Direct3D or OpenGL?

[Fluffy]

Hey guys i have problem i cannot set in options resolution to 1920x1080 and what drivers is better Direct3D or OpenGL?

[Kunovega]

OpenlGL versus Direct3D versus 3DFX/Glide depends on your video card. In the past you would have needed to pick the version that ran best on your specific card type. With modern cards it's usually irrelevent, any graphics card that is less than 10 years old should handle them without concern. Direct3D is part of DirectX, if you aren't having issues with it, just leave it on that default

And the game is 18 years old and running on a 20 year old engine, there is no 1920x1080 option

1920x1080 is a 16:9 ratio

The game runs in either 5:4 or 4:3 ratio's

So on a widescreen monitor, unless you want a stretched image you play in a window

There are patches you can download which force the game to mimic 16:9 but they all sacrifice quality, most simply zoom in and show you less of the world while you are playing. Others force the game to render outside the central image which creates artifacts, clipping issues or missing game elements since the world was not designed to be viewed this way

You can google and find them, there are none I can recommend, but they do exist

[Fluffy]

Thank you sir.

[Insidious]

Direct3D has lagged on all of my games for years, including this one, so, I tend to use OpenGL more often than not. The weird thing is, everything is updated, and I still have problems with Direct3D based games.

[LeDisciple]

Find your hitman.ini and change third line "render3d" to "OpenGL" change the "resolution" to a custom one and at the end, add "window" (without the quotation marks) on a line and "StartUpperPos 0,0" to another.

This is what ini may looks like:

Code:
Include Setup\Locale.zip
//DrawDll Render3DFX.dll
DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll
//DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll
SoundDll Sound.dll
ScriptDll GSC.dll
LocaleDLL Locale.dll
Resolution 1920x1080
ColorDepth 32
Anisotropy 2
AntiAlias
DisableLight
ShadowDetail 2
TextureResolution 0
DisableDXT
DisablePAL
Window
StartUpperPos 0,0

NOTE:

--> OpenGL is used as Direct3D causes possible audio issues, random game crashes and it makes the game run extremely fast for some players (you'll experience coil whine because of the high FPS).

--> Resolution 1920x1080 - 1920 and 1080 can be changed to whatever resolution values you desire.

--> Windowed mode is turned on as widescreen resolutions do not work without it. The game will still open and play like it's in fullscreen though (you won't see any borders or your system tray).

--> StartUpperPos 0,0 helps multi-monitor users in preventing a "camera shake" bug, as well as ensuring that the game does not appear on only one screen or in the corner of their screen.


If you experience extremely fast mouse movement:
right-click the "Hitman.exe" file (shortcut found in the game's main folder) and select Properties. Then click on the Compatibility tab and tick the "Disable desktop composition" box. After that, click the "Apply" button. This fix was posted on various threads and should hopefully work.

[ForgottenGamer]

This didn't work for me

Originally posted by LeDisciple:

Find your hitman.ini and change third line "render3d" to "OpenGL" change the "resolution" to a custom one and at the end, add "window" (without the quotation marks) on a line and "StartUpperPos 0,0" to another.

This is what ini may looks like:

Code:
Include Setup\Locale.zip
//DrawDll Render3DFX.dll
DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll
//DrawDll RenderOpenGL.dll
SoundDll Sound.dll
ScriptDll GSC.dll
LocaleDLL Locale.dll
Resolution 1920x1080
ColorDepth 32
Anisotropy 2
AntiAlias
DisableLight
ShadowDetail 2
TextureResolution 0
DisableDXT
DisablePAL
Window
StartUpperPos 0,0

end quote

At this resolution, the hug falls of the screen and i cannot see selected weapons or health



NOTE:

--> OpenGL is used as Direct3D causes possible audio issues, random game crashes and it makes the game run extremely fast for some players (you'll experience coil whine because of the high FPS).

--> Resolution 1920x1080 - 1920 and 1080 can be changed to whatever resolution values you desire.

--> Windowed mode is turned on as widescreen resolutions do not work without it. The game will still open and play like it's in fullscreen though (you won't see any borders or your system tray).

--> StartUpperPos 0,0 helps multi-monitor users in preventing a "camera shake" bug, as well as ensuring that the game does not appear on only one screen or in the corner of their screen.


If you experience extremely fast mouse movement:
right-click the "Hitman.exe" file (shortcut found in the game's main folder) and select Properties. Then click on the Compatibility tab and tick the "Disable desktop composition" box. After that, click the "Apply" button. This fix was posted on various threads and should hopefully work.