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Velvet Assassin

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Velvet Assassin
Velvet Assassin cover
Developers
Replay Studios
Publishers
SouthPeak Games
Digital Tribe
Engines
Replay Engine
Release dates
Windows April 28, 2009
macOS (OS X) December 26, 2012
Velvet Assassin guide on StrategyWiki
Velvet Assassin on Wikipedia

Key points

For Windows 8 and later apply the fullscreen border fix.
The Windows version requires the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software (prevents a Critical Error - Aegia Physics SDK crash).
Users have reported stability issues. See Issues fixed section for possible fixes.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Requires online activation
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16720/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Game launcher options.
Game launcher options.

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Windowed

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

Motion blur

Instructions

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Turkish

Mute on focus lost

Instructions

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Velvet Assassin.

Issues fixed

Erratic gameplay over 60 FPS

Instructions

Enabling Steam overlay

Instructions

Critical Error - Aegia Physics SDK

Instructions

Crashes

Instructions

Window border visible in fullscreen mode

A window border is visible in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and later.
Instructions

Black shader bug (OS X)

The player character may be solid black on systems with AMD graphics.
Instructions

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 100 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX Windows version requires the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.

Mods

No Hints mod

No Hints, Before and After.
No Hints, Before and After.

This mod removes all highlights on characters, loot, all UI messages and subtitles, decreases the grain filters on assassination animations. It also changes Violette's costume to the pilot suit during Morphine mode.

Link to Download

Velvet Assassin: Enhanced Edition

The Enhanced Edition offers a large variety of user-created tweaks. Some of these range from:

  • increasing the difficulty,
  • adding new textures,
  • tweaking overall weapon damage as well as recoil/accuracy,
  • disabling startup movies,
  • removing motion blur,
  • etc.

Mod DB Link

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Single core 3GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia Geforce 6800
ATI X1600
Pixel Shader 3 support
256 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) Stereo
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI HD 2600
NVidia 8600
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References