Steam Overlay issue. (Solved)

[HisAshi]

Well I had AC 1 and AC Brotherhood installed. Just testing it after getting it. But seems like got some issue with overlay when playing with AC 1. It got black screen for the browser, friends tab. But it work fine on Brotherhood. Anyone know how to fix this? It isn't that important as i could just view the map guide by Alt+Tab. But would be great to have it easier with steam overlay.

[HisAshi]

Solved it by switching the Steam from launching using Dx10 exe and use Dx9 exe. You could either change the file name or just change the launch option setting inside the Steam.

[blackjacksike]

What's the launch option?

[Ubi Milky]

Hello HisAshi and blackjacksike, thank you for your post about the game occasionally having a black screen when viewing the overlay.

For some of our older games that came bundled with older versions of DirectX and Windows OS software, this can be an issue that occurs.

To overcome this, please try launching the game using Windows compatibility mode and emulating WIndows XP or Vista.

Please see the following thread and scroll to the bottom of the page, to see how to do this -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/15100/discussions/0/2981907749301512955/

This will also change the launch preference for the games .exe game file in Steam.

-Ubisoft Support

[blackjacksike]

I tried using compatibility mode and it crashed when I tried opening the overlay. And launching the game with administrator mode prevents me from opening the overlay.

[HisAshi]

Originally posted by blackjacksike:

I tried using compatibility mode and it crashed when I tried opening the overlay. And launching the game with administrator mode prevents me from opening the overlay.

Hey Blackjacksike. Sorry for the late reply. Put this in your launch option in the setting of AC1 in Steam. Basically my address would be different from yours. So put the Dx9.exe address in the "".
"D:\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Assassins Creed\AssassinsCreed_Dx9.exe" %command%

The other way is just rename the DX9.exe to Dx10.exe and vice versa since when you launch the game through steam it would launch the Dx10.exe.

[HisAshi]

Originally posted by Ubi-Milky:

Hello HisAshi and blackjacksike, thank you for your post about the game occasionally having a black screen when viewing the overlay.

For some of our older games that came bundled with older versions of DirectX and Windows OS software, this can be an issue that occurs.

To overcome this, please try launching the game using Windows compatibility mode and emulating WIndows XP or Vista.

Please see the following thread and scroll to the bottom of the page, to see how to do this -
https://steamcommunity.com/app/15100/discussions/0/2981907749301512955/

This will also change the launch preference for the games .exe game file in Steam.

-Ubisoft Support

Well, sadly it doesn't work for me either. Using compatibility mode on Steam Overlay will crash the game for me. While using compatibility mode for the game still give black screen overlay for me. Only by changing using Dx9.exe is the workaround i found working if i want the overlay in game. Either way, I already finished the game.

[blackjacksike]

Originally posted by HisAshi:

Originally posted by blackjacksike:

I tried using compatibility mode and it crashed when I tried opening the overlay. And launching the game with administrator mode prevents me from opening the overlay.

Hey Blackjacksike. Sorry for the late reply. Put this in your launch option in the setting of AC1 in Steam. Basically my address would be different from yours. So put the Dx9.exe address in the "".
"D:\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Assassins Creed\AssassinsCreed_Dx9.exe" %command%

The other way is just rename the DX9.exe to Dx10.exe and vice versa since when you launch the game through steam it would launch the Dx10.exe.

I can confirm that this works.

[Canopus]

Originally posted by HisAshi:

Originally posted by blackjacksike:

I tried using compatibility mode and it crashed when I tried opening the overlay. And launching the game with administrator mode prevents me from opening the overlay.

Hey Blackjacksike. Sorry for the late reply. Put this in your launch option in the setting of AC1 in Steam. Basically my address would be different from yours. So put the Dx9.exe address in the "".
"D:\Game\Steam\steamapps\common\Assassins Creed\AssassinsCreed_Dx9.exe" %command%

The other way is just rename the DX9.exe to Dx10.exe and vice versa since when you launch the game through steam it would launch the Dx10.exe.

"The other way is just rename the DX9.exe to Dx10.exe and vice versa since when you launch the game through steam it would launch the Dx10.exe." Work for me, thanks.