#MAX PAYNE 2 WINDOWS 10 HOW TO#
#MAX PAYNE 2 WINDOWS 10 ARCHIVE#

I remember watching long time ago the tutorial that demonstrated how to make Notepad show a message box before it starts.

You do find miscellaneous tutorials about certain tasks, but you're mostly on your own I think. Patching games that don't come with source code is a very specific kind of programming, or more like re-programming and needs the one to get familiar with x86 assembly language and studying disassembled code using tools like OllyDbg. You just somehow put the pieces together. You're all very welcome! There aren't any specific tutorials. To install, simply extract contents of each game's folder into your own, overwriting original files. If you have Steam version of games, you should already have latest versions, otherwise, they must be updated with appropriate official patches before applying this patch.

#MAX PAYNE 2 WINDOWS 10 ARCHIVE#

Starting the game with affinity set to single core also isn't required anymore and will only serve to slow the game down a little.įiles in this archive are intended to use with latest version of games, which are:

No compatibility modes should be applied to game executables, as they usually create more problems than they solve. The patch will solve above mentioned issues and possibly other problems that might be related to Direct3D initialization inside DllMain by delaying actual initialization to the point when execution flow returns from LoadLibrary API, therefore preventing any sort of lockup that would occur otherwise. Additionally, it is impossible to run the game through dgVoodoo Direct3D 8 to 11 wrapper, because Direct3D 11 runtime refuses to initialize from DllMain to prevent lockups. This patch is intended to solve issues related to game engine initializing Direct3D inside DllMain, which most notably causes the game to hang during startup with certain combinations of graphics hardware and drivers. I'll probably upload the patch to PC Gaming Wiki as well. I've recently assembled a brand new patch for classic Max Payne games, solving one of the biggest technical issues with those games, in some cases preventing them from starting-up on modern systems without hacky workarounds like starting the game with affinity set to single core or worse, running them in compatibility modes.

Max payne 2 windows 10