Originally developed by IO Interactive
Developed for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Mac by Feral Interactive Limited
This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about HITMAN™
There is an issue in macOS 11.0 (Big Sur) that prevents HITMAN™ from launching. To be kept informed of progress with this issue, please contact our support team via support@feralinteractive.com.
Yes, achievements are supported by HITMAN™.
If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.
Yes.
The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by HITMAN™:
If your gamepad is not on the list, email padsupport@feralinteractive.com and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device. Once we have this information, a gamepad support file will be created and emailed to you.
Once created, this gamepad support file will be used in all future games and updates - so you will not only be helping us get your device working; you will also help all other owners of the same device who play Feral games!
Yes.
The following gamepads will be recognized by the game, but do not have enough buttons or analog controls to support all the possible in-game controls, meaning some in-game tasks will require the keyboard or mouse:
Some gamepads support both DirectInput and XInput modes. These gamepads can be identified by a switch on them that has two options, “D” (DirectInput) and “X” (XInput).
To play HITMAN™ a gamepad must be supported and set to DirectInput mode.
Currently supported devices that have this switch are:
If your gamepad has the switch and is not on this list, you will not be able to use it to play HITMAN™ without a pad support file. To obtain one, email padsupport@feralinteractive.com and our support team will reply to you with a request for information about your device. Once we have this information, we can usually create a gamepad support file and email it to you.
To switch the gamepad to DirectInput mode, follow these instructions:
If the HITMAN™ application is running, close it.
Unplug the gamepad (or wireless receiver, if the gamepad is wireless).
Turn the switch on the pad to “D”.
Plug the pad or wireless receiver back in.
Restart the HITMAN™ application.
You will now be able to play HITMAN™ with the gamepad.
Yes.
However, you must first enable the secondary click function on your mouse or trackpad. This will enable you to perform a right-click by clicking the right-hand side of your mouse or trackpad.
To do this, follow these instructions:
Open the System Settings app.
Select Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the Secondary Click menu.
Select Click Right Side (mouse) / Click in Bottom Right Corner (trackpad)
If you are using a Magic Mouse or Trackpad, you cannot click the Left Mouse button while holding down the Right Mouse button. This means that you cannot aim and fire using only your mouse.
Instead, you can aim by holding down the Alt/Option (⌥) key. You'll then be able to fire using the Left Mouse button as normal.
If you prefer, you can change the key bindings for aiming and firing. You can customize your keyboard configuration by selecting Options → Mouse & Keyboard → Keybindings from the Main Menu.
Mouse acceleration refers to the increase in speed over time as you move your mouse cursor across the screen. If mouse acceleration is enabled, it can interfere when playing games (causing erratic camera movements, for example).
On macOS, mouse acceleration is enabled by default, and you cannot adjust or disable it via System Preferences. You can only adjust mouse acceleration using the macOS Terminal application. If you wish to disable mouse acceleration we strongly advise that you make a note of your Mac's current settings, in case you wish to return to those settings in future.
To view your current mouse acceleration settings:
defaults read .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scalingTo disable mouse acceleration on your Mac, follow the steps below:
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1If you wish to re-enable mouse acceleration at any time, simply follow the steps above but enter a number between 0.0 and 3.0.
Finger "gestures", which are used by Magic Mice and Trackpads to switch between windows and applications, can disrupt your game if used inadvertently.
To disable them, follow these instructions:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Click on Mouse or Trackpad (depending on which you are using).
Select the More Gestures tab.
Uncheck all the checkboxes.
Recent versions of OS X include a feature that makes the mouse pointer larger when you shake it quickly from side to side, helping you to locate its position on screen.
To turn this feature off, follow the steps below:
Open System Preferences ( Menu → System Preferences).
Select Accessibility.
Select Display → Pointer.
Disable the Shake Mouse Pointer to Locate checkbox.
The dock or notifications may occasionally appear while you are playing HITMAN™, or the desktop cursor may replace the game cursor. This can disrupt a game.
You can prevent them from occurring by checking the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox in the HITMAN™ pre-game Options window. To do so, follow these steps:
From the HITMAN™ pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Hide the Dock (disables notifications) checkbox.
Yes.
To run HITMAN™ in windowed mode, follow these instructions:
From the HITMAN™ pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Check the Run in a window checkbox.
Click the Play button. The game will start in windowed mode.
NOTE: Enabling windowed mode may decrease the game's performance.
Yes.
If you have a Retina display, you will be able to take advantage of the extra pixels by running HITMAN™ in native resolution. This means that the game will display one pixel for every pixel on your display.
To do this, follow these instructions:
From the HITMAN™ pre-game Options window, select the Display tab.
Select the largest resolution from the Resolution drop-down menu to play the game in native Retina resolution.
Click the Play button. The game will start in native Retina resolution.
NOTE: In many cases, increasing your game's resolution will impact upon its performance.
Short Apple keyboards do not have Home (↖), End (↘), Page Up (⇞), Page Down (⇟) or Delete (⌦) keys.
In order to use game commands that are mapped to these keys, you will need to use the Function (fn) key as follows:
Home (↖) = Function (fn) key + Left Arrow (◀) key
End (↘) = Function (fn) key + Right Arrow (▶) key
Page Up (⇞) = Function (fn) key + Up Arrow (▲) key
Page Down (⇟) = Function (fn) key + Down Arrow (▼) key
Delete (⌦) = Function (fn) key + Backspace (←) key
By default, music playing in iTunes will be paused when you start playing HITMAN™.
To turn this feature off, follow the steps below:
Double-click on the HITMAN™ application icon. The pre-game Options window will appear.
Select the Extras tab.
Uncheck the Pause iTunes while playing HITMAN™ checkbox.
Select the Play button to start playing.
To turn this feature back on at a later date, simply check the Pause iTunes while playing HITMAN™ checkbox and then select the Play button.
Your saved games are stored in your game's preferences folder.
To open this folder, click the Open Preferences Folder button in the Support tab of the pre-game Options window.
To take screenshots while playing HITMAN™ you should use the following key command:
Command (⌘) + Shift (⇧) + P
When you press all three keys at once, a single image of the on-screen contents will be saved in the Feral Interactive folder in your computer's ~/Pictures folder (the "~" symbol refers to your home directory).
The JPEG image contains metadata in a string in the following format.
GameName/Version Number (OS Version; CPU Speed; Installed RAM; Video RAM; Current Graphics Card)
For example in HITMAN™ the string might look a little like this:
HITMAN/1.0 (macOS 10.15; 3.0; 8.0; 4.0; AMD Radeon R9 M395X)
This information can be easily removed by exporting the screenshot into a different format using Preview or another image editing tool.
NOTE: None of the metadata stored can be used to identify the user.
No. HITMAN™ has been tested with the basic formatting option for Mac OS X, which is HFS+. This system is not case-sensitive and identifies files by name without checking capitalization.
The capitalization of filenames is not consistent throughout the game. While this will not always prevent the game from running on case-sensitive file systems, it may lead to crashes and other unpredictable behaviour.
If you have to run a case-sensitive setup and you experience problems with HITMAN™, please install the game on a standard formatted partition or read/write disk image. In most cases this will allow you to play the game on your machine.
Feral games use a number of open-source software libraries. These libraries are the property of their respective owners, and are used under license.
To see a list of the libraries used in HITMAN™, and view their license files, select Software Licenses from the Support tab of the pre-game Options window.
There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which HITMAN™ runs. Please see the HITMAN™ Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.
Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.