As Violette Summer, a World War II-era British female spy operating deep behind enemy lines, attempt to help thwart the Nazi war effort.
The game's story was inspired by a real life secret agent/saboteur Violette Szabo.
In recent versions of PhysX Nvidia changed architecture, removed a lot of old engine versions, moved files from Ageia to Nvidia folder, so this causes issues in many old Physx powered games (mostly 2005-2009 years).
This site Physxinfo.com explains the difference between new and old architecture if you want to get why this happens and how physX drivers\api libraries works.
Latest version that had old engines included was this Nvidia.com
its still considered latest official, newer versions comes with beta drivers and it seems like old engines was removed to reduce driver size.
So instead of just replacing newer version of physX by older, i managed to fix problem smarter:
1) Uninstall currently installed PhysX if its version anything above 9.12.0613 (at the date of this post 9.12.1031 is latest version wtih reduced number of engine libraries)
2) Download PhysX 9.12.0613 Nvidia.com
3) Install it.
4) Go to
%ProgramFiles%\AGEIA Technologies
or
%ProgramFiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Engine
copy all folder somewhere safe for while.
4) Uninstall PhysX 9.12.0613
5) Now take your saved folders with vX.X.X engines and put the exactly where you get them from (if folder deleted, create one or few with same names and hierarchy)
%ProgramFiles%\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Engine
6) No install your latest version of physX (9.12.1031 at the moment)it will not remove folders that not included in installer.
7) Enjoy old games (including Velvet Assassin) and recent PhysX fixes for newer games.
P.S. - if you are familiar with MSI editing tools, you can add missing engine folders to it directly.
The Stealth Edition is an attempt to focus on a more slow, traditional approach to stealth.
New Camera Blue Aura removed Enchanced some weapon stats Enchanced some AI stats Player sneaks faster
Violette now has a darker, more worn-out pilot outfit. My PSD (photoshop document) file has been included - feel free to edit the texture as you would...
This simple file serves no purpose other than to remove the original "Velvet Assassin" logo from the game so it cannot be seen.
This contains a variety of gameplay changes to the base game. There is a large focus towards improving the AI as well as the difficulty. Some animations...
Changes camera view from Third Person to First Person. Replace the "aio" folder, don't forget to do a backup!
I do wonder if it is possible (or how) to switch Violette's hair from Pilot outfit to Campaign outfit as it is in the original portrayal. It would be cool to have British women's 1940's hairstyle along with the leather suit. I succeeded in adjusting many things concerning models, colors, gameplay, AI etc. But this remains a tough nut...
Could anybody competent make such a mod or leastways provide a manual? Please?
Looks very nice! I've never heard of Velvet Assasin, but the graphics look stunning!
I'm curious if there is a demo out there