Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

167 ratings
Max Payne 2: The "Real" Fall of Max Payne⁣⁣ Enhanced Edition mod
By R1p0
This mod will evolve your Max Payne 2 experience to a whole new level, one step closer to its successor Max Payne 3. The aim of this mod is to combine some of the best features of Max Payne 3 with the unique style and feeling of Max Payne 2. With new models, weapons, animations, graphic effects, sounds, particles, and so on this mod will improve your good old Max Payne 2 to make it shine again in the next generation gaming.
2
3
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
               
       
       If you find this guide helpful please like and share with your friends.
⁣Installation guide:


- To install the Payne Evolution mod with the included MP2 Widescreen Fix by ThirteenAG
simply unpack all the content of this archive to your Max Payne 2 folder, all the extracted files
and folders should go in the same folder of your MaxPayne2.exe.


            

- To install only the Payne Evolution mod unpack the files "Payne Evolution.mp2m" and "MPE_Levels.ras" and "MOD_Music.ras" to your Max Payne 2 folder so that they are
in the same folder of your MaxPayne2.exe.


            

- To play the mod simply select it from the "Choose Customized Game" dropdown menu at the bottom of the launcher window and choose "Payne Evolution" .


            
NB:


- If the widescreen fix doesn't work try replacing the file "mp2_widescreen_fix.asi" in the folder "scripts" with the alternative file "mp2_widescreen_fix.asi" from the folder called Alternative
( a backup of the original file is included in the folder called Original ).


            

Be aware that for some unknown reason this fix doesn't work for everyone, there's a small chance that it will not work on your pc, sadly there's nothing I can do if none of the mentioned .asi scripts works, sorry.
⁣Important:


- It's mandatory to keep enabled the BulletTime Fix checkbox to have proper BulletTime behaviour. ( ingame )
- Savegames made with the original game or other mods are NOT supported, only savegames made with this mod will not cause bugs.
- Cheats are NOT supported too, they aren't disabled though, anyway using them can cause bugs so use them at your own risk.
- In this mod some button functions have been changed so your controls layout could be outdated, please check the Controls in the Options menu and remap the new actions to your preferred keys before starting to play the mod.
⁣Enhanced Edition Features List:


- Automatic ammo collection. (weapon "teleporting" on first touch is expected and unsolvable)
- Replacing a weapon now drops the old one. (all ammo still disappear, but now one single mag stays)
- New weapons sound system. (whole different BT specific sounds for both player and enemies)
- Implemented Last Stand also in the two levels where it wasn't working. (Upper East Side and Ending Manor)
- Replaced the Chow Yun Fat skin with John Wick skin. (thanks AndersenTheMuss!)
- Implemented shootdodge slowmotion canceling. (just press the bullettime button again, exactly like in MP3)
- More last stand surviving speech. (with proper subtitles obviously)
- Improved Fal/ColtCommando muzzleflash. (closer to the MP3 one)
- Replaced Max's jump sound with hopefully better sounds. (still from MP3 like the old ones)
- Ported Marty's bar radio musics. (Vinnie have it playing in his parking lot where you escort him)
- Now cough sounds plays along with the cough anim. (when near a big fire like in Condemned Building B)
- Improved whirl reload effects. (BulletTime reload feels more like in MP3 now)
- Fixed cinematics audio shots. (Max's apartment intro have MP3 sniper sound, last level intro have hammer cocking sound, etc)
- New piano play sound. (enemy now plays a real recorded custom piano version of MP theme played by a fan)
- Improved shootdodge background noise. (falling/slowingdown sound effect like in MP3)
- New mpk first person overlay. (I still prefer the old one, but a lot of people complained so...)
- Tweaked bullets speed and BulletTime values to improve gameplay. (even cooler slomotions action now)
- Countless of fixes to audio, textures, models, subtitles and so on...
- Hud hidden when unneeded. (now screeen is completely clear in exploration part of levels)
- Replaced original MP2 musics with appropriate MP3 musics.
- Added LOD and Framerate Smoothness sliders to video options menu.

CHECK THE INCLUDED README FOR THE COMPLETE FEATURES LIST
⁣Video Memory Error Fix:


According to the Original Max Payne 2 Readme if you have a "video memory error"
just write -developer and -disable3dpreloads in the Target section of the shortcut
proprieties. It must look exactly like this:

"C or D\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 2\MaxPayne2.exe"
-developer -disable3dpreloads


           

Screenshots:


           Screenshots taken during the gameplay, enjoy!

⁣Credits:


I say thanks to the authors of the merged mods ClemCorwin and MK Productions,
complete and original credits of every single mod.
Thanks to awesome modders AndersenTheMuss, VGames, CockyBoi, OrnBine.
Special thanks also to DrDean and ALT_OhDude.
The famous Neo signature lobby takedown source is by zzGertzz.
Thanks to ThirteenAG for the MP2 Widescreen Fix!

The_Silver ( uploader etc )
DrDean (countless material, rigs, anims etc)
ALT_OhDude (rotating bullets anims, weapon anims etc)
AndersenTheMuss (club moderno dmw map finalization, neo model etc)
JakSparro98 (club moderno dmw map optimization etc)
VGames (various help from long time)
CockyBoi (various help from long time)
OrnBine (various help from long time)
Vizard (official trailer)
SmOoVe_PL (fan trailer)
Wiktoruspro (unfinished disco/club moderno map)
ScorpianUK (roscoe street station dmw map)
Jokke_r (lobby shootout dmw map)
Luther and his team (ny hotel and bare island dmw maps)
ClemCorwin and his team (merged mods)
MK Productions team (merged mods)
ThirteenAG (MP2 Widescreen Fix)
Remedy (for the masterpieces Max Payne 1 & 2)
Rockstar Games (for Max Payne 3)
⁣Note:


- I dont own or charge for this mod, I just want to say thanks to these guys who made this mod posible, and make Max Payne 2 playable and enjoyable again!!! Thank you!





Thank you for reading!

- ᴿⁱᵖᵖᵉʳⁱⁿᵒ
               
               
               
66 Comments
Tex [SRB] 21 Jun @ 8:55am 
Hi,
Looks great, but I have a two vertical lines are slightly separated by a darkened screen.
Any chance to fix that?
сигма гой 10 Jan @ 5:58am 
I want the classic max payne character but everything else to remain, how do I get rid off max payne new character [2]
Maikol 10 Feb, 2024 @ 11:31am 
I want the classic max payne character but everything else to remain, how do I get rid off max payne new character
Pablithough 30 Dec, 2023 @ 9:01am 
game doesn't launch after installation why? :steamsad:
Darth Baguette 6 Sep, 2023 @ 7:10pm 
Is there no grenades? Or i just didnt find any
G3R-GO!㉦✠ 4 Feb, 2023 @ 4:24am 
Hello! I don't like the small window at the indito where I can choose to start the game in my own language. Can someone help me?
R1p0  [author] 30 Jul, 2022 @ 10:53am 
@Gunnerman Bill: Sorry to hear that brother, but I did not get any of yours crashes/glitches you mentioned!
Gunnerman Bill 30 Jul, 2022 @ 10:47am 
Sorry man but this is an awful set of mods to have showcased as the definitive way to play the game. I played up to the end of Chapter 1 with this guide's fixes enabled and encountered an unacceptable amount of problems that were solely influenced by what's shown here.

The weapon wheel stuff is god awful and constantly glitches, putting multiple weapons into the same slot (this mod caps you at 3 guns) and making it difficult to select things. The comic cut scenes shake from left to right. The game runs out of memory and crashes. There is a 3 save per level limit.
This is not the way anyone should play this game the first time. It's a completely different experience, in some ways better (bullet time controls) in most ways worse (bugs, out of place changes).

I will take some time later to put together a guide with different fixes that better preserve and stabilize the original game.
R1p0  [author] 18 Jun, 2022 @ 8:54am 
@DontTouchHoneyBun I don't rly know bro, played it like a long time ago... but yet never had an issues like this before, maybe someone from "comment section" can help you out with this one...
DontTouchHoneyBun 18 Jun, 2022 @ 8:08am 
@Ripperino How do I change the size of the cutscene screen? If I fiddled with that, maybe I might get it fixed but it is a bother to my eyes when I look at it.