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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montreal
macOS (OS X) Ubisoft Ukraine
Publishers
Ubisoft
Engines
Anvil
Release dates
Windows March 17, 2011
macOS (OS X) May 19, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 88
IGDB 83
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Stealth
Themes Europe, Historical, Renaissance
Series Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on HowLongToBeat
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on IGDB
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood guide on StrategyWiki
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on MobyGames
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on Wikipedia
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action and stealth game in the Assassin's Creed series.

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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Also includes TAGES Solidshield DRM.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Use this guide to play without Ubisoft Connect.
Windows
Ubisoft Store
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Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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Deluxe Edition[2]
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
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Deluxe Edition.
Windows
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
Copernicus Conspiracy Free. Added in May 23, 2017 patch.
Windows
The Da Vinci Disappearance Free.
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Videos\.
  2. Delete or rename UBI_LOGO.bik.
  3. Go to the folder for your language (e.g. en for English).
  4. Delete or rename warning_disclaimer.bik.

White gradient overlay

Remove white gradient overlay[citation needed]
  1. Download this file into the installation folder.
  2. Disable Steam and Uplay overlays to prevent crashing.
Explanation for this fix can be found here.

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]
  1. Download DLC Unlocker and unpack the archive.
  2. Navigate to the save game data location and copy the downloaded 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.

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.
In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game HUD settings.
In-game HUD settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect

Video

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

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9; other aspect ratios are letterboxed. 16:10 fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Cutscenes and some menus are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Double buffer.[4]If disabled, it can cause stuttering and bad frame pacing as well as a variety of other minor issues.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rates above 60 FPS can break certain missions. Cap the frame rate to 60 or below temporarily in these instances.[5]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

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.

Keyboard and mouse State 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
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Button prompts
Input settings icon - Generic Controller.svg
For DualShock prompts use this mod.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Menus only.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Inaccessible from title menu settings, only from in-game settings
Surround sound
5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Retail only.
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Use this if the game won't run in Polish.
Portuguese
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Fan translation, Font fix.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
Shut down on October 1, 2022.[1]

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]
  1. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Assassin's Creed Brotherhood\SAVES
  2. Make sure there are folders and files in this location otherwise repair your game install.

Game won't launch, with error 0xc0000142

Run ACBSP.exe in Windows XP compatibility mode[7]
  1. Open ACBSP.exe compatibility settings.
  2. Enable Windows XP (Service Pack 3) compatibility mode.

Controls unresponsive while flying or cutscenes not ending properly

Limit framerate to 60 FPS.[citation needed]
Enable V-Sync in your graphical options and set refresh rate to 60Hz.[8]

In-game stuttering, freezing issues

When using VSync,the game places most of its processing load on the first CPU core only(typically 99%) which may cause stuttering and occasional framerate dips on some systems while traversing through the map[9]

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):

  1. Edit your preferred shortcut for launching the game (desktop and/or start menu)
  2. 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%

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.[10]

Unable to defend the Villa in "Vilified"

This mission is impossible to complete on high framerates.
Limit framerate to 60 FPS.[citation needed]
Enable V-Sync in your graphical options and set refresh rate to 60Hz.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 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
Anti-cheat PunkBuster

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1.5 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
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


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>/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