HERE IS HOW TO FIX ACII FOR MACS!!!!

[jace_face0331]

After lots of frustration from buying the game, then learning I might not be able to play on my Macbook Pro, I thought that it was ridiculous because this game IS supported by Mac and CAN be done. So I had a chat with UbiSoft tech support through chat message, and they helped me clear it up. If you don't know already, you DO need to have a uplay account for logging into UbiSoft. Do that, then follow these steps:

1. Download the Ubisoft Game Launcher from the following link: http://static3.cdn.ubi.com/orbit/launcher_installer/UbisoftGameLauncher.mpkg.zip
2. If the ZIP file does not automatically unarchive, double-click the file to unarchive UbisoftGameLauncher.mpkg.
3. Right-click the UbisoftGameLauncher.mpkg file, and select "Show Package Contents".
4. In the new window, navigate to Contents --> Packages, and locate the ubisoftGameLauncher.pkg file.
5. Right-click ubisoftGameLauncher.pkg, and select "Show Package Contents".
6. In the new window, navigate to Contents, and double-click the Archive.pax.gz file to unarchive the Ubisoft Game Launcher.
7. Drag the unarchived Ubisoft Game Launcher to the Desktop.
8. Hold down the O​ption key on your keyboard, click "Go" in the menu bar at the top of the screen and select Library.
9. Navigate to Application Support --> Steam --> SteamApps --> common -->Assassin's Creed 2 --> Ubisoft.
10. Drag the Ubisoft Game Launcher icon from the Desktop into the Ubisoft folder, and select Replace when prompted to replace the existing file.

Make sure after you do all this, you check in the settings at the ACII log in to disable all proxy (also look in your mac's network settings and make sure that no proxy boxes are checked). This should fix it!

If this doesnt work for some reason, go onto Ubisoft, post a question, and request a chat with one of the tech guys. I worked with them for about an hour before we got to these steps and they had me look at my launcher log text and network info text (after step-by-step instructions on how to do so) and they had me send them a screenshot of it so they could better diagnose what the problem was). This is simpler than you'd think and I am NOT tech savvy, so anyone can do this. No need for hacking any system or banging your head against a wall. Enjoy!!

[Itachi]

Looks like it might work but uplay keeps on trying to update for me and every time it tries to update, it had that connection error thing... :/

[jace_face0331]

Um I haven't experienced that, but I do have to try a few times to log in. I log into uplay, then open it up with steam and it takes me about three or four tries each time I play to actually get in. Inconvenient, but worth it. So I say maybe keep trying to log in, make sure your internet connection is working, and it should all run smoothly after that. Good luck!

[mrorigin.jb]

Link isn't working

[Itachi]

Yeah, that is what i've figured, it takes me a couple of times restarting steam and everything as well :P but yes it is worth it

[Meraena]

why isn't the link working?

[jace_face0331]

Originally posted by mrorigin.jb:

Link isn't working

Originally posted by Meraena:

why isn't the link working?

Have yall tried putting it in Chrome/Safari manually? It should work, I just tried it again to make sure. I couldn't put in the hyperlink while I was writing the discussion.

Originally posted by solosonicr:

Yeah, that is what i've figured, it takes me a couple of times restarting steam and everything as well :P but yes it is worth it

And good!! I just opened it today and it worked the first time, so sometimes we'll get lucky :)

[Meraena]

I finally managed to download the launcher, but I did everything you said and I still have the internet connexion problem... They don't even give me the chance to log in. Is your mac running 10.9?

[Itachi]

Mine is running 10.9 and i think that this is the reason. My way of fixing is:
1. In finder, use the shortcut: Shift Command G and paste: /private/etc

2. Inside the etc folder there are two files called hosts, and hosts.equiv, drag these files to the desktop and delete them from the folder

3. Restart steam and try launching the game. For me it came up with an updating Uplay thing and it may take a couple of tries of restarting steam and relaunching the game.

4. After the updating thing goes away you should get an error saying "A service is unavalable" or something like that, and hopefully once you click "ok", it should take you to a login screen.
Enter you details and you should be able to play the game.

5. If this all worked, you can delete the files that you dragged onto the desktop and enjoy playing AC2 to your hearts content!

[Bel]

can someone provide a working link?

[Meraena]

Thanks for your indications, it now works for me too!! As for the download link, it works but for some reason it didn't work on my computer, I had to download the launcher from another computer.

[jace_face0331]

Sorry about that. I'm not computer savvy, so this is all I can provide. All I know is that this worked for me. Glad it's working for more people, though! And good luck to those it hasn't worked for yet.

[wherzdaluv]

I may be crazy or something and have read thru what seems like posts forever on both AC2 and 1. About this new game launcher for my MAC.

http://static3.cdn.ubi.com/orbit/launcher_installer/UbisoftGameLauncher.mpkg.zip

Go get it and do this and that.

Here is my problem doesn't matter if it is firefox, safari, chrome or anything I cannot get that link to open up period. Not running any firewalls have turned on and off VPN to see if that gets it. I have googled that file name and it always points me to that spot that failed to open page.

if someone can droptbox share it or someway to share it. Hell if I get my webpage up and running I will share the darn thing so those of us that keep going thru hours of trying to find this thing don't have to waste hours doing that since UBi doesnt seem to give a care about it.

[Xiumeng]

it seems a little complex. i can play the game on my Mac book Air but i have to reset graphic every time i launch AC 2. Also if i cannot access to the Uplay sevice, i switch on VPN. Try these methods if you are not able to play.

[wherzdaluv]

Here is for the poor souls like myself needing a little more instruction.


From the Ubisoft Support Team <--Thanks for the help -- Wherz

Please follow the steps below to clear your hosts file.

1. Click anywhere on your desktop. Then from the menu bar, click "Go" and select "Go to Folder…".
2. In the box that appears, type /private/etc/hosts and select Go.
3. Drag the selected hosts file to the Desktop to make a copy. You may want to make a backup of this file before making any changes.
4. Open the hosts file on your Desktop in TextEdit.
5. Delete every line containing "ubi", "ubisoft" or "uplay". Save the hosts file, and close TextEdit.
6. Drag and drop the modified hosts file from your Desktop back to its original location at /private/etc. When you drop the hosts file back into its original location, OS X will ask you what to do about the unmodified hosts file that’s already there. Choose “Replace” and then enter your administrative user password to authenticate the transfer.

In most cases, this new mapping should work immediately. However, if the connectivity issue persists, you may need to flush your DNS cache.

1. Click the blue Finder icon at the far left of the dock at the bottom of the screen.
2. Select Applications on the left of the Finder window.
3. In the Applications folder, navigate to the Utilities folder.
4. Open Terminal within the Utilities folder.
5. The commands needed to flush the DNS cache are unique to different versions of OS X. Enter the appropriate commands exactly as written below (copy/paste recommended) into the Terminal window.

OS X 10.10.3 sudo discoveryutil udnsflushcaches <--I added this because it was my version on Yosemite
OS X 10.9: dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
OS X 10.8 and 10.7: sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

NOTE: You will need to enter the admin password for either of the two commands above to complete. You will not see the password as you type it into the Terminal window. Make sure that you type it correctly, and press Return / Enter to run the command.

OS X 10.6 and 10.5: dscacheutil -flushcache
OS X 10.4 and 10.3: lookupd -flushcache

Once done, try again to see if the issue persists. Please let me know if you have any further issues.

Now I could got o this site and get the download:

http://static3.cdn.ubi.com/orbit/launcher_installer/UbisoftGameLauncher.mpkg.zip

But I have a new issue that is coming up with a pop up saying

"Please start the game you want to play instead"

Keeping my ticket open with them in hopes that they have the fix for this one. I believe it could be because I have both AC1 and AC2 installed. But things are looking brighter.

Oh and at the posting of this I have completed AC1. With the fix of:
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.app -> show package contents -> contents -> MacOS -> double click acbmp_sf

To get the game going. Now I am just hoping they get the fix going for this new error since that doesnt work for AC2.

This game is awesome and it is and was worth the hours put in trying to get it to work. Hope this helps someone bypass a lot of that time.

[annar567]

My computer has a display problem for this game. Plz help.