Max Payne

Max Payne's graphic novel pages fill the screen, the HUD sits at the edges, and jumps and shootdodges keep their height at high frame rates. Adds controller support and SMAA, all in the game's own Options.

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Fusion Rain Droplets Visual

Raindrops and splashes of water run down the screen.

Fusion Rain Droplets: rain and water drops running down the screen.

Works with Fusion Fix
Its own settings in Customize

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Features

Display

Picture and field of view fit wide screens; the HUD sits at the screen edges
Graphic novel pages as large as the screen allows, or the original framing (F2 switches)
Cutscene borders that keep in-engine cutscenes framed as intended
Field of view setting
Full screen, window or borderless window without the -window switch

Graphics

SMAA anti-aliasing
Xbox 360 style gamma with deeper contrast
Option to turn off the vertical sync the game always forces

Fixes

Jumps and shootdodges keep their height at high frame rates and in slow motion
Adaptive difficulty eases off again instead of getting stuck on the hardest setting
Picking a 16-bit display mode no longer stops the game from starting
Settings and saves can live in the game folder instead of the registry

Controls and extras

Controller support with vibration, camera speed and Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo icons
Raw mouse input, with the game's mouse smoothing optional
Skip the startup logo movie
Load a save straight from startup
Fix settings next to the game's own options

Supported versions

Max Payne for PC (MaxPayne.exe or maxpayne_steam.exe), updated to the official 1.05 patch.

Get the game: Steam

Install

Customize the settings below, or keep the recommended ones.
Download the package and unpack it into the game's folder, where MaxPayne.exe is, keeping its folders. Keep the included dinput.dll, dinput.ini, d3d8.dll and d3d8.ini beside the executable.
Start the game. The settings are in the Options menu: Video, Game, Controls, and a Plugins row at the end.