Hitman: Codename 47
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Developers | |
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IO Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Eidos Interactive | |
Engines | |
Glacier | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 19, 2000[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
IGDB | 60 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Asia, Contemporary, Eastern Europe, Europe, South America |
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 |
General information
- Developer website
- Hitman Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
Retail | The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM-free. | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- The European release of the Hitman Collection is DRM-free, already patched to the latest version and has cheats enabled by default.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest version is v1.92. Digital copies are patched to the latest version.
Increase draw distance
- The draw distance on some levels is extremely short, making it difficult to see enemies.
Use nemesis2000's fix[citation needed] |
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Use draw distance unlocker[4] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Hitman.cfg[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Hitman.sav[Note 2] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/[Note 3] |
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Hitman.sav
contains all player profiles.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Window cannot be repositioned. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | The option may be grayed out or has no effect on modern systems. Choose an OpenGL renderer and see Forcing anti-aliasing.[5] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default with no option to turn it off. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 180 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
Widescreen fix (Hor+ alternative)[6] |
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Include Setup\Locale.zip //DrawDll Render3DFX.dll DrawDll RenderD3D.dll //DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll SoundDll Sound.dll ScriptDll GSC.dll LocaleDLL Locale.dll Resolution 1024x768 Anisotropy 2 AntiAlias DisableLight ColorDepth 32 ShadowDetail 2 TextureResolution 0 Notes
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- HUD does not scale and may be too small to read at ultra-high resolutions.
Widescreen fix (Hor+)[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Widescreen fix (Vert-)[7] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Mouse buttons cannot be assigned to actions. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, speech, SFX | |
Surround sound | Up to 7.0 output.[9] | |
Subtitles | Cutscene speech only. In-game speech not subtitled. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | 2.0 |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation | |||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail release, download | |||
Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Hitman: Codename 47. |
Issues fixed
Game window displayed in-between screens
- If running windowed mode, the game will place the window across screens (in some cases, half off-screen).
Set window position[citation needed] |
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"Failed to find Steam" error
Launch the game from Steam[10] |
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Verify Your Game Cache[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Fix for numerous in-game crashes
Run game in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Compatibility Mode[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Black screen/crash on startup
Use OpenGL render instead of Direct3D[citation needed] |
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Game runs too fast
Keep CPU power usage settings stable[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Low frame rate on Windows 8/8.1
Use DDRAW FPS Fix[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | |
OpenGL | 1.2 | Buggy textures. Recommended output method for use with post processing injectors, such as ENB. |
Glide | 3.10 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Mods
- a "Rebirth" mod is available here.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz | Intel Pentium III |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | 96 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 3D accelerated card 12 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
- A hardware compatibility table for the game can be found at <path-to-game>.
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/6900/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (6900) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Hitman: Codename 47 - Io-Interactive
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-09-07
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2019-02-08
- ↑ http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2017/11/hitman-codename-47.html
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/pixel-boost-hitman-codename-47-at-4k
- ↑ 1920x1080 - Hitman: Codename 47 widescreen - Gallery - PCGamingWiki Community
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-05-17