Hitman: Codename 47

Prototype Info Prerelease Info

Oddities#

Missions Order#

Judging by how the mission folders are named, it seems that the order of the levels was changed prior to release. The missions set in Rotterdam were to take place right after Hong Kong, while the jungle levels came after the Traditions of the Trade mission. The Rotterdam missions, relatively speaking, are significantly more difficult compared to the Hong Kong levels. Which might be reason of this change, so as to give the player more time to get familiar with the game.

Tutorial#

In the first level, Dr. Ort-Meyer makes several small errors. He suggests you take a gun from a nearby table (it's actually two crates), misidentifies an AK-103 as an AK-47, and refers to Fiber Wire as Piano Wire. While an AK-47 is present in the Colombia levels, the AK-47 that may of been present in the tutorial level was likely changed to an AK-103 late in development.

It's likely that the lines were recorded to match earlier names and locations before they were changed to the current ones.

Fiber Wire

Table

AK-103

Unused Items#

Using the cheat Giveall in certain levels gives the player a few items not available through regular gameplay. Two are weapons (Derringer in TLHA and , and a blowgun in Find the U'Wa Tribe), while the others are a vacuum cleaner (Traditions of the Trade) and a train yard switch (Gunrunner's Paradise), the latter of which will instantly crash the game if used.

Blowgun#

Although the Blowgun is used by the U'wa tribe in the missions Find the U'Wa Tribe and The Jungle God, it's not available to Agent 47. Killed tribe members do not drop it and it can only be used through the Giveall cheat. Carried and reloaded like a Rifle, the Blowgun is the most powerful weapon in the game, taking one "bullet" to kill non-special enemies. Semi-auto with a fast fire rate, holds 10 "bullets".

If the weapon was acquired prior to continuing into the second or third missions of Colombia, it'll appear in the buy screen with a detailed 3D model accompanied by three darts. Although the ammunition type shown is same as that of the M60.

Derringer#

The Derringer is a small pistol based off the Sharps Model 4 "Bulldog" Pepperbox gun. It lacks a firing sound and is considered a silent weapon. It can be acquired through the Giveall cheat in two missions, The Lee Hong Assassination and Traditions of the Trade.

Train Yard Switch#

TBD

Vacuum Cleaner#

TBD

Unused Audio#

Developer Placeholder Audio#

Some low-quality developer placeholder lines and sound effects are buried in the game's files.

Guards#

All the enemy guards in the game have the same shared set of voice lines, but not all of them are actually used. For example, both Chinese and European guards may yell, when alarmed, "We have a situation here!" however European guards will never yell "Watch out! maniac alarm!" like their Chinese counterparts despite having a sound file for it.

In addition Chinese, European and South American guards all have unused sets of voice lines. These are named "Action", "Frisk", "GoAway", "Provocation", and "Repel" in the files. Most of these consist of threats, insults and sarcastic remarks directed towards 47 and they are probably leftovers from when the game was more action-oriented. The "GoAway" voice lines are not the same as those used when attempting to enter a restricted area.

Action#

Frisk#

South American guards do not have voice lines for this set.

GoAway#

South American guards do not have voice lines for this set.

Provocation#

Repel#

Waiters#

This is a cut conversation between the waiters in the mission, The Lee Hong Assassination. It was probably intended as another way for 47 to discover where Agent Smith is held up.

SWAT Team#

The SWAT team in the The Setup mission are completely mute, except for some unintelligible sounds made through their radios. However it was intended for them to accost 47 and ask him to show some ID. In the final game, the SWAT team will shoot on sight if 47 is still dressed in his suit. They were also supposed to relay mission information to each other through walkies, and yell at 47 in combat.

Agent 47's Original Voice#

Before we got the iconic, stoic voice of David Bateson we had the voice acting talent of what is said to be Dan Russell. Codename 47 seemed to have a more action-movie vibe, before the tone was changed late in development. 47 used to be dropping quips and one-liners quite often during cutscenes and after firefights. A number of audio files have been overwritten by Bateson's lines, but a good chunk of the original files are still on the disc.

One-Liners (During a fight)#

One-Liners (After a fight)#

Blue Lotus Limousine Driver#

The Limousine Driver taking a leak near a dumpster in the mission Ambush at the Wang Fou Restaurant was supposed to warn Agent 47 away from the area. The developers likely planned this as a measurement to prevent the player from easily killing the driver without triggering an alarm. For every warning, Agent 47 would've replied back with a sarcastic remark, including a funnily-racist Asian penile stereotype. The driver also has a soundfile for relieving himself. These soundfiles are also unused in the demo, meaning this dialogue was hardly implemented.

Hong Kong Extended Monologue#

Agent 47's monologuing at the start of the first Hong Kong mission was originally composed of two audio files. The second audio file was cut and was never updated by 47's new voice actor. The reason for this might be because of the new design change taken late into development which saw 47 turned from an arrogant action hero into the cold-blooded, emotionless baldy we love.

Killing the Madame#

There are also one-liners killing the brothel Madame in the fourth mission The Lee Hong Assassination.

The Jungle God#

Some funny comments by 47 regarding Tezcatlipoca, the eponymous jungle god in the seventh mission.

Meet Your Brother#

Ortmeyer's Speech

Agent 47 would've said these in response to each line said by Ortmeyer in his long speech. While Ortmeyer still speaks his lengthy speech in the final game, 47 simply ignores the ramblings of his creator and says nothing.

Final Part

Ortmeyer and 47 were supposed to exchange words in their reunion. Of the nine voice lines meant for this conversion, only two lines are said, exclusively by Ortmeyer. It seems that Ortmeyer was supposed to mistake 47 as one of the 48 clones under the assumption that he was taken care of. Because of this, it's highly possible that he wasn't planned to suddenly turn hostile and attempt to taser 47, giving the player the opportunity to finish him off without any fight. This makes the final line said by him in the cutscene to be a lot more sensible and less vague, since he would realize it's 47 only after getting shot by him.

No. 48s Dialogue#

To do: Transcirpts need to be checked, it's hard to make out what they say.

These unused soundfiles suggest the No. 48s clones were originally meant to exchange words with Agent 47 and Ortmeyer himself. It seems these were cut pretty early in development since these voicelines aren't done by David Bateson. In the final game, the clones are completely mute.

Conversations between Agent 47 and Clones

The first line is said by Agent 47, as denoted by the "H" in the original file name.

Conversations between Clones and Ortmeyer

The first line is said by Ortmeyer, as denoted by the "P" in the original file name, which stands for professor.

Agent 47#

Despite the original Agent 47 voice, there exists a few cut lines by David Bateson, the current voice of 47.

47's Intro Monologue#

This one is quite strange. It's entirely unused in game, lacking 3/4 of audio but the entire transcript shows up when you load it in the game. What's more, some of the text made it to the English manual. Another thing to note is that during the mission "Meet Your Brother", Ortmeyer says "Man was made at the end of the week's work, when God was tired. [...] A little play on words, my boy - I know you like that sort of thing."

I'm a killer, and I always have been. They say once you taste blood, it changes you forever - I wouldn't know. 'cause it's been a part of my diet since day one. What is worth killing for, you might ask? I wouldn't know, 'cause I never had any other choice. I have always followed orders. I'm taking another man's life - all I can say is, it's both easier and more difficult then you might imagine. So this is my life - and what is life? Religion offers very simple answers -science offers new possibilities. Did we indeed rise out of that primeval goo by conscience, or are we the result of divine intervention? If you take the religious stand, man was made at the end of a week's hard work, and God was pretty tired. Imperfections, flaws, weaknesses, vulnerability - that's the price we pay for being the last item on the assembly line. No matter which version is right - if you can improve on this prototype, that not even evolution has perfected yet, by means of science - create a sharper original instead of this sloppy copy, this mortal coil - why not? Ask yourself - what's worth living for? A lot. What's worth dying for, then? Not a lot. So if you had the choice, it wouldn't be that hard, would it? It would be worth killing for, wouldn't it? Life is a blessing, but death can be a friend - there's always a price to pay. In nature there's neither good nor bad, right or wrong - there are only consequences. Not so long ago, a few scientists were willing to assume the cape of the creator, delve deep into this creational abyss to find the secrets, to stretch the known boundaries, to create life - they could not foresee the consequences.

Highlighted text means what's in the audio file

Unused Strings#

"ABORT - ABORT - ABORT"#

<folder id="Pre_laptop">

According to the ID, those couple of strings are meant for the briefing screen.

<resource id="DianaLetter">
Your mission is over.
Surrender your self to the police and await further instructions.
We will contact you.
Diana

I guess Diana was panicking so much she forgot to put "Your" and "self" together.

<resource id="Missiondescription_long">
ABORT - ABORT - ABORT
RETURN TO BASE
IMPENDING DANGER
THE AGENCY WILL DISAVOW YOU 
RETURN IMMEDIATELY'

<resource id="Missiondescription_short">
ABORT - ABORT - ABORT
SEVERE DANGER
DO NOT ATTEMPT FURTHER ADVANCES
THIS IS AN ORDER

It isn't entirely clear where this "briefing" could fit into the game, but it's probably for the mission "Meet Your Brother", where it's the only mission where you can't see your objectives by opening your laptop. Not to mention a mission before, while eliminating your target, a whole SWAT team shows up at the asylum, with the task of killing/capturing you.