Hello guys, here is an easy guide on how to fix Max Payne 2. I tried a few of the fixes available on the Internet but none of those worked. So after a little research and work I found a very easy way to fix this game.

O.S: Windows 10 Pro 64 bits
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB
CPU: AMD FX 6300 BLACK EDITION
RAM: 8GB DDR3

I tried to open up the game and Steam said that I was playing but the game launcher wasn't popping up so I had to close down the game with Task Manager.

Step 1 : Download the game via Steam.

Step 2 : Go to the game directory (e.g. “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common”).

Step 3 : Right click the "maxpayne2.exe" then go to Properties/Compatibility tab/select Run this program in Compatibility mode for: choose "Windows 98 / Windows ME" and then go to "Privilege Level" and enable "Run this program as an administrator" then click apply and OK.



Step 4 : Now remove the spaces from the game folder's name, (e.g. change "SteamApps\Common\Max Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne " to "SteamApps\Common\MaxPayne2TheFallofMaxPayne"

And it should look like this :



Step 5 : Now close your Steam.

Step 6 : After you do that, edit the appmanifest file with WordPad
(..\SteamApps\appmanifest_12150.acf) and change the text after "installdir" to the name of your Max Payne 2 folder ( "MaxPayne2TheFallofMaxPayne" ) and save it.

And it should look like this :



Step 7 : Open your Steam and have fun!

Solution for Max Payne 1 is exactly the same but there is an issue with some of the resolutions.

Well guys this is the end of this guide I hope it helped, have fun :D

PD: Sorry for the bad English it's not my native language :)

For the people that are getting this error message "Exception in engineInit:Unable to load save game "Files". File does not exist or it is not a valid savegame file."

Go to your Steam Library, right-click on the game and click on "Set Launch Options" and add
"-developer", click OK and try to open up the game again.

If the gamepaths are not working , check this guide to see if this helps
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/838-max-payne-series-startup-hang-patch/

If putting "MaxPayne2TheFallofMaxPayne" doesn't work for you, try putting "MaxPayne2".

Somehow, if the game starts downloading again when you execute it, try running it from "TESTAPP.EXE"

If none of the steps above work or if you're getting dx9 error. Download this .dll and paste it on your game data folder

Download Link: https://github.com/crosire/d3d8to9/releases