hey if i keep this up, i might get a free copy of duke nukem forever.

Tisk, j00 i5 /\/07 1337!!!stop bitching and get a better system...are you on a 386?Do you know how to read?There are little characters on the bottom or sides of the box for max payne that actually tell you what you need to have before you can play the game!i know, it may seem like witchcraft or devilry...but just go with it

Jesus Christ, it almost makes me wish I had voted for Al Gore. Leiberman would be in office, this game would have been banned, and I wouldn't have to listen to a bunch of whiny b!tches.

I, as I'm sure the rest of the people who are playing AND enjoying this game, would be more than happy to help you guys out who are having problems running the game. There is always a root cause to problems running a program. If you would like to work at it with us, I'm all for it. I will help you guys resolve your issues with your PC's so you can at least play the game, and then judge whether it's a piece of crap game or not.

I'm sorry you guys have found that Tech Support is lacking, but having worked in tech support, and having worked there when the company decided to put on the box that the program worked with SCSI tape drives, and having worked there when manufacturing printed the CD's with the version of the software that DIDN'T have support for SCSI tape drives, I can tell you that during the first couple of weeks tech support can be overwhelmed with all kinds of problem reports for a program. This is not an excuse for them, they should still acknowledge the problems and address them. But you have a tool here to at least get your issues out to a bunch of people. 10,000 heads are better than one. And right now, with your attitudes, you are really being one giant head, sp to speak.

I don't mean to offend, I'm just offering all of you with problems with the game to put down the rocks and the bats, and make an effort to possibly resolve your problems, and move on. Gaming goodness awaits you.

Right, so all three of you bought the game and it didn't work for any of you. Ever wondered whether it could be a piece of software that you all have on your PC that is messin with it perhaps. Or something that you all share between you. Either that or you're tying to fit it in the tape drive of your spectrums...

[This message has been edited by MABarlow (edited 07-30-2001).]

Ok, lemme bring up some points to you ignorant peices of **** (note: not all who replied, but those who think they are god damn gurus or those who try to insult)

Well, #1: I'm running on a P3 850, 512k of pc 133 ram (3 Sticks). ATi Radeon Vivo (Video in/ Video Out for those **** nuts who are too dumb to know what vivo stands for)
Windows 2000 Professional. Secondary Video card: Voodoo Bansee (disabled when I open Max Payne). Via chipset (with built on sound) 10/100 Realtek NIC. TDK CD/RW (32 Read, 8 Write, 4 Re-Write) Majik DVD drive, 16x, 60 Gig HD (Ata 100 7200 Rpm on a Promise Ata 100 Card) and a ****ing USR 56k Modem. NONE OF THIS HARDWARE CONFLICTS. And, it sounds pretty far off from a 386, jackass.
#2. When you buy something, you expect it to work.. that is if you meet the requirements (whether that be batterys, a ****ing AC outlet, Gasoline, or in my case, a computer that is supposed to be good enough to run the damn thing.) But I bought something, and it doesn't work. Not worth a ****. I spent all night downloading Sp2 (service pack 2) new drivers for Video card, Chipset, and sound card. Changing options in Bios (ones related to video card and ones to insure there was no conflicts at all PERIOD.) Removing my secondary video card. Removing devices that could cause conflicts. Formatting my damn harddrive (Hey, I spent $50 bucks, I wanted to make sure it worked.) and reinstalling (Dual Boot) Win2k and Win98se. Redoing every damn thing in the world. AND THE GAME DID THE SAME THING EVERY DAMN TIME. I even put my computer in front of a wall fan to insure there was no heat problem... none. I have every game working on my computer. If you wish, I will send you a damn list. Now, I see my computer as pretty generic.. I ****ing built it that way. And still, no damn luck. So, basically the programming blew... it is like they beta tested it on every reviewers computer system, so they could actually review the damn thing.
#3. I am no longer buying anything that has to do with Remedy.. never.. even if I get Max Payne working again. I know you may not care, but I buy EVERY game I can get my hands on, and so do my friends. We all will no longer buy a Remedy product.
#4. Max Payne was originally a 3D Realms project... back when they were working on Prey too. I follow my games.
#5. You said something in the lines of most of the people got it to work and are playing it, not spending their time in the forum. Maybe right, Maybe wrong. I could say most of the people bought it, and it didn't work, and they said "**** the forum, I'll just return it." Never posting a damn thing for you dickheads to flame 'em for.
#6. I do not want to wait 3 yrs for their patch that will fix my problem (if it ever comes out). If it took them this damn long to code this peice of ****, doing it right will even take longer. The damn thing has compatability issues with every damn peice of Hardware and every damn OS that exists.
#7. I have looked through the posts... there is a large # of people who can not get the game running, or at least running good.
#8. I knew something wasn't right about the damn thing when you have a progress bar for the menu, and for exiting too. What the **** is it doing that actually requires a progress bar to EXIT? Jerkin off and whistling Yankee Doodle?
#9. I have better games to work with than Max Payne. I actually have modeling skills, and hopefully (with enough practice) will end up working for a game company one day. But never a company who does this. And so I think the modelers and texture artists who worked on Max Payne should get the **** out of Remedy. They are too good for Remedy.. or maybe Remedy should replace their WEAK points.
And #10.. which happens to be GenD's favorite number, forums are stupid ideas. Every forum is full of know-it-all jackass's looking for attention, and none of them have a problem or suggestion or answer.. just have to blow off other's time. And I know I have stooped to that level, but hey, **** it.. I got ripped.. I have a good reason, but what is your reason? To look cool to a bunch of people on the internet? I only came here to get my message out. I emailed the place on the Readme.. no response. I looked at the patch.. and noticed it solved the STUPIDEST PROBLEM OF ALL (crash on EXIT) hell, I would actually bless compared to LEVEL FREEZE WITHIN 4 SECONDS.
So, flame me some more.. it doesn't bother me, it just gives me a chance to have my message right on the top of the message board.

I gotta bump this up for him http://www.veforums.com/smile.gif

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TiskTiskTisk:
[B]I would just like to say that the Models, Textures & Skins are GREAT! But.. I can only play for 6 seconds. I think the programmer(s), should be fired immediatly. ...bs etc

Hmmm. Maybe youre just sad because you and your friends' kiddie tweaked your computers so much that it doesnt work. This is one of the few games games I own that never crashed on me. And I'm running it at 1280 x 1024 x 32
with 2x AA. When I say NEVER i mean it never gave me probs of any kind. All you arrogant mindless kids abuse the **** out of your computers and when something goes wrong its the programmers fault. LOL.
My stupid home-built 1GHZ Athlon makes this game rock! If it doesn't work on your machine it probably YOUR fault!

This ends standard reply to spoiled rotten kids.

Thanks, for the bump. Messages go pretty fast here.

Maybe you should read THE REST OF THE THREAD before making stupid comments. And as for the resloution with 2X anti-aliasing.. I really see thaty hard to believe, but what type of VIDEO CARD do you have? And as for the "kids always balming it on the programmers" part. I have only blamed programmers 2 times. The programmers of WINDOWS and the programmers of MAX PAYNE. But at least Max runs.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TiskTiskTisk:
[B]Maybe you should read THE REST OF THE THREAD before making stupid comments. And as for the resloution with 2X anti-aliasing.. I really see thaty hard to believe, .....

Believe it. Really I would blame your vid card. I just ditched my ATI and bought a GF3. I bet I could play at 4x AA at 1024 x 768 silky smooth. hmmm Ill give it a try.
BTW I have MSI K7 Turbo-R/512Mb Ram/ Linksys 10/100 NIC/ SB Live (ya its lame but...)/ IBM HD/ WINBLOWS 98SE/ etc...