Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

This page is for the original release. For the remastered version, see Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered.

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

Developers
	Ubisoft Sofia
Publishers
	Ubisoft
	Logrus
Engines
	AnvilNext
Release dates
Windows	January 15, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	66
OpenCritic	65
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Themes	Historical, North America
Series	Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD is a singleplayer third-person action and stealth game in the Assassin's Creed series.

Key points

A remaster of Assassin's Creed III: Liberation's singleplayer campaign for the PlayStation Vita.

Online services shut down on October 1, 2022. Some DLC enabled before this date remains accessible.

General information

PC Report

Official game series website

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
Steam
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+
GamersGate (unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

Monetization

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 proceed to the Press Any Button introductory screen.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Liberation HD\Assassin4.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260210/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\625\ <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\632\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/260210/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF topic.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF topic.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use jim2point0's cheat table (requires Cheat Engine).
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)		Off, Normal, High, Very High. Normal seems to be a post-processing effect, while high and very high are much more GPU-intensive.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Double buffered. See FPS drops from 60 to 30 when Vsync is enabled for triple buffered v-sync.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Enabled by default.
Mouse sensitivity
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

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound Effects, Voice, Music
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation. Available to download.
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation. Available to download.
Italian
Polish				Fan translation. Available to download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

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

Issues unresolved

Game does not launch with GeForce Experience installed

Disabled In-Game Overlay/ShadowPlay[citation needed]
Open GeForce Experience. Click on the Settings icon. Toggle the IN-GAME OVERLAY off. Lunch the game. Notes The In-Game Overlay/ShadowPlay can not be used in-game. The In-Game Overlay/ShadowPlay can be reenabled afterward. If reenabled while the game runs, the game will minimize if the In-Game Overlay/ShadowPlay is opened in-game.

Workaround
Uninstall GeForce Experience. Install Special K by following the the official wiki. Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand Compatibility Settings and Third-Party Software. Enable Disable GeForce Experience and NVIDIA Shield. GeForce Experience can now be reinstalled. The game needs to be launched through SKIF every time.

Issues fixed

Crash after 15 minutes on Windows 10

May be caused by a strange 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 process[citation needed]

The TabTip.exe process, also referred to as Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Helper, must be disabled before launching the game. To simplify this process, do the following: Create the following batch command using your actual installation folder path. taskkill /f /im "tabtip.exe" cd /d "<path to the game>\Assassin's Creed Liberation" start ac3lhd_32.exe Save as a .cmd and launch as an administrator. To simply this process further, create a shortcut to the .cmd and choose Run as an administrator in the shortcut's advanced options. The game's icon can even be used as the shortcut.

FPS drops from 60 to 30 when Vsync is enabled

Much like in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, this issue is caused by a lack of triple buffering in the game.

Use D3DOverrider to force triple buffering[citation needed]
Do not force VSync in D3DOverrider, only triple buffering. Enable VSync in game options (or force it in Nvidia control panel or Nvidia Inspector). Other workarounds for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag can also be used.

Very low framerate even on capable hardware

Disable Anti-Aliasing

Prevent UPlay syncing before and during game execution

On slower or firewall-protected Internet connections, UPlay Sync may fail repeatedly, causing abnormal drops in framerate. Disable Internet connection before launching the game and maintain until exiting the game. To sync UPlay achievements and saves, enable Internet, sync, quit the game, and then repeat disabling the Internet connection for normal play. 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.

Crash during transition to 1768 cutscene

Set shadow quality to normal

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 II 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 ATI Radeon HD 4870 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 4.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 AMD Radeon HD 7870 1250 MB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible