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max-payne-2-vr

Free PCVR mod for Max Payne 2 - Tested on Quest 3 and PSVR2

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GITHUB · launched Sep 27, 2026 · 113 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views

Niche: video game mods and managers · 278 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -68% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Media & entertainment
  • Dev tools
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No Creating a 6DOF VR mod for a legacy 3D game like Max Payne 2 involves hooking DirectX 8/9 rendering calls, decoupling camera rotation from character models, injecting OpenXR runtime interfaces, and implementing 6DOF motion controller interaction, requiring deep game engine reverse-engineering.

What it would actually take: Requires injecting a C++ DLL using OpenXR and DirectX hooking libraries (like d3d8to9 / dxvk / UEVR-style injectors) into the Max Payne 2 engine. Modders must disassemble the game engine to decouple the fixed camera from aim vectors, hook weapon matrices to track VR hand controllers, fix UI HUD stereoscopy, and handle culling bugs caused by wider VR FOVs.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 358 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #23 of 359 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 227 days after the earliest competitor.

  • rdr1-quest · github · 2026-10-15 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • d2r-pcvr · github · 2026-10-09 · 34 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • dishonored-2-vr · github · 2026-10-19 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • destiny-2-vr · github · 2026-09-09 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.61
  • EternalVR · github · 2026-09-28 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • RDRVR · github · 2026-10-07 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • HouseOfTheDead2VROG · github · 2026-10-01 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • nfsu2-vr · github · 2026-10-14 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.56

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