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* [https://www.nexusmods.com/hitman3/mods/550 Offline Elusive Target Arcade] makes all Elusive Target Arcade contracts playable offline. | * [https://www.nexusmods.com/hitman3/mods/550 Offline Elusive Target Arcade] makes all Elusive Target Arcade contracts playable offline. | ||
* [https://www.nexusmods.com/hitman3/mods/441 Offline Unlocks] makes all base-game items available in offline mode. | * [https://www.nexusmods.com/hitman3/mods/441 Offline Unlocks] makes all base-game items available in offline mode. | ||
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Revision as of 18:03, 30 September 2023
This page is for the 2021 original third entry in the World of Assassination trilogy, later became World of Assassination. For the third main Hitman game from 2004, see Hitman: Contracts.
Developers | |
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IO Interactive | |
Mi'pu'mi Games[1] | |
Publishers | |
IO Interactive | |
Retail | Square Enix[2] |
Engines | |
Glacier 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 20, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
OpenCritic | 86 |
IGDB | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Immersive sim, Stealth |
Series | Hitman |
Hitman | |
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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 |
Hitman: World of Assassination (previously named Hitman 3) is the eighth main game in the Hitman series. It was originally the third and final game in the World of Assassination trilogy, but on January 26, 2023 it became Hitman: World of Assassination. Compared to Hitman 2, the game features ray-raced reflections, ray-traced shadows, reworked foliage, improved cloth simulation, reduced bloom intensity (which could look overblown previously), improved and more deliberate usage of screen space reflection, higher resolution render-to-texture reflections for mirrors, improved god-rays, many bugfixes, DLSS 2.4, DLSS Frame Generation, FSR 2.1 and XeSS.
Compared to Hitman 2, the game is missing the smoke effects on explosions (replaced mostly with a bright bloom effect) and has reduced fire effects complexity.[3][4][5][6] The game also inherits some downgrades introduced in Hitman 2 compared to Hitman: the reduced quality of Hitman's pre-rendered cutscenes (visibly heavier compressed)[7], heavily reduced/simplified destruction physics animations and heavily reduced and even missing smoke effects (especially visible when explosions occur and when looking at the signal flares at the Marrakesh level.)[8][9][10]
Compared to the install sizes (including all DLC and legacy packs) of both previous entries Hitman (68.34 GB) and Hitman 2 (149.62 GB), Hitman: World of Assassination (67.21 GB) uses LZ4 compression and de-duplication of data compared to the previous entries (possible due to its previous episodic nature) to reduce its install size massively, while retaining the same graphical quality, performance compared to Hitman 2 and including all content from the two previous entries.[11][12]
The game requires a constant internet connection for some features to work properly (Contracts mode, Challenge progression and Freelancer mode). The game makes a distinction between online and offline saves; online saves cannot be loaded while offline, and offline saves loaded while online will put the game into offline mode.[13]
The game was renamed to Hitman: World of Assassination with all content from Hitman and base game content from Hitman 2 becoming free for all players of the game on January 26, 2023.[14] Additionally, owners of Hitman 2 Expansion Pass will no longer receive HITMAN 3 Access Pass: HITMAN 2 Expansion (Hitman 2 DLC) as the location importing functionality has been disabled. If it wasn't already imported into Hitman: World of Assassination before January 26, 2023, it will have to be purchased again as part of the World of Assassination Deluxe Pack or separately in the in-game store.[15]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Europe only; download code only, no disc included.[16] | |||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Epic Games Store | DRM Free when a shortcut is made directly to the executable, with these commands being appended to the Target URL.[17]. Offline mode has very limited functionality; only access to levels and settings is provided, with online functionality (achievements, Elusive Targets, Freelancer, Escalations, etc.) being disabled; There are mods that can alleviate this issue, however. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Choice to buy Steam (incorrectly lists macOS and Linux compatibility[18]) or Epic Games Store version. | |||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam |
Version differences
- Hitman World of Assassination includes all game content from Hitman, while also including all base game content from both Hitman 2 and Hitman 3.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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World of Assassination Deluxe Pack | Includes Hitman 3 Deluxe Pack, Hitman 3 Seven Deadly Sins Collection and HITMAN 2 Premium Content. One-third price reduction for each of these three pieces of content the user already owns.[14] | |
Street Art Pack | Cosmetics and weapon pack. | |
Makeshift Pack | Cosmetics, suit and weapon pack. | |
Free Starter Pack | Experience the start of the World of Assassination trilogy for free. Begin your journey as an initiate and meet your handler at the training facility to become an Agent of the ICA. | |
The Sarajevo Six | Previously PS4 exclusive campaign ported over to all platforms. | |
The Trinity Pack | Formerly pre-order bonus cosmetic, suit and weapon pack DLC. |
- Individual DLC's can be disabled in the DLC/Addons menu on both the Epic Games Store and Steam, but these render them unusable in-game and does not uninstall those parts of the game from the disk, as was the case in Hitman 2.
- Game Progress (gear unlocks, location mastery, etc.) can be imported from Hitman 2 on Steam to Hitman 3 on Epic Games Store, though this can only be done once.[19]
Essential improvements
Skip launcher
Use the -skip_launcher command line argument
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Skip intro
Use the Simple Mod Framework, which skips the intro by default[citation needed] |
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Download the separate Skip Intro mod for your game build[citation needed] |
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Use ZHMModSDK's own SkipIntro mod[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IO Interactive\HITMAN3 |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1659040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Epic Games Launcher | %APPDATA%\IO Interactive\Epic\<user-id>\HITMAN3 |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1659040\remote\ |
Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\IOInteractiveAS.PC-HITMAN3-BaseGame_6h0y724g59e1w\SystemAppData\wgs\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1659040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud | Save games carry over from Cloud to PC Game Pass |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Can be changed via cheat table: FOV Changer Can also be changed with Custom FOV mod (Requires Simple Mod Framework.) |
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Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Labeled Fullscreen in the options. Exclusive fullscreen also available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA is forced on.[20] Additionally, sharpening is forced on, see Disable sharpening. Optional up to 2.0x SSAA can be set. Values less than 1.0x can be used via changing the 'SuperSampling' string in regedit. Change it to 500 for 50% rendering, 600 for 60%, etc. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 3.1, FSR 2.1, XeSS 1.1 [21] Received DLSS Frame Generation support through a patch on January 26, 2023.[22] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Force enabled on AMD cards while benchmarking[23] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Limited to exclusive full screen mode. Resets to Off if launched in borderless.[24] | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | Ray-traced sun shadows and reflections. |
Disable sharpening
- Compared to HITMAN 2, Hitman: World of Assassination does not provide an option to disable its sharpening feature in the in-game options menu and forces its dynamic sharpening implementation on at all times at its previous High setting.[25]
Disable sharpening by setting its strength to zero[25] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | If multiple controllers are connected and the active one is unplugged, any remaining controller must be unplugged and replugged for it to be picked up as active again. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Including full support for DualSense, works only via USB | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | it does change the shape, but not the color | |
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Tracked motion controllers | Oculus Touch, Valve Index, and Vive Cosmos controllers officially supported. HTC Vive controllers are also compatible.[26] | |
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | Only first connected controller can be used | |
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Effects, Music, Dialogue | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Size option | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Added with the 3.50 patch.[27] | |||
Traditional Chinese | Added with the 3.50 patch.[27] | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Added with the 3.50 patch.[27] | |||
Polish | Fan translation, download lustro. | |||
Russian | Added with the 3.50 patch.[27] Fan translation is also available here. | |||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | Versus Via the Ghost Mode mod. Steam only (includes free demo). No matchmaking is available, you must invite your opponent manually. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | |||
vorpX |
Headsets | |||
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SteamVR | |||
Oculus VR (LibOVR) | Oculus Quest and Quest 2 supported via Oculus Link.[28] | ||
Windows Mixed Reality | Use Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR. | ||
OSVR |
Devices | |||
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Tracked motion controllers | Oculus Touch, Valve Index, and Vive Cosmos controllers officially supported. HTC Vive controllers are also compatible.[26] See Input for details. |
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Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
Keyboard/Mouse | Mouse and keyboard are functional but some actions don't seem to work. |
Play area | |||
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Seated | |||
Standing | |||
Room-scale |
Issues fixed
Can't launch the game after a BSOD/hardware failure
- When your computer encounters a BSOD (for whatever reason), there is a small chance that the shader cache of the game will become corrupted. When that happens, it is no longer possible to start the game.
Clear game's shader cache pipeline[29] |
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Stuttering when mirrors are displayed
- The game may hitch shortly every time a mirror is visible on-screen.[30] This bug was introduced with the May 24th 2022 (3.110) Ray Tracing update[31].
Workaround: disable DXR (Ray Tracing) at driver level[32] |
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Set Mirrors Reflection Quality to "Off"[citation needed] |
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Running stutters when moving foward using steam input
- Using Steam input's controller support can cause issues with Hitman's 3 default deadzones, causing a "stutter" like feel in the controls when moving fowards or backwards.
Enable deadzone configuration or calibration through Steam input[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | v3.4.1.0 |
Audio | Wwise | |
Interface | Scaleform | |
Input | libScePad, 3DRudder | libScePad (v1.0.4.1) includes support for DualSense, 3DRudder v0.2.0.4 |
Cutscenes | CRI Movie |
Epic Games Store Start the game in standalone mode
- When used standalone, the game will skip login to Epic Games, dismiss online warnings, and launch straight into offline mode.
Create an offline shortcut[17] |
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Mods
Modding Tools
- The Simple Mod Framework is a modding tool that aims to make mod installation as easy and conflict-free as possible.
- LocalGhost can be used with the Ghost Mode mod to play the mode on the game's Steam version. Some LocalGhost servers also offer other content, such as HITMAPS In-Game Roulette. Creating your own server is also possible.
Miscellaneous Mods
- The Peacock Project is an alternative way to experience the game online by using a server replacement instead of connecting to official IOI servers. Features include moderated leaderboards, playing custom and discontinued content such as legacy escalations and all Elusive Targets, and also having everything unlocked. Peacock is a highly customized implementation of LocalGhost.
- Lighting Ultimate changes bloom levels and disables most post processing effects used in the levels. Also has an option to change the lighting of H2016 maps to their pre-GOTY versions.
- Heritage UI aims to improve HITMAN 3's UI. Features can be toggled on and off based on the user's preferences.
- The Great Big Localisation Revamp cuts down on generic, mis-spelled, or otherwise unfitting names and descriptions for items, weapons and suits that can be viewed via the in-game inventory.
Offline Mode Mods
- These mods add additional offline features to the game that make offline play worthwhile.
- Custom and Offline Missions Pack Enables all vanilla missions in offline mode, including seasonal content like Holiday Hoarders and Berlin Egg Hunt, as well as the Sniper Assassin missions. Adds a series of modded/ custom missions including Choose Your Own Adventure missions and a solo ghost-mode type mission.
- Offline Elusives Redux SMF Edition makes all Elusive Targets playable offline.
- Offline Elusive Target Arcade makes all Elusive Target Arcade contracts playable offline.
- Offline Unlocks makes all base-game items available in offline mode.
- All Startings Locations Unlocked makes all starting locations available in offline mode.
Custom Mission Mods
- Chongqing Noodle Massacre Adds new bonus mission to offline mode, a remake of the Codename 47/Contracts Missions "The Massacre at the Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant"/"The Noodle Massacre"
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Phenom II X4 940 |
Intel Core i7-4790 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX 12 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1659040/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1659040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ About - Mi'pu'mi Games - last accessed on 2022-10-05
- "Our team assisted IO Interactive in the areas of gameplay, engine, tools, online, and UI programming."
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on 2023-05-31
- ↑ Hitman 3 Physics vs. Hitman 2 Physics - Bear Game Asia - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-05
- ↑ Hitman 3 vs Hitman 2 | Direct Comparison - Nick930 - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Hitman 3 Tech Review: Next-Gen Enhancements + The Glacier Engine Evolved - Digital Foundry - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Hitman vs. Hitman 2 vs. Hitman 3 | Downgrade Evolution? - Bear Gaming Asia - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Hitman 2 vs Hitman | Direct Comparison - Nick930 - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ [4K] Hitman 2 vs 1 Engine Graphics Upgrade! - IO Interactive Improves Its Tech - Digital Foundry - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Hitman 3 vs. Hitman 1 | Downgrade? - Bear Game Asia - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-01-04
- Own all three trilogy games on Steam, install sizes are counted with all DLC, legacy packs and access passes with the latest updates as of January 4, 2023.
- ↑ How Hitman 3's devs shrank the entire trilogy install size by over 80GB - PCGamer - last accessed on 2023-01-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Tenbeat on 2021-01-22
- Verified by disconnecting from internet, though there are no elusive targets yet. Same restrictions as Hitman 2016 and Hitman 2.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 HITMAN 3 to become ‘World of Assassination’ - last accessed on 2023-01-03
- ↑ Access Pass Guide / Location Importing – HITMAN 3 Player Support - last accessed on 2023-03-11
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on 2023-05-31
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-03-14
- Game does not require Epic or IOI's servers to work, albeit with limited functionality; only access to the levels is provided, with other caveats listed at the top of the page applying.
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-05
- No Linux and/or macOS ports are available on Steam or anywhere for that matter. Also hasn't been announced by IOI.
- ↑ Hitman 3: Progression Carryover
- ↑ Hitman 3 on PC Is to Die For | Attack of the Fanboy
- ↑ HITMAN 3 - October Patch Notes - last accessed on 2022-10-06
- ↑ Marvel’s Midnight Suns NVIDIA DLSS 3 Game Ready Driver Released - last accessed on 2023-01-24
- ↑ Twitter - @Dachsjaeger - last accessed on 2021-11-14
- "...Hitman 3 on AMD 6800xt turns on Vsync when benchmarking in borderless window with Vsync off (but has Vsync off in load screens and menu)"
- ↑ Verified by User:13xforever1 on 2021-01-21
- It's easy to test with in-game settings, when you switch to Fullscreen, HDR menu option disappears.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Is there a way to turn off dynamic sharpening in H3 on PC? - Reddit - last accessed on 2023-01-05
- ↑ IOI Support - PC VR - HITMAN 3 Player Support - last accessed on 2022-06-27
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 HITMAN 3 - July Patch Notes - last accessed on 2023-08-12
- ↑ IOI Support - PC VR - HITMAN 3 Player Support - last accessed on 2022-06-27
- ↑ Game won't start anymore - last accessed on 2021-11-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Cn9740 on 2022-07-23
- ↑ HITMAN 3 – May Patch Notes - last accessed on 2022-11-14
- ↑ Mirrors reflection stuttering fix - last accessed on 2022-11-14
- ↑ zyRwpmC.png - Imgur - last accessed on 2023-03-15