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    Hitman VR Q&A (all answers from today)

    August 15, 2020

    Hitman VR Q&A (all answers from today)

    VR Q&A (all answers from today)

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 09:42 AM PDT

    https://www.reddit.com/r/PSVR/comments/i9mfxz/ama_we_are_io_interactive_developers_of_hitman_vr/

    The big question of the day: PCVR?

    Hey! We've obviously been reading ALL the comments that we've received about VR in the last week. It's been great to see the enthusiasm and interest from pretty much everyone with a VR headset. We hear you.

    Now that you mention it, Hitman's legacy on PC is at the front of our mind this year because we're fast-approaching the 20th anniversary of Codename 47, which has only ever been released on PC. 20 years of a franchise is pretty special, but that's for another day.

    For VR, what I can tell you today is that HITMAN 3 will include PS VR support at launch.

    Can you swing lethal melees to kill people? How will bladed weapons work (slashing or stabbing)? How is melee in general? Haptic feedback when meleeing?

    It's more about the slashing - and man, it feels good to slash with that katana ;) Does it sound wrong to say that it feels like a lifelong dream come true to me?!

    /Sidsel

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    You can indeed knock NPCs out with your fist or slap them with an open hand. The crowbar has better reach though and can be thrown as an attack or used as a distraction

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    Freeform, motion based melee and barehanded close combat was one of the first things we knew that we REALLY wanted to do for Hitman VR - and we are still getting a lot of enjoyment every day when we play from actually being able to punch with a fist, slap and melee with crowbars in each our own style!

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    Subduing has been tweaked for VR. It's not a canned animation, player has control

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    Haptics are in the game yes, and some very satisfying impact sounds :-)

    Can you put your gun behind your back?

    The outside in tracking makes this tricky unfortunately. It is a very cool mechanic though and we have discussed this.

    Cheat codes?

    Get good is my advice. I can say that you might have a better chance in VR as the gunplay and melee is a very different experience than the regular version

    Multiplayer? VR mechanics? **First person mode??**

    Here's what I can tell you We are putting all our resources into the singleplayer at the moment Yes there's quite a bit of mechanics that differ from the regular game. Motion tracked controls when aiming and wielding melee items. Opening doors by touch etc. Getting this to work in first person in VR has been an effort :-) and for now VR is where you will experience it

    Suit of Agent 47 with a VR headset?

    hehe That's not a bad idea :-)

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    I'll talk to the character artists - but no promises!

    Dual wielding in VR?

    Alright might as well bite the bullet Currently 47 wields one gun at a time like the regular game

    How will movement work?

    We are working on different comfort options. It will be smooth movement as the regular game. We will have various settings that players can toggle to their choosing. Click turn, vignetee etc. Dragging bodies work great. You do tether to the feet or hands as in the regular game but your arms are free to move so you can now fling them around into bushes etc

    How are the controls?

    The current version of the game is not using move controllers it's using the dual-shock. We are however utilizing the motion controlled tracking and gyro in the ds4 to the max. There are many reasons for us ending on this decision but to be honest we think that we have found a perfect fit for the game through this hybrid control scheme.

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    1.Yes you can climb pipes and scale ledges in VR, and yes Dubai particularly has some intense moments there ;) 2. Currently crouching is a button press, which works well in our opnion. We did some prototyping to make physical standing and crouching, but deemed that a button press was actually more than sufficient :) 3. Reloading is ALSO a button press :D Which is another one of those HEY this actually works totally fine moments!

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    Still working on final decisions. We know you will have smooth controls with various comfort options. Yeah buttons are there but it's a simplified control scheme as the motion tracked controls made it possible. No major changes in the maps besides tweaking d some of the agility routes to make them work better in VR

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    Changing disguises work similar to the regular version. Currently through a button prompt. We are working on ways to better communicate what disguise you are currently in. You can of course always take a glance down on yourself and look at your arms but that's not always enough. You do know when you're the flamingo though :-)

    How are the directional arrows gonna work in VR? Crowd density?

    We are still working on finalizing the UI. It works fine, what helps a lot is the directional audio though - you can hear what direction a threat is coming from. The same goes for hearing guards chasing you. You can hear their footsteps running down a hall for instance which helps quite a lot and adds a ton to the immersion :-) Still working on the crowds but tbh the visual fidelity is really impressive. We've got some nutty render guys doing magic

    How long has VR been in development?

    We started looking into this a bit over a year ago. Actually, in some ways the sense that Hitman would be the perfect match with VR has been lurking in the backs of our minds for way longer than that. The pace of the game, the sense of place, the attention to detail in our locations, the emergent nature of our gameplay systems and especially AI just lends itself so naturally and beautifully to VR. That's also why actually going in and making it has been so amazing for us - our gut feeling was not wrong :D The very first aspect was getting that camera into our favorite bald head - we knew that we had to go 1st person to do this in VR!

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    When we first tried VR a few years back for the first time; Batman, Superhot, FirewallZerohour, beatsaber, Rush of Blood etc. It was one of those: "You know what would be insane in VR?!" We were a small team testing the waters to get a sense if this was even doable. I remember Paris was the first level we tried out and immediately the potential was just so obvious and we've been working non stop on it since

    Can we headpat guards? Can you tap someone on their right shoulder then sneak around to their left?

    Yes you can definitely headpat - we do it all the time, but be careful as there will be consequences ;) [And] yes you can!

    /Sidsel

    How will this work with the transition of generations? Will this work on PS5? Will it have upgraded visuals on PS5? Any differences between PS4 / PS5?

    We covered this as best as we can right now in the blog post we put up on PlayStation.

    Basically, we're still working on the specifics for how that's going to work, together with Sony. Once it's finalised, we'll be talking about it.

    Will you be able to use VR in HITMAN 1 and/or 2?

    You can only play VR with HITMAN 3. There's no VR update coming for HITMAN 1 or 2 and there's no standalone VR separate from HITMAN 3.

    If you already own HITMAN 1 or HITMAN 2, you can import those locations into HITMAN 3 and play them in VR there.

    How will the release model work? Will there be a bundled version of HITMAN 1, 2, and 3 all together, or...?

    Exactly how that's going to work in HITMAN 3 isn't concretely in place yet, but we're likely to have a solution similar to what we have now.

    In HITMAN 2, you can go into the in-game store and buy HITMAN 1, or upgrade to the Gold Edition etc.

    Seeing as you need HITMAN 3 to access VR, this is a very elegant solution for us to use. Again, it could change.

    I'm not sure about plans for a massive compilation - but we have had an in-game store in HITMAN 2 where you can buy HITMAN 1 and play the H1 Levels within H2.

    Basically, we've been building out this World of Assassination (as we call it) where everything is as seemless to access as possible, so we'll have an elegant solution ;)

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    47 scouting Sapienza a few months before his first mission there

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 03:25 PM PDT

    I spent too much time on this

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 01:19 PM PDT

    Please, I need heeee—!

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 08:41 PM PDT

    A response on the AMA

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 07:38 AM PDT

    My Hitman merch collection!

    Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:32 AM PDT

    Pretty god rays

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 05:59 PM PDT

    I thought this guy was gonna lean in for a kiss

    Posted: 15 Aug 2020 12:41 AM PDT

    I finished all the missions of "Hitman: Crossover" (they are in order)

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 08:43 PM PDT

    No Photoshop Included (Taken on PS4)

    Posted: 15 Aug 2020 02:48 AM PDT

    Am I the only one who feels like a hitman NPC at work?

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 12:32 PM PDT

    Sometimes I'll be standing or doing dishes for example, and before I move to a new spot, I'll do the freeze and turn around all computers and guards do. I guess we live in a simulation.

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    Just ironing out some guard issues

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 11:42 PM PDT

    Amazing kill from Stealthgamerbr's youtube channel

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 09:02 AM PDT

    “names are for friends.” agent 47 drawing

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 02:08 PM PDT

    Which map should I silent assassin?

    Posted: 15 Aug 2020 03:54 AM PDT

    This is a 2 part poll. Part one will be which game, part two will be which map. Also I am doing the last yardbird online if anyone wants

    View Poll

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    I think 47 throw this a little too hard.

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 03:41 PM PDT

    Hitman VR details from the AMA

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 08:24 AM PDT

    The team seem to have stopped answering questions by now so I thought I'd compile the details we've gained from it.

    PCVR is not confirmed, but the wording in one of the comments pretty heavily implies that the mode will be a Timed exclusive, with PC later.

    Current version of the game uses a Dualshock controller (with Gyro and Tracking), not PSMove (No mention of plans for the future, disappointingly).

    Ledges are climbable as normal, no details on how it actually looks in VR.
    ^Mention of "Tweaking to agility routes", perhaps some climbs and ledge shuffling sections will be altered for comfort, the long ledges in Isle of Sgail for instance

    Reloading weapons and Crouching will be tied to button presses.
    ^Physical crouching potentially planned for the future

    Guards will turn to look in the direction they are tapped on

    Full directional audio. (Part of the PS5's enhanced audio perhaps?)

    Disguises are changed through a button press, you can see your current disguise by looking down (Implies full body is visible)

    You can hit enemies directly with melee weapons or your bare hands to knock them out.

    Lethal weapons also work the same way.

    Cannot directly holster items on your back due to PSVR constraints.

    Can open doors by touch, not detailed as to whether they'll automatically open or can be pulled like Half Life Alyx

    VR mode is included with the base game, not as a separate download.

    No concrete details on the level importing from Hitman 1/2 yet, but they're planning for it to work the same as now.

    Uses Smooth locomotion, Comfort Options include snap turn and vignette.

    Your hands snap to the Body's hands or legs when dragging, full physics enabled

    No dual-wielding

    No VR Multiplayer modes planned

    Normal First Person View currently not planned

    VR was actually considered a year ago!

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    Because Janus loves muffins so much

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 06:06 PM PDT

    this is my life

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 09:43 AM PDT

    Legacy Pack—Missing anything from 2016 experience?

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 10:34 PM PDT

    My partner just started 2016 and I had him stop and instead download the Legacy Pack and play that in Hitman 2, based on a few threads on here where people suggested that was the better approach, allowing you to level up your profile in a single ecosystem and access the improved gameplay and graphics.

    But he's now asking if he's missing out on anything. He's playing the Hitman 1 story in "campaign" mode but it seems like finishing a mission just drops him into a menu that lets him select the next? Is that how it is in 2016 as well? Or were cut scenes and other connective material present in 2016 but removed if you play Legacy mode in 2?

    Basically: is playing Legacy in Hitman 2 a full replication of the Hitman 2016 campaign/story experience?

    Thanks!

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    Round 3 - Best Mission Story - A Gilded Cage

    Posted: 15 Aug 2020 01:27 AM PDT

    Vote for your favourite mission story in A Gilded Cage. Cherry Blossom and Honeycomb are counted as one due to them being very similar. Open Sesame was also left out.

    View Poll

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    Friend dared me to remake the ending of Town With no Name in Hitman

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 11:06 AM PDT

    Anyone else hoping for photo mode in hitman 3

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 08:24 AM PDT

    It'll be a crime not to have access to a photo mode while being up in the high skyscraper(s) of Dubai

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    What are people's thoughts now on the Elusive Targets concept as we get closer the Hitman 3?

    Posted: 14 Aug 2020 02:45 PM PDT

    I worked on a ship the previous 3 years and was unable to have internet for games consoles so I missed out on almost all the elusive targets. I honestly would love to be able to play them, JUST to play them. Plus, all of the suits I'll never be able to unlock.

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