Widescreen Gaming Forum

I was excited when I saw that you guys had a YouTube channel, and was hoping to see some video reviews of games on regular wide screen panels, but it turned out to just be more TH2Go. 8 of it's 13 videos are about the TH2Go. If I had just stumbled upon some of the videos, I would have thought they ...

No solutions yet though?

If you want to ask for better widescreen suppport for Max Payne 2, email this address:

[email protected]


Be sure to tell them we want the game to be + horz. If you do E-mail them, please post that you did so here.

ACK! :shock:

I edited the MP2_Init.ras file and now Max Payne 2 won't even run. I even put all the settings back the way they were.

Having poked around in MP2's .RAS files, i'm certain there will be a way to modify the FOV so it's permanent.


The problem seems to go beyond the FOV. Even if it is adjusted, Max look squashed vertically. Those screenshots I linked to show what it looks like AFTER the FOV has been ...

Here are some lines of code that may interest you form the MP2_Init.ras file.




LookAtHorizontalLimit = 90.0; // in degrees
LookAtVerticalLimit = 70.0; // in degrees
(This one especially interests me, because as I said, the game seems to be +vert when run at 1680x1050, even though ...

Someone on this form called Max Payne 2 the nemesis of widescreen gaming. After attempting to play it on my new widescreen, I must agree.


Now, mind you that MP2 has 1680x1050 as a selectable resolution. However, the image is +horz AND + vert, and the additional vertical information is packed ...