Contact server emulator

[Rejedai]

I found a project trying to bring back the functionality of contracts in hitman absolution. Project is at an early stage, but anyone with skills can help in the development.

https://github.com/LennardF1989/Hitman-5-Server

[Sea Prince Gillywix]

Now this sounds like a worthwhile project. I look forward to seeing how this goes. Unfortunately I don't have any coding skills I think could help a project like this. Also glad to see someone cares enough about this game to make this years after its release. This game is better then many give it credit for.

[ALML]

do the achievements work in this?

Originally posted by Rejedai:

I found a project trying to bring back the functionality of contracts in hitman absolution. Project is at an early stage, but anyone with skills can help in the development.

https://github.com/LennardF1989/Hitman-5-Server

[Rejedai]

I haven't tested yet. On this weekend, if I don't forget, I'll try. if it works out, I'll write a guide.

[BlueAuran]

yEs, Absolution is one of the BETTER hitman games, half of them are garbage and half are good. So bringing back the contracts part (I thought it had to do with the GAME so I bought that piece of trash and found out after) would be SUPERB IMO. Only OLD hitman games are this and BLOOD MONEY that are worthy of any luvin in QOL or MODDIN styles. My coding skills are minimal, yet I do have 45 years gaming experience with a couple hundred thousand hours played in that time. So I CAN tell you THIS is an EXCELLENT IDEA< and anything even remotely related to that!

[Bankai9212]

Do most forget that IOI shutdown the servers years ago? With the woa now having the game mode supporting absolution wasn’t worth it.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Do most forget that IOI shutdown the servers years ago? With the woa now having the game mode supporting absolution wasn’t worth it.

Technically Square (the publisher) shut down the absolution servers. IOI never got them after the separation of the companies (in 2017) and Square shut them down after the GDPR rules went into effect (2018) because they weren't willing to spend the money updating them to comply with GDPR.

IOI even claimed they were willing to keep them running but that Square would not hand them over. Whether that's true or not, we only have their word on the situation:
https://ioi.dk/hitman-absolution-service-message

IOI updated the servers for the newer trilogy to comply with GDPR but continues to claim they don't have access to the Absolution servers.

Square doesn't seem willing to hand over control for contracts mode because it includes cross over intellectual property that ioi no longer has the rights to use now that the companies aren't under the same ownership. There were weapons and skins from other Square games in it.

As an outside observer I would guess Square isn't willing to pay anything for GDPR compliance and ioi isn't willing to pay anything for licensing of the cross over skins and so both are at a stalemate on a game that neither of them is really making any money on anymore.

[Rejedai]

Square enix, unlike IOI, removes achievements that cannot be unlocked.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/28000/discussions/0/1642045003578530631/

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Rejedai:

Square enix, unlike IOI, removes achievements that cannot be unlocked.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/28000/discussions/0/1642045003578530631/

Square enix used to own ioi, acquired in a merger / take over with eidos years ago.

The two companies split and ioi bought their way to independence.

In the split ioi got the rights to this game along with the Hitman franchise.

Square however, kept control of the Absolution servers for contracts mode and retained the IP rights to some of the shared images (contracts mode has stuff from other square games in it)

It makes no difference what Square does with their other games, ioi owns this game and didn't remove the achievements. Square kept the server and took it down when the GDPR rules changes would have required they spend money to update them into compliance.

ioi can't put the servers up without dealing with these two issues:

Issue: 1. either getting the server data from square and updating it for GDPR compliance or starting a new server that is GDPR compliant (thus wiping all previous contracts made)

and

Issue 2: dealing with the square IP content either by paying to extend licensing for it or removing it from contracts mode

I can't predict how much work or money is involved in any of these choices or if ioi even cares enough at this point to solve the issue, it's been 5 years and the only response was finger pointing and then silence

The only thing I can tell is you square had the servers and shut them down, ioi owns the game and never turned the achievements off.

And that's where we are now.
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As for your example of kayne and lynch: ioi didn't keep kayne and lynch during the split. ioi made the game but it is owned and controlled by square enix (the games publisher)

The only franchises I can think of that ioi kept after the split from square were Hitman and Freedom Fighters. The other franchises/games that ioi created: kayne and lynch and mini-ninjas; were kept by square and ioi can no longer make them without a new contract for it.

Project 007 and Project Fantasy were started after the split.

[Rejedai]

You didn't understand what I wrote, they can delete these achievements from the game page, ioi has access to this.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Rejedai:

You didn't understand what I wrote, they can delete these achievements from the game page, ioi has access to this.

Where did I say they couldn't?

You said square does it. That's nice. ioi doesn't, they don't care.

I understood exactly what you said, you seem to have misunderstood me. Square doesn't control this game anymore, they only controlled the Absolution server after the two companies split.

You're acting like I said the achievements can't be removed, which was never in question. But you attempting to use Square as an example of a company that does it is meaningless when this game is no longer published by Square.

[Rejedai]

I apologize, you just write too much text and I lose the essence of the question.

[Bankai9212]

Per usual it’s always about the achievements.

[WestJake]

Glad to hear that someone is trying to bring it back finally. Fingers crossed it will get finished.

[smiglak]

Originally posted by Rejedai:

I haven't tested yet. On this weekend, if I don't forget, I'll try. if it works out, I'll write a guide.

did you tried it yet ? how many acievments we can do

[Rejedai]

Originally posted by smiglak:

Originally posted by Rejedai:

I haven't tested yet. On this weekend, if I don't forget, I'll try. if it works out, I'll write a guide.

did you tried it yet ? how many acievments we can do

Sorry, I have no time for testing.