max payne 2 in 16 bit?

is it possible to run max payne 2 in 16 bit colours because for some reason my grapichs card doesnt like 32 bit.

[Joonas]

I doubt.

Are you just having problems or are you saying you can not run the game at all?

im saying when i try to boot up max payne (1 or 2) it comes up with an error message in 32 bit. max payne 1 is fine coz i can run it in 16 bit "an error has occured in the graphics engine ........... blah bla h blah stuff about how to resolve it(doesnt work) error:setfullscreen - creating deice failed - d3der_notavailable"

i have radeon 9200 and it should work coz it works on my friends pc

[Joonas]

Update your graphics card's drivers.

[HP]

Its possible to run MP2 at 16bits.

Simply add

-nodialog

to the shortcut proprieties

[someguy2435]

what exactly does -nodialog do?

[wxpoet22]

Yes, it is possible but along with the no-dialog parameter, you have to fiddle with the registry. Here's what I'd do. Save the following as max16.reg and then click to import of course

-------Start of file------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Remedy Entertainment\Max Payne 2]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Remedy Entertainment\Max Payne 2\Advanced Settings]
"TripleScreenBuffers"=dword:00000000
"AllowTaskSwitching"=dword:00000000
"SoundChannels"=dword:00000000
"Sounds"=dword:00000001
"EAXEffects"=dword:00000000
"CharacterShadows"=dword:00000000
"Decals"=dword:00000000
"Projectiles"=dword:00000000
"MaterialVariations"=dword:00000000
"Fogging"=dword:00000000
"Flares"=dword:00000000
"Mirrors"=dword:00000000
"HighDetailRagdolls"=dword:00000000
"HighDetailParticles"=dword:00000000
"Antialiasing"=dword:00000000
"TextureColorDepth"=dword:00000000
"TextureResolution"=dword:00000000
"TextureFiltering"=dword:00000000
"CubicEnvironmentMaps"=dword:00000000
"MultiChannelAudio"=dword:00000000
"PostProcessEffects"=dword:00000000
"PixelShaderSkinning"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Remedy Entertainment\Max Payne 2\Video Settings]
"Display Bits Per Pixel"=dword:00000010

------End of file---------------------------------------


Note: In the advanced settings, you can change some of the values to dword value 00000001 or 00000002 without causing Max Payne 2 to crash although it'll take a little trial and error to see which ones can be safely changed and which ones can't. I did that on my older card but overall didn't notice any significant performance going down to 16 bit. Your best bet would be to upgrade the drivers on that video card or change the card if possible.

[Joonas]

someguy2435 said:
what exactly does -nodialog do?

Skips the options dialogue.