Max Payne 3 - future data skips in Chapter 8
6All the known future data skips in Chapter 8.
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0:00 - Chapter 8-3 (uses Continue). If you activate future data during the short in-game scene after shooting the driver, the next Checkpoint starts early. However, Max is still stuck in the combined cutscene for a period of time, so to get out of it quicker you can shoot Passos and then quit + Continue.
This skip doesn't save all that much time (around 5 seconds), and it's also mutually exclusive with the Chapter 8-4 skip. So it's preferable to save FD buffer to do the Chapter 8-4 skip instead.
0:33 - Chapter 8-4 (uses Continue). If you activate future data after gameplay continues after the fight, the next Checkpoint starts early. Once again, Max is stuck in combined cutscene motions, but you can break free early by letting Passos get killed by the set piece and then quit + Continue. This should save 40+ seconds.
1:05 - Chapter 8-4 (doesn't use Continue). There's also a much slower variation of the skip that could still save around 5-8 seconds seconds in categories where Continue isn't an option.
Activate future data during the bullet time cam of shooting last thug. Then run towards Passos during the short time you can control Max before the combined cutscene motions kick in. Thugs will keep shooting at Max during the cutscene, but it's preferable to keep Max alive during this time with the help of bullet time and painkillers. If you die and retry, all actors in the scene are duplicated - including the enemies. The freshly spawned clone enemies lack A.I. but clutter up the battlefield something fierce.
2:10 - bonus skip attempt in Chapter 8-6 (uses Continue). If you activate future data after stepping through the doorway while in Last Man Standing, you enter next Checkpoint early. The combined cutscene acts really strangely during this time, but Last Man Standing cuts it short and allows you to quit + Continue to start Chapter 8-7 like normal.
While doing this skips past some enemies and also navigation, there isn't really a scenario where doing it would be faster than just playing through the level normally.
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