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[Jagmaar]

I have started the series few weeks ago and now it is time for the unity. I installed the game, maxed everything at graphics settings and the result is terrible. People change shape and become edgy when they are only 10 meters away from me, Buildings away looks like 2d only, some objects like flags or inside of buildings start to load as pixels and it takes time for them to load. Simply LOD is terrible. I tried few options, I changed the Texture Quality to 3 at ACU.ini file but it only fixed abit. Still I cant say it has good look. My system is good. I have RTX 3080 and 10th Gen i9 with 32 gb ram. I see there are thousands of players who suffered the similar issue. I dont understand why Ubisoft didnt take the responsibility of such an easy fix. I am looking for your suggestions.

[Ubi-Sigma]

Hello Jagmaar!

Thank you for your message and all you precisions regarding your performance and graphic issues in game. In order to to try to fix this, could you try to perform all the steps from our troubleshooting guide [www.ubisoft.com]?

This will help creating an optimal environment for your game on your system and hopefully fix the problems.

Do not hesitate to come back to us with the result of these steps!

- Ubisoft Support

[cube]

The Anvil engine has always had really aggressive LOD scaling, it's only slightly improved in the more recent games because the environments are so much lower density.
So unfortunately it's not a bug, it's just the way the earlier games were built. It is technically possible to modify the setting in-game through a memory hack but only in the Uplay version of the game.

[Jagmaar]

But isnt Steam versions also not a Uplay version? Because you can not play without login to Ubisoft account. I dont know, Knowing that Syndicate is made by the same engine, makes me that it is just not worthy to buy it.

[cube]

No, the executable is different because it uses Steamworks. It would be technically possible to replicate the hack for the Steam version but no-one has.

[76561198868205544]

Originally posted by Jagmaar:

But isnt Steam versions also not a Uplay version? Because you can not play without login to Ubisoft account. I dont know, Knowing that Syndicate is made by the same engine, makes me that it is just not worthy to buy it.

Hey! The version you have is the Steam version as advised by blank. Would you be able to provide us with some screenshots of what you see in-game please so we can look into this.

Thank you.

- Ubisoft Support

[cube]

I don't know if it'll help, but the Cheat Engine table can be found here (Skall's Unity Enhancements), but my guess is it just changes the in-memory settings. The hack is meant for taking bullshots rather than gameplay, fixing this in-engine would likely require a fair bit of work. It probably could be applied to every Anvil game though, even the ones before AnvilNext.
https://framedsc.com/GameGuides/assassins_creed_unity.htm

For reference, here's the hex that's modified in ACU.exe. So you can use Notepad++ with the Hex Editor plugin to search and change the values.
db 75 0D F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00
is modified to
db 90 90 F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00

Like I said, to me that just looks like it increases the hard-coded LOD configuration.

[Jagmaar]

Originally posted by blank:

I don't know if it'll help, but the Cheat Engine table can be found here (Skall's Unity Enhancements), but my guess is it just changes the in-memory settings. The hack is meant for taking bullshots rather than gameplay, fixing this in-engine would likely require a fair bit of work. It probably could be applied to every Anvil game though, even the ones before AnvilNext.
https://framedsc.com/GameGuides/assassins_creed_unity.htm

For reference, here's the hex that's modified in ACU.exe. So you can use Notepad++ with the Hex Editor plugin to search and change the values.
db 75 0D F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00
is modified to
db 90 90 F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00

Like I said, to me that just looks like it increases the hard-coded LOD configuration.

Thank you for the answer, unfortunately I dont have opportunity to check anymore because i finished the game but if I will ever play again I will try this solution.

[Ubi Milky]

Thank you for the replies blank and Jagmaar and for helping one another with a workaround.

We are unable to advise on the use of cheat engines or hex editors to edit game files, as we don't condone the use of this software in case it stops the game from working altogether, but thank you at least for providing an alternative workaround. Glad to hear you were able to finish the game.

-Ubisoft Support

[Jagmaar]

Originally posted by Ubi Milky:

Thank you for the replies blank and Jagmaar and for helping one another with a workaround.

We are unable to advise on the use of cheat engines or hex editors to edit game files, as we don't condone the use of this software in case it stops the game from working altogether, but thank you at least for providing an alternative workaround. Glad to hear you were able to finish the game.

-Ubisoft Support

Maybe as an apology, put the AC Syndicate to sale off so I can buy, I stop playing the series cuz I dont have the Syndicate :D

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by Jagmaar:

Originally posted by Ubi Milky:

Thank you for the replies blank and Jagmaar and for helping one another with a workaround.

We are unable to advise on the use of cheat engines or hex editors to edit game files, as we don't condone the use of this software in case it stops the game from working altogether, but thank you at least for providing an alternative workaround. Glad to hear you were able to finish the game.

-Ubisoft Support

Maybe as an apology, put the AC Syndicate to sale off so I can buy, I stop playing the series cuz I dont have the Syndicate :D

Hey Jagmaar,

We don't have any influence over the Steam pricing or sale inclusion I'm afraid, but we'll pass on that it's been missed in the recent sales!

You know where we are if there's anything more you need help with!

- Ubisoft Support

[Jagmaar]

Originally posted by Ubi_TheBerry:

Originally posted by Jagmaar:

Maybe as an apology, put the AC Syndicate to sale off so I can buy, I stop playing the series cuz I dont have the Syndicate :D

Hey Jagmaar,

We don't have any influence over the Steam pricing or sale inclusion I'm afraid, but we'll pass on that it's been missed in the recent sales!

You know where we are if there's anything more you need help with!

- Ubisoft Support

Well, anyway too late for Steam because I have just bought Syndicate and Valhalla from Epic Store and I completed my series. It is pity I cant keep all in one platform but happens. I hope Syndicate experience will be better.

[Jo_Jo_Sale]

Originally posted by blank:

I don't know if it'll help, but the Cheat Engine table can be found here (Skall's Unity Enhancements), but my guess is it just changes the in-memory settings. The hack is meant for taking bullshots rather than gameplay, fixing this in-engine would likely require a fair bit of work. It probably could be applied to every Anvil game though, even the ones before AnvilNext.
https://framedsc.com/GameGuides/assassins_creed_unity.htm

For reference, here's the hex that's modified in ACU.exe. So you can use Notepad++ with the Hex Editor plugin to search and change the values.
db 75 0D F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00
is modified to
db 90 90 F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00

Like I said, to me that just looks like it increases the hard-coded LOD configuration.

Hello, thank you for the solution
db 75 0D F3 0F 10 05 B6 A5 C4 00 I can't find this code
The game is the uplay version

[Ubi-Thrupney]

Hey Gochu!

I can't advise on the hex editing, since we'd generally recommend against it. However, I did want to reiterate Ubi-Sigma's advice on this, which was our troubleshooting guide[ubi.li]. In particular from the guide, please make sure you are running the game with administrator rights, you've verified the game files, you've got your graphics drivers and Windows install fully updated, and you don't have any background programs which could interfere with the game.

If the issues persist after those steps, it'd be useful if you could give me a bit more information - how the issues look in-game, when it happens (for example, during specific activities or actions?), what in-game graphics settings you have selected, and your system specs. I'll have some further troubleshooting ideas you can try if I have this information

- Ubisoft Support

[Dicehunter]

Originally posted by Ubi-Thrupney:

Hey Gochu!

I can't advise on the hex editing, since we'd generally recommend against it. However, I did want to reiterate Ubi-Sigma's advice on this, which was our troubleshooting guide[ubi.li]. In particular from the guide, please make sure you are running the game with administrator rights, you've verified the game files, you've got your graphics drivers and Windows install fully updated, and you don't have any background programs which could interfere with the game.

If the issues persist after those steps, it'd be useful if you could give me a bit more information - how the issues look in-game, when it happens (for example, during specific activities or actions?), what in-game graphics settings you have selected, and your system specs. I'll have some further troubleshooting ideas you can try if I have this information

- Ubisoft Support

I've had both Unity and Syndicate since launch, Albeit on Uplay not Steam, And both suffer from draw distance and LOD issues even maxed out on high end PC's, Just type in Unity/Syndicate LOD/draw distance, There are hundreds of pages of people on various sites and forums with the same problems, Low res textures not that far away from the character, It's quite immersion breaking when you climb up to the top of big ben in Syndicate and you see cardboard buildings everywhere or the shapes of buildings even at street level in the fairly close distance with no actual detail, Same goes for Unity.

This isn't something that can be fixed by users troubleshooting, This is something that can only be fixed by developers as we do not have the tools required.

Pass it on to the proper department, I and many others have been waiting for multiple years for an actual fix from Ubisoft and not just more lip service from customer support... Sit some devs down and get them to take a look at Unity and Syndicate please.

[Ubi_TheBerry]

Originally posted by Dicehunter:

Originally posted by Ubi-Thrupney:

Hey Gochu!

I can't advise on the hex editing, since we'd generally recommend against it. However, I did want to reiterate Ubi-Sigma's advice on this, which was our troubleshooting guide[ubi.li]. In particular from the guide, please make sure you are running the game with administrator rights, you've verified the game files, you've got your graphics drivers and Windows install fully updated, and you don't have any background programs which could interfere with the game.

If the issues persist after those steps, it'd be useful if you could give me a bit more information - how the issues look in-game, when it happens (for example, during specific activities or actions?), what in-game graphics settings you have selected, and your system specs. I'll have some further troubleshooting ideas you can try if I have this information

- Ubisoft Support

I've had both Unity and Syndicate since launch, Albeit on Uplay not Steam, And both suffer from draw distance and LOD issues even maxed out on high end PC's, Just type in Unity/Syndicate LOD/draw distance, There are hundreds of pages of people on various sites and forums with the same problems, Low res textures not that far away from the character, It's quite immersion breaking when you climb up to the top of big ben in Syndicate and you see cardboard buildings everywhere or the shapes of buildings even at street level in the fairly close distance with no actual detail, Same goes for Unity.

This isn't something that can be fixed by users troubleshooting, This is something that can only be fixed by developers as we do not have the tools required.

Pass it on to the proper department, I and many others have been waiting for multiple years for an actual fix from Ubisoft and not just more lip service from customer support... Sit some devs down and get them to take a look at Unity and Syndicate please.

Hey Dicehunter,

Thanks for reaching on and sharing your feedback - we're happy to pass this on, however as development has ended for both Assassin's Creed Unity and Syndicate, with no future updates planned, it is very unlikely development will be reinstated for these titles.

Apologies for the disappointment and inconvenience caused.

- Ubisoft Support