Assassin's Creed Unity

Assassin's Creed Unity

Developers
	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
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

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
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
Season Pass	Includes DLC and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China. No longer sold.
Dead Kings	Released as a free download, added automatically when updating the game. Required for Update 1.5.0.
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
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\. Delete or rename UbisoftLogo.bk2 and pc_TWIMTBP.bk2. Navigate to <path-to-game>\videos\<locale folder>\ (e.g. en for English). Delete or rename warning_disclaimer.bk2 and pc_WarningSaving.bk2.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity\ACU.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289650/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
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/

Russian-only version has different ID - 944 or 945^{[citation needed]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Graphics options

Advanced graphics options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ scaling and stretched FMVs.
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; 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
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

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	V1 V1 only

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound options

Audio feature	State	Notes
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
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
Local play
LAN play
Online play		4	Co-op Single-player and co-op missions are separate.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
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]

Download and run Cheat Engine Start the game, get to a playable area and then go to "Options", "Controls" and set "X Axis Sensitivity" and "Y Axis Sensitivity" to any value, e.g. 10. Go back to the previous menu. Run Cheat Engine and search for 10.000000 as a float. Go back to the game and set both sensitivity values to something else, e.g. 1. Go back to the previous menu. Search for 1.000000 next. Continue the above process until only two values are left. Set both of them to any desired value e.g. 30. Start playing the game to a point where it automatically saves its progress. If this step is skipped, the entire process will have to be repeated with the next launch for changes to take effect. Do not open the "Controls" menu again as it will revert the sensitivity values to one of the predefined ones. The sensitivity values are shared between the mouse, arrow keys and the right analog stick of a controller; however, the latter two are not affected by changing the frame rate. Increasing mouse sensitivity could, in turn, make them overly sensitive.

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]
Open the Start menu, type msinfo32, and press ↵ Enter. In Software Environment\Windows Error Reporting look for entries with ACU.exe and check that the faulty module is XAudio2_7.dll.

Stop TabTip.exe[citation needed]

Stop the TabTip.exe process, also referred to as Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Helper, before launching the game. Notes To simplify this process, create a batch command to run the game. taskkill /f /im "tabtip.exe" cd /d "{{P|game}}\Assassin's Creed Unity" start ACU.exe Use your actual installation folder and save as a .cmd. Launch it as an administrator. To simplify this process, create a shortcut to the .cmd and choose Run as an administrator in the shortcut's advanced options.

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

Copy the <path-to-game> folder over to a new appropriate location on a non-Storage Spaces drive. When the game folder have been copied over completely, open Uplay and select the game. Click on Properties and then on Uninstall to remove the existing game install folder. After the uninstall have been completed, click on Locate installed game below the Download button. Browse to and select the new <path-to-game> folder, then click on OK. The game will be playable again after Uplay have verified that all game files are present.

Game changes resolution to lowest compatible (ex: 320x200)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity\ACU.ini. Edit these lines and set the resolution as preferred: DisplayWidth=XXXXX DisplayHeight=XXXXX Save the file and change the file to read-only.

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.
For the Uplay version of the game, do not follow the first step of disabling the Steam Input.

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.

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

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
Go to UPlay's Settings > General and untick Enable Cloud Save Synchronization for supported games to disable cloud saves. Navigate to save game data location and make a backup of the folder then delete it. Start the game and play until it saves once. Re-enable Cloud Saves and allow the local save file to overwrite the online one. Repeat the process above to restore original save file.

System requirements

Windows
	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.