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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- While the latest HITMAN Trilogy contains in my opinion, three of the best games we've seen in the last years. They have one glaring issue, almost necessary online connectivity. Modders are trying their best to fix this and save as much content as they can before the servers for these games inevitably go offline. Let's find out how they're doing it!
Thanks to the lead developer of The Peacock Project "rdil" for the help while making this video!
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Chapters:
00:00 - How the HITMAN Trilogy could potentially be lost...
02:17 - How Modders are Saving the HITMAN Trilogy
02:58 - The Upsides of the Peacock Project
05:50 - The Downsides of the Peacock Project
08:39 - How to get the Peacock Project
09:12 - Ending
Music:
Track #1: HITMAN 2016 OST - World of Assassination by Niels Bye Nielsen (How the HITMAN Trilogy could potentially be lost..., How Modders are Saving the HITMAN Trilogy)
Track #2: HITMAN 2 OST - Agent and Handler by Niels Bye Nielsen (The Upsides of Peacock Project)
Track #3: HITMAN 3 OST - Death Awaits by Niels Bye Nielsen (The Downsides of Peacock Project)
Track #4: HITMAN 2016 OST - HITMAN 2016 Main Theme by Niels Bye Nielsen (How to get Peacock Project, Ending)
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NOTES:
- I don't think I made it clear enough in the video, but The Peacock Project supports HITMAN, HITMAN 2 and HITMAN 3.
- I forgot to mention in the video, but the Sniper Assassin game mode also doesn't work in IO's "Offline Mode", however you can play Sniper Assassin with Peacock.
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does this work on the gamepass version ? the non locked down folder structure version
@@WeeGeeX It doesn’t unfortunately.
i was going to ask if it works on every Hitman
thank you, TJGM and Peacock Project people
I wish there was something like this for absolution
HITMAN 1,2, and 3 are amazing games, they were just made in the most convoluted way possible, which really holds them back. Huge shoutout to modders so for trying to fix IOI’s mess-ups, especially in a game which has little-to-no modding support.
Agreed. Was trying to explain to a friend what he should buy for H3 and how he can play 1+2 in 3. It was a bit of a disaster.
I hate the fact that such op weapons as sieker is pay to win, bc you need to own the dlc. So I'll wait a little for a sale
@@phantom0590You can't buy the Sieker.
@@phantom0590Oh nice I just realised you were being deliberately obtuse. Hahahahaha.
@@user-vp6cq4sv3d hey man we have the same pfp
The online requirement is my biggest gripe with the modern trilogy, the Elusive Target system being the second biggest however the new ET Arcade mode is a step in the right direction and shows that the devs are open to experiment with the formula. Making them permanent DLC that you actually download would be better but it's something at least.
Since I doubt this project will ever get ported to console for a variety of reasons, sounds like I need to get the games on PC at some point in the future.
If you don't care about achievements I know a Fit Girl who does this game with the peacock server built in, I don't mind downloading it as I've already purchased the game both on steam and epic so I've paid twice already for the same game which will become obsolete
@@sexy11legswhy did you buy it twice?
@@tvrtkokaurinovic7370For the 1st year of the game's lifespan, it was an Epic exclusive.
One thing I never understood about IOI's logic aside from the whole server issue is Elusive Targets.
They spent the extra time doing each and every one of them, adding new intro cutscenes, new dialogue, creating new NPC characters etc. just to allow players to play them like once or twice in a lifetime while also limited to one try.
To make things even worse, like 70% of all outfits are obtainable exactly through Elusive Targets, so unless you started playing since day 1, you'll have a hard time catching up.
It's almost like they made a singleplayer game and later designed it as an MMO
Yeah I can't stand that. There's no logical reason for that, except an amateurish "I went to business school!" mentality of introducing the "fear of missing out" as a marketing strategy to make people buy more stuff earlier.
Elusive Target Arcade
Who cares about unobtainable suits?
@@commitfelonyfeline I DO. I WISH TO BE FABULOUS. LEAVE ME ALONE WITH MY CLOTHES
@@user-ee6lk1pb6w i cracked up at this
I hope that they can get challenges working soon, cause I really want to unlock the elusive target exclusive suits.
Agreed. Challenges are easily what gave me most of my play time in these games. Hopefully it’s not too long before they’re available in Peacock.
peacock project unlocks all suits and items from start
@@jacksaints1 It’s more about the principle behind it. A piece of candy will taste good if you get it for no reason, but it would taste twenty times better if you had to climb a mountain to get it. It’s the same with this. I want to get the unique suits and items from the elusive targets, but I want to unlock them myself, so that I have the satisfaction of unlocking them, rather than the satisfaction of picking them out of a menu.
We’ve added experimental challenges in the latest release, for now only for Paris, but with more maps coming soon. Feel free to help us test it!
the way that challenges are releasing now (one level at a time) makes it almost like h1's episodic release since i have time to finish all the paris challenges, then the sapienza, then holiday hoarders, landslide, etc. it's super fun tbh
I miss the time where you just buy the game completely namaste and you can play how much you want without needing internet connection
The always online requirement is really baffling in the trilogy and it doesn't even make sense for why it should be always online. The progression system fit with offline mode because this is a single player game. As you said, the biggest worry is that if the servers go down sometime in the future, the games won't be playable in certain areas. Now that they've gone independent, i still don't understand how they don't change this
This is a win for video game preservation.
if IOI is simply blocking it, imagine how many GB’s of storage is being taken up by stuff will never be accessed?
Thanks to the engine’s optimization, it’s decently small.
@@rdil Relative to the amount of content, perhaps, but it's not an optimal approach to game design - to bloat the install with data that the user can't actually use, when it's not even a multiplayer game.
@@NicholasBrakespear that's not what I mean. Less than 25 megabytes per ET.
IO Interactive is known for their Anti-Consumer practices for years now.
-Comfusing episodic realease. (unfinished maps, patching them with time)
-Exclusivities with PS5, exclusivities with Epic Games. (screw the customers and our fans, let's grab some money)
-Limited access content that you paid for (Elusive Targets, Items)
-Online requirement (If you go offline the 70% of the content is cut off)
The list goes on and on. And IO wonder why the game is not selling as much. Customers are not stupid.
This is amazing, I'm so glad there are people with amazing skills out there who care about game preservation.
Yeah, I never stop being impressed with the talent and ingenuity of modders.
Hitman Absolution shutting down servers took away the only thing that made that game replayable/playable: Contracts. Finally you could play any level but start out with whatever disguise you wanted for new kills (Example was the courthouse mission, you could start out as the Judge).
I know Absolution is controversial, but that was a cool feature. Glad the series started to return to its roots as well as the best parts of Blood Money.
Love finding an old comment of mine in the future 😅
4:16 This is perfect for Big Mooney!
Thank goodness for the mod community, and thank you for highlighting it. Will give it a shot!
Thank you for this video. The online part about the modern Hitman games is definitely the biggest flaw and also the reason I never recommend them.
I think if steam goes down we will have bigger problems than just not being able to play elusive targets in hitman.
As far as we are aware Steam has a contingencey plan in place for if they ever shut down which should hopefully give everyone stable access to their games permanently without Steam being required. Problem would be being able to download them, I doubt Valve could afford to send out spare hard drives to everyone lol.
It's not just about IOI servers not going down, it can be connection issues from your end. I personally have had many situations in life where I can't connect to online (connection issues on ISPs end, something happening to the connection lines, blackouts, router breaking down, maintenance in the apartment building, maintenance somewhere else, long vacation in a location without internet, moving to a new location and the ISP hasn't yet enabled your connection) and would spend my free time playing games. These might not seem that important, but when it happens, you'll understand. But when everything returns back to normal, you'll forget it how annoying it really was.
Thanks for showcasing my plugin :)
You’re the man
Wooo! Good to see the preservation is going well. Can't wait to see what whole new stuff becomes possible with this project like how Titanfall 2 was transformed by Northstar.
What an amazing project! Sad that modders seem to care more about the lifespan and accessibility than IO...
Thank you for your kind words
rdil and the rest of the Peacock developers are really doing great work. So happy they're doing it because we all know the Hitman servers will eventually just … go down.
Honestly, I sometimes believe that if all of us gamers and experienced skilled individuals came together to make an open-source game that will be super mod friendly and can expand infinitely then it will be a game that will dominate the industry for decades
I think thats what AAA games companies are afraid of. They want that longevity without any of the cost or effort that it requires to maintain and build.
Aka The Sandbox Genre
Paris challenges are added to peacock now.
More maps will come thanks to their hardworking team.
Quality content, hope you get blessed by the algorithm. You deserve it!
found this channel today thanks to youtube, and it's amazing!
i'm honestly so suprised you have such low views and subs, great work
Thank you!
Great video about something I would have not know if not for the algorithm. Sometimes it does it's job. Sub earned. Looking forward to more.
Thank you!
Glad to see modders trying to keep the games alive even when the servers go down, and that will ultimately be needed for hitman 1 and 2, but fingers crossed that on or near shutdown day IOI switches it to a local system for hitman 3/WOA. Wouldnt want the console players and those just not good with computers to miss out on them!
Personally, I don’t see the servers going down soon enough for me to ever use Peacock. The reason the absolution servers went down was because Square Enix was running those servers and had no reason to support them after they dropped IOI. And I believe the reason IOI ultimately decided not to bring the servers back is because Absolution is the most hated game in the franchise so most fans really aren’t losing much by not being able to play contracts from the worst Hitman game. I also believe that if the servers ever do have to go down, IOI will just port everyone’s progress to offline mode and allow challenges and mastery without a connection.
Whenever the servers do go down, if IOI decides NOT to fix offline mode right before they go down, then Peacock will probably be a pretty great replacement.
Glad I found this video. Gonna try that Kill Everyone mod ASAP.
Otherwise, given IO took Epic's money for HITMAN 3, would it have killed them to include a DirectX 11 option for Win 7 users?
Windows 7 is EOL and so naturally IOI doesn’t have to support it.
@@rdil : I had no idea 100K was the price needed to brush aside millions of OS users. Guess Ken Morgan had a point.
@@Chibi1986 what does that even mean??
The recent World of Assassination trilogy which are all basically just one giant game are some of the most immersive games I've ever played. It's often been touted that Hitman is only third-person game to ever qualify as an immersive sim, I've always been fairly on the fence by it due to the linearity but this recent trilogy has started to change my mind on that respect. I actually completely discounted the new Hitmans when they come out as I tried one and for some reason I couldn't shut a door behind me that I had opened, no prompt, I now think it was a bug but at the time I just remember immediately becoming full of absolute blood curdling rage as I had been looking forward to giving the new games a try and then this was literally 5mins into the game and it was like ARE YOU LITERALLY, LIKE *LITERALLY* FUCKING KIDDING ME?! I turned it off and didn't go back. Sometimes great games get launched with absolutely bizarre design choices or features but something as simple as not being able to close a door behind you that you just walked through I was like oh christ if they've gone full idiot over something so simple as this I'm gonna cry seeing what else they've done, I just couldn't fathom the idiocy. I'm so glad it turned out to be not a thing when I later went back.
Your voice is so soothing. It’s really nice to listen too! You should do audiobooks lol. But really, great video! I’ll look at peacock later!
Thank you 😅
I just hope that when the time comes when IO decides to shut everything down, they do a workaround on that online mode of some sort like maybe all the content you can't access in offline will become available, elusive targets being available again and so on. Though this is very unlikely because if that time does come, they may have already started development on the next hitman or is already marketing their new hitman game but yeah, kudos to the modding community as this trilogy is the best hitman version in modern platforms.
They should make it to where you can add characters with customized movement patterns and other qualities, cameras, etc… for custom contracts.
Thanks i was searching for something like this
i rememeber one day after school i came home and my mom got me this random game HITMAN 2 silent assasin and man instant favorite years before i played the codename 47 demo i love this series
Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
Any chance you know of a currently working ghost mode?
No problem! And yes, there is :)
gitlab.com/grappigegovert/localghost
@@TJGM Thank you! :D
I’ve never had an issue with the servers it might go down but right back up?
I loved your video and your very soothing manner of speech.
I think IOI might release a patch allowing offline play before they pull the servers, whenever that happens.
You don't know a shit about this company then. They're scumbag developers that do anything in their power to ruin their previous work so you are force to move to next milking cow.
Internet requirement for a Single-player game is just dumb and makes no sense. They should give you the option too play full offline with all the content. Thank god Peacock is a thing. Funny thing btw, a developer of the game (Travis) said that Peacock is a "red flag", well.. i say IO is the red flag for this. I really hope they wont do the same for 007. The Episodic release was great idea and it worked, though they messed up with all those diffrent editions. They made things complicated for no reason.
It would be cool if they added the biker suit in situs inversus
I completely agree with you on the limited content part, as someone who never got the chance to pre-order Hitman 3, I don't understand at all why IO won't make the trinity pack available again even though they made other pre-order bonuses for Hitman 1 and 2 available and it would be very stupid of them to not make it available again at all, I mean just make it a purchasable DLC for $5 or $10
Trinity pack is available now on PC anyway
Plus, don't be a loser, never preorder ANYTHING
Only idiots preorder
I mean, it worked for STALKER. Different fundamental problems (development hell vs DRM), same solutions. STALKER modder literally forked X-ray engine into 64 bit to get around hardware limitations as the decade rolled on
it worked for stalker because the dev released the source code
I joined the Peacock Discord awhile ago, but dont seem able to find a download link
It’s in the #downloads channel. If you can’t see this channel, try DMing an admin or moderator to perhaps fix your server role.
does this give unlocks from stuff i don't own?
mainly talking about the sieker 1 from haven island and i don't have the dlc
No.
@@rdil reece dunham more like reece dumbham lmao
@@specialonyoutube what was that for
I wish this worked on the xbox! The thing I honestly want most is the kill everyone mod! Its so much easier if u know where everyone is!!
its time tis goes mid open world you cna take flights into new biomes into destinations and drive around ect would open the game up so much
great project but "Downloads are available on Discord" is worse than that IO did...
just put the download on the site, its not like im helping anyone by joining the discord and quitting after 15 seconds...
It’s a lot of effort to distribute it like that, it’s just a lot easier for us to have one place where you can get everything, instead of maintaining multiple download methods.
I am currently working on porting all older hitman games to Hitman 3. I am making a lot of progress! I am currently working on Codename 47.
How are you going about it? Using contracts or actually making mods?
@@TJGM making mods! It's a lot of work but worth it!
@@DemyKlabbers Anywhere we can check on progress?
Good luck by the way, hope it succeeds!
@@TJGM devlogs will be posted on my second channel being this one!
I know this is stupid and it’s not worth asking, but are u able to install the peacock project on Xbox?
It is really stupid that IO didn't even try to not fix this error in Hitman 2. Shows how much they care.
They couldn't, the entire trilogy is the same game.
@@mspat8332 I mean when H2 was originally released
if i download and run peacock and get all unlocks, then run hitman without peacock will i still have everything unlocked?
No. Your profile on your local Peacock server is different to your profile on the IO servers. Everything is completely separate.
@@TJGM thank you! ill definitely check this out now
This reminds me what EA have done to darkspore, I never had the chance to play it and I want it so freaking much but without an online server it's impossible. I remember seeing a fan group focused in creating a offline one but they didnt upload any news since 2020 :(
Peacock works in pirate hitman too?
Can you use this in ps4?
The elusive targets and seasonal events aren't that bad in HM3. They do cycle annually, so you can re-play them the next year. I know that's a long time, but it's better than them never coming back in HM & HM2.
So far. They really need to announce what their plan is though for the game's end of life.
But I agree, it has improved.
Nah man it's awful. We pay money for this game yet loads and loads of content that we paid for is kept away from us. Maybe i could buy the yearly cycling content argument if this was a multiplayer social game, but as it stands there is no reason the game should cycle anything. If it is august and i want to play a Christmas themed event then tell me why I can't apart from an arbitrary limit.
Can you use Peacock by playing through GeForce Now or Stadia?
No.
I'm perfectly fine with Hitman needing internet connections for stuff like elusive targets or showing off game updates but holy CRAP why is progression locked behind an internet connection? My connection is constantly dropping, because I live far outside town, so I would like to play my cool single-player game OFFLINE and ALSO PROGRESS
I really hope IO will patch the game to allow offline progression if and when the order to shut the server down ever comes.
Is there a website or donation page I can send money to for developers who work endlessly to keep Hitman WOA alive with custom maps and mods?
I hope in hitman 4, it can works in offline mode.
and I think if the company ever decides to shut down the servers it will just make every challenge available in offline mode so you would lose nothing
All the hitman games have been cracked, you mention in this that you need an initial connection and then hint it might be fixed in the future with an image of a pirate, but the games have already been cracked, so is it not currently possible to use Peacock on the cracked versions?
Peacock is currently only available through its discord server, and the vetting process is pretty thorough. They actively ban and reject pirates. Peacock does not support piracy.
- A longtime peacock user and donor
@@frankmav8013 There is no vetting process. Regards, the guy who used to do verifications
Sad how ioi couldn't even bring blacklisted elusive targets to the arcade.
These are actually the reasons I have never tried the Hitman series. Glad the modders are once again here to save the day.
Same here, the elusive targets put me right off from the first game. I play games when I want to play it, not when the developer tells me to play it. And if I'm gonna miss out on content because I don't know it's currently available, then I ain't gonna buy it.
@@Death-999 personally I didn’t focus on the elusive targets at all for hitman, the main selling point are the main missions, paths, stories and options in each level, escalation challenges, unlocks for gear etc
@@Death-999 I understand that casual gamers don't like the elusive targets but for the hardcore community this is gold. That's why they kept this mode throughout the trilogy, it's so damn good. They added the elusive arcade which are all the elusive targets mission that you can replay whenever you want. But you're kind of restricted because you have kill conditions. They just have to remove those conditions and the elusive targets problem would be fixed. But I really hope the classic elusive mode will remain exactly as it is, it's way too good.
@@mspat8332 I never heard of a single person say it was gold, so the hardcore community must be extremely small, or just consist of you.
@@Death-999 Go watch atrioc's videos, he's a streamer and hitman speedrunner. Him and everyone in his community absolutely love the elusive targets. IO kept this mode because many liked it. If it wasn't the case it would have been discontinued like the sniper assassin mode. For those who don't like it you can play those mission in arcade mode, why do you want to remove the elusive targets lol ??
Strange how the biggest game companies constantly make the most absurd decisions
Because they need the landscape and all the brain dead average gamers just throwing money at utter trash year round
They can, so why wouldn't they?
It's the average gamer that has got us here, they are so dumb it's painful
I bought hitman to play on my steam deck. I don't always have wifi available. Finding out my game is useless offline really pissed me off
Well you have to give it to them: the always online part got me to buy an original copy. I felt i was missing so much out with the pirated copy that i gladly bought it.
Yep. Same.
@@sujimayne fools
4:15 now imagine going for silent assassin
Also another thing, isn't the arcade consisted of elusive target missions?
Peacock seems really nice, now to wait for an Microsoft Store release.
Wish it was on ps4
If only the could save the VR of it...
man. i just want co-op for this game
Imagine playing with another player on the same mission
You need to be a discord user for a long time in order to download the mod, WTF are these stupid restrictions?
IOI don't want me to buy these games and apparently the fans don't want it either.
Thank you
Wait peacock has kill everyone on it does this mean they watched big Mooney’s kill everyone challenge videos I didn’t think they where that popular enough to get a reference from ioi and the fan mod
Haha, no, obviously we're aware that he does them, but his videos were not factored in to the creation of the plugin in any way, it was more of just an experiment.
this is actually sick. peacock is god's work 🙏
The game dont work unless im online, go on the game, then go offline, then im able to at least play it. Why cant i play it offline at all, i with i could get my money back
When the community is 1000 times better at game preservation than the actual developer..
Sooner or later the serves will be shut down and unless they throw out an offline patch of some sorts, so that you won't lose your progress, then this is certainly the way of preserving the game for decades to come.
Even if they throw out an offline patch in several years, i am pretty sure that a lot of content that we can no longer play from hitman 1&2 will still be unavailable, in which case Peacock is the way to go.
Also If you don't have Internet, or its not working, or go to a place where WiFi doesn't reach or whatever.
The entire marketing strategy for these games has been an unmitigated disaster - everything they've done has annoyed the people whose money they want. The way they kept people waiting for Hitman 3 for so long, then released on Steam at full price after a year elsewhere (and didn't patch its performance issues) - the way they launched so many packages that even people who desperately wanted to buy it, didn't know what to buy - the elusive targets thing...
...I don't know who was in charge of making these decisions, but they should have been fired long ago. They've cost the company a lot of money, and a caused a lot of damage to the reputation of the franchise.
They desperately need to rectify this utter mess by releasing a single, unified "Hitman: Complete Edition" or something, no packages, no DLC nonsense, just one package, make sure it runs properly, and unshackle it from its online nonsense - and make the elusive targets perpetually playable.
I need the same program for absolution
Rest assured, we're working on it ;)
@@rdil cool
Ok so the one thing I don’t get is that hitman 3 is an Online game but it’s single player
Console player (Like me) when seeing this video :
Aw Fuck it
Me Who Plays Hitman on PlayStation:
Agree 100%
The offline thing is there, so that it is way harder to pirate the game and I accept that. My pc is connected to the internet anyways the whole time. But the other things I agree with
So if the server shuts down tomorrow you will accept that? Not trying to be mean, genuinely wondering
@@mtndew4746 yeah that was also my worries. But we have peacock luckily
@@Giotsche Pirated version could also get access to all of the content. It does this by emulating the steam protocol which give peacock the go ahead, allow the game to be run completely offline.
@@MultiTheGamerman well, then idk. It's difficult
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAN i wish they had gamepass support
I would be more likely to pay for this game if they GOT MORE VOICE ACTORS.
I have seen a mod that added more regional voices to Hitman trilogy locations - for generic NPCs, naturally. This honestly sounds quite well in the trailers. I don't have the game, so I can't check, but it seems quite promising.
It's so weird hearing Kenny as every NPC guard
There is only 1 thing I hate and it's elusive targets not coming back. Apart from that. I love this trilogy and don't understand the hate on the game.
Is it just bc a DLC or Deluxe versions seems to commercial? I paid for the deluxe, so I actually don't care. Bc I want my benefits I paid for. It would be unfair to not have any benefit over the normal version just bc some people wine about Hitman becoming commercial.
Really, great game, great maps, great content, great deals except that I felt scammed with the 7 sins thing. Altough to be fair, It didn't seem that special. Not worth 30 bucks to me.
Edit: Apparantly this video didn't complain about the commercialism, so ehm yeah. Sorry not sorry for assuming the content of the video before watching.
How about for Playstation and Xbox users? We console users are also players, too.
This game was doomed from start. Fuck IOI for scamming everyone.
I wish I could have a PC
Me on console crying rn
then cry
@@madhunter6420 relax he's just playin
I’m afraid that iOi is going to completely ruin Project 007.
so you're telling me there are tons of hitman 1 escalations that haven't been imported in the newer games????
Pretty much, although a lot of them were unnecessarily tedious.
Hope this gets fixed on the PlayStation, but im sure it wonk.
Sadly probably not.
Loving the offline mods so far.
For a person like yours truly who plays portably, as in, i dont have a gaming pc i have a gaming laptop, this is going to be great
Finally a hitman content!
Yeah, I wouldn't buy these games because of this. If modders or, better yet the devs, fix this problem, I might consider purchasing.