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MAX PAYNE In WinXP

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aakash Original post #1
Aug 8, 2004 at 9:06 PM
Hi i have maxpayne 1 and it does not work in winxp SP1. I have tried the compatibility mode. The menu of the game appears but while loading the game crashes. It is written in the readme file that WinXP is not recommended. but i have no other OS and i want to play the game. HELP ME
NikhilVerma
NikhilVerma #2
Aug 8, 2004 at 9:26 PM
The game only works on PC's having Hardware TnL so if you have an inbuild graphics card ..
It won't work
That's what i think..
sushir
sushir #3
Aug 8, 2004 at 9:48 PM
no no no...
the game runs fine on on board graphix...
what yur problem is that u have the pirated version...
its a ripped version so wont run on win XP at all...
upgrade ;-) (lol) to win98 for max pain ... payne i mean !
NikhilVerma
NikhilVerma #4
Aug 8, 2004 at 10:03 PM
well it didn't run on my borther's 32MB intel Extreme graphics card...
sushir
sushir #5
Aug 8, 2004 at 10:20 PM
ran on mine ...
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Jatin_T #6
Aug 8, 2004 at 11:27 PM
Ran on my Earlier S3 onborad gfx card too!
And i got pirated too!! :)
techno_funky
techno_funky #7
Aug 9, 2004 at 1:40 AM
nikhil EVEN MAX PAYNE 2 worked on my friends INTEL EXTREME PC
although it was a 62mb one

hmmm abt he game get the patches for the game
from *www.maxpayneheadquarters.com/
if urs is a legal copy then go ahead dload the patches if not a legal copy
soory ask the pirater abt it
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girish_b #8
Aug 9, 2004 at 2:37 PM
wanna hear this??????
MAX PAYNE 1&2 worked very well on one of my pc , check the config.

amd athlon 2000+
azuz motherboard with onboard nvidia 3mb graphics support
256mb ram
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It_is_Andrew #9
Aug 9, 2004 at 5:31 PM
Max payne 1 works fine on my 32 mb shared onboard graphics & on WINXP SP1.!!!
NikhilVerma
NikhilVerma #10
Aug 10, 2004 at 11:56 AM
This means by bro's pc has some probs
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sUlPhUr|nE` #11
Aug 10, 2004 at 11:45 PM
Works perfectly

Works perfectly in mine. I've played Max Payne 1 in Win98, WinXP & WinXP SP1. Played Max Payne 2 in WinXP SP1, WinXP SP2 Beta1 & RC2.
Works beautifully.

May be there is some problems in ur graphics card. Check it out.
There is no problem with windows.
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #12
Aug 11, 2004 at 12:44 PM
Max Payne works perfectly on Windows XP and onboard gfx (mine is Intel 810e 32MB). Maybe ur installation is corrupted. Try reinstalling. Also install the latest patches.
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aakash #13
Aug 12, 2004 at 2:40 PM
then why does the demo version works on my pc. Also the full version did not work on my friends laptop which had winxp installed in it. on his laptop the demo version is running
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manmay #14
Aug 13, 2004 at 5:36 PM
hey i got the same prob guys...
i tried to run the game in xp till menu it was ok
but during the loading the game it crashes and returns back to win.
i tried the same game on win me it ran perfectly.
ne1 got something to say abt this....
PL SUGGEST SOMETHING

P.S. DEMO RUNS GOOD IN XP
Kl@w-24
Kl@w-24 #15
Aug 13, 2004 at 5:38 PM
That's 'coz the demo version is probably pre-patched. U will need to patch the game to the latest version (1.6 when I last visited their site).
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TeChSaviE #16
Aug 17, 2004 at 2:08 AM
MaX Payne 1

Hey Guys it works fine on my Windows Xp with on board graphic card SiS 650
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prathapml #17
Aug 18, 2004 at 2:30 AM
MaxPayne works fine on any graphics chip with 512 KB or more of VRAM. No need for HW TnL.

It works on any OS with any apps installed. You might like to check if you have the latest drivers/Service-Pack/update installed. But no-CD cracks for games are known to cause problems like this...... :p