Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Assassin's Creed: Revelations

Developers
	Ubisoft Montreal
Windows	Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
	Ubisoft
	Akella
Engines
	Anvil
Release dates
Windows	December 1, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Themes	Historical, Middle East
Series	Assassin's Creed

General information

Official forums

Ubisoft Community Technical Support

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming		Gold Edition also available.
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Steam		Gold Edition also available. Game can be launched directly from Uplay with -uplay_steam_mode .exe parameter
Ubisoft Store		Included with Ubisoft+. Standard edition only.

All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes all DLC.

DLC and expansion packs

DLC is activated by entering your code(s) on the Main Menu under Extras > Exclusive Content

Name	Notes
The Ancestors Character Pack
The Lost Archive
Mediterranean Traveler Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to Videos in the installation folder. Delete or rename UBI_LOGO.bik Go to the folder for your language (e.g. en for English). Delete or rename warning_disclaimer.bik.

Patches

Patch 1.03 fixes various issues including FMVs crashing the game.

Game data

In-game general settings (single player).

In-game HUD settings (single player).

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Revelations\ACRevelations.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201870/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\40\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/201870/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

In-game video settings (single player).

In-game video settings (multiplayer).

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor			Game doesn't run at multi-monitor resolutions in multi-player.
Ultra-widescreen			Cutscenes and some menus are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
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)		Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap. Major stutter and artifacting at 165hz.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings (single player).

In-game key map settings (single player).

In-game button map settings (single player).

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Cannot be turned off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Single player only.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Remapped in-game.
PlayStation button prompts		Generic prompts.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers		Remapped in-game.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		KB/M-only or Controller-only.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish				Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it.

Network

In-game camera settings (multiplayer).

In-game key map settings (multiplayer).

In-game button map settings (multiplayer).

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8	Versus

Connection types

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

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision			Use Helix Mod: Assassin's creed Revelations for better support.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed

No In-game Audio

Change speaker setup[citation needed]

Go to the sound settings and select "Playback Devices", then select your device and change your current "Speaker Setup" settings. Switching from Surround Sound to Stereo can fix this issue, vice-versa. When the game opens, entering the Multiplayer menu appears to restore sound and should retain when you return to the Main menu. This is not a permanent fix, however, and will have to be performed with each startup of the game.

CTD after Opening and on Reload

If after the scene with the main character, and every subsequent load you have a CTD, as well as an Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 processor. Run the game in Windows 98/Me Compatibility mode, the game runs well thereafter[citation needed]

Unable to Update to 1.03

There are two versions of the 1.02 patch for the game, one of which will prevent 1.03 from being installed. This can be fixed by reinstalling the game and patches, updating via the game's patcher if possible[citation needed]

Game crashes immediately after launch

Delete or rename "systemdetection.dll" in the installation folder[citation needed]

Flashing/Flickering while playing game

Delete or rename systemdetection.dll in the <path-to-game>\

In-game stuttering, freezing issues

The game will not use CPU cores and threads properly on certain modern systems.

Each time you launch the game, change the core affinity for ACRSP.exe. First select 1 core and confirm and directly after it select all cores and confirm again.

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 ACB executable resolves this.

This affinity fix also fixes the same issue with AC2, ACB and AC3 when using VSync.

Making affinity changes permanent (setting affinity in task manager only lasts until you exit the game):

1. Edit your preferred shortcut for launching the game (desktop and/or start menu)
2. 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>\ACRSP.exe"
• For a 4/8 and 8/8 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fe "<path-to-game>\ACRSP.exe"
• For a 6/6 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3e "<path-to-game>\ACRSP.exe"
• For a 6/12 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7fe "<path-to-game>\ACRSP.exe"
• For a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fffe "<path-to-game>\ACRSP.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>\ACRSP.exe" %command%

Game crashes in Shahkulu fight

Game keeps crashing on start-up when engaged in Shahkulu fight[citation needed]
Start the game #Alt+tab out of the game and start Task Manager On Detail tab, locate ACRSP.exe and right-click on it. Click on 'Set affinity'. Remove all checkmarks, except CPU 0 and click OK Alt+tab back to game and complete the fight with rather low FPS After the fight, reverse these steps to get framerate back.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 4.0 support	ATI Radeon HD 4700 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM Shader model 5.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible	Surround Sound 5.1 capable