Hitman PC 1.03 Patch Improves DX12 Performance, Adds New Challenges And More

Hitman, the new episodic entry of the series now bachelor on consoles and PC, has recently received a new patch on PC, a patch which adds plenty of fixes, performance improvements, tweaks and more.

Amid the improvements included in the Hitman 1.03 patch are faster load times, improved responsiveness for in-game menus, DX 12 performance improvements and more. The new patch also includes the Vampire Magician Challenge pack, 10 new challenges inspired by the general community playstyle.

Hither are the full patch notes for the Hitman ane.03 patch.

General game improvements

• The Vampire Wizard Challenge Pack : x new challenges that were inspired by how our community take been playing the game.
• Continued improvements to load times: The improvements will be nigh notable when loading The Showstopper mission in Paris and we're already working on improving all loading times even more.
• Improved responsiveness for in-game menus and image loading: Nosotros've implemented an epitome caching system that will improve responsiveness and loading times for all images in the game carte.
• Stock-still issues with scoring: Primarily, this fixes an outcome that resulted in many players earning a "0 second" time bonus and an incorrect score of 210,000. A leaderboard reset will exist implemented at a afterwards date.
• Continued improvements to connectivity: Server stability improvements.

PC-specific improvements

General gameplay

• Prompts for dumping a body now appear, regardless of the positioning of the game camera, both in Showstopper and Final Exam missions.
• 47 no longer drops a body immediately later starting to drag it.
• Unnoticed kills or subdue will no longer trigger a brief "compromised" state. This previously caused players to fail the 'never spotted' advantage.
• The 'visibly armed' warning is now always shown when 47 is carrying a large weapon on his back.
• The light rig (Showstopper) and life raft (Freeform Preparation) can at present be reliably dropped using explosives.
• Opportunities in Showstopper and Terminal Examination accept been made more than consistent.
• Fixed an issue where the first few seconds of the game would appear to run at double speed.

Showstopper

• Novikov will no longer get stuck in an infinite loop during the Rare Scoop opportunity. This would happen if the actor gets Max Decker to call Novikov whilst he is on his way to the interview.
• Novikov will no longer talk to Dalia on the phone when she has already been eliminated.
• Fixed a rare outcome that made the "In Seine" challenge impossible to complete. This would happen when the Private Coming together opportunity overlapped with Novikov on stage at the Way Show.
• Fixed an issue where the Showstopper mission could not be completed if the player calls Dalia during the Fireworks show whilst disguised equally Helmut Kruger.

Crash Fixes

• Fixed various crash problems that could occur when doing the post-obit: loading a new phase in Escalation Contracts, loading the game or afterward exploding a gas cylinder.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when shooting at the target in Freeform training during the "Searching" state.
• Fixed many other crash bug that were occurring during gameplay.

Options

• Added an pick to the game launcher that allows players to override the 'default retentivity safeguards' and let them to use whatever available resolution and graphic quality settings.
• Increased resolution cap for players with 3gb graphics cards from 1920x1200 to 2560x1600.

DX12

• DX12 shader and pipeline cache now included in all Steam builds.
• Fixed a graphical upshot with transparent windows on DX12.
• Improved vertex colours on DX12.

Misc.

• Briefings for Featured Contracts tin can at present be viewed at the planning stage.
• The 'Contract Assassinator' achievement tin at present be completed.
• The mouse cursor is now always visible on the 'Load Game' menu.
• Fixed an issue where the game would get stuck at 12% loading between the Prologue missions.
• Fixed a rare result where players were asked to (re)download the Showstopper mission.

Hardware

• Fixed a rare issue where the game was switching between controller and keyboard controls, due to detecting specific hardware as a 'game controller'.

Hitman is at present available on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox 1. The game'due south second episode will exist released after this month

Source: https://wccftech.com/hitman-pc-patch-improves-dx12-performance-adds-tweaks/

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