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− | # Go to <code>HITMAN3/Retail</code>, and create a desktop shortcut of <code>HITMAN3.exe</code> | + | # Create a desktop shortcut of {{file|{{P|game}}/RetailHITMAN3.exe}}. |
| # Go to the ''Properties'' of this created shortcut, and add the following line at the end of the Target URL: <code>-EpicPortal -epicuserid=EPIC_USER_ID</code>, and replace <code>EPIC_USER_ID</code> with your actual Epic User ID. The Epic User ID can be found at the top of the [https://www.epicgames.com/account/personal Epic Personal Account Settings page]. | | # Go to the ''Properties'' of this created shortcut, and add the following line at the end of the Target URL: <code>-EpicPortal -epicuserid=EPIC_USER_ID</code>, and replace <code>EPIC_USER_ID</code> with your actual Epic User ID. The Epic User ID can be found at the top of the [https://www.epicgames.com/account/personal Epic Personal Account Settings page]. |
| {{ii}} If only playing in Standalone mode is desired, it is '''not''' necessary to use a real Epic User ID, as, in this state, the game does not try to confirm its legitimacy via the internet, and the ID you enter for the shortcut is merely used for creating a save folder on your hard drive, and can be any random string of letters, symbols and numbers.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://imgur.com/a/s6h2JYe|title=zyRwpmC.png - Imgur|date=2023-03-15}}</ref> | | {{ii}} If only playing in Standalone mode is desired, it is '''not''' necessary to use a real Epic User ID, as, in this state, the game does not try to confirm its legitimacy via the internet, and the ID you enter for the shortcut is merely used for creating a save folder on your hard drive, and can be any random string of letters, symbols and numbers.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://imgur.com/a/s6h2JYe|title=zyRwpmC.png - Imgur|date=2023-03-15}}</ref> |
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.
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.[2][3][4][5] 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)[6], 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.)[7][8][9]
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.[10][11]
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.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
General information
- Official forum
- Official support threads
Availability
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.[13] |
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Street Art Pack |
Cosmetics and weapon pack. |
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Makeshift Pack |
Cosmetics, suit and weapon pack. |
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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. |
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- Individual DLC's (the Access Passes, Deluxe Pack, 7 Deadly Sins and Hitman 3 levels) 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 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.[17]
Essential improvements
Skip launcher
Skip intro
Download the separate Skip Intro mod for your game build[citation needed]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
External graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings (1/2)
In-game graphics settings (2/2)
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.[23]
Disable sharpening by setting its strength to zero[23]
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- Open Windows Registry Editor.
- Got to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IO Interactive\HITMAN3 and locate the SharpeningStrength registry key.
- Change its value from the default of
2 to 0 to fully disable sharpening.
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Input
Keyboard and mouse settings.
DualShock 4 controller scheme.
DualSense controller scheme.
XInput controller scheme.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Effects, Music, Dialogue |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Size option |
Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Polish |
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Fan translation, download lustro. |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
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[26]
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- Go to
%LOCALAPPDATA%\IO Interactive\HITMAN3
- Remove both
PipelineCache.bin and PipelineLibrary.bin files.
- Start the game.
- These files will reappear after a shader compilation.
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Stuttering when mirrors are displayed
- The game may hitch shortly every time a mirror is visible on-screen.[27] This bug was introduced with the May 24th 2022 (3.110) Ray Tracing update[28].
Workaround: disable DXR (Ray Tracing) at driver level[29]
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- Disables all ray-traced reflections.
- Download the latest version of Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Start Nvidia Profile Inspector.
- Load Hitman 3 profile.
- Set
Enable DXR (Ray Tracing) to DXR Disabled .
- Apply changes (top right button).
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Set Mirrors Reflection Quality to "Off"[citation needed]
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- Disables all mirrors.
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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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- Right click on the game in your Steam library and go to Manage.
- Click on Controller layout and then on Joystick Move for the left joystick you use to move in-game.
- Go to Additional Settings and under Enable Deadzone choose configuration or calibration, assuming you have calibrated the deadzone through Steam input in the past.
- Close the Steam controller configurator & start the game.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
12 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
v3.4.1.0 |
Audio |
Wwise |
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Interface |
Scaleform |
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Input |
libScePad, 3DRudder |
libScePad (v1.0.4.1) includes support for DualSense, 3DRudder v0.2.0.4 |
Cutscenes |
CRI Movie |
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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[15]
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- Create a desktop shortcut of
<path-to-game>/RetailHITMAN3.exe .
- Go to the Properties of this created shortcut, and add the following line at the end of the Target URL:
-EpicPortal -epicuserid=EPIC_USER_ID , and replace EPIC_USER_ID with your actual Epic User ID. The Epic User ID can be found at the top of the Epic Personal Account Settings page.
- If only playing in Standalone mode is desired, it is not necessary to use a real Epic User ID, as, in this state, the game does not try to confirm its legitimacy via the internet, and the ID you enter for the shortcut is merely used for creating a save folder on your hard drive, and can be any random string of letters, symbols and numbers.[30]
- Use
-epiclocale= to change the default locale of the game; acceptable values are en , fr , it , de , es , ru , ja , zh-CN and zh-Hant .
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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 IOI servers. Features include moderated leaderboards, having everything unlocked, and playing custom and discontinued content such as legacy escalations and all Elusive Targets. 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.
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 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 makes all Elusive Targets playable offline.
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:
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."
- ↑ 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
- In Hitman 2, Hitman's pre-rendered cutscenes look significantly worse with color banding, compression artifacts and less clarity. This is also visible in Hitman World of Assassination.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 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
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 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.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 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
- ↑ IOI Support - PC VR - HITMAN 3 Player Support - last accessed on 2022-06-27
- ↑ Game wont 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