Hitman: Contracts

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

Key points

Certain graphical effects are only available when using Direct3D whilst others only available with OpenGL.^[1] Also post-processing injectors typically cause heavy artifacts and graphical glitches.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Hitman Wiki

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 5 DRM.
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

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

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Patch v1.74 is the latest retail patch.

Digital distribution versions are v1.75 only in Steam and comes with other languages support and widescreen support.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Skip intro^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open HitmanContracts.ini.
Find the following line and replace it with the this value.

DefaultScene=mainmenu.gms

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\HitmanContracts.ini^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/247430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/247430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert- in Steam version.^[2] See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD		Vert- in Steam version.^[2] See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)	See Widescreen resolution or the WSGF entry.
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use Borderless Gaming while in windowed mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Force in GPU control panel for better results.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Nvidia cards can force AA using Nvidia Profile Inspector. `0x000020C0` for MSAA and `0x000000C0` for SGSSAA. Ensure the AA fix is enabled.^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)	On by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	The game doesn't run properly at very high frame rates.

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Steam version supports widescreen (including 4K Ultra HD) natively, but it features a problematic Vert- FOV change, as well as stretching game graphics.^[2]

Widescreen fix^{[citation needed]}

Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
Extract h3.7z files to <path-to-game> (password=h3).
Edit h3.ini to set the resolution and FOV multiplier.

Notes

Works with Steam/digital distribution versions; supported exe size: 3 752 004 bytes; 3 756 135 bytes.

LOD distance is also adjustable.

Windowed[edit]

Enable windowed^[2]

Open <path-to-game>\HitmanContracts.ini.
Add Window 1 on a new line.
Change StartUpperPos 2,2 to StartUpperPos 0,0.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Sound settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Located under Graphics options.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output.^[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable it.
EAX support		EAX 3.^[5]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available on GOG
German				Not available on GOG
Italian				Not available on GOG
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Spanish				Not available on GOG
Turkish				Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Hitman: Contracts.

Issues fixed[edit]

Game crashes, hangs, or lags[edit]

Edit config file^{[citation needed]}

Open <path-to-game>\HitmanContracts.ini.
Change DrawDll RenderD3D.dll to DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll

Game doesn't save[edit]

Create the Save folder^[6]

Go to <path-to-game>.
Make a new folder and name it "Save".

When using anything that zooms the circle that should be representative of your sight is blacked out[edit]

Lower post filter^{[citation needed]}

Some users reported that this can be fixed by lowering the "post filter" that is for modern graphics cards.

Can not finish the second level (Meat King) without crashing (Using a Radeon Graphics Card)[edit]

Update drivers^{[citation needed]}

Update your drivers.

Black Screen[edit]

Update drivers^{[citation needed]}

Update your drivers.

Mute music^{[citation needed]}

Try to mute the in-game music -some users have reported this fixed their problem.

Whenever the player dies, the screen goes all white and stays that way[edit]

Disable post filtering^{[citation needed]}

Try turning off post filtering.

Loud background effects (like wind)[edit]

Disable EAX^{[citation needed]}

Disable EAX in sound options.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8	Requires DirectX 9.0 to be installed
OpenGL
Shader Model support	1.1	Doesn't use anything above SM 1.1
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz or AMD Athlon equivalent	Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or AMD Athlon XP equivalent
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/247430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (247430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without Administrator elevation, activity in %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMFILES(X86)%, and %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/247430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (247430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] ttps://www.hitmanforum.com/t/rain-effects-missing/16209

[Sui-4] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2018-03-23

[5] ttp://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=5457050&postcount=4024

[6] PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up

[7] Killer EAX® ADVANCED HD™ Audio in Hitman Contracts™ - SoundBlaster.com (retrieved)

[8] ttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=371890450

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Developers

	IO Interactive
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Glacier
Release dates
Windows	April 20, 2004