Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Forum

The Steam version of this game in currently unplayable. Sounds is not effected, but video is glitched, distorted, and mostly non-existant. I have tried several resolutions and none are able to fix the problem. I'm more than a little surprised considering that this game is currently rated at the gold level. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.

Hi,

It's near impossible for anyone to help you if you don't
tell us which version of Crossover you are using, and what
platform/OS{version}/videocard you have (an if linux, which
videocard drivers)...

Cheers!

Sorry about that. Current version of Crossover (9.2) on a 2007 black macbook. Graphics card is a GMA 950.

Hi again,

My best guess is your issues are related to the GMA-950 video
chipset ; any resolve here is going to be app specific (what may
work for one app may not work for another), and some apps won't
work with this video chipset at all - the first thing I would try,
is the tip titled "Intel GMA 950 series cards... " on the following
C4 page...;

http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=1185;tips=1

..specifically the bit about pixel/vertex shaders. You may have to enable
emulate a virtual desktop to get some apps running...the following registry
keys may well have some bearing on how things perform;

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
"DirectDrawRenderer"="gdi"
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="fbo"
"RenderTargetLockMode"="auto"
"UseGLSL"="enable"
"VideoMemorySize"="xxx"

Note: They are the default values, change "xxx" to suit the amount of video
ram your GMA-950 has ; perhaps "UseGLSL"="disable" is more appropriate here,
along with "OffscreenRenderingMode"="backbuffer"...but I'm not sure - your
own experimentation will be the key to any success. The above registry keys
are documented here (most of them anyhow ;)...;

http://wiki.winehq.org/UsefulRegistryKeys

Hope this helps....

Cheers!

It didn't occur to me that it could be a problem with my graphics card, thanks for the info.

After setting the "emulate a virtual desktop" option and inputting the registry keys that you gave me I was actually able to get the game to function perfectly. Thanks very much!

It is sure great that you got this program working.
I have not been able to even get it to start.

I use a Imac running snow leopard. I am NOT a programer. I have been able to get Guild Wars installed and running, but NOT
Hitman 2 Silent Assasin.

Maybe I am installing it incorrectly or perhaps there is a different version. What is this Steam thing. I tried installing it and it seems to be in place, but I cannot get the game running.

I used to play it on an old windows machine. The program appears to load properly but will not start.

Fred Barrett

Hi again,

@Reuben -- Great to hear! It's always good when 'educated guesses'
actually work 8) Would you mind posting back exactly what keys
were used to get it running (and if you had to play around with
vertex/pixel buffers)? I've been trying to build a little map on
the GMA-950...any feedback you can provide will help...

@Fred -- Notice the passage of this thread -- I was only able to
form educated guesses on Reuben's problems after he provided the
information related to his system's make-up. Everyone should include
such in any posting about apps not starting -- you are in the same
boat ; please provide these details....

...as to your other question...Steam is a game delivery/distribution
system developed by Valve. Many game publishers use this system to
actually sell their games and deliver them to end users. It has many
other features as well, but for the Crossover Games user playing on
Mac, one of the main advantages of Steam (and other digital download
games) is that no CD/DVD media is used that has disc based DRM on it.
The design of the OSX scsi drivers means that most all disc based DRM
mechanisms will not work...

Cheers!

Thanks for the reply.
Sorry thought I had given info. I use an Imac running10.6.5 snow leopard.
2.8 ghz intel core2 Duo
2gb 800 mHz DDR Sdram
NVIDIA GeFORCE 8800GS
512 MB Vram

The crossover version I own is Crossover professional 9.2 which includes crossover games. However when I open crossover games. it shows as 9.1. I am currently also trying to find out how to make the games upgrade to 9.2 as well.

Hope this helps....

PS I am trying to load the game from a CD copy... if that makes any difference. The program seems to load, but will not run.

FRed

No problem.

I turned off the pixel/vertex shaders and entered the following keys:
"DirectDrawRenderer"="gdi"
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="backbuffer"
"RenderTargetLockMode"="auto"
"UseGLSL"="disable"
"VideoMemorySize"="64"

Doing this, by the way, also allowed Hitman: Codename 47 to run.

Hi,

M'kay...now we have a picture....you probably don't need any
registry tweaks or such with the gf8 card ; and yes, it does
matter that it's a CD release -- this is likely the problem, as
expounded in my answer above wrt Steam...see;

http://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/copyprotection

...and also...

http://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/cxgamesdrm

...and finally...

http://www.codeweavers.com/support/wiki/dmca

The CD release of this title incorporates SecuROM disc based
DRM - this is known not to work on OSX (and dependent on the
exact version of securom, may not work in linux either) - this
is very likely your problem....

...before you ask, no...you cannot use the CD release with Steam.
The Steam release and the disc release will be different. This
title is available as a digital download from Steam & Direct2Drive
(and possibly others)...

Cheers!

Thank you....
I noticed that Steam had a version to download...
I will try this.
Fred

Reuben Levine wrote:

No problem.

I turned off the pixel/vertex shaders and entered the following
keys:
"DirectDrawRenderer"="gdi"
"OffscreenRenderingMode"="backbuffer"
"RenderTargetLockMode"="auto"
"UseGLSL"="disable"
"VideoMemorySize"="64"

Doing this, by the way, also allowed Hitman: Codename 47 to run.

Excellent, thank you! It's actually impressive it runs with such a
small amount of vram -- the emulated desktop mode probably saved you
there ;) If you want extra XP, it'd be a good idea to post a Tip&Trick
with the details of what you did (both here and with the other Hitman
title) so that others with a GMA-950 can find the info quickly..

Cheers!

Fred Barrett wrote:

snip<

The crossover version I own is Crossover professional 9.2 which
includes crossover games. However when I open crossover games. it
shows as 9.1. I am currently also trying to find out how to make
the games upgrade to 9.2 as well.

<snip>

Login and go to the My Account -> My Downloads link (top of page)
You will find the Crossover Games 9.2 installer there.

Cheers!

I have sad news. I went to the steam site and purchased the steam version of Hitman. It would not download to my Imac... until I downloaded the steam program to my Mac. The steam works fine(I think a Mac version). The download seemed to work, but of course the steam program told me I could not play this game on my platform. Which I understand....since it is windows.

My question is how do I now get the Hitman program to crossover into the Crossover games.... ??

Or am I just out the cost of the game.

Fred.

OS Thanks for the advice on 9.2, I now have it loaded on my system.

Use you system web browser to purchase the game on Steam. Next,
install Steam into CXG, and start the Steam client. When the
Steam UI appears, login to your Steam account -- your game purchase
will appear in your game library to download...

Cheers!

THANKS SO VERY MUCH.
I have the game loaded and opened it. It looks fine. I will try it out tonight and see how it runs....

I believe the graphics are far superior on my IMAC than on the old windows machine I had...

Thanks again... for the help.

Fred