQdoPUoOw2ecaChfQVq1icJg/view?usp=sharing
converted sound format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bNyAPEFB0gj2RlCyMOQFBBoi1yA7uWfT/view?usp=sharing

* please be aware the original sound format might not work without a directsound wrapper or conversion with the soundpatch.

Note

If you find any new language file or the very rare unreleased German official one, please PM me, I'm interested ...

Where you looking for the language files of Max Payne 2? Here you go:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=945494528

Copyright and credits

Some files included and names used are © but in here for ease of use or readability, I hope to satisfy their respective owners by mentioning:
Max Payne and the original language files © 3dRealms/Remedy at http://www.3drealms.com/ and http://www.remedygames.com/
I'm not sure but I might have to mention Rockstar too, since they are the franchise holders nowadays, so here I go: http://www.rockstargames.com/
Steam © Valve Corporation at http://www.valvesoftware.com
For the fan-made and original language files: thanks to everyone that made them and the people that send them to me to complete the collection.

Thanks Ripch for the original idea and his work on the French version.

[darkje]

what is it you are trying to do?

[Z0CKZ7]

salut, cela ne fonctionne pas help

[sfvn.]

Hello bro, thanks for the tutorial you are the goat 💪🏻

[darkje]

Yupoman: anyway, here are the original Spanish (unconverted) files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xZriMZcTwSBZcUXFrJrYXK-5uAY6mtOW/view?usp=sharing

[darkje]

Yupoman: Yes I have them of course. There is not much difference, since the source files are only 8bit. Also it's better to use dsoal directly without converting if that's what you want, they fixed dsoal after some tests where done with this beta version of the converter (I didn't make and is just a small adaption using a newer version of sox and a 1 line change in the conversion parameter settings). But if you insist I can upload them somewhere for you. Read about the dsoal fix here: https://github.com/kcat/dsoal/issues/23 and the fixed dsoal download is here: https://github.com/kcat/dsoal/files/8025279/dsoal_07-02-2022.zip

[Yupoman]

Does anyone have the original files in Spanish? I can't find them anywhere and I'd like to try this patch that converts the audio to 16 bits instead of 8
(https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/508-max-payne-sound-fix/)

[MURZAL43]

Thx for communicating with me - I've added u to friend list - we can continue communicate there

[darkje]

The way to do this is to unpack both language files and copy the sound files over from for example Japanese to the English one, and then repack it. For this you need to work with the rasmaker tool from a commandline. You can repack either the entire .ras file or make it a mod by just packing the changed files to a .mpm file you can select from the launcher in the dropdown list. Rasmaker is a tool that came with the original Max Payne CD release, but I also have it on my google drive in case you don't have access to the CD. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YQCJOwPmLhqsRpCkUEncgzKf-XYowzcN/view?usp=drive_link . If you need further info it's probably I good idea to friend me so we can chat instead of communicating via comment, to shorten the process.

[MURZAL43]

Anyway - got it to work.. but I need a bit help still.. or maybe an advice - I got the game to run on japanese and bring myself two mods that are adding polish and.. polish-russian translation cause I wanted to check them. The thing is.. the game has japanese voice and english text in menu but comic cutscenes are still in japanese.. is there any way to make a mod or to add just a japanese voice lines without japanese text on comic panels? I tried to do it but no luck and I heard that someone make a mod here that adds french text only and it leaves original english dub. So maybe there's a way to make a mod that adds only voices in japanese and leaves the text in english or other language u desire.

[darkje]

what is it you are trying to do?