Velvet Assassin

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[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Green Man Gaming
Mac App Store
Steam

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Velvet Assassin\config.ini <path-to-game>\aio\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Velvet Assassin\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Game launchers options.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Resolution set via launcher.
Multi-monitor		Resolution set via launcher.
Field of view (FOV)	See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Force in the graphics card control panel.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Via launcher. 2x, 4x and maxmimum.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Enabled by default. Can be disabled by changing `presentinterval` to `0` in `config.ini`.
60 FPS	Game works accurately at 60 fps and below.
120+ FPS	Framerate is capped to 130 fps and will cause audio and animation glitches. See Issues fixed section for possible fixes.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Edit player_exdata.cfg^{[citation needed]}

Navigate to <path-to-game>\aio\ and open file player_exdata.cfg

Find the following lines and change them to your liking:

Cam1stPersonFOV = 110			//< FOV in aim mode
Cam3rdPersonFOV = 105			//< FOV in 3rd person mode

Disable motion blur[edit]

Rename or remove file^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\FX\PostFX\
Locate file named directional_blur.pfx and either remove or rename it.

Input settings[edit]

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Controller has to be enabled from in-game settings, after that everything works with controller. Launcher requires mouse, see enabling Steam overlay how to bypass launcher.
Controller remapping		Movement can't be rebound.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, effects and music.
Surround sound		Stereo 2.0.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Turkish				A Turkish fan patch is available here.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Velvet Assassin.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed[edit]

Erratic gameplay over 130 fps[edit]

Cap frame rate at 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Use a tool such as NVIDIA Profile Inspector.

Enabling Steam overlay[edit]

Replace launcher with games exe^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>
Rename Launcher.exe to something else.
Rename Replay.exe to Launcher.exe

Notes

This makes game start directly without launcher. If you need to change settings either navigate back to <path-to-game> and launch renamed exe or modify configuration file manually.

Critical Error - Aegia Physics SDK[edit]

Install the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software^[2]

Install the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.

Crashes[edit]

CPU Affinity^{[citation needed]}

While the game is launched, open task manager, find replay.exe, and adjust the CPU affinity to the first CPU. These crashes may still occurr but will be slightly less frequent.

Window border visible in fullscreen mode[edit]

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

Apply the fix

Apply the Velvet Assassin fullscreen border fix.

Black shader bug (OS X)[edit]

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

Use shader patch^[3]

Use Shader Patch for Velvet Assassin.

Other information[edit]

No Hints[edit]

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.

No Hints, Before and After.

Link to Download

The Enhanced Edition[edit]

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

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

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

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Single core 3GHz	Dual Core 2GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia Geforce 6800 ATI X1600 Pixel Shader 3 support 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia Geforce 7900gt ATI X1900 xt
Sound (audio device)	Stereo	5.1

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

References

[1] Steam Overlay Fix :: Velvet Assassin General Discussion

[2] Failed to init Ageia physics SDK :: Velvet Assassin General Discussions

[3] Velvet Assassin on Mac (Patch) | The Tenth Planet

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Developers

	Replay Studios
Publishers
	SouthPeak Games
	Digital Tribe
Engines
	Replay Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 28, 2009
OS X	December 26, 2012