If you’re aiming for max XP and cash in a dead multiplayer environment in Max Payne 3 to speed up your progress toward the Level 50 achievement, there’s a notorious method you might find useful.
Multiplayer XP and Cash Exploit
Cheating and hacking might not be the right path to success, but with the multiplayer scene dwindling in 2023 and the tedious grind in arcade mode taking over 30 hours just to reach Level 50, some players resort to these methods for the notorious achievement. This guide also offers a workaround to amass enough in-game cash to afford everything.
To begin, you’ll require the third-party tool OpenIV, which you can easily locate through a quick Google search. This tool is legitimate and allows for data editing across various Rockstar games.
After launching OpenIV, select Max Payne 3 and activate editing by navigating to “File” and then selecting “Enable Edit.”
Your focus will be on modifying two files: one for experience points (XP) and another for cash. The XP file is located within update.rpf, while the cash file resides within common.rpf.
Navigate to update.rpf/common/data/tune/arcade and right-click on arcademodesettings.xml, then select “Edit.”
Scroll down until you locate the map for chapter 4.1, highlighted as “s_nyc.” This is the fourth map entry in the file. Adjust the highlighted value for New York Minute Platinum XP to 650,000. If needed, you can also modify the values for the lower medals or for other game modes. With 650,000 XP, achieving Level 50 requires just one completed round in 4.1. With only 11 runs of 4.1., you’ll swiftly reach Legend level 10.
To ensure you don’t end up with just 5,000 cash, which you receive only for the last completed level, it’s essential to adjust the cash values as well. Navigate to common.rpf/data and right-click on rank.csv, then select “Edit.”
Scroll down until you locate the cash values for each level. Modify the value for level 50 to 250,000. This amount should suffice to purchase everything once you’ve swiftly progressed to Legend level 10.
Considering the multiplayer’s state in 2023, spending over 30 hours grinding for a single achievement and basic in-game completion seems futile.
After making these adjustments, it might take a few hours and restarts until the achievement pops. Additionally, be sure to scan the game files with Steam afterward to ensure a clean install.
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