Assassin's Creed II


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

Key points

Very poor mouse input due to aggressive acceleration. A controller is highly recommended, though Xbox controllers may require a fix. See Controller support.

General information

Official manual

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com		Standard Edition.
Epic Games Store		Standard Edition.
GamersGate
		Standard Edition.
Humble Store		Standard Edition.
Origin		Standard Edition.
Steam		Standard Edition.
Ubisoft Store		Standard Edition. Included with Ubisoft+.
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable)
Mac App Store (unavailable)

All Windows versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

A constant internet connection is no longer required. The game is playable offline.^[1]

{{DLC|

Battle of Forlì Included in the Deluxe Edition what is no longer available for individual purchase.

Bonfire of the Vanities Included in the Deluxe Edition what is no longer available for individual purchase. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Use x360ce (Manual)^[2]

A pre-made fix is available including support for vibration.

Achieves the same result as the pre-made fix.

Download the 32-bit (x86) version of x360ce and extract it to <path-to-game>.
Run x360ce.exe and either configure your controller manually or allow the program to select a configuration. Select Save to save your changes.
Close x360ce.exe and open the newly generated x360ce.ini file in <path-to-game>.
Between [Options] and [Mappings] add, or replace, the following:
[InputHook]
HookCOM=1
HOOKDI=1
HOOKPIDVID=1
HookName=1
Save and close the file.
The controller should now function correctly, but additional steps are required to enable vibration.
Open x360ce.exe and select the active controller (Controller 1 by default) if necessary.
Select the Advanced tab and enable Force Feedback Pass Through.
Select the Force Feedback tab and enable Enable Force Feedback.
Click Save and close the application.

Doesn't work for Xbox Series X controllers.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		SFX, Character Voices, Music.
Surround sound		5.0
Subtitles		Some in-game dialogue is spoken in Italian. Translations are displayed in the subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Available only at local distributors.
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Indonesian				Fan translation.
Italian
Korean
Norwegian
Polish				Available only at local digital distributors. use this if the game won't run in Polish.
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation.
Russian				Retail version, download. Origin version has a full official translation by Akella.
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish				Fan translation.

VR support

3D modes	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Use Helix Mod: Assassin's Creed 2 for better support.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX	G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Selecting Story mode in Steam version simply displays an exit to windows screen

When starting a game; selecting "Story mode" option in main menu displays an incorrect message requiring you to quit the game; preventing you to play^[3]^[4]
So far there's no known fix for this problem; seemingly affecting solely the Steam version of the game.

Issues fixed

Stuttering/Tearing with Vsync On or Off

Ingame FPS Cap workaround and CPU load fix

This is caused by 2 issues - a uneven 59fps fps cap and excessive cpu load when using Vsync

To fix the uneven cap. Set the refresh rate to 50hz in game instead (use CRU in case no such option is available in game for you) and use the Vsync as below:

For Nvidia cards: use Nvidia's Adaptive Vsync in the Nvidia Control Panel. This minimizes Vsync drops to 25fps
For newer AMD cards: turn on Radeon Chill as an FPS limiter set to 50/50 (min/max) and also turn on the "Enhanced sync" feature (don't forget to turn vsync off in-game for AMD's enhanced sync to work).
The alternative, if the other 2 are not possible for you, use the normal in-game vsync on.

When using VSync, excessive single core use is also 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 AC2 executable resolves this.

The affinity fix also fixes the same issue with ACB, ACR and AC3 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>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe"
For a 4/8 and 8/8 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fe "<path-to-game>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe"
For a 6/6 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3e "<path-to-game>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe"
For a 6/12 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7fe "<path-to-game>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe"
For a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fffe "<path-to-game>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.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>\AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe" %command%

Lights shine through walls and other objects

Nvidia Control Panel Fix^{[citation needed]}

This issue is cause by the Nvidia Control Panel forcing graphical settings on.

Enter Nvidia Control Panel.
Select "Adjust image settings with preview".
Select "Let the 3D application decide".

Game freeze when given hidden blade

Press "2" to select the weapon to continue the cut-scene^{[citation needed]}
Default mapped keys do not work as they should.

Error "A Ubisoft service is unavailable at the moment"

Download and install the UPlay client^{[citation needed]}

Program hangs and screen flashes repeatedly on launch

Set monitor resolution to 1280x720 on launch and change resolution in-game^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2	OS X only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.9n

Mods

Assassin's Creed 2 Overhaul

Updates most of the textures and particle effects in-game with a mix of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood textures and custom textures.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1.5 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1950 ATI Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series Nvidia GeForce 7/8/9/100/200 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	ATI Radeon HD 4700 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible	5.1 sound card
Other		Xbox 360 Controller

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM)	3 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support	AMD Radeon HD 4850 Nvidia GeForce GT120 512 MB of VRAM

Does not support Lion X (OS 10.7). Should work on any versions 10.8 and above.

References

↑ Assassin's Creed II now allows offline play - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
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[1] Assassin's Creed II now allows offline play - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

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Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
macOS (OS X)	Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
	Ubisoft
	Akella
Engines
	Anvil
Release dates
Windows	March 9, 2010
macOS (OS X)	October 1, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	86
IGDB	90
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Stealth
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Historical, Renaissance
Series	Assassin's Creed