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Hitman 3 Downpatching

Hitman 3 Downpatching

Refer to the HitRuns Wiki Downpatching Guide for Usage Instructions / Patch Notes / Download Links: https://hitruns-wiki.vercel.app/docs/downpatching

• Source code for wiki page here

This repo is just used for hosting the Epic (Legendary) manifest files (see src folder), as well as instructions for how to handle game updates (below)

Game Update Instructions

Epic Game Version

• Update game version for Hitman 3 on Epic for Legendary. Refer to instructions specific to Hitman 3 here, or check Legendary's general documentation here
• After updating the game in Legendary, find the new Legendary manifest files by going to %userprofile% (Windows Search)> .config > legendary > manifests. Or, go to C:\Users\<username>\.config\legendary directly

Steam Game Version

• Update SteamDB Manifest ID's by checking this page on SteamDB

Updating HitRuns Wiki Manifest Download Table

• General Info for official patch notes can be found here: https://ioi.dk/hitman/patch-notes
  • Official patch notes may be missing some stuff, feel free to add some corrections or additions in the table as needed
• Reference Github Markdown Documentation for general Markdown advice, if needed
• Editing the table directly in Markdown is recommended (Excel does not seem to allow multiple hyperlinks in a table cell, among other UI flaws).
  • I'm using VSCode for editing the Markdown, with this Markdown extension for general syntax help, and this Markdown Preview Extension to see how my documents will look while still in development.
  • It's recommended to not use word wrapping in your IDE of choice, the Markdown table won't look right if you use wrap.
  • Using Yarn, run yarn install to install dependencies from package.json
  • Then run yarn prettier to reformat the data table after editing it (for ease of editing to make columns line up, this doesn't affect how the table looks when compiled)
  • Alternatively, use the Markdown viewer / editor of your choice; https://stackedit.io/ is a solid choice
• If you need to make any major adjustments to the table such as adding a whole column, you can convert Excel to Markdown with following workflow:
  • Make edits to the h3downpatch.xlsx file in Excel / LibreOffice
  • Copy contents of h3downpatch.xlsx into https://tabletomarkdown.com/convert-spreadsheet-to-markdown/ to convert to Markdown Table.
  • Keep in mind that some links in the table cells may break after you do this.
• Markdown Table of Contents Generator: https://jsfiddle.net/remarkablemark/o0mja3hf/
  • Paste everything from Purpose and Disclaimer and below into the jsfiddle and it'll spit out a table of contents
  • Including the first header #Hitman 3 Downpatching will make the table of contents unnecessarily nested
• Good idea to run yarn prettier before you make a commit in general, it can fix a lot of Markdown formatting issues