thanks for the guide, been looking to disable Last Man Standing because of how annoying it is (reloading checkpoints is disabled during LMS + it takes away all my Bullet Time + I'd rather just be instantly killed instead)

btw you only have to edit the "update.rpf - common - data" file.
the "common.rpf - data" one is not used by the game

@JP

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Don't have the files his talking about

have fun! feel free to share how did you enjoy it, i might get inspired and give it a try as well

Appreciate the comment ;). MP3 is one of my favorite games so naturally I've a significant amount of hours played on it.

And thanks for sharing that mod, looks like it's worth a try. Since I know the entire game by heart, the vanilla experience doesn't really pose much of a challenge for me anymore—hence why I created this guide. I also like to speedrun this game but it burns me out so bad to the point I can't play the game for months or years on end, so doing challenges like this is a nice experience from time to time.

I just saw this great guide and was kinda impressed how many hours played in max payne 3 you have and thought you're the guy for this kind job, maybe some day!

btw there's one mod on nexus i know, Realistic Payne i think it's called, it alters damage values, bullet time, removes ability to use painkillers and inscreases Max's health.

Sounds fun but it's more like a thing for someone who's bored with the game, not to have vanilla-like experience but with more challenge. But i might give it a try later.

Indeed, there appear to be settings to configure things such as the amount of damage received, but I've never been curious enough to experiment with it.

thanks, i like the idea of disabling last man standing. btw there are more setting in this file about how much damage you deal and receive, would be great to have some kind of a mod which makes the game more challenging

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