Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Assassin's Creed Syndicate

Developers
	Ubisoft Quebec
Windows	Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	AnvilNext 2.0
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	74
OpenCritic	77
IGDB	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Open world, Stealth
Vehicles	Train
Themes	Europe, Historical, Victorian
Series	Assassin's Creed

General information

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Comes with 5 DVDs.
Epic Games Store		Gold Edition also available.
GamersGate		Gold Edition also available.
		Gold Edition
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Steam		Gold Edition also available.
Ubisoft Store		Gold Edition also available. Standard Edition is included with Ubisoft+.
Amazon.com (unavailable)		Gold Edition was also available.
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable)		Gold Edition was also available.
Origin (unavailable)

All versions require Ubisoft Connect and VMProtect DRM.

Version differences

The Gold Edition contains the base game and the season pass.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
The Dreadful Crimes	Not included in the Season Pass.
Jack The Ripper
The Last Maharaja
Steampunk Outfit for Evie	Free
Steampunk Pack
Streets of London Pack
Victorian Legends Outfit for Jacob	Free
Victorian Legends Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete video files
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\. Delete files UbisoftLogo.bk2 and pc_twimtbp.bk2. Go to <path-to-game>\videos\ and then choose one of the languages folders. Delete files Epilepsy.bk2, PC_WarningSaving.bk2, and warning_disclaimer.bk2.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Syndicate\AC.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368500/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\1875\
Steam	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\1957\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/368500/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Display Options

Graphics Options

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Use this fix to remove black bars on cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, MSAA 2x + FXAA, MSAA 4x + FXAA, TXAA 2x + FXAA, TXAA 4x + FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Cloth physics are locked to 30 FPS (see Unlock cloth physics).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Limited graphics settings menu.

Unlock cloth physics

Cloth physics locked to 30 FPS but can be unlocked.

Unlock cloth physics
Go to the configuration file location. Open AC.ini. Go to the [Options] section. Change FlexibleMotionSimulationFPS=0 to FlexibleMotionSimulationFPS=1. Add the parameter manually if it does not exist. Save your changes. Notes Requires patch v1.31 or higher. Add the parameter manually if it does not exist.

Depth of field

Disable DoF[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open AC.ini. Under "[Graphics]" Change PostFX=1 to PostFX=0. Save your changes. Notes Add the parameter manually if it does not exist.

Fog

Disabling fog alters the graphics significantly without affecting performance; comparison can be seen here.

Disable fog
Go to the configuration file location. Open AC.ini. Change Fog=1 to Fog=0. Save your changes. Notes Requires patch v1.31 or higher. Add the parameter manually if it does not exist.

Input

Mouse Options

Gamepad Options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Supports Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PS4 controllers. Auto-switches icons based on current input.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Known issue with V2 controllers. See Issues fixed.
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, Bluetooth, V1 Full function with DS4 v1 only. With DS4 v2: incorrect button mapping, no vibration, Xbox button prompts

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Set input device to Auto.

Audio

Sound Options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Tested/received up to 7.0 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Supports: Aim at Gaze, Clean UI, Dynamic Light, Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking.

Issues fixed

Random Freezing during driving

Because the game is very demanding on the CPU (100% CPU usage) causing freeze on dual-core systems.

Limit the game FPS to either 55, 45 or similar values

Random Freezing for a few seconds

The game freezes randomly for a few seconds until resuming on NVIDIA GeForce cards

This is a Nvidia Driver bug in driver versions 451.48 and 451.67 (newest one at time of writing). Either downgrade to driver version 446.14 or upgrade to GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 451.85 or later, once available

Incorrect aspect ratio, letterboxing or pillarboxing

If your display device reports that it can handle a resolution higher than its native resolution, the game will render everything at that resolution and then scale it to the native one, resulting in distortion of some graphics (e.g. the HUD map is not circular, characters are tall or fat vs what they should be) and borders that should not be there on others (e.g. intro videos). This particularly affects some 4K monitors and TVs.

e.g. Many native 3840x2160 16:9 displays report they can also handle 4096x2160 as an input. The game will see that and render to it, even when you choose 3840x2160/16:9 in its settings.

To fix this, you need to delete the 4096x2160 mode (or whatever it is in your case) so the display drivers no longer see it. The following guide explains how in simple details:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=806615157

Confirmed to work with LG B7 and C8 OLED TVs, as well as ViewSonic VX2475 monitors.

Game won't work with DualShock 4 v2 Controller

The game has native support for DS4 controllers on PC with it loading the PlayStation button prompts in-game, but only on connecting the DualShock 4 version 1 model. On connecting a version 2 controller, the game will load the Xbox button prompts and buttons are mapped incorrectly.

Emulating a DualShock 4 v1 with DS4Windows allows for full operation with a DS4 v2. Follow this guide on Steam. The guide is for Assassin's Creed Unity, but it also works for Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
For the Uplay version of the game, do not follow the first step of disabling the Steam Input.

London Drift perk doesn't count drifts in-game

To make the drift count, the game has to be locked at 60 FPS or lower. Any frame rate higher than that won't count any drift made in-game.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2400S 2.5 GHz AMD FX-6350 3.9 GHz	Intel Core i7-3770 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 270 2 GB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or 970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 3 GB (AMD), 4 GB (Nvidia) of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible	DirectX 9.0c compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Recommended requirements are for 30 FPS with a resolution of 1920x1080. However, the game itself will have no FPS limiter.