Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed	2008
Assassin's Creed II	2010
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	2010
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: China	2015
Assassin's Creed Syndicate	2015
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India	2016
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia	2016
Assassin's Creed Origins	2017
Discovery Tour by Assassin's Creed: Ancient Egypt	2018
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2018
Assassin's Creed III Remastered	2019
Assassin's Creed: Liberation Remastered	2019

Key points

More high-end effects and options on PC than earlier games in the series.

General information

Official game series website

Ubisoft Community Technical Support

Official forums

Assassin's Creed Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Also includes TAGES Solidshield DRM.
Amazon.com		Deluxe Edition, Mac OS X
Amazon.co.uk		Deluxe Edition, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Deluxe Edition
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Deluxe Edition
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition
Origin		Deluxe Edition only.
Steam
Uplay		Deluxe Edition

All versions require Uplay 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[edit]

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.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Copernicus Conspiracy	Free. Added in May 23, 2017 patch.
The Da Vinci Disappearance	Free.

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete/rename video files^{[citation needed]}

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.

Patches[edit]

Patch v1.03[edit]

This patch is available in the following languages: Czech, Russian, and Worldwide.

Downloads can be found for the following releases:

Game data[edit]

In-game options menu.

In-game general settings.

In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Assassin's Creed Brotherhood\
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Assassin's Creed Brotherhood\SAVES\
macOS (OS X)
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Uplay

Video settings[edit]

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed. 16:10 fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 8x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[1]

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.

In-game key map settings.

In-game button map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Cannot be turned off.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support		After setting controller as input method.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Only accessible from in-game settings menu

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Menus only.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Inaccessible from title menu settings, only from in-game settings
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Retail only.
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish				Fan translation.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		^[2]
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	GG3D	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision			Use Helix Mod: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
TriDef 3D

Issues fixed[edit]

Game won't launch, no error message[edit]

Ensure all folders exist in the save game data location^{[citation needed]}

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.

Controls unresponsive while flying or cutscenes not ending properly[edit]

Enable V-Sync in your graphical options and set refresh rate to 60Hz.^[3]

In-game stuttering, freezing issues[edit]

Keep VRAM usage under 1 GB^{[citation needed]}

The game will not use more than 1GB of VRAM regardless of GPU, graphics settings, or resolution.

Install the game onto an SSD rather than an HDD^{[citation needed]}

White gradient overlay[edit]

Remove white gradient overlay^{[citation needed]}

Download this file into the installation folder.
Disable Steam and UPlay overlays to prevent crashing.

Explanation for this fix can be found here.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X only.
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	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)
	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 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>/48190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (48190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ New 120Hz Games Report
↑ [1]
↑ AC Brotherhood - Flying Machine controls nightmare - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[Proton_path_note-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>/48190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (48190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] New 120Hz Games Report

[3] [1]

[4] AC Brotherhood - Flying Machine controls nightmare - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

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Developers

	Ubisoft Montreal
macOS (OS X)	Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Engines
	Anvil
Release dates
Windows	November 16, 2010
macOS (OS X)	March 22, 2011