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Interesting - this is the position from the Jasper Knight tutorial (from Fischer-Spassky 1972 Game 6), but with the white queen moved from h3 to d2 and the white rook moved from f5 to b1.

If so, why make this announcement when there are only 5 days, and no info about this before today? They still have the line "All locations from HITMAN 1 and HITMAN 2 can be imported and played within HITMAN 3 at no additional cost for existing owners – plus progression from HITMAN 2 is directly carried over into HITMAN 3 at launch." on hitman.com. To me it qualifies as a lie.

Huh, weird to not see weekly content again. Weird to see 11 days for ET as well. And no April game update.
All-in-all looks to be more like "half the april" content schedule, and either they are cooking something for 18th of April, or pushing more resources towards season 2 or we just see the decline of live content for now.
EDIT: ah, yes, explanation in blog:
> Now, after more than a complete year of weekly content releases, we’re moving to a monthly release for April.
Releasing all of our April Content on one day will ensure that you will be able to immediately play your favourite type of live content and have a larger amount of content to play, discuss and enjoy at once. HITMAN is a game that has evolved a lot since launch and we want to keep exploring ways that we can improve the experience.

All jokes aside, it's actually really irresponsible for the devs to include the briefcase in official artwork. For crying out loud, 47 holding the brief case is the first thing you see when you go to https://hitman.com.

From this weekly post: https://hitman.com/news/this-week-in-hitman-10-6-2016

> we hear your feedback about the lack of bullet wounds in some circumstances. That’s an issue that arose as a result of our weapon balancing from the Marrakesh update and will also get fixed.

It's expected to be included in the next update, with the Summer Bonus Episode.

Well first of all, they still have "All locations from HITMAN 1 and HITMAN 2 can be imported and played within HITMAN 3 at no additional cost for existing owners – plus progression from HITMAN 2 is directly carried over into HITMAN 3 at launch" on hitman.com

That line itself is a lie.

Secondly, $2-$5 could still be a lot of money depending on where you live.

Release notes for 1.03.

Text-only version below, full blog post here: https://hitman.com/news/game-update-1-03-released-  

 

We just released a new game update for HITMAN, which adds the Vampire Magician Challenge Pack, improvements to load times and many other fixes.

This update will start rolling out today, March 31st for PS4 and Xbox One players and will be coming to PC in the very near future. Read on for the full release notes. 

 

The Vampire Magician Challenge Pack includes 10 new challenges that were inspired by how our community have been playing the game. Each challenge requires you to wear the Vampire Magician disguise while taking down targets using a range of different methods.  

 

Continued improvements to load times
The improvements will be most notable when loading The Showstopper mission in Paris and we're already working on improving all loading times even more.  

 

Improved responsiveness for in-game menus and image loading

We've implemented an image caching system that will improve responsiveness and loading times for all images in the game menu. 

 

Fixed issues with scoring

Primarily, this fixes an issue that resulted in many players earning a “0 second” time bonus and an incorrect score of 210,000. A leaderboard reset will be implemented at a later date. 

 

Continued improvements to connectivity

Server stability improvements.  

 

Missing 'Requiem Pack' items have been restored

For those affected, these items will now be available to choose from the planning screen again. 

 

Fixed numerous issues that were causing crashes

General improvements to game stability. 

 

PC release time has changed, now the same as consoles.

All three platforms will get an update, starting from 13:00 CEST, aka this time in your region: http://bit.ly/MarrakeshRelease

Release Notes page also updated: https://hitman.com/news/episode-three-release-notes

I think it's the former because if you go to hitman.com and go to location, you will see 6 slots with the first one labeled Miami while the rest are written "Classified", so it's possible the remaining locations will be teased later.

And yet, the post on their own forums contradicts that and so far nobody corrected that info - "If you started playing Elusive Targets after ET 14, or if you have missed/failed too many, you won't be able to unlock all of the rewards. Make sure to aim for the Silent Assassin rating with this Elusive Target if you want to make sure you unlock the prestigious Winter Suit".

Official tweet was a few minutes behind, but is posted now.

One new Escalation in Paris and the first one for the Freeform Training location, aka the yacht.

https://hitman.com/news/a-new-set-of-escalation-contracts-added-to-hitman

For those wondering about the source for this, it's at https://hitman.com/news/elusive-target-24#

>This target will be in Sapienza for 11 days and is one of the final three Elusive Targets to be released for the first season of HITMAN.

This is really, really stupid.. wonder how they'll keep their promise of letting disc buyers get all the rewards.

The physical version will be released at a later date as the game itself is first coming out digitally in the form of episodes.

Currently you have five options:

• buy the "Intro Pack" which is simply the Prologue and the Paris missions if you'd prefer not risking getting the entire package at once
• buy the "Intro Pack" and later upgrade to the "Full Experience" which will give you access to everything
• buy the "Intro Pack" and get the other episodes seperately
• get the "Full Experience" which will give you access to all of the episodes once they are out.
• wait for the disc release

Here for more info, as I am sure IO's community manager is better at explaining stuff than I am.

Also, don't worry. You're not the only one confused.

> We were told we were buying the first season.

https://hitman.com/news/hitman-q-a#

> Throughout 2016 we’ll release more locations and missions until the story arc is done and finished. All of that content is included in the $60 price.

"Finished".

> the other place where that language is used - TV

Video games have started to use the word "season", too. The episodic business model is new but HITMAN isn't the first game that's using it.

My point is - as I consumer, why would I stand for companies trying to milk me out of my money by purposely not finishing the storyline and expect me to pay to see the rest of it?

In the press release itself: https://hitman.com/news/hitman-holiday-content

> We are very excited to reveal a brand new mission that is coming to HITMAN on December 13th, just in time for the holiday season!

From the Bonus Episode Release Notes:

>The Summer Bonus Episode is available for players who own the Full Experience or own the combination of Intro Pack + Upgrade Pack, at no additional cost. For all other players, the Summer Bonus Episode will be available for individual purchase later in the Season, packaged together with a third bonus mission for one price. At that time, Full Experience and Upgrade Pack owners will also get access to the third bonus mission at no additional cost.

Most likely after the 6th episode.

New update for all platforms releasing "in the coming weeks" as of March 22nd. When there's a more concrete ETA, I'll share it.

Full post here: https://hitman.com/news/two-new-escalation-contracts-added-to-hitman

For Sapienza, you'll know the exact date this week.

Here's a good tutorial showing poly art process - https://youtu.be/F8awkBzpUIw It's basically lots of shapes of different colors, you can do this by the line/shape tool and using the filled with foreground color option

Or if you're starting with digital art I suggest using Krita, it's a free painting which is great if not better than photoshop(imo) https://krita.org/en/

At the beginning of every month this website: https://hitman.com/news will update and have a content schedule. The elusive targets are listed in the content schedule, so just be on the lookout for the May content schedule.

The info we shared over a year ago is still correct and not expected to change in any way:

> As for the PlayStation 4 exclusive contracts, they are only available to those people who own a PS4 copy of the game.

Source: https://hitman.com/news/announcing-hitman

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/geforce-experience/games/#ansel

Here's a list of supported games, Ansel is really handy for singleplayer games!

However, I noticed that my fps dropped to 30 because Ansel stayed activated in the background. Might wanna restart your game.

You can manually set a resolution in the config files. https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Hitman:_Codename_47#Widescreen_resolution

Same here.

They still have the line "All locations from HITMAN 1 and HITMAN 2 can be imported and played within HITMAN 3 at no additional cost for existing owners – plus progression from HITMAN 2 is directly carried over into HITMAN 3 at launch" on hitman.com.

No info about locations, but when they announced Bad Boy, they wrote: "At this point, you'll need to have already earned 2 Silent Assassin ratings from the previous 10 ET's before starting The Bad Boy to be able to unlock the prestigious Winter Suit via Elusive Targets".
That pretty much means there is Bad Boy and two more ETs before closing the clothing shop.

As for locations, I will be unable to find it, but one of the devs wrote they made one of the ETargets in Night Marrakesh for sure.
Landslide is a popular guess, as a "every bonus map should have one, right?". But I think Hokaido would be better, just to give people second chance for White Yukata (did Bad Boy in Night Sapienza unlocked the Sapienza's shirt+glasses+gloves suit?)

Lets see what was said back in September

https://hitman.com/en-us/news/hitman-q-a

"Can I play HITMAN offline or do you have to be connected all the time?

You will be able to play the locations and missions offline. To play the live events, download updates or see things like leaderboards, you’ll need to be online."

Looks like they left out a few details regarding challenges, getting a rating after a mission, using guns, disguises and stash points you unlock, playing user created missions, but what the hey "Tomato - Tomahto", right?

Don't worry. We're all confused.

Basically, if you want to buy the entire game - you have to wait until it's finished. There's going to be a physical release supposedly around the end of the year. So, if you just want to experience everything all at once, you don't have to care about anything else and just be patient.

Otherwise, if you prefer to be more involved, the game will release in chunks over the next couple of months. If you are familiar with the Telltale games, you should know how this works, but since you are confused about the term, just think of it as levels. The first "episode" will be released on March 11. This will include the "prologue and the Paris location". What that means is not specified. This chunk will be priced at $15 or your regional equivalent. If you wish to purchase the next set of missions that will be releasing over time, you'd have to pay for those individually or just buy an "upgrade pack" which might be a fancy term for a Season Pass.

Since that might still confuse you - in March we get a few levels for a lower price. This is not a complete game. More levels will be released over time (every set of level will have to be purchased unless you pay upfront for the whole package) until the game is finished at which point there will be a physical release.

Here's that info on the official site if you'd like to read more.

wrong. YES YOU CAN. go to hitman.com it's called starter pack. It gives you the first 3 locations at release for 39.99

You can upgrade to full if you like it afterwards for 19.99

https://hitman.com/news/hitman-release-details

Go to section that says Intro Pack

I wouldn't mind buying it on Epic. Only problem is it doesn't have regional pricing. Dollar to my currency conversion sucks.

Edit: May be I can buy it on a disk. I don't what the price will be though or this PC exclusive deal means no disk release.

Edit 2: Epic has regional pricing. I was wrong but I have not seen prices equivalent to Steam on any games though - https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/about

28% off in Greenmangaming (bit cheaper than Steam, which is 10% off): https://www.greenmangaming.com/search/the%20slater

Dunno, kinda on fence, the price isn't that low (if the game will be short and not that great?)

https://www.docdroid.net/rnCNw7d/hitman-2-the-big-leak.pdf

In case anyone can't be bothered clicking it for a direct link, it goes without saying that don't read this unless you want elements of the story and locations to be spoiled, however it only really goes in to detail about the Miami level, which we all know about have a basic understanding of anyway.

>[PC physical edition question]?

>* If it doesn't show up on hitman.com/buy, then it doesn't exist.

This isn't entirely accurate -- there's a physical edition for PC, but only in certain regions (Europe, Middle East, Asia). https://hitman.com/buy doesn't mention it but it's available through Square Enix: https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/product/615146/hitman-iii-pc

https://hitman.com/purchase

try this my friend

Edit: It was there (for EU) until yesterday. Probably the took it down. I think they are making some changes to the way they're going to sell the game from now on as the release date is coming.

Edit 2: You can still find keys on grey market sites.

From the announcement " two separate ICA missions which catalogue Agent 47’s first trips to both Sapienza and Marrakesh. This Episode is not part of the story arc of HITMAN, being previous ICA missions they are set apart from the main story."

https://hitman.com/en-us/news/hitman-summer-bonus-episode-announced

I've been saying that for weeks. IO really need to step up their game in terms of communication. Hell,I'm mostly seeing Travis posting news updates and nothing else. There's no "Known issues we're working on" ,no "Report bugs here" threads. We need frequent updates on what's fixed and what is yet to be fixed and possibly a roadmap for future content - what features can expect in the future and a very rough release schedule. I know things constantly change in the gaming industry and bugs pop up all the time,so delays are inevitable. But we should really have some sort of a rough schedule on future content. And please don't be so silent about the patches. Literally 24 hours before yesterday's patch came out Travis posted:

> Info on the next patch was posted before Easter here: https://hitman.com/news/two-new-escalation-contracts-added-to-hitman > In the future, hitman.com will be updated to make the most recent (and important) game information more visible on the site, making it easier to get an overview for what's changed and what's coming up.

Source

He very well knew we'd have a patch on the next day(since it had to be ready in order for them to release it on the next day) and yet he still refused to provide info about a patch that's about to be released on the next day. The waiting for a patch can be infuriating when the game's buggy and knowing a few days beforehand that the patch is almost ready can aleviate some of the frustration.

SCEE regions (Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania)
The PS4 Beta is scheduled to start at 11:00 CET on February 12th 2016 and end on February 15th at 11:00 CET.

SCEA regions (United States, Canada and Latin America)
The PS4 Beta is scheduled to start at 08.00 PST on February 12th and ends on February 15th at 08.00 PST.

Source

Here you go: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/improve

Also, just because you like your games casual, doesn't mean everyone needs to like them same way as you. Pro mode has been always in Hitman, completed Blood Money several times, never even touching other than Pro mode.

Sadly, I can already say that it's the CPU. There are various reasons why your CPU will be throttling, but the shortest, and easiest, way to explain this is that the minimum requirement for the game is 4 threads at 3.3GHz. Your CPU can't provide that, because that's not the way Intel boosting technology works. You have read up more about it here, or look it up on the Intel site. Another good description is here, which has this particularly useful paragraph:

> However, Intel still advertises these processors by their base clock speed. This is because Intel does not guarantee that a processor will ever hit its maximum Turbo Boost speed. I have yet to hear of an Intel processor which can’t hit its maximum Turbo Boost speed, but hitting the maximum Turbo Boost is dependent on workload – it won’t happen all of the time.

The 6700HQ (like all of the HQ mobile chips before it) are amazing for threading a lot of low-powered things, but the maximum boost speed (3.5GHz) isn't realised across all cores in parallel, meaning that you won't be getting the 3.3GHz across four cores (which is what Hitman requires).

Since the boosting technology works in cycles, what you're likely seeing the chip surging to reach the required power and then dipping back down. Your OEM (ASUS, Dell/Alienware, HP, or whatever) may have given you a tool that allows you to force it up (though those are far less common than they used to be), but I wouldn't recommend it.

The short version is your CPU is below the minimum because it's a laptop variant and they have significantly less power.

For those interested in the digital versions of comics:

https://www.comixology.com/Agent-47-Birth-Of-The-Hitman-1/digital-comic/573411

Comixology's app also has a sort of panel-to-panel story guide which can sometimes enhance the storytelling of a comic issue.

oh :) well i entered a contest weeks before launch, and they've picked like 10 winner or something.

The price was "a solider in game has your name, and you will be mentioned in the credits"i never saw the solider, since the game was not that good to be honest and i wasnt searching for it and i didnt watch the credits aswell

but one day i got a message asking me why i was in the credits , and it was surprisingly true ^^

its realy nice to have your gamer tag beeing spreaded around the world in a special thanks in a tripple a game even if its only a thing you can brag with your friends about:D!

https://www.callofduty.com/content/dam/atvi/callofduty/advanced/common/credits.pdf on page 23 :'D

If you can wait, I'd check for sales.

I bought it back when it was $32 then a little over a month later it was under $20. You can fairly often get it under $40, at least in the US. Check the various pricing sites to see what's been lowest for you.

https://gg.deals/pack/hitman-2-gold-edition/?tab=history

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/hitmaniigoldedition/history/

Sounds like "The CP2077 situation is being exaggerated. Despite having constant bugs and terrible graphics, its still a playable game on console" to me. They literally have "All locations from HITMAN 1 and HITMAN 2 can be imported and played within HITMAN 3 at no additional cost for existing owners – plus progression from HITMAN 2 is directly carried over into HITMAN 3 at launch" on hitman.com. If being lied to doesn't make you feel bad, idk what does.

There will still be a standard release of the Standard Edition available in stores etc - this is just a way for them to get a physical Deluxe Edition out.

When you look at the official pre-order page, the standard edition has text saying "RETAIL PRE-ORDER COMING SOON" while the Deluxe Edition section does not have this.

I'd go by this table on the promotional site. I think if the collector's edition came with the entire Season 1 (which will be called the Legacy pack in Hitman 2), it would make a point to mention that here.

r/https://hitman.com/purchase

As I understand it, completely new locations. If not, this purchase page is heavily misleading. I understand it as six locations in the base game plus an additional two for those who buy the extra content.

The app isn't dead - it's still supported by IO as they regularly update the file it calls on to add the Elusive Target information into it as ETs are reactivated. However it hasn't displayed HITMAN news for sometime because it was pulling that data from the Square Enix version of Hitman.com - and isn't designed to be pulling that information from ioi.dk (which is where they're being posted now).

I believe the app was published to the App Store and Google Play by Square Enix, and they removed it after the split. If it's still available in some regions, it's an oversight - as it hasn't been available in most countries for a long time.

I suspect a new release of the app will coincide with HITMAN 2 - but it's main job it just to remind people that aren't actively checking the game, websites or social media for news on Elusive Targets. I don't expect a re-release to do much more than what it currently does.

Yes-sir,

>Because "Season 2" is "Elusive"? I dunno exactly.

Ha, ironically that works I guess.

From the last ET hitman.com piece > this target will be in Marrakesh (Bonus Mission) for 10 days and is the final Elusive Target to be released for the first season of HITMAN!

So yeah it's over for this season's branch of ET's, so I guess "Season 2" makes sense no? Apologies to anyone confused by it.

We specifically called out Elusive Targets on the promo material for the disc version, saying that the disc version excludes live events that have already happened. See here: https://hitman.com/news/out-now-on-disc

Currently, the only way to earn those suits is through ET's.

You're not the only one...

https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/4xgv72/anyone_else_having_troubles_creating_contracts/

Will probably fixed when they release episode 4, as the release notes mentions this

> A bug that sometimes prevented players from saving their created contract has been fixed

> Episode Three: Marrakesh will be playable at our booth and we’ll reveal more about it well before E3. In fact, next week we will tell you the exact release date.

That post is from Thursday. We should know next week.

https://hitman.com/news/this-week-in-hitman-19-5-16

https://hitman.com/news/this-week-in-hitman-19-5-16

The blog post shared by Square Enix this week implied that we’ll reveal the first info about Episode Three at E3. That isn’t accurate. Episode Three: Marrakesh will be playable at our booth and we’ll reveal more about it well before E3. In fact, next week we will tell you the exact release date.

Taken from lo blog

Looks like we aren't getting any improvements after all, also more mixed messages and bad marketing, it would be funny if I hadn't bought the whole game or if I didn't care about the hitman games

It looks like they load a regular map and apply a filter over it using CSS. (regular one https://hitman.com/assets-bin/images@x2/components/map/bg-platinum-map.20160219103347.jpg)

So I made it myself.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2217317/bg-red-map.png

I believe I read they're going to give us an in-depth briefing regarding the contract and a picture to fall back on. In this news post they put up, it goes into more detail regarding what to expect.

edit: I'll post some bullet points.

• Custom briefing video

• A backstory and a unique reason for being in that location

• The Elusive Target will not appear on the map and will not appear in Instinct

• You'll need to use clues from the briefing video and a photograph that you will be able to review

I'm starting to think you're trolling. Anyway. Yes. Yes it will. The level you play in the beta is the 'Prologue' which is the first level of the full game.

https://hitman.com/news/hitman-beta-faq

SCEE regions (Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania) The PS4 Beta is scheduled to start at 11:00am CET on February 12th 2016 and end on February 15th at 11:00am CET. (It's at this time that you'll see the Beta in the PSN Store. Anyone with an active pre-order will be able to download it.)

SCEA regions (United States, Canada and Latin America. The PS4 Beta is scheduled to start at 08.00am PST on February 12th and ends on February 15th at 08.00am PST. (It's at this time that you'll see the Beta in the PSN Store. Anyone with an active pre-order will be able to download it.)

The PC Beta is scheduled to start at 11:00am CET on February 19th 2016 and ends on February 22nd at 11:00am CET worldwide.

https://hitman.com/en-us/news/hitman-beta-faq

From the Hitman Beta FAQ site:

CAN I SHARE VIDEOS / SCREENSHOTS / LET’S PLAY / TWITCH STREAM?

Yes, yes, yes and yes. Do all of this to your heart’s content. There are very few restrictions on sharing your experiences in the beta.

https://hitman.com/en-us/news/hitman-beta-faq

https://hitman.com/news/hitman-collector-s-edition-details

The CE will be available to pre-order very soon and will be available on March 11th 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

Maybe it will be listed eventually? Otherwise they have spread false information themselves.

From the recent Q&A "Is HITMAN digital only?

No, we’re leading with digital, so it’s ‘digital first’. At some point in 2016, we’ll release the game on a disc." https://hitman.com/en-us/news/hitman-q-a#

I used mitmproxy. I would suggest using Fiddler though since that's easier to use for new people.

 

You will need to export Fiddler's root certificate, there's an option somewhere in the settings. You will then need to import that certificate as a root certificate in Windows. This allows Fiddler to capture and view HTTPs traffic.

I haven't used Fiddler in a while, so I'm not 100% sure how to intercept and modify traffic, but there should be plenty of tutorials online.

 

Here is a list of all the file names for each level (I think): https://hastebin.com/utahasiyur.js

Not sure what the .brick files are for, maybe they are scripts for the levels or something.

It is out already. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareenixmontreal.hitmansniperandroid

Wasn't it supposed to be Free 2 Play though? I'm pretty sure that's what they used to say before yesterday when they revealed it's a premium title. I'm honestly quite suprised about that change of mind.

Think you'll find yourself wrong fam

Steam doesn't have anti-virus apps.

https://steamdb.info/app/249210/graphs/

Plus why would AMD be fixing a bug with an Anti-Virus program, it's not a 3D program.

Possibly something like this

that you can buy on Amazon

Just looked it up, now I’m not surprised they made him bald.. Here it is for anyone curious.

That and another person posted got green beans

Similarly, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/redundancy – while the definitions are suggestive of overlap, the primary distinction which I see is whether the job still exists. If it does, it's still your job – unlike if you're sacked (fired), in which case the job usually still exists and is vacant.

It may also help to think about fault – it's assumed to be yours if you're sacked, but not yours if you're laid off or made redundant.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/layoff

It's not necessarily short-term, according to dictionary. I'm not a native speaker, so I don't know the difference between terms but seems it can be both. Why is citation needed. It's clear they were in trouble, which was my only point. I don't know about 50% but it was a lot, and dropping the cutscenes + having only 5 real missions are pretty telling too

According to this amazon listing, the Tailored Edition contains an exlusive suit and a pistol.

"Hitman: Absolution Tailored Edition includes Exclusive in-game suit and gun for Agent 47

HIGH TECH SUIT

-Armour rating: 50%

PISTOL: BARTOLI CUSTOM

-Originally developed for competition shooting, this pistol has excellent accuracy.

Attributes (unmodified):

-Rate of fire: 400 shots per minute (semi-automatic)

-Accuracy: Good

-Range: Medium

-Magazine capacity: 10 rounds

-Modifications & Upgrades: Sight, Silencer"

No, those sare sold seperately. Green Man Gaming has Hitman 2 on sale, and i'm sure 2016's GOTY Edition is also on sale too somewhere. Just do the DLC transfers after getting them and you should be good, and you save about $70

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/news/hitman-free-and-hitman-3?sessionInvalidated=true

> The award-winning 2016 spy-thriller, HITMAN, will be free to claim on the Epic Games Store from August 27 through September 3.

It's only free on Epic, there's no news about anything being free on the PS4 or other platforms.

It also uses Oculus, it gives you the choice. I would know as I own it.

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/tetris-effect/faq

How do I play on Oculus Rift or HTC Vive? ● When playing the game with Oculus, click on the gear icon on the right of “Launch” and please select Launch in Oculus VR. ● When playing the game with Vive, click on the gear icon on the right of “Launch” and please select Launch in SteamVR.

I was curious, so I gave it a try. And it works... mostly. Framerates are lower than on windows and I'm getting some stuttering, but those can probably be fixed. I installed Epic Games on Lutris, it was a pretty simple process.

I'm on Manjaro KDE.

Exactly, the composition, lighting, detail, figure drawing, etc. need a lot of work but it definitely has some potential. A few things I noticed: The street lights look a bit weird, mainly because the light they cast makes them look more like spotlights or something. Usually in drawings and a little in real life they have beams, kinda like cones, that go down to the floor, kinda like these: http://www.mlgw.com/images/content/images/streetlightoutagereporting.jpg https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/empty-night-road-modern-streetlights-742842622

Also, try to learn more about composition, there’s a lot of space to the side of 47 and not enough of 47 on the right.

The perspective is also kinda confusing and the setting is unclear, is it one of the maps or am I missing something?

The shading and lighting is kinda weird. The light on 47’s suit is yellow but on his head it’s almost white. Also, why is it on the side where we don’t see streetlights? If there were streetlights on both then there would also be light on the side where we see them.

Hope these help!

I would recomend you have some sort of adblocker if your to poor for YouTube premium looks at self. You can use adblockplus (the one with a stop sign), if your on mobile you can download the custom app browser, or add the extension. I've been using it for the entire quarantine, its dope. I'll link it

https://adblockplus.org/

Anyways, wish you luck.

I can think of a few ways to make a Greco-Roman assassination game interesting:

• Poison would obviously play a major role, with maybe some unique poisons being introduced although I don’t know what they’d be.
• Introducing bows and arrows to serve as a ranged weapon.
• Maybe proxy kills could play a larger role, with more ways being introduced to have other people do your dirty work.
• You could potentially implement a “bribery” mechanic where you could gain access to locations and stuff by paying off guards and officials. This could lay the basis for a money system, where you might have to find a way to quickly steal or otherwise acquire enough money to pay off certain people.
• Similar to the proxy kills idea you could find a way to allow the player to manipulate the crowds which appear in the level, potentially getting your target taken out by the mob.
• Since it would be set so far in the past you could potentially implement light supernatural elements using the gods and various curses to spice up assassinations.

These are just some ideas I had.

If you’re interested in the concept I have a book recommendation for you:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fatal-Thing-Happened-Way-Forum/dp/1786078376

This is a cool book detailing different assassinations and other murders which occurred in Rome. Although of course there’s plenty of Roman historical fiction which could serve as inspiration too.

You could still get a refund from Steam, if you have played under 2 hours. Cheapest would be to wait for a sale if you want it from Steam, Hitman 2 Gold has been in big sales many times, will be again.

Greenmangaming (authorized reseller, totally legit and reliable) has the Gold edition 74% off: https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/hitman-2-gold-edition-pc/

They also have Hitman 1 GOTY version 80% off: https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/hitman-game-of-the-year-edition-pc/

So you if you buy that one (Hitman 1) you'll unlock the Legacy Pack for free, once you launch Hitman 2 the first time, exit game, and it will start downloading if it recognizes that your library already has Hitman 1 with all content. And you could just refund the stuff you bought from Steam so far, to maybe save money.

Here's Hitman GOTY for less than 12 bucks from a reputable vendor:

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/hitman-game-of-the-year-edition-pc/

I bought this and Hitman 2 Gold Edition and I was good to go. Have fun!

Long story short 1 is everything from H2 onwards, 4 is everything from H1 to H2. So total cost is $120.

HOWEVER there are always sales on PC, and going back and buying Season 1 GOTY game is the exact same as buying option 4, except it's always on sale.

Check IsThereAnyDeal before buying; here it says Gamebillet is having a sale on Gold Edition https://new.isthereanydeal.com/game/hitmaniigoldedition/info/

And GreenmanGaming is selling your Option 4 for 80% off!!!!!

I'm really happy it helped you out.

So, if you want all the Season 1 levels in Hitman 2, you actually have two options. I tried to make it clear in the graphs, but it was sort of tricky to show right. You can either:

• Buy Hitman 2, and then buy the "Hitman Legacy GOTY Pack", or
• You can buy the full Hitman (2016) game, and then just install Hitman 2 Starter Edition. It will detect that you own Hitman (2016), and unlock the levels.

If you want EVERYTHING, the cheapest option right now it to buy the full "Hitman (2016) Game of the year", and then buy "Hitman 2 Gold Edition". That will unlock the full Season 1 and Season 2, as well as all the bonus stuff within the Hitman 2 platform.

Finally, yes, now is an OK time to buy, it's not the deepest discount that has ever happened, but it's pretty close. You can get it a bit cheaper than on Steam though:

Hitman 1: https://www.ioi.dk/store/

Hitman 2: https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/hitman-2-gold-edition-pc/

The best place to buy the standard edition is here https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/hitman-2-pc/ at 66% off.

Sadly Hitman 2 gold is not on a very good sale anywhere right now. But if you sign in with Steam here https://isthereanydeal.com/ you can add it to your "waitlist" and be emailed when any store gets a discount. Every seller on that website is an authorized reseller.

The expansion pass has also gone on sale at 66% off in the past, so you can buy the standard edition and play now, and you'll be able to get the pass for a good price in the future.

Playstation controllers don't work properly natively with Windows 10. They work in games through Steam as Steam itself provides support for Playstation controllers.

You can get a Playstation 4 controller to work with Windows 10 with software like DS4Windows, which makes Windows think the controller is an Xbox 360 controller. The down side of this is that the game thinks it's an xbox controller too so you get Xbox button prompts.

More info here.

I think if you edit the resolution in that ini it just cuts off the top and the bottom of the image to fit 16x9.

I used the widescreen hack here - http://ps2wide.net/pc.html#h47

That one actually adds to the sides and doesn't cut the problem off.

"Extract h47.7z files to <path-to-game> (password: h47).

Edit h47.ini to set the resolution. "

Even with the hack the HUD is tiny, though. I don't think there's any way to fix that.

Use Direct3D, I'd say. OpenGL maybe, but 3dfx/glide isn't going to work unless you have a 3dfx card or a glide emulator.

I think texture/palette compression is to reduce the video ram it needs, or something. I wouldn't worry about those settings these days.

Check for more info here if you have any problems - https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Hitman:_Codename_47

Also, you might get some slowdown in some levels or areas, I don't think it matters how powerful your PC is, it's just something to do with the engine on high resolutions and especially increased draw distance.

The slowdown is likely to happen on the jungle levels, but honestly, slowdown isn't going to be the worst part of those levels.

>https://pixeldrain.com/u/bzEW8idK

Thanks! And I know this might sound a bit weird (this entire post does) but could you make it any bigger? I'm making Miss April a character for the wiki, meanwhile adding her in a the prologue level as an easter egg too. Sorry if I'm wasting your time.

While these games don't have native controller support, you can always use 3rd party programs to map your controller to keyboard/mouse controls.
While not free, I think "Pinnacle Game Profiler" does it best since it already has profiles you can download and the joystick can put inputs in for diagonals and has separate inputs for how close the joystick is to the edge emulating how characters walk/run with modern game controls.
You can download a free trial that works for maybe 15 min each time you open the game so you can test it out.
http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/

Install Pinnacle Gamer Profile and create a profile for Hitman - Blood Money or import the one in this thread :

http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/forum/showthread.php?22941-Hitman-Blood-Money

You may have to add these lines in HitmanBloodMoney.ini :

UseGameController ConfigFile=Controls.cfg Gamepadmode

Too much hassle and throwing items doesn't work, so I suggest you use M&KB :)

Are you still using InputMapper/DS4Windows? Possibly they might interfere now that you have the official dongle, I don't really know anything more about it just now but maybe this will help/you can keep an eye on this - https://inputmapper.com/25-official-ds4-sony-dongle-and-what-it-means-for-pc-games - and the latest version of DS4Windows (1.4.5) says it supports the dongle - http://ds4windows.com/#changelog

I have played Batman Arkham Knight to completion last year and tested it recently, when I played recently I had no dongle and I used DS4Windows, but I had to go to settings and check the box "Hide DS4 Controller" to get the Playstation buttons to show up.

I hope thats helpful, sorry I can't be more specific but I just mess around until it works in each game - but right now i'd recommend getting DS4Windows if you don't have it, see if that works.

p.s - The "Hide DS4 Controller" option is usually used in games that support the DS4 natively, to allow the buttons/prompts to be shown or to stop "double input", where if you press up it goes up twice in the menu because you are sending an "d-pad up" command from the real controller in your hands and the "emulated" 360 one as well.

p.p.s - I have gone pretty crazy working out the best ways to play games with a DS4 so just PM/DM me in the future and we can talk about each game's specific "rules" for the best DS4 experience lol

Not sure why you're choosing to be so hostile, but hopefully your day gets better.

As I said, it wasn't clear you were also in Australia, only that OP was. It's also pretty uncommon for people to insist on brick and mortar stores these days, so most people don't get upset at the idea of buying online.

Game prices are often significantly better online so if you need to pick the game up on sale that's the best bet. Such as, deals.gg with it set to Australia shows the Expansion Pass available as low as $25 AUD. Of course on the downside it's about to expire, but it gives a good example of how if you broadened the scope of where you shopped you could get better deals.

Yeah. Call me when they cancel it. But for the time being I'm not worried. 400 games from 200 developers in the works, expansion to 6 more counties by the end of the year, 135 games guaranteed for the game count in 2020, the roadmap for 2021 completely finished, AND they're hiring developers for games to release in 2023. Stadia isn't going anywhere.

And i recommend you try it out before you start hating on it 😉. Feel free to use my referral link below: https://stadia.com/link/referrals?si_rid=4711760683970234595&amp;si_rt=1

I don't know if you are going to read this, but I found a way:

Get DS4Windows from Ryochan7

- Create a profile named "Dualshock" or any name you want.

- Edit that profile, go to 'Other' and change 'Emulated Controller' to 'DualShock 4'

- Click 'Apply' and 'Save' the profile

- Now open Steam, find Hitman 2, go to properties and make sure that 'Steam Input Per-Game Setting' is set to 'Force Off'. Or just open Big Picture and disable Playstation Configuration Support for all games, if you are going to use DS4Windows only.

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That makes the DS4 prompts appear even when playing wireless.

Just a few suggestions. I imagine you've already tried but no harm in checking those solutions off for other redditors.

1) Check Nvidia GeForce Experience, check the optimal settings, make sure its not forcing a heavy resolution like 4k as it did with mine.

2) Verify the game files, although you can boot into the game, crashing on load up sounds like a problem with the files.

3) I've read that this game doesn't play well with Display Scaling. So double check those options.

4) Run it Windowed Borderless. (I use Borderless Gaming)

Credits https://www.igdb.com/games/hitman-2/credits
The dlc maps haven't been updated in that link but they are updated and can be found in the in-game credits.

Although, I copied it from https://www.hitmanforum.com/t/haven-island-maldives-the-last-resort-discussion-thread-spoilers/38280/188

Is this true? The AmdGPU drivers were just updated in November. Does mesa support OpenCL? I use some tools for work that require OpenCL (hashcat).

In any case, I did find a remedy to my issue in this github comment. I did not have to replace the DLL but setting the customVendorID allowed Proton to see the card and vmem properly and I'm able to run textures at high with no issues. https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2121#issuecomment-534727345

Alternatively, there is an option to disable the memory safety checks in the launch menu that opens up the full range of quality options but probably not recommended if Proton isn't handling the card properly to begin with.

I found running CAM on my system cost 20 - 40 FPS in Hitman depending on my CPU overclock.

your specs are needed though an any overclocking?

On the lowest settings you say? Do the benchmark under settings with vsync off and report back.

Edit: if you can play witcher 3 on ultra then you can easily play this on ultra, you trying to run this in 4k or something?

It's from MSI Afterburner https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner

You can download it for free, in options you have to enable the stats HUD and set a keybind for it. Yeah I've noticed that 1440p runs same in this spot as 1080p, it doesn't stress my GPU much at 1080p but still can't reach 60. If I move the camera it jumps around, 45 is the lowest I've seen.

And yeah H2 performs better for me too, no drops like this. Even when Miami and Mumbai are much more dense, I get often around 90-100 FPS on 1440p, sometimes 70-80 depends on spot.

I have max settings like you. Tried both 1080p and 1440p, no real difference in these spots that perform poorly. There's something else limiting the framerate than GPU performance, as my GPU usage in that first pic is just 39%. I would suspect DX11

Actually if you look at the price of the Hitman 2 Gold Edition and assume its price will be the same for the Access Pass. Then it will be about $20 US for the Access Pass for 14 days then the price will go up to full price. So owning the previous games does not matter and to make it worse IOI advertised it on the Hitman3 website that it would be free. https://hitman.com/global/

some clarification:

there will be physical editions of the game. but the preorders for that aren't up yet. https://hitman.com/global/buy/ will be updated when they are up. no word on any Collector's Edition at the moment.

"Expansion 1: Including new location, missions, sniper map, outfits and weapons" (https://hitman.com/purchase). We should expect to see one new location with one (or more) missions in the new location.

https://hitman.com/purchase

edit: None of the Hitman 2 editions include the Legacy Pack. The only way to get it free is to buy Hitman 2 (any edition) on the same platform you owned the previous game on. If you didn't own the previous game or want to change platforms, you'll need to buy the Legacy Pack.

If you owned the GOTY version of 2016, then you get the full pack. If you had only a partial copy or earlier version you'll have to get the cheaper of the 2 Legacy Packs. If you didn't play 2016 or are changing platforms, get the more expensive Legacy Pack.

While we know that the expansions will come with a new location, we don't know how many missions are within each expansion. And whether they are limited to the new location, or other locations in the game as well.

All we know is that the page on hitman.com says mission*s*. Plural.

It's not in the patch notes, if it was intentional it would be because this is a massive change.

https://hitman.com/en-us/updates/june-update-release-notes

Hope they fix this bug ASAP, really not a fan of this bullet sponge thing, while it makes loud playstyle easier. This is stealth title first and foremost

That because the link OP posted is from IOI site. The one from the Hitman site sadly still asks for age verification: https://hitman.com/news/june-content-schedule Good to know the news update can be viewed from the IOI site though i had no idea :)

The only place I could find the mission briefing was from this wiki and hitmanforum.com. Apparently a user there leaked the info http://www.hitmanforum.com/t/bonus-mission-3-landslide/8897

However, IO did previously announce the mission https://hitman.com/en-us/news/disc-release-date-announcement

I guess I should put a disclaimer since it hasn't been confirmed.