Max Payne problem - need help!

[Guest]

I just installed Max Payne and for some reason i get an error when i try to play it. The game installed fine but when i click "Play" the max payne logo shows up as usual and instead of the game starting it takes around 5 minutes for the error to occur.

Heres a screen of the error:

http://www.editek.com/error.jpg

I got a 1ghz Athlon... Any help appreciated

[Guest]

So what should i do?

and yes ive installed the patch.

[Scotty]

Open a Command Promt window, and type SET.

Copy the "TEMP" directory (probably C:\Windows\Temp), and paste it into an Explorer window.

Send all the crap in there to the Recycle Bin.

Reboot and try running Max Payne again. The reason I suggest rebooting is because something about starting Max Payne causes a "Setup is updating your configuration files..." to happen on the next boot, and I suspect it's related to this TMP file.

[Scotty]

Also, both the mysterious TMP file and the "Setup is updating..." message on the next boot do not happen with the "un-Safedisc"ed version of Max Payne, which is why I suspect this is Safedisc issue.

[Guest]

Ok ill give it a try. Thanks for the help man

[Joe Siegler]

??? I've never seen that before. Have you installed the 1.01 patch yet?

[Scotty]

That file gets created in the TEMP directory (probably when Safedisc checks its key to unlock the .exe), but I've never seen it cause an error before.

I noticed that file right away, since I'm one of those ppl that's anal about deleting garbage off my hard drive. images/icons/smile.gif