Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.


Warning for game developers: PCGamingWiki staff members will only ever reach out to you using the official press@pcgamingwiki.com mail address.
Be aware of scammers claiming to be representatives or affiliates of PCGamingWiki who promise a PCGW page for a game key.

Hitman: Codename 47

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
This page may require cleanup to meet basic quality standards. The specific problem is: Running Steam as administrator is not a solution. You can help by modifying the article. The discussion page may contain useful suggestions.
Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman: Codename 47 cover
Developers
IO Interactive
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Engines
Glacier
Release dates
Windows November 23, 2000
Hitman: Codename 47 guide on StrategyWiki
Hitman: Codename 47 on Wikipedia
Hitman
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

Hitman Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM-free.
Windows
Publisher website
DRM details are not known
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
Windows
Amazon.co.uk
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
DRM details are not known
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Icon overlay.png
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Humble Store
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
The European release of the Hitman Collection is DRM-free, already patched to the latest version and have the cheats enable by default.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is v1.92.

Draw Distance unlocker

The draw distance on some levels is extremely short, making it difficult to see enemies.
Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 1]
Hitman.sav contains all player profiles.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External options menu.
External options menu.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

HUD does not scale and may be unreadably small at ultra-high resolutions.
Instructions
Instructions

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

May require DirectSound3D restoration software to restore proper audio functionality on Windows Vista and later.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian
Not available in the Steam version.

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).
Instructions

"Failed to find Steam" error

Instructions
Instructions

Fix for numerous in-game crashes

Instructions

Black screen/crash on startup

Instructions

Game runs too fast

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
OpenGL 1.2
Glide 3.10
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) 100% DirectX 7.0a-compatible 3D Accelerated Card
12 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0a compatible
A hardware compatibility table for the game can be found at <path-to-game>

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/6900/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (6900) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References