Hitman widescreen fix - UPDATED

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

I've gotten rid of the old hex edit fix and replaced it with a new widescreen solution (which can be accessed from the guide below).

All of the past widescreen fixes have had their issues: stuttering, black characters, non-visible cutscenes, letterboxing when using the binoculars/sniper scope/picklocking and crashes in odd places (the last two were problems specific to the old hex edit fix this guide included).

I only came across this fix after randomly browsing the Hitman: Contracts hub today (where I noticed a new widescreen fix posted by a Steam user for that game) and so I searched PCGamingWiki for both Hitman 2 and Hitman: Contracts (to see if there were any new widescreen solutions) and then I came across this new widescreen fix for Hitman 2.

So hopefully this solution now helps and is the golden one!


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=219405228

[CaptBasil]

I've only tried it out for a few minutes, but so far it seems to work perfectly. And it looks great, too. Thanks for telling us about the fix!

[Don]

Well, it fixed my black textured 47, but its kinda still bugged. Trees popping away, bodies dissapearing, everything dissapearing when i turn around, i can see piece by piece go when i move my mouse. Holes in the ground.
How do i fix this? :s

[Katz]

i don't believe you... *walks away*

[cobot-cz]

Will it be possible to make fix also for 1920x1200 resolution, please...?

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Originally posted by cobot-cz:

Will it be possible to make fix also for 1920x1200 resolution, please...?

If you see my guide about this resolution fix, you'll notice there's a lot of hex editing involved and I presently can't get it to work with any other resolution.... Feel free to try it yourself though:

Hitman 2 Silent Assassin Full HD

Resolution 1920x1080
RenderD3D.dll
3D4006->3D8007 (replace all the values ​​found)
B84006->B88007 (replace all the values ​​found)
B9B004->B93804 (replace all the values ​​found)

hitman2.exe
1600x1200->1920x1080

config.exe
3D40060000751981BC2480000000B004->3D80070000751981BC24800000003804
1600x1200->1920x1080

Find the beginning of the block:
040000000000000000015000000000B40050003C000F00E903FFFF80001E0442043C0435043D0430040000000000000400005000000000DD000F0055000A00EC03FFFF8000
Below will be TEXT VALUES ​​resolution. Replaced 1 6 0 0 x 1 2 0 0 by 1 9 2 0 x 1 0 8 0

Hitman2.ini
Resolution 1920x1080

FOV 91 degree
RenderD3D.dll
D8F189411CC7412C0000803F8941308941348941->D8F189411CC7412CAAAABA3F8941308941348941

Render textures
hitman2.exe
00000000C744240C0000803FD80D44986300D956->00000000C744240C0000003FD80D44986300D956
00000000C74424100000803FD95C24088B880C17->00000000C74424100000003FD95C24088B880C17
00000000C74424100000803F89442418894C241C->00000000C74424100000003F89442418894C241C (replace two the values ​​found)

HUD and Menu
RenderD3D.dll
2434EB60C744240C0000803FC744241000000000->2434EB60C744240CAAAABA3FC744241000000000
00000000C74424200000803FC744242400000000->00000000C7442420AAAABA3FC744242400000000

[Elvis II]

So far it seems to work very well. I've seen a little bit of graphical weirdness, like translucent boxes on the sides of the screen during cutscenes, but that's MUCH less distracting than the problems the other fixes were giving me. You rock, man!

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Originally posted by Elvis II:

So far it seems to work very well. I've seen a little bit of graphical weirdness, like translucent boxes on the sides of the screen during cutscenes, but that's MUCH less distracting than the problems the other fixes were giving me. You rock, man!

Haven't seen translucent boxes in cutscenes for my game but this fix does default resolution to 1920 x 1080 so chances are your PC monitor might adjust to that resolution if you don't normally play at that resolution... but yes, it's pretty much near-perfect.

[Azeotrope]

I would not download the link from OP because i checked it and it says its a virus. just saying.

[THE_RaBiD_CanuK]

Does this add new textures or something? - Because it's super easy to get Hitman in high resolution. Just open Hitman 2.ini and change the settings from 800x600 to something like 1366x768 or 1920x1080 - whatever your native resolution is. Then change "window" from 0 to 1. Both options at the bottom.

[Elvis II]

Originally posted by THE_RaBiD_CanuK:

Does this add new textures or something? - Because it's super easy to get Hitman in high resolution. Just open Hitman 2.ini and change the settings from 800x600 to something like 1366x768 or 1920x1080 - whatever your native resolution is. Then change "window" from 0 to 1. Both options at the bottom.

If you check the other thread, you'll see that this isn't enough. It does indeed fix the resolution, but it adds a host of other problems that basically break the game.

Also, I scanned the files before putting them in my game folder and did not get a positive for a virus.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Originally posted by Elvis II:

Originally posted by THE_RaBiD_CanuK:

Does this add new textures or something? - Because it's super easy to get Hitman in high resolution. Just open Hitman 2.ini and change the settings from 800x600 to something like 1366x768 or 1920x1080 - whatever your native resolution is. Then change "window" from 0 to 1. Both options at the bottom.

If you check the other thread, you'll see that this isn't enough. It does indeed fix the resolution, but it adds a host of other problems that basically break the game.

Also, I scanned the files before putting them in my game folder and did not get a positive for a virus.

Thanks for explaining that. Many have reported problems with just changing the .ini file (black character models including 47, black cutscenes, audio problems, slowdown/lag).

So far - people have reported nothing gamebreaking in-game, other than translucent boxes in cutscenes (which I have yet to experience). Please be warned though: this fix currently sets the resolution to a default of 1920 x 1080 and I have no way of changing this, as of yet. I am working to create another bunch of files for 1920 x 1200 but there is a lot of hex editing involved (this can be seen on the Hitman 2 widescreen guide which I posted earlier on this hub).

[Elvis II]

I was the one who mentioned the translucent boxes and it was only on the first cutscene (the one after you start the game proper, not the one before the menu). I didn't have any more problems with it after that. It works 100% as far as I can tell.

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Originally posted by Elvis II:

I was the one who mentioned the translucent boxes and it was only on the first cutscene (the one after you start the game proper, not the one before the menu). I didn't have any more problems with it after that. It works 100% as far as I can tell.

Oh really! Nice. So not actual in-game cutscenes :)

Thanks for that.

[CaptBasil]

Originally posted by titus:

I would not download the link from OP because i checked it and it says its a virus. just saying.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/91f456d810b94cde60421ee1dc56c79b0398b6c89c69a6bbb7c3870a5e31838e/analysis/1390612721/

[-3xA'Lu©κy the disappearing act]

Originally posted by Paul31286:

Originally posted by titus:

I would not download the link from OP because i checked it and it says its a virus. just saying.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/91f456d810b94cde60421ee1dc56c79b0398b6c89c69a6bbb7c3870a5e31838e/analysis/1390612721/

Thanks for that. Wish more people knew how an antivirus works.