Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC)

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• for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC)
• Reviewed by: Greg Kasavin
• Review date: 10/16/03
• Release date: 10/14/03

Secrets

Taking cool screenshots

Start the game with maxpayne2.exe -developerkeys -screenshot.
To do this you right click on your shortcut (which is usually on your desktop) and add -developerkeys -screenshot after the target line, here's an example:

''C:/Games/Max Payne 2/MaxPayne2.exe'' -developerkeys -screenshot

Then when you're playing press the pause button and then F3 and you'll be able to move the camera around freely, and with F10 you'll take a screenshot which will be saved in a folder called 'screenshots' in your Max Payne 2 folder. To get the camera back to normal just press the F3 button two more times.

Instantly Unlock All Gameplay Modes

Go to Start Menu->Run and type in ''regedit''. Press Enter.
In the directory tree on the left, Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Remedy Entertainment->Max Payne 2. Click on the ''Game Level'' folder, and some items will appear on the right side of the screen. Right-Click and select New->DWORD Value

Double-Click on the entry you just made and set the value to 1. Rename the entries to the following:

LevelSelector - Unlocks ''Level Select'' mode
timedmode - Unlocks ''New York Minute'' and ''Dead Man Walking'' modes
nightmare - Unlocks ''Hard-Broiled'' mode
hell - Unlocks ''Dead On Arrival'' mode



Special Ending

To get the special ending, simply beat Dead on Arrival mode

Glitchs

Super Jump

Switch from a one handed weapon (pistols, SMG's) to a two handed weapon (shotgun, rifle) or vice versa and immediately press jump.

Lots of Empty Clips

Similar to the glitch in Max Payne 1 which allows you to drop the same clip on the ground numerous times by jumping, this involves the same technique. Once you've hit the reload button, do a jump roll (NOT [shift] bulletdodge) to the left, right, or back, as soon as the clip is coming out, when you come out of the jump roll, Max will drop the clip again, and the process can begin anew. However, jumping up or forward will not affect the reload.

Easter Eggs

In Memoriam (eerie)

This could be found on Part 1 Chapter 7 (The Million Dollar Question) After entering the room with a cleaner talking to another outside a window, take em off both. Jump into the lift outside the window and press the button to make your way down the scaffoldings. Make your way further down the scaffoldings into another window below where you've just seen a man taken off. Blast the cleaner inside with a shotgun (preferably! bang!) and instead of going inside, move your way further to the left side of the building (walk on the ledge). There you'll see an open window with some sort of faint light emanating from the inside. See for yourself what's inside the room! Eeerie!

Kung Fu Poster

In part 1, chapter 6 go through the entrie fun house til you are in Mona's hideout. Once Inside look around in Mona's gym area. You will find a poster of the famous Max Payne 1 mod Kung fu by Kenneth Yeung.

Codes

Change Character

Make a shortcut to maxpayne2.exe, right click on it and select ''Properties.'' Where it says ''Target:'' you will see the location of your maxpayne2.exe file. Change this text so that it reads ''C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 2\MaxPayne2.exe'' -developerkeys.

Once in game, press PgUp and PgDown to change your character model. Some models are special, and some levels do not work properly with this code:

• Code Result
• Unusable levels Generally, any level where Payne moves in a cutscene. ie Get in elevator
• Bravura/Finn/'Wall Street Yuppie'/Vinnie in 'suit' No weapons
• Enemies/Payne/Mona/Vlad/Vinnie No slowmotion in Shootdodge, infinite 9mm ammo
Speed up / slow down the game

Start the game with the -developerkeys tagline at the end of the shortcut. While in game, press home and end to speed up or slow down the game.

• Code Result
• Start the game with the -developerkeys tagline at the end of the shortcut. While in game, press home and end to speed up or slow down the game. Speed up / slow down the game
Console Commands

Make a shortcut to maxpayne2.exe, right click on it and select ''Properties.'' Where it says ''Target:'' you will see the location of your maxpayne2.exe file. Change this text so that it reads ''C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 2\MaxPayne2.exe'' -developer. Make sure that the ''-developer'' part is on the outside of the quotation marks. Start the game with this shortcut, and then press the ''~'' key while in-game to bring up the console. From there, enter one or more of the following commands:


• Code Result
• getgraphicsnovelpart3 Fill in part of the story line
• getgraphicsnovelpart2 Fill in part of the story line
• getgraphicsnovelpart1 Fill in part of the story line
• quit Quit game
• help Many more debug commands
• jump10 Jump 10 high
• clear Clear console screen
• coder God Mode, All Weapons, Health, Inifinite Ammo
• god God Mode
• mortal Disable God Mode
• getallweapons All Weapons
• showfps Show FPS Rate
• showextendedfps Show Extended FPS Rate
• getberetta Get Beretta with 1000 ammo
• getcoltcommando Get Colt Commando with 1000 ammo
• getdeserteagle Get Desert Eagle with 1000 ammo
• getdragunov Get Dragunov with 1000 ammo
• getingram Get Ingram with 1000 ammo
• getkalashnikov Get Kalashnikov with 1000 ammo
• getmolotov Get Molotov cocktail with 1000 ammo
• getmp5 Get MP5 with 1000 ammo
• getpumpshotgun Get Pump-action Shotgun with 1000 ammo
• getsawedshotgun Get Sawed-off Shotgun with 1000 ammo
• getsniper Get Sniper Gun with 1000 ammo
• getstriker Get Striker Gun with 1000 ammo
• getpainkillers Get 1000 Painkillers
• gethealth Get 1000 Health
• showhud Turn on HUD
• jump30 Jump 30 high
• jump20 Jump 20 high
• getbullettime Restores bullet time hourglass to full
Access the Secret Ending

To view the secret ending of ''Max Payne 2'', start the game in ‘Dead On Arrival‘ difficulty mode, and then enter this into the developer console:

• Code Result
• maxpayne_gamemode->gm_sendendofgamemessages( ); Shows you the secret ending (different ending) of the game

Unlockables

Unlocking game modes

To unlock the game modes:

• Code Result
• Complete "Hard-Boiled" difficulty once Unlock "Dead on Arrival" difficulty
• Complete "Detective" difficulty once Unlock Hard Boiled, New York Minute, Dead Man Walking modes

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