I finished the first mission, then I restarted the whole game. Not because I wanted to, but because I used Sneaky Upgrade with Gold and that wiped my save file. I don't mind, it's a nice mission. And on top of that it's better now without the loading screen. Anyway, I stole this opal, and I'm off to fence it.

IMPORTANT TECHNICAL SIDENOTE: I'm playing with Sneaky Upgrade and a Gamepad. I noticed that after playing this game, I completely lose the ability to click and drag anything in Windows. The only way to fix it is to sign out snd back in. After an hour of troubleshooting with literally zero help from search results and chat bots, I was able to narrow it down to the 'Map a button to Esc' or whatever in SU's Gamepad option. I didabled it and the issue seemingly stopped. Missing this function however, I went into Steam Controller and set up a default Gamepad layout and just mapped the Menu button to Esc. Even though I don't have Steam Overlay, it seems to work.

High on the new controller experience that Dani gifted me, I thought I'd Google if I can play this with a controller. Hitman: Blood Money wasn't terrible with Steam Controller so how bad can it be? Turns out, not terrible at all. I played more than I wanted just because it played so well. I found my way in, then found the basement with the vault and the opal in it.

I've finished the tutorial, stole a medallion from this Lord Julien guy who conspired with the cook to steal some opal. That's where I'm at. Just making a mental note that flash bombs are selected with F1 and used with 'I'.