Assassin's Creed Unity
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Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Windows | Ubisoft Ukraine |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Engines | |
AnvilNext 2.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 11, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 70 |
OpenCritic | 71 |
IGDB | 71 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | Currency, Boost[1] |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Stealth, Open world |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Historical |
Series | Assassin's Creed |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
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Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Origin (unavailable) |
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | Includes DLC and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China. No longer sold.[2] | |
Dead Kings | Released as a free download, added automatically when updating the game. Required for Update 1.5.0.[2] | |
Revolutionary Armaments Pack | ||
Secrets of the Revolution |
Companion app
- The Assassin's Creed Unity Companion once provided access to additional maps, challenges and outfits, but following the termination of the companion app the content was made available to all players.
Essential improvements
Physics Patch
- Fixes the leather and cloth physics at high frame rates
- Re-enables wind effects which were cut from the game
- Includes a 60 FPS patch
- Fixes the drag and wind resistance
- Tweaked certain outfits to look better
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename video files[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity\ACU.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\720\ |
Steam | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\857\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289650/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Russian-only version has different ID - 944 or 945[citation needed]
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling and stretched FMVs.[4] | ||
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, up to 8x MSAA (combined with FXAA), or TXAA (Nvidia only). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | No frame rate cap;[5] however, frame rates above 130 FPS will prevent the game from fully loading in models and assets that are far away, even if the player reaches them. Most of the interior areas won't be rendered either. Mouse sensitivity is also tied to frame rate and will be reduced the higher the frame rate gets.[citation needed] See Mouse sensitivity for a workaround.[dubious – discuss] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
- Mouse smoothing is forced and cannot be removed.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Keys have additional hardcoded functions - e.g. Free Look also performs Quick Shot. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | See Mouse sensitivity tied to frame rate. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
DualShock 4 controllers | Known issue with V2 controllers. See Issues fixed. | |
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DualShock button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Connection modes | V1 V1 only |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound FX, Voice. | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Game pauses on focus lost. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Persian | Fan translation By SubRan Team, download | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | Co-op Single-player and co-op missions are separate. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
Mouse sensitivity tied to frame rate
- Mouse sensitivity will be reduced the higher the frame rate gets.
Use Cheat Engine[citation needed] |
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Crash after 15 minutes on Windows 10
- May be caused by a weird interaction between one version of XAudio2_7.dll and the on-screen keyboard service.
Check if this is indeed the cause of the crash with Windows error log[citation needed] |
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Stop TabTip.exe[citation needed] |
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Notes
taskkill /f /im "tabtip.exe" cd /d "{{P|game}}\Assassin's Creed Unity" start ACU.exe
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Game fails to launch if installed on a Storage Spaces drive
- The game will fail to launch if installed on a Storage Spaces drive. This will either cause the
ACU.exe
process to get stuck on the splash screen or in the background. - Storage Spaces is Microsoft's new software-based RAID solution for Windows 10, allowing users to create and make use of virtual disk drive(s) that spans across multiple physical drives in a desired RAID configuration.
Move the installation folder to a regular non-Storage Spaces drive[6] |
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Game changes resolution to lowest compatible (ex: 320x200)
Edit configuration file[citation needed] |
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Game won't work with DS4 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 not work correctly.
Follow this guide on Steam. |
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Issues unresolved
Massive pop-in and poor LOD quality, even on highest available graphics settings
- Assassin's Creed Unity is plagued by very noticeable pop-in and poor level of detail at all times. As this appears to be hardcoded, currently and likely forever unfixable.[7]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Other information
Reset progress for a new game
- Unity does not inherently support multiple save files. This fix allows you to backup a current save file and start over with a new one.
Backup save[8] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | 8, 8.1 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 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 680 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon R9 290X 3 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289650/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (289650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ How Assassin's Creed Unity's micro-transactions work - last accessed on 2020-10-05
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassins Creed Unity Offer FAQ - Assassin's Creed Unity Updates | Ubisoft (US)
- ↑ Skip all the intro videos and warnings. - last accessed on 2020-10-05
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2020-10-05
- Multiple screenshots of various frames taken at the native display resolution of 2560x1080, then compared to a 16:9 video found online.
- ↑ Gabriel Graziani on Twitter: "@thewhitestigvk @VolumeRX @assassinscreed No caps." - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ Ubisoft Forums - SOLUTION: AC games won't launch when installed on Windows Storage Spaces - last accessed on 2022-01-31
- ↑ Forum - Unity's Building/Texture Draw-Distance is Woefully Low [missing title] - last accessed on 2021-09-10
- ↑ Reddit - last accessed on 26 May 2023