Assassin's Creed Unity Doesn T Start

Steward Mandiwe · Sunday, September 11, 2022

I was seriously looking forward to the side by side game in the AC franchise then when I bought the Aureate Edition ($97 I tell you lot!) I was seriously disappointed to exist greeted with an "ACU.exe has stopped working" window every fourth dimension I launch information technology through Uplay.

Has anyone else picked upwardly the game and experienced this? All the prerequisite software installed properly (DirectX, Framework, etc.) although the game hasn't finished installing. Information technology passed the playable mark a while ago though.

11-12-2014 08:52 AM
Wow... This is why I always buy the bodily dvd and never download..... Accept you updated all your drivers? You can head to Microsoft.com/live chat and talk to a rep. Make certain yous have a screen shot of what your seeing too and so you can show them. Good luck and keep us updated. One more thing.... Could it have been a corrupted download? Did the connectedness cut out or plough off during download? If so it may exist worth re-downloading again

11-12-2014 09:10 AM
Originally Posted past Erractic Lumia

Wow... This is why I always buy the bodily dvd and never download..... Take you updated all your drivers? You can head to Microsoft.com/live chat and talk to a rep. Make sure you take a screen shot of what your seeing likewise so you tin evidence them. Practiced luck and keep united states of america updated. One more than thing.... Could it have been a corrupted download? Did the connection cut out or turn off during download? If so information technology may be worth re-downloading again

Well I've never had any issues downloading a game until now. I haven't updated all of my drivers, but I merely downloaded the NVIDIA driver that was released for the game and information technology didn't seem to help. As far as a corrupt download, I'm not certain but I might effort to verify the download once it completes fully if Uplay volition let me. The connexion didn't cut off though, I let it download overnight and when I woke upward, that error screen popped upward because I had it set to motorcar-play when ready (accidentally.)

Screenshot:

eleven-12-2014 09:25 AM
I read a agglomeration of comments from other people who bought ACU and have the same trouble just unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a fix for this until now.

Best matter would exist to let Ubisoft'due south support know that y'all have this problem, wait for their response and be patient (waiting for a patch that fixes the problem).
There's said to be a gear up disabling uPlay overlay in the uPlay settings but people claim that this didn't assist either.

Well, you already bought the game merely for the future I would recommend non buying games in general during the first 1-two weeks and wait for reviews to check if in that location are whatsoever issues with the games (peculiarly when they are from Ubisoft/EA, they ****ed up their games pretty good over the concluding year).

This is from the Ubisoft forum, posted by 'Community Managing director' Mr_Shade:

Hi Guys,

Tin I inquire you all to verify your games?

This fault can be caused by file errors, so we demand to do some basic troubleshooting.

Please click the drop pointer next to the game and select 'Verify game' - this will cheque all the files and download any that had errors.

Also make sure any one day patches accept too been installed.

Please try this - if it does not solve the issue, please then contact back up with both your DXDiag and MSinfo on the link below.

Edit: (turns out it could exist useful to read the remainder of the forum too^^)
I forum member there stated that he got it fixed when he updated his GPU drivers (GTX780), and then this might work with on desktop PC too

11-13-2014 10:22 AM
Thanks simply I actually solved the problem by waiting until the download was complete and and so verifying the files (some got corrupted in the process.) Other than that, just consequence is that the game sometimes doesn't play nice with my GPU overclock and will crash randomly with it. But yes, I use a GTX 660 and then my performance is lower than 7/ix serial users.

And I didn't want to wait, I've been looking forward to ACU and Dragon Age Inquisition for a while. xD

eleven-16-2014 06:48 PM
Ubisoft is kinda digging their ain grave right now. After completely butchering Watch Dogs and right out lying virtually the graphics on PC, they just keep on digging (ACU operation issues, blaming AMD for it, removing all their games from Steam (and putting them back on after ~13hours), statements that are merely not truthful,....). With their actions in the final couple of months they kinda destroyed their reputation and are quite hated by a fair corporeality of PC gamers.

The **** that's going on right at present in the gaming industry is ****ed upward and unfortunately the only way we can get publishers to change things is by non buying their games (even if nosotros were looking forward to certain titles merely the experience we get is underwhelming and sometimes even frustrating). Just my two cents ;-)

Doesn't impale anyone to wait a week or two to see how the games are property up to their hype, does information technology? (by reading some reviews) :-)

11-17-2014 03:35 AM
11-17-2014 04:32 AM
Lol saw that on the WAN show and couldn't stop laughing. The shirts they did for information technology don't await half bad either :P

Unity is not looking too good. Ubisoft accept a lot of work to do to set that mess.

xi-23-2014 04:03 AM
Originally Posted past QwarkDreams

Ubisoft is kinda digging their own grave right at present. Later on completely butchering Watch Dogs and right out lying about the graphics on PC, they merely go on on digging (ACU functioning bug, blaming AMD for it, removing all their games from Steam (and putting them dorsum on afterwards ~13hours), statements that are just not true,....). With their deportment in the final couple of months they kinda destroyed their reputation and are quite hated by a off-white corporeality of PC gamers.

The **** that'due south going on right now in the gaming industry is ****ed up and unfortunately the only way we can get publishers to alter things is by not buying their games (even if we were looking forward to certain titles only the experience we get is underwhelming and sometimes fifty-fifty frustrating). Just my two cents ;-)

Doesn't kill anyone to expect a week or ii to see how the games are holding up to their hype, does it? (by reading some reviews) :-)

Honestly the game itself isn't that bad to me (the graphics and story are above Black Flag to me, and it's definitely more Assassin-y than BF was) but I just call back the PC requirements are way higher than they should be. Ubisoft is simply too lazy to optimize unfortunately. I tin can get fifty-threescore fps with Inquisition on high settings merely in Unity it'southward more than like 20-25 on low settings. I don't think Unity is really that much more graphically superior.

Originally Posted by gedzum

Lol saw that on the WAN show and couldn't stop laughing. The shirts they did for it don't look half bad either :P

Unity is not looking besides good. Ubisoft take a lot of piece of work to do to ready that mess.

Agreed. The thirty frame cap is a terrible idea imo... and the fact that they said it was for cinematic purposes is just laughable.

11-23-2014 02:08 PM
Originally Posted by Ashalinia

Honestly the game itself isn't that bad to me (the graphics and story are above Black Flag to me, and it's definitely more Assassinator-y than BF was) but I just recall the PC requirements are way higher than they should be. Ubisoft is merely too lazy to optimize unfortunately. I can become l-sixty fps with Inquisition on high settings but in Unity it'southward more like 20-25 on low settings. I don't think Unity is actually that much more graphically superior.

Agreed. The thirty frame cap is a terrible idea imo... and the fact that they said information technology was for cinematic purposes is simply laughable.

I tin can very well imagine that - since Ubisoft, EA, Activision, etc. make their biggest profit off of console gamers - unnecessarily high organisation requirements for PC (and a crappy experience regarding graphics even with high-end components) are a manner to get people to purchase the consoles or at least the console version (if they already have a console). And make people think "hm....why should I pay at least 350$ for a GPU only to encounter the requirements and nevertheless become a crappy feel when I simply tin purchase it for console without much hassle?". Ubisoft has already one time been caught making the PC version look inferior or rather non living up to the potential compared to the panel version (Watch Dogs).
That's besides what happens when publishers don't CARE near the PC version and it turns out to exist a crappy port.

This "cinematic wait" excuse is just balderdash****. PCs are capable of giving the user/client a much better experience than consoles and some publishers/developers sabotage the PC version so the difference is less obvious to the unaware masses. This is customer manipulation and should be forbidden.

That'due south the reason why I go then angry regarding this topic. I'm not hating on consoles, I'm hating on manipulative, lying companies that hold dorsum on technological possibilities in favor of promoting inferioir panel hardware.

11-24-2014 02:39 AM
Originally Posted by QwarkDreams

I tin can very well imagine that - since Ubisoft, EA, Activision, etc. brand their biggest profit off of console gamers - unnecessarily high arrangement requirements for PC (and a crappy experience regarding graphics fifty-fifty with high-end components) are a way to get people to buy the consoles or at least the console version (if they already have a console). And make people recall "hm....why should I pay at least 350$ for a GPU only to see the requirements and even so get a crappy experience when I only can buy it for console without much hassle?". Ubisoft has already once been caught making the PC version look inferior or rather not living upwardly to the potential compared to the panel version (Spotter Dogs).
That's besides what happens when publishers don't CARE about the PC version and information technology turns out to be a crappy port.

This "cinematic expect" excuse is merely bull****. PCs are capable of giving the user/client a much better feel than consoles and some publishers/developers sabotage the PC version so the difference is less obvious to the unaware masses. This is customer manipulation and should be forbidden.

That's the reason why I go then angry regarding this topic. I'm non antisocial on consoles, I'one thousand antisocial on manipulative, lying companies that hold back on technological possibilities in favor of promoting inferioir console hardware.

Yeah, and I think a lot of it stems from PC being the least profitable platform so well-nigh of these companies are unwilling to dedicate resources to lowering requirements and improving performance. Not to mention PC is the easiest platform for people to pirate games on so they lose even more than coin from that.

Just Ubisoft takes greedy to a new level with the Helix Credit micro transactions in Unity. Fifty-fifty Scout Dogs performed better than Unity, although I concord with you that the performance was still subpar and I got around 40 fps on high settings. Changing to depression didn't really help much though, since antialiasing is the biggest functioning hit for me and I'd already turned information technology off.

11-25-2014 11:48 AM
Originally Posted by Ashalinia

Yeah, and I recall a lot of it stems from PC being the least profitable platform so almost of these companies are unwilling to dedicate resources to lowering requirements and improving performance. Non to mention PC is the easiest platform for people to pirate games on so they lose fifty-fifty more coin from that.

But Ubisoft takes greedy to a new level with the Helix Credit micro transactions in Unity. Even Picket Dogs performed better than Unity, although I agree with you that the performance was still subpar and I got around xl fps on high settings. Changing to low didn't really help much though, since antialiasing is the biggest performance striking for me and I'd already turned it off.

PCs are but also fragmented when information technology comes to hardware specs. Consoles are withal, there are no XBOne models with more or less RAM, higher clocked CPUs or dissimilar GPUs and that'south what makes it easy to programme for them. On PC the devs demand to make sure that the game will run on many many different PCs, all from the minimum requirements to the high-finish parts and everything in between. And non simply different hardware components, but software-wise too. OS, drivers, resolutions,....and then you get different graphics settings on top of that.

Pirating has two sides: On one hand publishers don't want their games to exist pirated aka stolen (which means no turn a profit), but on the other hand they see how many people (non sure how accurate those numbers are) pirated their games and if lots of people pirated information technology it tells them that the games are a success (not financially) and that people might exist interested in a sequel. That'southward why pirating is not an effective way to become publishers to cease diggin' and start releasing performance games that are worth the money. Not ownership and not pirating (which means non playing their games at all) on the other hand is a legitimate way of protesting against their crappy products.
Likewise, since when practice PC games cost as much as the console version? Noticed this a few weeks agone that newly released games (such every bit Far Cry 4 and ACU) toll 60€. WTF???!!!

11-26-2014 09:06 AM
i solved my case of ACU.exe has stopped working by modifying the ACU.ini located in \Documents\Assassin's Creed Unity
modify the line WindowMode=two
to WindowMode=1

the game won't even launch and this is what fixed it. after a month of frustration.

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