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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
ReadMe File 9/20/2002 Version 1.0


Part 1: Things You Should Know

Please read through the DirectX section of this document. This section has information that is vital to successfully running Hitman 2 on your system.


1.1 DirectX

This game is optimised for Microsoft's DirectX 8.1. In order for you to play the game, you must have DirectX 8.1-compliantdrivers for your video card and sound card. Please note that although DirectX 8.1 is installed with the game, your video and sound card drivers will not be upgraded to DirectX 8.1 drivers.

You will need to obtain the latest DirectX 8.1 drivers from your card manufacturer or PC supplier. These drivers cannot be supplied by Eidos.


1.2 Memory and Performance

While the game will run finewith 128MB of RAM, your playing experience will be smoother if you have at least 256MB.

Regardless of how much memory you have, you can maximize your available memory and increase the overall performance of the game engine by doing the following:

q Closing any open windows
q Shutting down all other programs, including menu-bar programs like ICQ
q Defragmenting your hard drive

Eidosrecommends that you have no other programs running at all while playing Hitman 2. Other programs, including virus checkers, system utilities and screen savers can cause system degradation when playing games software and may conflict with the game for system resources, potentially resulting in instability and crashes.


1.3 Known Issues

q Users experiencing problems with Hitman 2: SilentAssassin should verify that they have the latest drivers for all components in their PC.
q We recommend that you do not ALT-TAB out of the game at any point.
q Users who have the Hitman 2 demo already installed on their system might not get an install option from the setup menu. Be sure to uninstall the Hitman 2 Demo prior to installing the full version of the game.
q Users of Logitech mice mighthave problems using the mouse wheel in the game. Setting the middle mouse button to “Middle Button” in the Logitech mouse setup menu usually fixes this.
q On the lowest graphic settings (Object detail - LOW, and the Draw Distance - NEAR), the user might encounter some visual abnormalities.

q The 3D sound Renderer is grayed out in the sound options menu. This is due to a problem with Open AL andthe game.
q Hitman 2 will only allow you to create 99 saves to your hard drive. If you have reached the limit and want to continue saving you will have to overwrite some of your earlier saved games or delete them to make room for new saves.
q Audio pops: If you have the volume set to their highest levels out on your sound card you may encounter various audio pops during the course ofgameplay. We recommend that you reduce the sound volume settings on your sound card and turn the volume up on your speakers to compensate for that change.
q Uninstaller corruption: If at any point you are unable to uninstall this program, Simply deleting the Hitman 2 folder will not remove all of the files that were installed to your PC. We suggest that you re-install Hitman 2 to the same directorythat you installed to originally. Once the install has completed you will be able to fully uninstall the Hitman 2 from your PC.
q Muffled audio or looping audio when EAX is enabled: Certain sound cards are not EAX compatible. Please check to see if your sound card supports EAX. If you have enabled EAX in your sound options, and you noticed that your weapons sound muffled of certain soundeffects are repeating then your card most likely does not support this feature. Disabling EAX in the sound options menu should clear up the audio problems.

IO Interactive and Eidos Interactive are committed to providing customer support for our games on a continuing basis. In that spirit, there may be a patch for Hitman 2 forthcoming; visit the Eidos website for more information....