Max Payne2 WineX?

anarchron · n00b Joined: 13 Jul 2003 Posts: 38

Hi, has anyone tried playing Max Payne 2 yet with WineX?

Unixmonkey · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2002 Posts: 23

I'll be trying it tomorrow probably. Too busy to today.
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sgaap · Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject:

Just used a windows install:

(older) winex-cvs build: craps out because the game demands directx9
wine (20030911): plays intro movies fine (sound is great) and starts loading but exits with an unhandeled exception.

maybe more luck with a newer version of winex
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Unixmonkey · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2002 Posts: 23

No luck at all.

Installs fine if you tell it to ignore not having directx9, but you can't run it because of that.
Copied over from windows install also complains about directx and exits.
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ewan.paton · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:55 am Post subject:

doesnt Max Payne 2 use the same physics engine as halflife 2, not a good sign for the chances of that working though it could be 4+ months of wine development yet

since the hl2 source code has been leaked is there any conclusions about a linux version other than it doesnt have to use directx

ormi · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject:

Max Payne 2 now works with winex cvs..

Get installer from here and cvswinex script from here (GetCVSWineX). Winex cvs supports dx9 now

sgaap · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:59 pm Post subject:

Nice, the last cvs version of winex does run Max payne 2 very nice

running it at 1280x1024 default graphics details@fx5900) it runs smooth inside and outside (except some places where it becomes a slideshow, mostly for not too long)
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SQLBoy · Guru Joined: 17 Aug 2002 Posts: 381

There is not really any platform specific code in the havok physics engine. Its easily emulated.

ny-hardcore · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

ormi · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:43 pm Post subject:

Did you use the native installer?

chomber · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

I got same errors when executing "cvswinex MaxPayne2.exe" than ny-hardcore:
Install method for both same as ormi said already.

ormi · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:09 pm Post subject:

Hmm.. I don't know why it doesn't work. Have you tried to start max payne 2 as root (if it's a permission problem)?

ny-hardcore · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

I used the linux install script..

i tried winex-stable, cvswinex , none of them work...

grrrr....

chomber · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

ormi · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:48 pm Post subject:

Actually it's harmless to run it as root, because there is no any network options in MP2. When you ran cvswinex first time, what did you answered to first questions? Did you use your possible windows installation? I did not. I answered first question No, and pointed my fake windows to ~/.cvswinex/fake_windows/.

I suggest you to remove ~/.cvswinex and run cvswinex script again, then answer no to first question and point C: drive to ~/.cvswinex/fake_windows.

I didn't do any changes to config file and MP2 worked just fine. It also could be that something has changed in today's cvs version :/ I compiled it yesterday.

chomber · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

anyone else having problems(maybe same)?

neurosis · Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:10 pm Post subject: OT: Careful.

ny-hardcore · n00b Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 5

it works

i copied the 2 cd's to a the fake windows dir.

used i6comp.exe to extract the cab files,

and then i worked,

hope this helps others too

chomber · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

semiSfear · Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 302 Location: Adelaide, SA

Yes. Please post what you did exactly. There are a lot of people out there who wan't this game to run.
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ormi · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject:

Check www.frankscorner.org how to use ie6comp (instruction)

First I though that MP2 slow because it's new and uses dx9, BUT.. I've heard that max payne 2 works smoothly with geforce 256. I have GF3Ti500 and use medium detail without antialiasing. The game is very laggy when there is a lot of action or large "scene" (don't find the word, but when you see very far). This is probably a cvswinex's issue, but if you know how to accelerate the game, please tell me

semiSfear · Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 302 Location: Adelaide, SA

I got a question that might seem stupid. I am new to the whole winexcvs business. Now then my question is:

I have figured out what GetCVSWineX script does. And it's a very good idea. But, there already is a winexcvs in portage.

wonderbread · n00b Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Posts: 28

winex cvs in portage is a dummy ebuild. The winex people asked gentoo to remove their winex builds. Try emerging it, and you'll see.

chomber · n00b Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Posts: 35

I got that working also. I think mp2 installer is broken or something. I have euro version of mp2. (don't know if theres any other but)

1. I installed GetCVSWineX_Pthreads

2. installed max.payne2_1.01.run (in this phase I got some errors in console "Unable to find file 'xxxxxxx' ")

3. I copied data1.cab data1.hdr data2.cab data3.cab data4.cab into game /usr/local/share/maxpayne2/ dir from cds

4. executed ' cvswinex i6comp.exe x data1.cab ' (you migth want to copy your current MaxPayne2.exe to safe)

5. because I didn't copy MaxPayne2.exe to safe I had to download nocd crack from gamecopyworld and copy that one to game dir.

6. executed ' cvswinex MaxPayne2.exe ' and voila

I played with 1024x768x32 with bilinear, all off or low and it seems to be quite smooth. Is there any command to show FPS?

My system 2400+athlonXP,1G ram, 4200 Geforce 4 64megs 2.4.21 kernel

semiSfear · Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2003 Posts: 302 Location: Adelaide, SA