My first YouTube video! This is the first episode of a series about video game modding, starting with one of my personal favourite games, Max Payne. While the game itself is fondly remembered, its modding scene has fallen into obscurity. Hopefully this video can remedy that and encourage people to rediscover this game’s forgotten mods.
Honestly, I think the video is a bit dry and boring. But never mind, I have to start somewhere. If you have any feedback or questions, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment.
Links
Mods
- Comprehensive modpack (550+ mods, 5.6GB) by SuperFrizzi0
- Curated list of 56 mods with screenshots and information on each mod by noMorePurchases
- “The best mods for Max Payne” (mod list from 2004, featured in the video)
Max-Ed documentation/tutorials
- Max Payne Editor Tutorials from 3D Realms (official documentation + a list of fan-made tutorials)
- Max Payne modding tutorials on ModDB (not just MaxEd)
- MAXEdit - 6 Max-ED tutorials
- Various Max-ED tutorials hosted on MPHQ
- Max-ED “Zen” tutorials (written by Remedy’s current creative director!) + a few more
- Max-ED tutorials in German
- Level Scripting in Max Payne
Max Payne modding forums
- Max Payne Modifications subforum on 3D Realms (now archived and read-only)
- Levels4You Max Payne forums
- Payne Reactor forums
- Max Payne Italia forums
Other
- Max Payne 1: A Little Closer to Playable - a fix pack which made loading screens much faster for me
- Interview with Kenneth Yeung, creator of Max Payne: Kung Fu Edition
- Maxmod - a research project by Alexander Knorr focusing on video game modifications, including some for Max Payne 1&2
- 2001 Interview with Mika Reini, Remedy’s former CFO
- Maddieman’s page on Payne Reactor
- List of dead Max Payne mods
- Pre-release developer interview
- Max Payne: Bring on the Mods
- Max Payne Station (German fan site)
- Max Payne Italia