Key points
- Online services shut down on October 1, 2022. Some DLC enabled before this date remains accessible.[1]
General information
- Ubisoft Community Technical Support
- Official forums
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions except Steam require Ubisoft Connect DRM. Initial online authentication is required, after which it will be playable offline. Offline mode can also be forced by launching the game with the
-playoffline
command line argument.
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition contains 2 exclusive single-player maps, 2 multiplayer characters, 1 exclusive skin for Ezio, the game soundtrack, The Making-Of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, The Original Codex Written by Altaïr in PDF format, the Assassin's Creed Lineage full movie and a digital map of Rome.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Copernicus Conspiracy |
Free. Added in May 23, 2017 patch. |
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The Da Vinci Disappearance |
Free. |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
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- 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 .
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Patches
Patch v1.03
- This patch is available in the following languages: Czech, Russian, and Worldwide.
- Downloads can be found for the following releases:
Access Ubisoft Connect rewards & all DLC/bonus content
- Ubisoft Connect Rewards and all bonus content is no longer available since Ubisoft shut down the online features of the game, including the DLC authentication server.
Use OPTIONS file with all bonus content activated[3]
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- Download DLC Unlocker and unpack the archive.
- Navigate to the save game data location and copy the
OPTIONS file there. Overwrite if prompted.
- In-game progress will not be affected. This fix can be used with both new saves and already existing ones.
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Input
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game button map settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Inaccessible from title menu settings, only from in-game settings |
Surround sound |
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5.1 |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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Retail only. |
Danish |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Italian |
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Norwegian |
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Polish |
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use this if the game won't run in Polish. |
Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Retail only. Patch for digital release here. |
Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Turkish |
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Fan translation, Font fix. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
VR support
Issues fixed
Game won't launch, no error message
Ensure all folders exist in the save game data location[citation needed]
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- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Assassin's Creed Brotherhood\SAVES
- Make sure there are folders and files in this location otherwise repair your game install.
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Game won't launch, with error 0xc0000142
Run ACBSP.exe in Windows XP compatibility mode[6]
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- Open
ACBSP.exe compatibility settings.
- Enable Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.
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Controls unresponsive while flying or cutscenes not ending properly
Limit framerate to 60 FPS.[citation needed]
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Enable V-Sync in your graphical options and set refresh rate to 60Hz.[7]
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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 ACBSP.exe. First select 1 core and confirm and directly after it select all cores and confirm again.[8]
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- 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, 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>\ACBSP.exe"
- For a 4/8 and 8/8 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fe "<path-to-game>\ACBSP.exe"
- For a 6/6 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3e "<path-to-game>\ACBSP.exe"
- For a 6/12 (core/thread) CPU
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7fe "<path-to-game>\ACBSP.exe"
- For a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher
cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fffe "<path-to-game>\ACBSP.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>\ACBSP.exe" %command%
White gradient overlay
Remove white gradient overlay[citation needed]
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- Download this file into the installation folder.
- Disable Steam and Uplay overlays to prevent crashing.
- Explanation for this fix can be found here.
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Full speed gallop in Rome
- Horses only gallop at a slower speed in Rome.
Install the game on a SSD and it will automatically enable the full speed gallop on any horse.[9]
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Unable to defend the Villa in "Vilified"
- This mission is impossible to complete on high framerates.
Limit framerate to 60 FPS.[citation needed]
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Enable V-Sync in your graphical options and set refresh rate to 60Hz.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
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OpenGL |
2.0 |
OS X only. |
Shader Model support |
3 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ |
System memory (RAM) |
1.5 GB |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4700 |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.5.8 |
10.6.3 |
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 200 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References