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Assassin's Creed II

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Assassin's Creed II
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Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Anvil
Release dates
Windows March 9, 2010
macOS (OS X) October 1, 2010
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Key points

No longer requires a constant internet connection. Playable offline. Even if Uplay is logged offline.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Assassin's Creed Ubisoft Forums

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Amazon.com
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Mac OS X, Deluxe Edition only.
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Amazon.co.uk
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Mac OS X, Deluxe Edition only.
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GamersGate
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Mac OS X, Deluxe Edition only.
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Deluxe Edition only.
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Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition only.
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Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition only.
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Mac App Store
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OS X version only.
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Origin
Origin
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Deluxe Edition only.
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Steam
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Deluxe Edition only.
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Ubisoft Store
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Deluxe Edition only.
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All versions require Uplay.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Patches

The version 1.01 patch can be downloaded from Ubisoft's official support page here. Among other fixes, it adds ATI Eyefinity support, and provides some performance enhancements for multi-core processors.

Game data

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

300px
General settings.

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Input settings

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Controller support

Wireless Xbox 360 Controllers are not detected correctly resulting in incorrect button mappings.
Instructions
Instructions

Audio settings

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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

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.

Random Freezing on PCs with multi-core CPUs

By default, the game is VERY poorly optimized for multi core systems and may randomly freeze on systems with more than 2 cores.[citation needed] To fix this, open task manager during the game. Right click on assassinscreediigame.exe and click 'Set Affinity'. Uncheck all but 2 of the available CPU cores. The game should discontinue freezing. NOTE: This has to be done every time you play the game. You can set this permanently with a utility like RadeonPro. It will detect the game and set affinity dynamically.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP/Vista/7/8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 4.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5/10.6
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