Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Developers
	IO Interactive
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Glacier
Release dates
Windows	October 1, 2002

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

General information

Hitman Wiki

Neoseeker Forums

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

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		The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM free.
Publisher website
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
GameStop
GOG.com		Version 1.01 uncensored.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

The Steam version (v1.02) is slightly censored (removed certain lines of dialog, alcohol references, and minor changes to certain disguises)

The European release of the Hitman Collection is DRM-free, already patched to the latest version and have the cheats enable by default.

Version differences

The GOG.com version is patched to work better on modern operating systems and it's the uncensored version 1.01.

Demos

• Demo
• St. Petersburg Demo

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.01 is the latest patch available. English, French, and German versions of the patch are available.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro Go to the installation folder. Edit Hitman2.ini. Set DefaultScene=AllLevels/Logos.gms to DefaultScene=mainmenu.gms

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Hitman2.ini

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Game's configuration tool.

Graphics settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor			See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)		See Widescreen resolution.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x. Can make the game crash with 2x or more.[citation needed]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled in fullscreen mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Very high frame rates will cause a "slow motion" effect in-game. Extremely high frame rate (above 1024 FPS) will freeze character movement and break in-game cutscenes, which can make it impossible to load the opening level. Framerate can be limited using Nvidia Inspector.

Widescreen resolution

Some widescreen methods are reported to cause crashes at least on the Kirov Park Meeting level.

Widescreen fix (Vert-) Go to the installation folder. Edit Hitman2.ini. Add Window 1 to the file. Add StartUpperPos 0,0 to the file. Edit the Resolution line with the desired values. Notes Running the game in Windows mode disables v-sync and anti-aliasing. This can result in extremely high framerates that affect gameplay and break the in-game cutscenes. Running the game in OpenGL instead of Direct3D will cap the frame rate at 60 hz, but may result in graphical glitches such as untextured character models in some levels.

Widescreen fix (Hor+) See the WSGF entry for the game. Download the attachment from the page (Hitman.2 - Widescreen-GOG.zip). Extract hitman2.exe and Hitman2.ini to the installation folder. Open the appropriate FOV folder and extract RenderD3D.dll to the installation folder. Edit Hitman2.ini and set the Resolution setting to the appropriate one. Notes Not compatible with the Steam version.

Widescreen fix (Hor+ alternative) Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Extract h2.7z files to the installation folder (password=h2). Run upx.bat for GOG.com version of the game. Edit h2.ini to set the resolution. Notes Works with Steam version (currently in beta, will launch with most but not all systems). Supported exe size: 2 838 528 bytes; 873 984 bytes.

Input settings

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings

Sound settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Always enabled.
EAX support		First EAX 3 game released.

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
Spanish				subtitles and interface with a mod
Italian				Available here.
Polish				Retail and here. Retail only translation available.
Russian				Not available in the Steam version.

Issues fixed

Game is displayed in-between screens

The window is displayed in the middle of Windows workspace, which may end up being in-between screens.

Set window position Go to the installation folder. Edit Hitman2.ini. Add StartUpperPos 0,0 to the file.

Fatal Error - Unable to create device

Set windowed mode Open the configuration tool. Disable the Full Screen setting.

Crash To Desktop (Steam)

Fixing the Crash to Desktop Find Hitman 2: Silent Assassin in your Steam Library Right-click the game name. Click Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Configuration Ignore all the settings here and click save and launch.

Failed to find Steam

Launch the game through the Steam library

Copy steam.dll from the steam directory and place it in your game directory[citation needed]

Black screen during the cutscenes

Use DX8 to DX9 enb convertor Download the newest DX8 to DX9 convertor. Place it in a folder with the game.

Limiting the frame rate See Frame Rate (FPS) for instructions on how to limit the frame rate. Keep in mind, that this is DirectX 8 based game and some solutions may not work out of the box.

Fullscreen mode Run the Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Configuration on Steam or <path-to-game>\config.exe Under the Graphics tab, check Fullscreen. Notes This solution is not compatible with the first two widescreen solutions.

Set the renderer to OpenGL Go to <path-to-game>. Open Hitman2.ini. Change DrawDll RenderD3D.dll to DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll Notes This solution is compatible with the Vert- widescreen solution. The OpenGL renderer may cause some visual glitches, some graphical settings will also be missing.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL	1.4
Shader Model support	1.4
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Interface	FreeType

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible