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Revision as of 18:48, 25 February 2017

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Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed II cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Anvil
Release dates
Windows March 9, 2010
macOS (OS X) October 1, 2010
Assassin's Creed II guide on StrategyWiki
Assassin's Creed II on Wikipedia
Assassin's Creed 2008
Assassin's Creed II 2010
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 2011
Assassin's Creed: Revelations 2011
Assassin's Creed III 2012
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 2013
Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD 2014
Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry 2014
Assassin's Creed: Pirates 2014
Assassin's Creed Unity 2014
Assassin's Creed Rogue 2015
Assassin's Creed Chronicles (series)
Assassin's Creed Syndicate 2015
Assassin's Creed Origins 2017
Discovery Tour (series)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2018
Assassin's Creed III Remastered 2019
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Remastered 2019
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2020
Assassin's Creed Mirage 2023

Key points

No longer requires a constant internet connection. Playable offline.[1]
Very poor mouse input due to aggressive acceleration.
A controller is highly recommended. Xbox controllers may require a fix. See Controller support.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Mac OS X
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.co.uk
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Mac OS X
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition only.
Mac OS X
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Collector's Edition only.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Deluxe Edition only.
Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition only.
Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Origin
Origin
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Deluxe Edition only.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition only.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Deluxe Edition only.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
All Windows versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

The version 1.01 patch can be downloaded from the Files section. Among other fixes, it adds ATI Eyefinity support, and provides some performance enhancements for multi-core processors.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33230/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33230/pfx/[Note 1]
Save games before the new patch are in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegame_storage
The save folder was relocated in a November 23, 2012 patch.
If you change the YML config file to allow offline play, or if you select the Uplay launcher to stay offline in the options, then your progress and games will NOT be saved!
You CAN turn cloud-sync OFF in the options, but you must allow Uplay to go online to allow Assassin's Creed II to save games to this location on your local hard drive.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game button map settings.
In-game button map settings.

Template:Input settings

Controller support

Wireless Xbox 360 Controllers and Wired Xbox One Controllers are not detected correctly resulting in incorrect button mappings. Windows 10 Users can find a fix at the bottom of this section.
Automatically installed Xbox One controller drivers have issues install older drivers listed below
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Czech
Available only at local distributors.
French
German
Italian
Polish
Available only at local digital distributors.
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
Use Helix Mod: Assassin's Creed 2 for better support.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D

Issues fixed

Odd lighting bug

Odd lighting bug that causes lights to shine through walls and other objects. This issue is cause by the Nvidia Control Panel forcing graphical settings on. A fix to this is to enter the NVIDIA Control Panel select "Adjust image settings with preview" option and then select the "Let the 3D application decide". This should fix the lights shining through everything.

Game freeze when given hidden blade

You must press "2" to select the weapon to continue the cut-scene, default mapped keys do not work as they should.

Error "A Ubisoft service is unavailable at the moment"

If you can't launch the game from steam, download and install the latest Uplay client from Ubisoft.

Upon launch, program "not responding" and screen flashes repeatedly with a white rectangle in the upper left corner against a black background

Set your monitor resolution to 1280x720 before starting the game. Then once in game you can change the resolution. --dredzach

Run in window mode

Use program dxwnd.exe to run in window mode. This is the only verified solution. --dredzach

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.x 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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista/7)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
Does not support Lion X (OS 10.7). Should work on any versions 10.8 and above.

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>/33230/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (33230) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References