Hitman: Codename 47

Hitman: Codename 47

Developers
	IO Interactive
Publishers
Former	Eidos Interactive
Former	Square Enix
Current	IO Interactive
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Glacier
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2000
Reception
Metacritic	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
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
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

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM.
Retail		The version included in the retail 'Hitman Collection' (Eidos, 2009) is entirely DRM-free.
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
Amazon.com (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

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.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is v1.92. Digital copies are patched to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Replace files
Go to <path-to-game> and find Intro.zip. Copy Intro.zip to <path-to-game>\Cutscenes\Intro\, confirming the file replacement.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Hitman.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Hitman.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/6900/pfx/

Hitman.sav contains all player profiles.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Added on September 11, 2020.

Video

External options menu.

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			See Widescreen resolution
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		To manually adjust window position edit hitman.ini with text editor and add StartUpperPos 0,0 to the end of a file (first number is how many pixels from the left the window is displayed, second (separated by comma) is how many pixels from the top).
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.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default with no option to turn it off.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		The game should capped at maximum of 283 fps (or preferably lower as FPS also affects camera sway).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

The game HUD does not scale and may be too small to read at ultra-high resolutions.

Widescreen fix (Hor+)

Download Widescreen fix for Hitman: Codename 47, unzip it and copy the contents to <path-to-game>. Open the video driver control panel. In the Adjust Desktop Size and Position section, set the Scaling option to Full-screen. (Optional) If you want to change the resolution, go to <path-to-game>\scripts\. Open h47.ini and edit the Width and Height values. Notes Correct widescreen aspect ratio while maintaining the original vertical field of view (FOV). Ability to limit the frame rate through the video driver control panel (60 FPS limit is recommended). Ability to force antialiasing (8x) and anisotropic filtering (16x) through the video driver control panel. Fully stable solution with no crashes or graphics bugs. Compatible with Steam overlay. It is strongly recommended not to change the in-game graphics settings such as render, resolution, anti-aliasing to avoid conflicts.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse buttons cannot be assigned to actions.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, speech, SFX
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output.
Subtitles		Cutscene speech only. In-game speech not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		2.0
Royalty free audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation
Italian
Japanese				Local retail release.
Polish				Local retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Brazilian Portuguese				Retail only (CD Expert). Translation (ModDB).
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Hitman: Codename 47.
vorpX		G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55, see profile introdution. Note: Profile will not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the profile introdution vorpx forum.

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]
Go to <path-to-game> and open hitman.ini. Add StartUpperPos 0,0 to the file.

Game runs too fast

Keep CPU power usage settings stable[citation needed]

Open Control Panel and then Power Options. Click on the "Change plan settings" of whatever plan is currently active. (By default this should be "Balanced.") On the next screen click "Change advanced power settings"; a window should open containing a list of the individual components affected by power management. Scroll down to "Processor power management" and expand everything so that both "Minimum processor state" and "Maximum processor state" are visible. By default under the "Balanced" plan these should be set at 5% and 100% respectively. In order to fix the speed problem in Codename 47 "Minimum processor state" should be changed to 100%. (Alternatively one may select the default "High Performance" plan a few screens back.) Notes This will prevent your computer from automatically slowing down your processor's clock-rate in times of low demand. Older software may be explicitly relying on the processor having a constant clock speed for in-game timing.

Low frame rate on Windows 8/8.1

Use DDRAW FPS Fix

High frame rate issues

High Frame rate will cause various issues such gravity stops working (guns start to float in air). High FPS also affects how much the camera sways and how far ragdolls fly.

Limit the frame rate to 60 FPS

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
OpenGL	1.2	Recommended output method for use with post processing injectors, such as ENB.
Glide	3.10

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Increase draw distance

The draw distance on some levels is extremely short, making it difficult to see enemies.

Game is balanced towards the default draw distance. Adjusting it can cause major performance issues engine wise regardless of PC configuration.

Use Widescreen fix for Hitman: Codename 47
Install Widescreen fix for Hitman: Codename 47. Go to <path-to-game>\scripts\. Open h47.ini and edit Draw_Distance value as desired. Notes Causes a significant decrease in performance.

Use draw distance unlocker

Download Hitman Unlocker and extract to <path-to-game>. Start the game, go to options and configure keys to increase and decrease draw distance. Notes Only works on the Steam version. Can interfere with some DirectSound3D restoration methods due to using a dummy dsound.dll to patch the game. In the jungle levels or in Rotterdam, both locations with large open spaces, it can tank your FPS considerably if you don't have a high-end computer.

System requirements

Windows
	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