HITMAN 3 - Bug Report Thread

[Rimland]

A list of bugs/issues I´ve recently came across, Part One:

Platform: PC (Epic), game version 3.70

First off, issues that have been present for a while and remain in the game (and are hopefully on the “to fix” list already).

Location: Santa Fortuna (Three-Headed Serpent) and Mumbai (Chasing a Ghost)

Description: Diana´s description in the intro cutscenes is out of sync with what is happening on screen. It starts off fine, but by the time she gets to the target locations, you can tell she is way behind schedule so to say.

Location: Mumbai (Chasing a Ghost) and Sapienza (World of Tomorrow)
Description: Some persistent lighting issues in two particular instances. In Mumbai, when doing the fan opportunity, the lights on the film set don´t work and thus the picture on the adjacent screen is not illuminated as it should be (see comparison with H2 screenshot).

In Sapienza, there should be sunlight entering Silvio´s room to where 47 would sit as Dr. Lafayette, but there isn´t (again, see comparison with H2).

It´s rather noticeable considering that there is quite a lot of sunlight entering the mansion from the same direction in other rooms, e.g. the attic.

Perhaps the Sapienza case isn´t all that bad, but the Mumbai issue really needs fixing

Location: Mendoza (The Farewell)
Description: Something is still not in its place. Despite being listed as fixed in a previous patch, the blending animation in the security room still results in 47 assembling an ordinary Bartoli instead of the Goldballer.

Location: Marrakesh (A Gilded Cage)
Description: This one protester still spawns on the stand with the protest leader.

Also, once again pointing towards a yet unresolved bug present since H2: the military helicopters flying over Marrakesh being barely audible/lacking the proper thumping sound.

[Rimland]

A list of bugs/issues I´ve recently came across, Part Two:

Platform: PC (Epic), game version 3.70

Location: Several.
Description: I have recently noticed numerous clipping issues with a number of disguises and items.

The Summer Sightseeing Suit (both versions) has a clipping issue with its belt and trousers when crouching, something that wasn´t there before the last patch I believe. Additionally, weapons on 47´s back will clip through the sweatshirt (this I am not quite sure whether it was initially an issue or not).

In Sapienza, there seems to be an issue with the guards´ tank top disguises. There are clipping issues around the arm pits and the back, which can be noticed either on the NPCs, or when 47 is wearing them.

Several clipping issues in Mumbai. The Kashmirian disguise exhibits clipping in the collar area, both on the Kashmirian himself, and when 47 is disguised as him.

The elite thug disguise with hood exhibits clipping around the collar area as well (haven´t checked it with the NPCs though).

When placing the foreman´s documents on the table, the papers underneath them clip through.

Finally, there is an issue with the blending spot at the tailor shop. When 47 sits down, the magazine is out of place in his hands.

The Tropical Suit also seems to suffer from clipping around the collar area, specifically when 47 is moving through a crowd.

There is a minor clipping issue with the watch on the nurse disguise in Whittleton Creek, which can be seen when performing the health check on Janus.

The Lynch Suit has a very minor (but no less annoying) clipping issue on the right front shoulder area when taking cover in this position.

On the other hand, there is still the major clipping issue with the Swimmer suit in Haven Island, which has been present since day one, particularly observable when running.

Lastly, I have noticed clipping issues with certain items when placed on 47´s back, namely the saber (both standard - observed in Dartmoor - and pirate - observed in Mendoza) and machete (both versions - observed in Santa Fortuna).

EDIT: There is a graphics bug with disguises with an apron, such as Florida Man or the waiters in Haven Island. When viewed from behind, the apron is missing (from the front it is visible). This can be observed both on NPCs and on 47 himself.

EDIT 2: There is also a clipping issue with the surgeon disguise in Hokkaido, namely the sleeves, during certain movements such as climbing through a window (haven´t tested whether the chief surgeon disguise has the same problem).

[Rimland]

Additionally, what is not really a bug but rather an oversight that could use fixing (and has also been pointed out before). There are two versions of the Bartoli Woodsman Hunting Rifle in the game. The standard one which is an unlock in Dartmoor and can be found in the Dartmoor Garden Show, which has no scope magnification, holds 6 rounds and uses normal ammo.

Then there is the second version, which can be found in Berlin and Mendoza, has 3x scope magnification, holds 4 rounds and uses piercing ammo. However, these traits are not mentioned in its inventory description and it shares the same name as the regular version.

For the sake of accuracy and claritiy, it would be good if these traits were added to the rifle´s description and its name changed to something like “Custom Bartoli Woodsman Hunting Rifle” (or something along that line), so that it is immediately clear that it is a special version.

EDIT: There also seems to be a bug related to poisons.
Location: Several (tested in Whittleton Creek, Isle of Sgail, Miami, Mumbai, Haven Island, Dubai)
Description: When serving food or drinks as a waiter and using poison, the poison vial is outside of 47´s hand, and sometimes the model of the vial isn´t displayed properly. This is the case for all kinds of poison (lethal, emetic, sedative) and in apparently all locations which feature this mechanic, i.e. mainly those in H2. Standard poisoning of drinks and meals works fine.

[James_Muehlenkamp]

Two bugs. Xbox One. Hitman 3 deluxe edition. 7 Deadly Sins installed. No trinity pack. (By the way, could you make it DLC at some point? Pretty please?)

Firstly though, the “Capital Punishment” achievement for completing all the challenges in Siberia does not unlock, even though I’ve completed them all. Of potential note is that I had them all completed in Hitman 2, so when I transferred my progress, all of the challenges were already done.

Secondly, there are 3 weapons that I have unlocked and which show up in the inventory tab, but that under no circumstances am I able to select for use when choosing my loadout. They simply do not appear, regardless of whether I’m trying to use a briefcase or an agency pickup, and this goes for every map I might add. Those weapons are the Enrham HV CM, the Enrham HV Covert (just the original, not the MK II), and the Jager 7 (again just the original, not the MK II). All 3 were unlocked in Hitman 2 when I transferred my progress, so that again could be where the issue lies.

Oh yeah, and this lady on the Bangkok map during the Patient Zero “The Source” mission always seems to be floating.

[StayLoReaper]

Unable to access Dartmoor or the Dartmoor garden show since the last update. Xbox series X

[Kikjajce]

Platform: [ PC]

Description : Featured Contracts Track 1, Tier 5 (the one which unlocks the Arkian Tuxedo after you complete 25 featured contracts on H2016/2 maps) autocompleted itself when I transfered the progress from Hitman 2 to Hitman 3, the suit did not unlock however.

Now that I did complete 25 featured contracts on H2016/2 maps, I did not get the Arkian Tuxedo because the challenge already marked itself as completed after transfering my progress locking me out of the suit.

The Red Tie Kiwi thing did not unlock as well. there are multiple reddit threads about this issue spanning back since the game’s release so any day now…

[Euler13]

I kept meaning to report this, but for some time now…

Platform: Xbox (Series X)

Location: N/A

Description: Upon quick resume, the game is completely frozen. It is necessary to quit the game and restart.

Steps to reproduce:

1. After playing Hitman, go back to home screen and use another app.
2. Returning to Hitman from the home screen, the screen is frozen. You cannot move to different tiles or select anything.
3. Pressing Xbox button, selecting Quit, and restarting the game fixes the problem, until (go to 1).

Frequency: Not every time, but it has been happening very often recently. Possibly since the previous patch: 28 September 2021?

[Rimland]

Another round of issues, some newly discovered, some I forgot to include last time.

Platform: PC (Epic)
Frequency: Always.

Location: Miami (The Finish Line)
Description: Present since launch - Killing Sierra by pushing Robert onto her car STILL registers her as a non-target kill, thus preventing achieving SA using this method. I also had this issue when doing the proxy kill where Robert blows her up, but that worked properly when I tried again, so it may have been random.

Location: Chongqing
Description: An omission that´s been around since launch as well. The Fusil X2000 Stealth found in the ICA armory has the same model, description and properties as the Fusil G1-4. It should finally get its own unique model and properties (i.e. being silenced).

Location: Dubai, Dartmoor, Chonging, Carpathian Mountains, Hawke´s Bay
Description: Another thing that is most likely an oversight, but has been present since launch. In H3 missions, the Targets challenges names are the same as the challenge descriptions instead of having a certain nickname describing the target as has been the case since H1. So for example, the challenge to kill Ingram is called “Eliminate Carl Ingram” rather than, say, “The Kingmaker” (pic 1). This is true for all the targets in H3 apart from the ones in Berlin, which utilize the appropriate nickname designation (so for example the challenge to kill Agent Green is called “The Scout” - pic 2).

Also, the challenge description for killing The Constant should probably say “Eliminate Arthur Edwards”, since that is the objective in-game.

Additionally, there is an oversight that´s been present since H2. Alma Reynard´s challenge is called “The Mastermind”, which had already been used by Dalia Margolis. Alma should probably finally get her own unique one.

Location: Marrakesh, Sapienza, Bangkok
Description: When viewed in the location challenges section, the Chameleon challenges for the bonus missions A House Built on Sand, The Icon, Landslide, and The Source are not listed as being tied to these missions, but rather to escalations.

When viewing all challenges, the one for AHBoS is listed as belonging to The Cheveyo Calibration (1st pic), and when viewing uncompleted challenges, it is listed as belonging to The Ignatiev Integrity (2nd pic). Moreover, the Chameleon challenge for A Gilded Cage is wrongly listed as belonging to AHBoS when viewing uncompleted challenges (3rd pic).

In Sapienza, the Chameleon challenges for The Icon and Landslide are listed as belonging to The Gladwyn Simulacrum (1st and 2nd pic). This happens both when viewing all challenges as well as uncompleted ones. The Author mission seems to be ok in this regard.

In Bangkok, the challenge for The Source is listed as belonging to The Somsak Equation. Again, happens in both all and uncompleted challenges.

Location: Colorado and Hokkaido
Description: There´s a fairly noticeable gape between 47´s back and the weapons on the Milita Spec Ops disguise and the Motorcyclist disguise, particularly when crouching.

Location: Various.
Description: Finally, a whole new lot of annoying clipping issues…

• Militia Cook disguise in Colorado: The shirt clips through the apron on the right side.
  

  

• Kronstadt Researcher disguise in Miami: The shirt clips through the lab coat underneath the left bend.
  

  

• Kowoon Mechanic disguise in Miami: The collar clips through the headset when moving through crowds. There are also clipping issues with “fake” NPCs visible in this picture, particularly the two women in the top left corner and bloke in the pink shirt on the top right.
  

  

• Gas Man disguise in Haven Island: The goggles belt clips through the hoodie on the right side.
  

  

• Italian Suit (both versions) from Sapienza: When entering or exiting bench blending positions, 47´s neck clips through the left side of the collar.
  

  

• This lady in Dubai has a very “leaky” coat, particularly in the wind.
  

  

• The Snow Festival Suit in the ICA Facility: 47´s neck clips through the turtleneck collar. I don´t know if this happens when using this suit in other missions, since I don´t have it available at the moment.
  

  

EDIT:
Location: Colorado
Description: The Scarecrow disguise appears to have the sam “gap between gun and back” issue as described above with other suits.

Additionally, in the level there is a bug where 47 will “disappear” for half a second or so when climbing up surfaces such as boxes and rooftops. It happened to me at the building connected by the bridge to the barn, as well as on the barracks next to the water tower (as shown on the screenshot below).

EDIT 2:
Another minor clipping issue, probably a result of 47´s new head. The explosives expert disguise in Colorado now has glasses going through the top of 47´s ears.

[sakamotosan]

Platform: PC, digital

Location: Santa Fortuna

Description : Line of coke when poisoned with rat poison will not make the NPC go and vomit.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Find rat poison
2. Go to the mansion garage with the red escape sports car and the secret passage
3. In the tool room next to the garage, there is a line of coke, poison it
4. Wait for the guard outside to come in and take the coke

Frequency : Always

[BradleyPaine]

Speaking of cliping issues, can you add to the list male guest inside Wilson’s house? He has absolutely horrendous issues with hat, which basically goes through his forehead. Same goes for blue-shirted guard outside Janus house, whose strings on his hat create some bizzare headband on his chin. They have been there long enough not to be fixed!

[sakamotosan]

I had the disappearing 47 bug on Mumbai as well, on some container in the construction yard. I’ll see if I can find it again.

[Rimland]

@BradleyPaine

Speaking of cliping issues, can you add to the list male guest inside Wilson’s house? He has absolutely horrendous issues with hat, which basically goes through his forehead. Same goes for blue-shirted guard outside Janus house, whose strings on his hat create some bizzare headband on his chin. They have been there long enough not to be fixed!

I´ll check them out. Been a while since I played WC (and other maps) more thoroughly, so I´m sure there´s a lot of atrocious clips to be discovered H2 maps in particulary seem to suffer more and more with every new patch…

Edit: Yeah, those two cases you mention are pretty extreme (the “headband” issue I actually noticed a while back but completely forgot about). While running around, I also found at least a dozen other cases of clipping on that level I´ll post it later today, might explore a bit more…

@sakamotosan

I had the disappearing 47 bug on Mumbai as well, on some container in the construction yard. I’ll see if I can find it again.

Could very well be. Do let me know if you find the exact spot(s). I think I encoutered it in Colombia as well…

[Rimland]

Platform: PC (Epic)
Location: Whittleton Creek
Description: The clipping horrors of Whittleton Creek.

• This fellow in the Wilsons´ kitchen should buy his hats at a different place, unless he wants to keep showing off his forehead.
  

  

• This lady talking to Mrs. Wilson on the terrace should do the same with her sweatshirt, as her elbows and dress keep surfacing through it.
  

  
  
  
  

• Mr. Wilson´s hair obviously wants to break free from the confines of his chef cap.
  

  

• And Charles Blake´s hair feels the same about his hat, at least on the left side.
  

  

• The muffin server´s cap is cut in a bit too much on the right side, and his T-shirt is obviously clipping through his overalls. When wearing this disguise, 47 has the same issue.
  

  
  
  
  

• Unless it´s intentional, the real estate agent´s shirt seems to clip a bit through the sleeves. When wearing this disguise, 47 has the same issue and is also cursed by the tie clipping through the sweatshirt while walking.
  

  
  
  
  

• When viewed from the front, this hatstrings of this guard in front of Janus´s house make him look like a Japanese obasan (or one of those dogs with the cone thing…)
  

  

• The garbage man vests are problematic. Viewed from the side, the inside is transparent, and the green shirt also keeps clipping through the shoulders. This is true for both NPCs as well as 47 (particularly when crouching).
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• The coats of Cassidy´s bodyguards sometimes have the suits or walkie talkies clip through. When 47 is crouch-running in the disguise, the bottom of the coat clips trhough his body.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• This Janus bodyguard disguise has the same belt/pants clipping issue as the Summer Sightseeing Suit. Happens when crouching or running.
  

  
  
  
  

• When starting or finishing to walk in the nurse disguise, the mask clips through the stetoscope. This is perhaps minor, but present nonetheless.
  

  

• The construction worker disguise with long-sleeved shirt seems to have this little issue with the arm clipping through the inner side of the sleeves, unless that is intentional. What certainly isn´t intentional is the T-shirt clipping through the shirt, just like with the server disguise.
  

  
  
  
  

• James Batty´s disguise has a minor issue with the arm clipping through the vest, visible from the inside.
  

  

• The BBQ chef disguise has a minor issue with the shirt clipping through the apron string around the neck. More noticeable when crouching.
  

  

• And the plumber disguise has a minor issue with the left tool bag clipping through 47´s leg.
  

  

Location: Santa Fortuna
Description: Guess what.

• I know balaclavas can be a pain to breathe through, but this is almost worthy of a discussion from a certain Tarantino movie… Present with NPCs, 47 doesn´t seem to have this issue.
  

  
  
  
  

• The drummer disguise has a minor clipping issue on the “belt” when crouching.
  

  

EDIT:
Location: ICA Facility (Freeform Training)
Description: Terry Norfolk disguise has clipping issues around the collar area when in crouch-cover.

Location: Various.
Description: Tactical turtleneck has minor clipping issue in neck area when in crouch-cover.

[Rimland]

Platform: PC (Epic)

Location: ICA Facility, Sapienza, Marrakesh, Bangkok, Colorado, Hokkaido, Miami, Santa Fortuna, Mumbai, Whittleton Creek, Isle of Sgail, New York, Haven Island, Dartmoor, Berlin, Chongqing, Mendoza, Carpathian Mountains

Description: This is an update pertaining to the Chameleon challenges issue that I reported earlier. As it turns out, ALL challenges which are listed in the Feats category (when viewed in the location overview) after challenges associated with escalations have the wrong mission associated with them. So a challenge that would normally have the main or bonus mission associated with it instead has the immediate preceding escalation associated with it (meaning that this can change depending on which filter you use - the same challenge can have a different escalation listed depending on whether it´s completed or not, as seen below on the Namaste challenge).

This issue is currently present in every location apart from Paris, Hawke´s Bay and Dubai, which currently don´t have any other challenges listed after the escalation ones. I originally wanted to place a list and shots of all the wrong ones, but after discovering the extent of the issue, I´m only adding one screen per location (and no list, at least for now…).

[thrison]

@Travis_IOI posted the following in the September 2021 Patch (3.70) thread about this:

That’s not a bug. I asked the team specifically about it when I saw it recently. The answer was that when a challenge can be completed in either the main mission or on live content, the game will show one of the names. The content name (i.e main mission or escalation name, etc) that is displayed doesn’t mean that the challenge can ONLY be unlocked on that piece of content. Hope that’s clear.

I made it clear that it’s not particularly obvious, as I also understood it as you described, but it’s also not a bug.

Whether Travis was aware that it only occurs on challenges that are listed after ones for an escalation or not, I’m not sure. So tagged him in case your information changes anything and he wants to comment further.

[Rimland]

Ah, ok, so it´s a “feature”… Didn´t know that. It´s just weird (and a bit annoying) when it suddenly starts throwing in escalation names instead of the main mission names…

[Omarye]

Hitman 3 untouchable misión snow particles Bug:

Platform: PS4 pro, Disc

Location: Carpathian mountains

Description: There are snow particles inside the train that break with the immersion of the game

Steps to reproduce:

1. I start the untouchable mission.

2. 47 wakes up, and you can see the snow particles inside the train.

3. Snow particles are inside all wagons

Frequency: ALWAYS

[sakamotosan]

Platform: PC, digital

Location: Whittleton Creek

Description : Janus gets stuck walking up and down stairs repeating fragment of a conversation.

Steps to reproduce:

1. You need to get the clue that involves his old gramophone
2. Interrupt Janus’ conversation with his caretaker in the red robe, at the top of the stairs, with the gramophone.
3. Wait for his memory to be jogged.
4. Watch as he wanders up and down the stairs without his caretaker, trying to repeat the conversation saying “do not insult my intelligence my body is frail but my mind is sharp” etc. but failing.

Frequency : Once

I’d chalk it up to dementia but it really does seem like a bug lol.

[bgyorok]

Platform: PC, digital
Location: Chongqing
Description: My game keeps crashing whenever I go out into the rain in the facility analyst disguise. 47 also does a weird V-pose sort of thing from time to time whilst he’s running.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Play Chongqing (the Mirror Match contract to be exact, but I don’t think it’s the root of the
problem)
2. Go down into the ICA facility and obtain the analyst disguise, or start as an analyst
3. Go up to the surface where it’s raining
4. Hopefully (or should I say hopefully not) the game will crash
Frequency: Always happened whilst trying to play the Mirror Match FC. Didn’t try it in normal Chongqing though.

[Courier6]

Platform: Xbox One, Digital (Hitman 3)
Location: N/A (all locations)
Description: Unable to bring the Sawed off Bartoli 12G (as well as the Enram HV Covert MK2) into any locations via preplanning or briefcase. The weapons do not show up as a choice when selecting an item despite them showing up in the inventory in the career tab
Frequency: Every location for planning