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Just saw this at www.pczone.co.uk:
While many of us have to wait until tomorrow to get our hands on this summer's most hyped game, several people have already got their hands on a copy of Max Payne. However, its arrival has not been without its problems as a handful of users with the Windows 2000 operating system have found out.
Apparently systems with a combination of a Geforce 3 graphics card, Athlon processor and Win2K OS have been causing problems for some people playing Max Payne that has resulted in the old crash back to desktop when the game is trying to load in a new level.
Max Payne's project leader Petri Järvilehto has stated that the game has been thoroughly tested with different Geforce3/Athlon configurations and that is was developed mainly on Geforce/Win2K machines. I guess that that's supposed to mean there shouldn't be any problems. Uhuh!
Anyway, Remedy is currently assuming that it is very possible that user configuration is the cause of the problem, as it has as yet been unable to recreate the crash at its own offices. However, Petri also states that if/when Remedy does recreate the crash, it will be able to offer "fix" advice. Encouragingly he says that he doubts very much that it will involve having to patch the game.
Järvilehto's current piece of advice for Win2K users who are experiencing this crash is to download Microsoft's own Service Pack 2 for the operating system, as apparently this fixes a known issue with Win2k and 3D applications. More information on this can be found here.
Here's hoping that, come tomorrow, you won't be experiencing any of these problems yourselves, but if you do, then at least you know that Remedy is on the case and is working on a fix as we speak.
While many of us have to wait until tomorrow to get our hands on this summer's most hyped game, several people have already got their hands on a copy of Max Payne. However, its arrival has not been without its problems as a handful of users with the Windows 2000 operating system have found out.
Apparently systems with a combination of a Geforce 3 graphics card, Athlon processor and Win2K OS have been causing problems for some people playing Max Payne that has resulted in the old crash back to desktop when the game is trying to load in a new level.
Max Payne's project leader Petri Järvilehto has stated that the game has been thoroughly tested with different Geforce3/Athlon configurations and that is was developed mainly on Geforce/Win2K machines. I guess that that's supposed to mean there shouldn't be any problems. Uhuh!
Anyway, Remedy is currently assuming that it is very possible that user configuration is the cause of the problem, as it has as yet been unable to recreate the crash at its own offices. However, Petri also states that if/when Remedy does recreate the crash, it will be able to offer "fix" advice. Encouragingly he says that he doubts very much that it will involve having to patch the game.
Järvilehto's current piece of advice for Win2K users who are experiencing this crash is to download Microsoft's own Service Pack 2 for the operating system, as apparently this fixes a known issue with Win2k and 3D applications. More information on this can be found here.
Here's hoping that, come tomorrow, you won't be experiencing any of these problems yourselves, but if you do, then at least you know that Remedy is on the case and is working on a fix as we speak.
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P2 or P3?
300mz 64mbram 16mb graphics card.
LOL Unlucky! Wot are your specs!?
Thats all very nice but I can't even run Max Payne on my pc so i don't have any worries.
Your Honour wrote:
> Hopefully a demo will be up over the weekend so I'll try and get it
> buy monday.
I've got Real Download so can pause my downloads and
> restart next time I'm on.
I don't doubt that this is an excellent
> game, but I really can't afford it now so the demo will have to last
> me.
My Dad has said the game looks good and he will try and get it, but either way I am trying to win it, but the demo will give me some early practice!!
> Hopefully a demo will be up over the weekend so I'll try and get it
> buy monday.
I've got Real Download so can pause my downloads and
> restart next time I'm on.
I don't doubt that this is an excellent
> game, but I really can't afford it now so the demo will have to last
> me.
My Dad has said the game looks good and he will try and get it, but either way I am trying to win it, but the demo will give me some early practice!!
Hopefully a demo will be up over the weekend so I'll try and get it buy monday.
I've got Real Download so can pause my downloads and restart next time I'm on.
I don't doubt that this is an excellent game, but I really can't afford it now so the demo will have to last me.
I've got Real Download so can pause my downloads and restart next time I'm on.
I don't doubt that this is an excellent game, but I really can't afford it now so the demo will have to last me.
Yeah they are good thing I ordered, Black & WHite as a GAD, because last months demos had about 8 maps and tattoo parlours etc. and this months had the official beta patch, but I didnt know about the Max Payne demo, I think I will wait for it from the mag disc rather than spending time downloading it, but you can already download a patch like I have mentioned before!!!
cool, can't wait. it'll probably be a 50mb download or something knowing my luck! godamn 56k modem.
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