Hitman: Codename 47
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Developers | |
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IO Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Eidos Interactive | |
Engines | |
Glacier | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 19, 2000[1] |
Hitman | |
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Hitman: Codename 47 | 2000 |
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin | 2002 |
Hitman: Contracts | 2004 |
Hitman: Blood Money | 2006 |
Hitman: Sniper Challenge | 2012 |
Hitman: Absolution | 2012 |
Hitman GO | 2015 |
Hitman | 2016 |
Hitman 2 | 2018 |
Hitman World of Assassination | 2021 |
General information
- Developer website
- Hitman Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM-free. | |||
Publisher website | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Amazon.co.uk | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- The European release of the Hitman Collection is DRM-free, already patched to the latest version and has cheats enabled by default.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest version is v1.92.
Increase draw distance
- The draw distance on some levels is extremely short, making it difficult to see enemies.
Use nemesis2000's fix[citation needed] |
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Use draw distance unlocker[4] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Hitman.cfg[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Hitman.sav[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 3] |
-
Hitman.sav
contains all player profiles.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
- HUD does not scale and may be unreadably small at ultra-high resolutions.
Widescreen fix (Hor+)[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Widescreen fix (Hor+ alternative)[5] |
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Include Setup\Locale.zip //DrawDll Render3DFX.dll DrawDll RenderD3D.dll //DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll SoundDll Sound.dll ScriptDll GSC.dll LocaleDLL Locale.dll Resolution 1024x768 Anisotropy 2 AntiAlias DisableLight ColorDepth 32 ShadowDetail 2 TextureResolution 0 Notes
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Widescreen fix (Vert-)[6] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
- The game can also use the EAX 4 HD library, enhancing quality of gunshots and reverbs in comparison to default 2.0 version of the library. Replace eax.dll in game folder. It can be found here Use version 4.0.1.0 or newer. To enable EAX on Vista or newer, use Creative Alchemy. For non-Creative cards, see here
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Hitman: Codename 47. |
Issues fixed
Game window displayed in-between screens
- If running windowed mode, the game will place the window across screens (in some cases, half off-screen).
Set window position[citation needed] |
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"Failed to find Steam" error
Launch the game from Steam[8] |
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Verify Your Game Cache[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Fix for numerous in-game crashes
Run game in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Compatibility Mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Black screen/crash on startup
Use OpenGL render instead of Direct3D[citation needed] |
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Game runs too fast
Keep CPU power usage settings stable[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
OpenGL | 1.2 | Recommended output method for use with post processing injectors, such as ENB. |
Glide | 3.10 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Mods
- a "Rebirth" mod is available here.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III or greater |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 96 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D Accelerated Card 12 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | 3D Accelerated Card 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible |
- A hardware compatibility table for the game can be found at <path-to-game>.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6900/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6900) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Hitman: Codename 47 - Io-Interactive
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-09-07
- ↑ http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2017/11/hitman-codename-47.html
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/pixel-boost-hitman-codename-47-at-4k
- ↑ 1920x1080 - Hitman: Codename 47 widescreen - Gallery - PCGamingWiki Community
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-17