Toggle high profile for free running

[Captain Serious]

Every Assassin Creed game has allowed me to toggle high profile by editing the Config file HighProfileToggle=1.

Black Flag also allowed this, but it seems very unreliable and unresponsive. Sometimes I can tap the key to toggle high profile, but sometimes it doesn't respond to a quick tap. Other times I'll need to hold it longer to switch to high profile.

This inconsistency is frustrating and confusing in the heat of action. Anybody else noticed this when not using toggle high profile?

All other Creed games were responsive to toggling the high profile on and off, so any suggestions why Black Flag is inconsistent would be helpful to fixing this.

[chingotchcook]

I am experiencing the same thing. Setting HighProfileToggle=1 has worked fine for me in every Assassin's Creed since AC2, but now it is totally unresponsive. For now, I am getting around it by using an AutoHotKey script to make my high profile key toggle on/off. Here is the text for my AutoHotKey script:

LShift::
Send {p Down}
Sleep 250
KeyWait, LShift, D
Send {p Up}
Return

In this case, you have to set P to be your high profile key in the game, but Left Shift is what you will actually use to toggle high profile on/off.

To create an AutoHotKey script, you first have to download and install AutoHotKey from their website (free program, www.autohotkey.com). Then, right-click on your desktop and choose New > AutoHotKey Script. I named mine 'Assassin's Creed IV.ahk'. Right-click on your new .ahk file, choose Edit Script, and it should open in Notepad. Copy and paste the above text into the .ahk file, save and close the file, and then double-click on it to run the script before starting the game.

If anyone has a solution that doesn't require AutoHotKey, I'd be happy to hear about it!

[Captain Serious]

Excellent. When using this ahk script, are you also Setting HighProfileToggle=1, or keeping it 0?

[chingotchcook]

Keep HighProfileToggle=0 if you're using the script. One thing I haven't figured out yet is what the script will do to the using the swivel guns (default control is the same key as high profile), since I just started playing the game. You may have to set swivel guns to be P, Left Shift, or a different key altogether to get them to work properly.

Also, the script can be edited to work for virtually any combination of keys, if there is a different key you would rather use to toggle high profile on/off.