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Revision as of 09:48, 19 May 2023
This page is for the original release. For the remastered version, see Assassin's Creed III Remastered.
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
Windows | Ubisoft Ukraine |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Akella | |
Engines | |
AnvilNext | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Open world, Stealth |
Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
Themes | Historical, North America |
Series | Assassin's Creed |
Assassin's Creed III is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, open world and stealth game in the Assassin's Creed series.
General information
- Online services shut down on October 1, 2022. Some DLC enabled before this date remains accessible.[1]
- Steam Community Discussions
- Ubisoft Assassin's Creed General Discussion
- Ubisoft Community Technical Support
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.co.uk | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
GamersGate (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition was also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition was also available. | |||
Humble Store (unavailable) | Deluxe Edition was also available. | |||
Origin (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and all DLC.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | ||
The Battle Hardened Pack | ||
Benedict Arnold DLC | Deluxe Edition exclusive. | |
The Hidden Secrets Pack | ||
The Tyranny of King Washington Episode 1 The Infamy | ||
The Tyranny of King Washington Episode 2 The Betrayal | ||
The Tyranny of King Washington Episode 3 The Redemption |
- DLC need to be manually enabled if the Deluxe Edition comes from a third party store such as the Humble Store.
Enable DLC from the Deluxe Edition[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Game Launch Intro[citation needed] |
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New Game Intro[citation needed] |
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Patches
Patch 1.06 is the latest version; use the manual download link if the Uplay client does not install it automatically.
- The patch is not cumulative, all patches must be downloaded and installed separately.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed III\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208480/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\54\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/208480/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Aspect ratios other than 16:9 are letterboxed. See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Pillarboxed to 16:9. See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use jim2point0's cheat table (requires Cheat Engine).[2] | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA (Normal and High settings) and FXAA + 4x MSAA (Very High setting), TXAA (Nvidia only). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default in Singleplayer. See Vertical sync (Vsync). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap.[3] Running the game above ~80 FPS causes certain game physics to break. Using a forced framerate cap during instances where these physics apply is recommended. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Widescreen resolution
- The in-game resolution option may be missing. Resolutions can be set manually.
Set in Assassin3.ini[4] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Disable Vsync in Singleplayer[citation needed] |
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- When using VSync, excessive single core use is evident (typically 99%) with any Quad Core CPU and above. Removing the first core of your CPU availability manually using the Task Manager affinity or alternatively using utility Process Lasso to automatically remove CPU 0 access from the AC3 executable resolves this.
This affinity fix also fixes the same issue with AC2, ACB and ACR when using VSync.
Making affinity changes permanent (setting affinity in task manager only lasts until you exit the game):
- Edit your preferred shortcut for launching the game (desktop and/or start menu)
- In the target field, set the following (just put the default contents in double quotes and prepend cmd.exe /C ...):
- For a 4/4 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity e "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe"
- For a 4/8 and 8/8 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fe "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe"
- For a 6/6 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3e "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe"
- For a 6/12 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7fe "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe"
- For a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fffe "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe"
Verify correct affinity by launching the game and checking affinity in task manager (see beginning).
To be used in Steam launch options, to launch the game directly from Steam, it must be a little different:
- Ex. for a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity FFFE "<path-to-game>\AC3SP.exe" %command%
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Combined positive and negative mouse acceleration - can't be disabled. The game ignores slow mouse movement on vertical axis - it won't register until certain speed where it's all of a sudden too sensitive. | |
Mouse sensitivity | Set separately for each axis | |
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 | In aiming mode there is a radial deadzone of 30% while in looking around mode there is a huge 50% cross deadzone. The deadzone in looking around mode also doesn't work like in most games - it doesn't shift the point of minimum input but instead only ignores lower inputs so at 51% input you get 51% output instead of ~2% output like you would expect. That makes higher sensitivities hard to use because it feels like looking around with arrows. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Up to 5.1 output.[5] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | No voice acting despite saying so on Steam. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation. See here |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play | Shut down on October 1, 2022.[1] |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Assassins Creed 3 (DirectX 11) - 3D Vision Fix. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
- You can find various fixes in this Ubisoft Support FAQ
AC3SP.exe has stopped working
Delete save file[citation needed] |
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The save file may be corrupted. Deleting the save file (after backing it up) and disabling automatic cloud save sync in Uplay may fix the crashing. |
Low FPS when running two cards in Crossfire (Untested for SLI)
Set to single card mode[citation needed] |
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If you experience low FPS while running a crossfire setup, try disabling crossfire (running the game with only one card). This can be done under the "Performance" section of the AMD Catalyst Control Center, under the CrossfireX tab. |
Low FPS when camera pointed to rich environments in Boston (Nvidia 9/10-series)
Disable MFAA |
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Notes
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Crash with faulty module dlumd32.dll
Update DisplayLink driver[6] |
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Invisible Horse Carriages
- The physics of the game is pegged at approximately 60fps so playing at higher FPS causes problems
Lock FPS via VSync |
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The game has VSync activated by default, so selecting an update frequency of 60Hz in the graphics options with VSync on solves the problem. |
Alternatively set the FPS to 60 through the Nvidia Control Panel |
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Crash right after introduction video
Restore the introduction video |
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Removing the intro videos may cause the game to crash. If encountered, restore the missing files or verify the game cache via Steam/Uplay. |
Display driver has stopped responding with GeForce 5xx GPUs
GPU tweak[7] |
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Notes
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Stuck in the Introduction to stockpile and trade
Verify the game cache[8] |
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Controller not working
Disable any non-360 controller[9] |
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Replace in Assassin3.ini |
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Launching the game with Comodo Firewall crashes the computer, forcing a hard reboot
Add Comodo Firewall exception[citation needed] |
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The use of Comodo Firewall may cause computer crashes. To solve this:
Notes
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Crash when installed in a Storage Space
The game will refuse to run when installed on a drive which is managed by a Storage Space on Windows 8 and later.
Installing the Game on a drive that is not a Storage Space will fix this issue[citation needed] |
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Flickering/stuttering
Run as administrator[citation needed] |
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Running the game as administrator will fix this issue. If the game was installed via Uplay, you may need to navigate to the installation folder and run the .exe as administrator |
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[10] |
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Other recommendations
- Force Vsync Off in the ini file
- Force DirectX10 in the ini file
- Delete pbsvc.exe in the game files
- Install game on your C drive.
- Run game as administrator.
- Verify Integrity of Game Cache in Steam.
- Make sure that your firewall is not blocking game executable files including Uplay software.
- If you have an Nvidia GPU, turn off FXAA in the Nvidia Control Panel profile for the game.[11]
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 10, 11 | DX11 is known to cause camera bugs on newer systems. Force DX10 in the INI file for a smoother experience. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Anti-cheat | PunkBuster | [12] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2 | 7 SP1, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon II X4 620 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support |
1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible Shader model 5.0 support |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (208480) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Decommissioning of online services for older Ubisoft games (October 2022 update) - last accessed on 2022-08-31
- ↑ [GUIDE] Assassin's Creed 3 + Liberation - Dead End Thrills
- ↑ New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Assassin's creed III no resolution option - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ For those having PC problems either getting started, crashing, or CD key errors ALSO Homestead bug - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Solution for GTX580 crash - 'display driver stoped responding but has recovered' | Ubisoft Forums
- ↑ [AC3] Stuck in the Introduction to stockpile and trade | Ubisoft Forums
- ↑ XInput Wrapper for DS3 and Play.com USB Dual DS2 Controller - PCSX2 forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Nvidia driver release thread including open issue 3038632 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ "AC3SP.exe stopped working" :: Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Even Balance, Inc. - PunkBuster Online Countermeasures - last accessed on 2018-09-04
- "Mon Oct 29 2012 12:00
Ubisoft has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate our PunkBuster™ Anti-Cheat software into the online game known as Assassin's Creed® III."
- "Mon Oct 29 2012 12:00