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!

[[{******---Dead4Life---******}]]

引用自 jeffjay：

turn off your wifi on you pc and then play offline mode, it stops freezing for me

Same, I didn't have to do any extra steps.

[MartinAB]

引用自 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

I tried it but still doing the same thing

[Engioc]

I'm trying to play this today, 4 August, and this issue is still occurring and making Ubiconnect or steam, or both offline doesn't resolve the issue. The only way to work around the issue is to completely disable any connected LAN, cable or wifi it doesn't matter, disable any active network adaptors. It's a work around, and not acceptable in 2024. As others point out, its a single player game, and there is no online component of any kind, so why is it forced to keep checking in on some non existent severs?

In its current state this game is unplayable. Going offline eliminates the option to stream it, or have any other internet dependant apps eg discord.

As always, Ubicrap. Unlikely this issue will ever get fixed, Ubisoft don't care.

[Retroblique]

引用自 Engioc：

I'm trying to play this today, 4 August, and this issue is still occurring and making Ubiconnect or steam, or both offline doesn't resolve the issue.

Did you try the hosts file fix mentioned earlier in this thread? As of August 5th this fix is still working for me.

[PyroMonk]

host files are not working for me. Can't we just block the connection from our firewall - ???

[mimar]

read most of the posts on steam about UBIS**T, and you'll read of the continued horror we all feel as disdaine for this sorry and unscrupulous company. Steam ought to get out of bisness with them. For as I write this, and you read this,
UBI is laughing all the way to the bank!

[TheUnnamedStranger]

引用自 mimar：

read most of the posts on steam about UBIS**T, and you'll read of the continued horror we all feel as disdaine for this sorry and unscrupulous company. Steam ought to get out of bisness with them. For as I write this, and you read this,
UBI is laughing all the way to the bank!

lmao what bank, they're not making bank off a 15 year old game nobody plays.

"♥♥♥♥♥♥♥" "ubicrap" are you guys two years old or do you just act like you are. seriously this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ embarrassing and you should be ashamed.

[mimar]

WAAAAH , WAAAAH!

[Tinn]

引用自 aoxllyroblox：

引用自 NCain：

Ok, just went through the launch, the intro movie and about 5 minutes worth of gameplay and

Assassin's Creed non-functional server
203.132.26.155 127.0.0.1

That specific section is all that is needed and works.

However..
This workaround wasn't reasonable or any better years ago and it still isn't now. I've never been comfortable with user-side OS file modifications to make a video game work on PC. I know enough to be able to give the host file specific permissions that I can just as easily take away, but not everyone else will be. For any Ubisoft dev or community manager checking? DO NOT use this as an excuse to think the problem is over.

EDIT:
Rude to not give thanks. Apologies gcontijoch and thank you for the time and effort.

how does one take it away, just incase i ever need it

引用自 aoxllyroblox：

引用自 NCain：

Ok, just went through the launch, the intro movie and about 5 minutes worth of gameplay and

Assassin's Creed non-functional server
203.132.26.155 127.0.0.1

That specific section is all that is needed and works.

However..
This workaround wasn't reasonable or any better years ago and it still isn't now. I've never been comfortable with user-side OS file modifications to make a video game work on PC. I know enough to be able to give the host file specific permissions that I can just as easily take away, but not everyone else will be. For any Ubisoft dev or community manager checking? DO NOT use this as an excuse to think the problem is over.

EDIT:
Rude to not give thanks. Apologies gcontijoch and thank you for the time and effort.

how does one take it away, just incase i ever need it

I follow the steps but still crashing huhu :(

[hexaae]

引用自 Ubi-Vinci：

Hello @Acnograine and everyone else.

The problem of stuttering or freezing in AC1 is a known issue.
You can resolve it by switching the Ubisoft Connect app to the offline mode.

In the new app, you can do it on the login screen (you may have to log out first) in Settings > Start Ubisoft Connect in Offline Mode.

Hope it helps.

Let us know if you have any further questions

Ubi-Vinci
Ubisoft Support

This is a bad workaround, not a "resolved" issue, and Ubisoft should provide a real fix That's what programmers used to do in the good old days.

[mimar]

Ahh yes, the good old days.
We are living in the 'AGE of Gaffones'.
2025 = 1984!

[ChaosBahamut]

Hex editing the game's executable file/s will fix this.

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed#Game_freezes_regularly_for_a_few_seconds

And, if need be, a video tutorial I whipped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LfrG7Fhmto

*I take no credit for coming up with this fix, only for the tutorial vid*

[Delusion]

The only thing that seems to work is disabling internet entirely. It seems that there is a server that the game needs/tries to communicate with (why?) and these freezes are because it tries to connect, and times out.
Turning off the internet causes the attempt to fail instantly, so no freezes.

I was starting to play this today after a decade since the last time... and hit this problem.

Utterly stupid, and needs to be fixed.

[Big Daddy Dwayne]

引用自 Delusion：

The only thing that seems to work is disabling internet entirely. It seems that there is a server that the game needs/tries to communicate with (why?) and these freezes are because it tries to connect, and times out.
Turning off the internet causes the attempt to fail instantly, so no freezes.

I was starting to play this today after a decade since the last time... and hit this problem.

Utterly stupid, and needs to be fixed.

Yeah... Same here, it has been at least 10 years since I played this myself. I was super excited.... What a let down indeed.... Common Ubisoft, get on this.

[Lordgeorge16]

引用自 Big Daddy Dwayne：

引用自 Delusion：

The only thing that seems to work is disabling internet entirely. It seems that there is a server that the game needs/tries to communicate with (why?) and these freezes are because it tries to connect, and times out.
Turning off the internet causes the attempt to fail instantly, so no freezes.

I was starting to play this today after a decade since the last time... and hit this problem.

Utterly stupid, and needs to be fixed.

Yeah... Same here, it has been at least 10 years since I played this myself. I was super excited.... What a let down indeed.... Common Ubisoft, get on this.

This guide comes from the other thread in this subforum about the freezing bug. Follow these steps and you won't have to turn off your internet just to be able to play the game. This will force the game to connect to your localhost IP address instead of a DRM server that's been dead for a decade. We've all been doing it and it's running fine. Spread the word.

引用自 zinc.：

Found this solution on redit instead of turning off the internet completely, this solution fixed my freezing completely.

@valle235
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1y ago
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I found a solution which works on my pc and presumably on every pc:

I analyzed the network traffic with wireshark and realized that every time the game freezes my pc sends three packages to a specific ip adress (203.132.26.155).

to overcome this you have to remap this ip adress to localhost (127.0.0.1).

start the notepad app as administrator and click file -> open and paste C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc into the adress line.

then you have to select all files at the bottom right and open the file "hosts".

in this file you past the following line (w/o quotation marks and not starting with a # unlike the other lines, these are commenting marks):

"203.132.26.155 127.0.0.1"

this remaps the critical ip to localhost which means your pc doesnt adress the network adapter and the query immediately fails.

the game should not freeze anymore.