AC1 freezing and unfreezing

[Wex]

I've been playing this game for good few weeks now with no issues right up until today, here's what happens;

- Game launches with black screen for few seconds

- Ubisoft starting screen freezes, unfreezes and sound stutters

- I get into the game and now the game freezes for about 30 seconds and then unfreezes, but it happens so often that it's pretty unplayable in this state.

I thought it would be because my drivers haven't been updated but even after updating, the problem persists.

This happens with both Dx9 and Dx10 versions.

Steam Overlay is off.

No bluetooth or wireless enabled ( as I've seen this cause problems to others )

Like I said, the game has been running perfectly fine right up until today, what's changed?

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated as I adore this game!

[Wistful ProPaty]

I'm having the same problem and idk what to do

[SquishyNat]

Same problem here and i know someone else who is having the same issue too. No idea what has happened to cause this, very strange.

[shiftingshadowrunner]

I think it might be an issue on Ubisoft's side. From what I understand, an issue with the server that the game communicates with is causing it to lag and stutter. I was finding stuff for this in discussions from over 10 years ago. I tried the solutions from then, but they don't seem to work now.

So annoyed because I was on the last memory block and the lag was making the boss fight unplayable.

[Autimatic]

I’m having the same issue exactly as you described it and I’ve played this game before with no problem, but now I tried replaying it today and it’s unplayable

[radnpx]

Hello, everyone. Have had the same issue as well! I thought it may have been a recent graphics driver update I did, so I reverted! I also thought it may have been my bluetooth device or something, but nada. I have spent the last 12 hours trying to find the issue.

I'm glad it's not just me. The game was working perfectly and now all of a sudden I get two - four second pauses every three minutes or so. It is fkn unplayable. Should we contact ubisoft?

[radnpx]

Originally posted by shiftingshadowrunner:

I think it might be an issue on Ubisoft's side. From what I understand, an issue with the server that the game communicates with is causing it to lag and stutter. I was finding stuff for this in discussions from over 10 years ago. I tried the solutions from then, but they don't seem to work now.

So annoyed because I was on the last memory block and the lag was making the boss fight unplayable.

I wanted to confirm your suspicion as I thought it could also be a server issue too. I unplugged my ethernet cable and didn't deal with any stutters. :D

It wasn't until I plugged it back in to double check and shortly after a minute or two the game froze again for a good 4 seconds. I hope this helps any of you. I guess I'll just write to Ubisoft.

[76561199207623170]

Hi everyone!

I am sorry that you're having these issues with the game.

Could you please try playing it offline and check whether it works then?

- Ubisoft Support

[radnpx]

Originally posted by Ubi-Verse:

Hi everyone!

I am sorry that you're having these issues with the game.

Could you please try playing it offline and check whether it works then?

- Ubisoft Support

Hey, Ubi-Verse! I just checked some minutes ago. It works perfectly fine offline.

[m0t0rk0r3]

My game was working perfectly until a few days ago and im also getting this freezing stuttering problem. I went here and it diddnt help. https://steamcommunity.com/app/15100/discussions/0/864949037837351686/?l=hungarian&ctp=2
For some reason going offline and disabling the internet connection solves the problem. they need to fix this asap.

[Windsbraut]

Same problem, disconnection helps - thank you for the workaround.

[radnpx]

I opened a ticket in Ubisoft’s website. Let’s hope they fox it soon! :) Will come back here when they do.

[Abraham]

I think The game is trying to connect to Ubisoft AC 1 server which does not exist now, but anyway, playing the game without having an internet connection solve the problem.

[Shonoah]

For those people who want to try to block any connection with any rules in the Windows Defender Firewall: It won't work.

[Baldrickk]

Originally posted by Ubi-Verse:

Hi everyone!

I am sorry that you're having these issues with the game.

Could you please try playing it offline and check whether it works then?

- Ubisoft Support

The only thing that works is disabling my ethernet port.
Why the heck do I need to do this?
It needs fixing.

[Lordgeorge16]

Reporting in to say this is still occurring, 4 hours later.

A 15 year-old singleplayer game really needs to be online all the time in order to run properly, huh?