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Assassin's Creed II

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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

General information

Assassin's Creed II Steam Forums
Assassin's Creed II Steam Discussions
Assassin's Creed Ubisoft Forums

Availability

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Improvements

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 towards multi-core processors.

Game data

Save game location

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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 Aassassin's Creed II to save games to this location on your local hard drive.

Video settings

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General settings.

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Input settings

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Issues and Fixes

DRM

Assassin's Creed II uses Ubisoft's Uplay DRM. Formerly, an always-on internet connection was required to play the game. In a later patch, an internet connection is still required to launch the game, but is no longer required throughout play.

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller fix

Both Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II use the DirectInput API to communicate with game controllers. Although Xbox 360 controller support is bundled with the game by default, wireless Xbox 360 controllers use a newer API named "XInput." Because of this, both games do not recognize the Xbox 360 controller as such, and not only mis-map the buttons, but also disable use of the Xbox 360 controller's triggers.

To enable optimal support for the wireless Xbox 360 controller, specifically generated DLL files are required. A program titled x360ce can help users generate these DLLs. While user khemitude has created these DLLs and freely distributed them on the internet, these files are largly outdated and it may be best to simply create your own using x360ce yourself. However, if you wish to download them anyway, mirrors can be found here, here, and here. To generate your own DLLs, follow the following steps.

Instructions

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.

System requirements

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