Max Payne 2 not working with win7

feelintherage · 11 May 2012 at 17:38

Hi Guys,

I am looking forward to Max Payne 3 and as I never finished the 2nd game (pc at the time died), I thought I would reinstall it and give it a go. However every time I start the game Im greeted with windows telling me its stopped working. I googled and it turns out there are lots of people with problems but I cant actually find a proper fix.

Anybody here had issues with it and managed to get it running?

Thanks

andicole0 · 11 May 2012 at 17:52

There's an awful lot of chat on the web about MP2 not working with Win 7. take a look at the Steam forums as I don't think there's a simple answer. There is some talk of getting hold of an older .exe but I couldn't find source.

Have you tried getting it from Steam for £5.99?

Andi.

Alex74 · 11 May 2012 at 17:55

Yea got it running no problem, although i'm running the steam version. Spec/settings you're using?

BloodyL · 11 May 2012 at 17:58

I have played through the retail version of Max Payne 2 several times on Windows 7 so I know it can work.
Is this the old retail version or the Steam release?

If it is the old retail version:
Patch the game up to the latest update and apply a NO-CD patched EXE, the copy protection is too old for Win7.
Unfortunately we cannot discuss where to get the NO-CD patched EXE from.

Once you have finally got the game up and running you *may* need to use the MP sound fixer to get all sounds, I can't remember if I needed to use it on number two, definitely did for number one on Win7.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=848215

As a curious extra, Rockstar used a cracked EXE in the initial steam release!

no_1_dave · 11 May 2012 at 19:14

It's very backwards that we need to use cracked EXEs on games we bought, the publishers should be thanking the crackers.

deepbroca · 11 May 2012 at 19:18

Hmmm...I haven't had any problems with MP2...reinstalled it a few weeks ago and it runs a treat!

Indy500 · 11 May 2012 at 20:10

no_1_dave said:
It's very backwards that we need to use cracked EXEs on games we bought, the publishers should be thanking the crackers.

While I'm no fan of DRM, it was just a CD check bypass. The game was made in 2002, shouldn't you be happy it was supported to run on Vista/Win 7 several years later?

feelintherage · 11 May 2012 at 20:37

BloodyL said:
I have played through the retail version of Max Payne 2 several times on Windows 7 so I know it can work.
Is this the old retail version or the Steam release?

If it is the old retail version:
Patch the game up to the latest update and apply a NO-CD patched EXE, the copy protection is too old for Win7.
Unfortunately we cannot discuss where to get the NO-CD patched EXE from.

Once you have finally got the game up and running you *may* need to use the MP sound fixer to get all sounds, I can't remember if I needed to use it on number two, definitely did for number one on Win7.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=848215

As a curious extra, Rockstar used a cracked EXE in the initial steam release!

It was indeed the old retail version, 3 cds because I didnt have a DVD drive on my pc at the time haha.

Thank you, your advice worked, updated game plus no cd got it running.

Cheers

BloodyL · 11 May 2012 at 21:04

Result!