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Assassin's Creed Unity

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Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin's Creed Unity cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Windows Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
AnvilNext 2.0
Release dates
Windows November 11, 2014
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Key points

Game may not launch past splash screen when installed on a Storage Space drive. See Game does not launch past initial splash screen.

General information

Official game series website
Official forums
Assassin's Creed Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Origin
Origin
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

This game has in-game micro-transactions (not listed below).[1]
Name Notes
Season Pass Includes DLC and Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China. No longer sold.[2]
Windows
Dead Kings Released as a free download, added automatically when updating the game. Required for Update 1.5.0.[2]
Windows
Revolutionary Armaments Pack
Windows
Secrets of the Revolution
Windows

Companion app

The Assassin's Creed Unity Companion once provided access to additional maps, challenges and outfits, but following the termination of the companion app the content was made available to all players.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\videos.
  2. Rename files UbisoftLogo.bk2 and pc_TWIMTBP.bk2.
  3. Then in the <path-to-game>\videos\your locale folder rename files warning_disclaimer.bk2 and pc_WarningSaving.bk2.

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity\ACU.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289650/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\720\
Steam <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\857\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289650/pfx/[Note 1]
Russian-only version has different ID - 944 or 945[citation needed]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

Graphic Options
Graphic Options
Advanced Graphic Options
Advanced Graphic Options

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
Z3D
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

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]
  1. Open the Start menu, type msinfo32, and press Enter.
  2. In Software Environment\Windows Error Reporting look for entries with ACU.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 "{{P|game}}\Assassin's Creed Unity"
start ACU.exe
  • Use your actual installation folder and save as a .cmd. Launch it as an administrator.
To simplify this process, create a shortcut to the .cmd and choose Run as an administrator in the shortcut's advanced options.

Game does not launch past initial splash screen

Game might not launch properly if installed on a drive managed as a Windows Storage Space. Issue appears to be caused by the audio files.
Install game on a drive not managed as a Storage Space[3]


Game changes resolution to lowest compatible one (ex: 320 x 200)

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Open %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity\ACU.ini.
  2. Edit these lines and set the resolution you would like to have:
    DisplayWidth=XXXXX
    DisplayHeight=XXXXX
    
  3. Save the file and change the file to read-only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Audio Wwise
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz
AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 50 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 680
AMD Radeon HD 7970
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Shader model 5.0 support
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/289650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (289650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References