Hitman 3

Unused Inventory ThumbnailsSo many inventory thumbnails! Unused ModelsModels that didn't make the final cut.

Unused Audio#

Temporary audio for Carpathian Mountains, recorded by the developers.

Secret Messages#

Ambrose Island has a secret message tree in "scenario_dugong.brick", underneath the "Setpieces" section, which also makes reference to a HitmanForum user named Notex:

> Easter Eggs
-> Easter eggs 2
--> Easter eggs 3
---> Keep it secret
----> Keep it safe
-----> We are not really allowed to make easter eggs you know
------> Dont tell anyone
-------> Almost there
--------> Keep going
---------> There is nothing in here
----------> No seriously
-----------> Stop looking
------------> Shoo
-------------> Go away
--------------> Is that you Notex
---------------> Ok fine
----------------> Here it comes
-----------------> Are you ready for it
------------------> Here we go
-------------------> Crimson Fish Spawner

Oddities#

Chongqing Data#

The ICA Data leak facility cutscene in Chongqing has some interesting oddities and oversights. The leak lists sanctioned targets throughout the past three games, but a fair few of the targets are missing from the database. There's also the matter of the below oddities:

Orlando and Renzo Caruso originate from The Brothers, an unused Elusive Target mission from the first game in the trilogy, and has never actually appeared (legitimately) in the trilogy. Serena Washington was the original name used for Sophia Washington in the second game's game files (as can be heard in Hitman 2's page, this was used in some dialog recordings, and was also accidentally included in her bio in Hitman 2 before the first patch fixed it). History repeats, and her early name has now been accidentally included here too, but has yet to be changed (as of writing anyway).

Killing Don Yates and Vidal Early#

Watch on YouTubeIf you manage to kill Don Yates early, the game has specific contingency voice lines for Diana and 47, suggesting at one point in development, 47 was able to leave the hill without Diana moving from the lookout. However, the game has a specific check in place to make sure 47 triggers the cutscene dialog by staying on the hill, so killing Don Yates or Vidal is not normally possible, as Yates starts in the basement of the vineyard and Vidal moves to the security room, meaning the only course of action would be to shoot the Asado pit from the hill, which forces the usual routines to activate for the targets, getting Yates and Vidal out of their positions, and can then be killed. Until it was patched in 2022, the RFID Coin exploit made it possible to go into the level to kill Yates and Vidal in this way too, but now requires cheating by using Debug mod from the ZHMMod SDK to change the targets positions and kill them on the hill.

Contingency voice lines also exist for Diana and 47 when the player kills both Don Yates and Tamara Vidal, but cannot be triggered, soft-locking the game. Even if you kill either of the two while talking to Diana, the game always defaults to Yate's contingency voice lines. Some of the voice lines present here are also re-recordings of later lines for when 47 dances with Diana to exit the level.

Young Erich Soders#

For reasons unknown, the younger version of Erich Soders used in the "Legacy" cinematic, as well as in a photo in Freedom Fighters, is present in this games' version of Mumbai's game files. It was likely misplaced here.

Renamed Elusive Targets#

Some of the this game's Elusive Targets have alternative names in the top-right corner at the end of the mission briefing cutscenes, suggesting the missions were renamed during development.

Unused Elusive Target Concept#

Joanne Bayswater ("The Iconoclast") has completely different clothing in what appears to be an early concept for an Elusive Target, back when they were known as Ashley Lowe. The suit for Joanne is a recolored variant of the suit used for Hitman 2's Sophia Washington.

Joanne Bayswater	Ashley Lowe

Miscellaneous#

Placeholder image found in the "arcade" folder, presumably used when the developers make new Elusive Target Arcade images.

Various textures from Hitman: Absolution still remain in the files, including but not limited to, 47's face texture, two NPCs (all under folders dubbed "placeholder"), cut character Jack Hughes and what appears to be Gavin LeBlond of Lenny's Gang.

References#