Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Developer(s)	IO Interactive
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA June 19, 2003 EU June 27, 2003
Genre(s)	Stealth, Third-person shooter, First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	GHMF4F, GHME4F, GHMD4F, GHMP4F
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin forces a retired assassin back into action by treason. Visit the dark recesses of the world corrupted by crime, greed, degradation, and dishonor. Your contracts will take you to exotic locations around the globe including Sicily, St. Petersburg, Japan, Malaysia, and India. A diverse arsenal of equipment, from armor-piercing rifles and explosives to chloroform and poison darts, are at your disposal. Stalk and eliminate your targets up close and personal, in either first- or third-person perspectives. You must decide whether to use stealth or aggression, but be careful--you'll have to deal with the consequences.

Emulation Information

Improper GameCube Font

Due to copyright concerns, Dolphin is unable to include official GameCube fonts, and instead uses Droid Sans. Unfortunately, Droid Sans does not align well with the size/kerning of the official GameCube font, which can cause text to be misplaced, dialogs to display improperly, and other issues due to differing text sizes.

This can be corrected by including a region appropriate GameCube IPL (i.e. BIOS ROM) under <Dolphin User Folder>/GC/. A GameCube "IPL.bin" can be acquired from a real GameCube using Swiss. Refer issue 8362. GameCube BIOS files need to be named "IPL.bin" in order for Dolphin to detect them, and should be 2,097,152 bytes in size. IPL files are different for PAL consoles and NTSC consoles, but American NTSC consoles use the same IPL files as Japanese NTSC consoles. The known good CRC32 checksums below can be used to validate files, but it is possible that a bad dump with a different checksum also works.

	NTSC CRC32	Brazil CRC32	PAL CRC32
v1.0	6DAC1F2A		4F319F43
v1.1	D5E6FEEA	667D0B64
v1.2	86573808		AD1B7F16

Problems

There are no reported problems with this title.

Enhancements

60Hz PAL

In the PAL-Version the 60Hz mode cannot be activated at startup. Use this Gecko code to force the 60Hz mode.

$60Hz
04023208 38A00005

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Hitman 2: Silent Assassin since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-4488

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-4488	Ubuntu 14.04	Intel Core i3-3220 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650	Very playable. The only graphical problem I noticed was the images of the buttons used in menus aren't centered right, and cut off the edges only to wrap them around to the other side (hard to explain). Couldn't fix with any settings but it's so minor it doesn't really matter. All cutscenes work, audio works great with HLE except for maybe a crackle or two here or there, and in-game everything plays perfect. Solid 100% except for one dip to 80% in an exceedingly large area. Finished the first three stages with no major issue.	Xerxes
5.0-108	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	No issues. Needs real text from a bios or ripped fonts.	JMC4789

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin [Gamecube] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-13605 [1080p] - GameCube