Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

Developers
	Ubisoft Sofia
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	AnvilNext
Release dates
Windows	January 15, 2014

Key points

A remaster of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation's single-player campaign.

General information

PC Report

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GamersGate
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Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
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All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Bonus Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\videos\ Delete or rename ACLHD_loadingBgr.bik and ubi_logo.bik. Go into the folder for the game language. Delete or rename the intro file (e.g. intro_eng.bik for English). Notes The Warning Disclaimer file must remain otherwise the game will not go to the Press Any Button title screen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260210/pfx/

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260210/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Video settings.

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Assassin's Creed Liberation HD.

Issues fixed

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 ac3lhd_32.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 "<path to the game>\Assassin's Creed Liberation" start ac3lhd_32.exe Use your actual installation folder and save as a .cmd. Launch it as an administrator. Notes To simply this process, create a shortcut to the .cmd and choose Run as an administrator in the shortcut's advanced options (bonus: you can use the game's icon on the shortcut)

FPS drops from 60 to 30 when Vsync is enabled

The problem here appears to be the same as in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. It is caused by lack of triple buffering in the game.

Use D3DOverrider to force triple buffering[citation needed]
Don't force VSync in D3DOverrider, only triple buffering. Enable VSync in game options (or force it in NVIDIA control panel or NVIDIA Inspector). You can also try the other workarounds for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Very low framerate even on capable hardware

The game has a few abnormal performance issues on some hardware configurations, fixes follow.

Disable AA (potential bugs in the game's implementation), prevent Uplay syncing before and during game execution

Disabling AA which has an abnormal performance hit in this game can help. If the above fails to fix the issue, disable internet connection before launching the game and maintain until exiting the game. To sync Uplay achievements and saves, enable internet, sync and quit the game then repeat the disabling of the internet connection for normal play. The gain in framerate for the second fix is very significant and sustained as the loss of framerate seems to be related to Uplay synchronisations slowing the game down on slower/firewalled internet connections leading to highly abnormal drops as Uplay sync fails repeatedly. No progression-related in-game features are affected by this fix as no multiplayer is present in the game and Uplay unlocks are added by the Uplay client in a save outside the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2105 @ 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom 2 X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz	Intel Core i5 2400S @ 2.5 GHz AMD FX 4100 @ 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT AMD Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 7870 1.25 GB of VRAM Shader model 5 support