For some odd reason, when trying to play Max Payne on Windows Vista, you won’t get any music.
There are a couple of fixes out there, but all of them are a pain in the ass to follow, having to unpack the game, encode the musics, and pack it again.
With this fix, you’ll only have to run a .BAT file, and wait 2 minutes! 
This works with Steam version and retail.
Enjoy this ever lasting classic!
Corner ~ Speed Texturing »« Deus Ex ~ Ultra High Quality Mod Video
Thanks to bl00dlustYT, a video of this mod running has been uploaded to youtube.
If you still didn’t try out the mod, and would like to watch it running, just go ahead and press play.
Notice that sometimes the quality of the game changes, that’s when he presses SHIFT+F12 to deactivate, and activate the mod, for comparisons.
Max Payne 1 ~ Windows Vista Easy Sound fix »« DeusEx ~ Ultra High Quality Mod V0.1
Hélder [HP] Pinto – DeusEx Ultra High Quality Config V0.1
Increase the quality of DeusEx with this Ultra High Quality config.
I am not the author of HDTP or ENBSeries, I simply placed and tweaked those two together to achieve optimal graphical quality.
I didn’t had the opportunity to fully test this, so if you spot any flaws on my installation guide, or anything really, please let me know by sending me a e-mail.
- Better shadows and render contrast
- Bloom
- Bump Mapping
- Ambient Occlusion
- Specularity
- Very high quality textures
- Lightning improved
Installing
1. First of all, make sure you install HDTP-Release1 into DeusEx folder. (After install, it should create a HDTP shortcut on your desktop, if not, go to the game’s system folder and make one, you’ll be using HDTP.exe from now on)
2. After that, copy all the contents of the folder “DeusEx Ultra High Quality Mod Files”, and paste it inside the folder “System” on the game’s folder. (Replacing all the existing files)
You will have to edit the file HDTP.ini, search for the line that says “CdPath=J:”, change the letter “J” for your CD/DVD drive where DeusEx CD is placed.
3. Run HDTP.exe, the game should start, now go to Settings -> Display -> Rendering device, click “Show all devices” on the “DeusEx Video configuration” window, and select “Direct3D9 Support”.
4. Now, go back to settings, and select your favorite graphics resolution, and make sure to select 32bit on “Texture Color Depth”.
5. Select new game, and try it out. Pressing Shift + F12, disables and enables screen effects.
Change Log & Bug Fixes
Version 0.1 ~ release 07-10-2008
First official release
Notes:
- VERY IMPORTANT: Do not forget to edit the file HDTP.ini, search for the line that says “CdPath=J:”, change the letter “J” for you’r CD/DVD drive where DeusEx CD is placed.
- You wont be able to use your old save files after installing HDTP.
- Press Shift + F12, to disable and enable screen effects. This is useful to be able to better see the menu, due to exaggerated bloom.
- To tweak the bump mapping, press Shift + Enter, you should see 6 options on the top of the screen, press a number from 1 to 6, and use PageUp and PageDown to tweak.
- To tweak the D3d9 settings, press T, delete the “say” text, and type “preferences”. Go to “Rendering” -> “Direct3D9 support”, and tweak away! 
Comparison pics:
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Config made by Hélder [HP] Pinto
www.helderpinto.com
helderhp_AT_Gmail.com
Thanks to:
ENBSeries
http://boris-vorontsov.narod.ru (ENB developer)
HDTP creator
http://offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/
Thanks to Buddy for giving me all these links in first place!
Enjoy the best game ever made, with fancy screen filter effects!
:: Edit ::
Hey guys!
I never imagine this config will get so popular, thanks to all the websites mentioning this, and to everyone mailing me!
I’d like add something to the text on my post, by the time I wrote that I didn’t knew that you could just find the DeusEx.ini in the system folder and remove the CD drive letter so it looks like this
CdPath=
Cheers all!
Deus Ex ~ Ultra High Quality Mod Video »« Stop motion beauty!
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.
I loved this piece of art so much, that I decided to post it here!
It has nothing to do with games, game art, gamedev or anything, It’s just sheer beauty that deserves to be apretiated with love!
Thanks to Carlos Lascano for making it.
Making of
DeusEx ~ Ultra High Quality Mod V0.1 »« ICMC Prize, Part II!
