Overview
This guide is for all of those who are not able to start the game up.
Intro & my PC Specs
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
The error that I was getting
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.
Fix
Step 1 : Download the game via Steam.
Step 2 : Go to the game directory (e.g. “C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon”).
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 “SteamAppsCommonMax Payne 2 The Fall of Max Payne ” to “SteamAppsCommonMaxPayne2TheFallofMaxPayne”
And it should look like this :
Step 5 : Now close your Steam.
Step 6 : After you do that, edit the appmanifest file with WordPad
(..SteamAppsappmanifest_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!
Fix for Max Payne 1
Solution for Max Payne 1 is exactly the same but there is an issue with some of the resolutions.
Ending
Well guys this is the end of this guide I hope it helped, have fun 😀
PD: Sorry for the bad English it’s not my native language 🙂
EDIT 1
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.
EDIT 2, thanks to Pa42mon for the link
If the gamepaths are not working , check this guide to see if this helps
[link]
EDIT 3 Thanks to Hunt3rSouls
If putting “MaxPayne2TheFallofMaxPayne” doesn’t work for you, try putting “MaxPayne2”.
EDIT 4 Thanks to An and bingbean
Somehow, if the game starts downloading again when you execute it, try running it from “TESTAPP.EXE”