Assassin's Creed II Uplay Launch *FIX*

[5persondude]

Recently, I've noticed a LOT of people are having trouble launching Assassin's Creed II on Steam. THis is primarily because the Uplay Launcher included with AC II is *outdated*. If you are having issues with launching Assassin's Creed II (or any other game using Uplay), then tfollow these steps to update Uplay (these steps came from another user on another Thread, so i just Cited his comment here and will also provide a link to the Thread mentioned):

引用自 THETOASTER：

I have found the solution!

If you are having this problem, here is what you have to do to play your game:

1. Uninstall Uplay. This can be done from Add or Remove Programs. However, it leaves files behind which you need to delete.

2. Go into Program Files (x86) and delete the entire folder called Ubisoft

3. Restart computer. (This is important for some reason)

4. Reinstall Uplay from the Uplay webdite. Link: http://uplay.ubi.com/en-GB/about#link

5. Restart computer again.

6. Launch Assassin's Creed Revelation and wait for it to update and do whatever it does

It should work fine after that, it did for me. This aparently works for other Uplay games and issues with Uplay. Hope this helps everyone else!

Here is the original Thread where i found this fix. It came from AC Revelation's Forum Page (just scroll down a ltttle bit and you should see the post with the steps:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/201870/discussions/0/46476145425782963/?insideModal=1

Also, permalink *provided by "R3troSynB"* that directly highlights the specific post cited in the description:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/201870/discussions/0/46476145425782963/#c46476145539379118

Hope this helps! Please comment frequently so that this post doesnt get burried under Threads complaining about the same issue.

[5persondude]

Man, I try to help people to get a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ PC game to run properly, and 3 years later all i see is a bunch of PC master race elitests ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ into their own mouths

What have i done to deserve such punishment

[ZeroGoki]

Maybe is too late for this, but i found an alternative solution that works for me.

Reading about Ubisoft Launcher configuration, i've been digging and i found a configuraton file

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\configuration"

Inside there's configuration related to AC2 path in windows registry, i went to this registry Key and didn´t even exist, so i created it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir

in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path

Then i copied the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to AssassinsCreedII.exe because is the updater.

Finally, i executed the game and problem solved.

Hope this helps for few who still had the problem.

[Xenice]

引用自 ZeroGoki：

Maybe is too late for this, but i found an alternative solution that works for me.

Reading about Ubisoft Launcher configuration, i've been digging and i found a configuraton file

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\configuration"

Inside there's configuration related to AC2 path in windows registry, i went to this registry Key and didn´t even exist, so i created it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir

in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path

Then i copied the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to AssassinsCreedII.exe because is the updater.

Finally, i executed the game and problem solved.

Hope this helps for few who still had the problem.

Hi thanks for the suggestion, but I don't understand the copying the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to the other thing. Please help

[ZeroGoki]

引用自 Xenice：

引用自 ZeroGoki：

Maybe is too late for this, but i found an alternative solution that works for me.

Reading about Ubisoft Launcher configuration, i've been digging and i found a configuraton file

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\configuration"

Inside there's configuration related to AC2 path in windows registry, i went to this registry Key and didn´t even exist, so i created it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir

in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path

Then i copied the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to AssassinsCreedII.exe because is the updater.

Finally, i executed the game and problem solved.

Hope this helps for few who still had the problem.

Hi thanks for the suggestion, but I don't understand the copying the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to the other thing. Please help

I make a copy of AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe and renamed to AssassinsCreedII.exe (in the same folder) because when i checked the ubisoft launcher log file there was an error "cannot find evil updater AssassinsCreedII.exe" and I thought that the file is missing or it has a different name, so i took my chances using de same .exe file and it worked.

Maybe you're thinking, isn´t easier change it in the configuration file, i think not, because when the launcher starts it updates this file.

[Agent Kable]

I'd like to add onto this: possibly another fix, but I'm not certain.

I tried the fix as described above, and it didn't work. The Uplay launcher displayed "Upgrade" instead of "Play" after the fix, but it still gave me the same error.

I uninstalled and then reinstalled the game from the Uplay launcher itself (under the Games tab there should be an arrow immediately under the game that will have uninstall in the list. After that, I found the game in the store and downloaded.)

That was just 20 minutes ago, so I guess I can't say for certain if this is a permanent fix. Likewise I don't know if this would work if tried first before the fix in the original post, but now the information is out there. If this was unclear, don't hesitate to ask me more. Enjoy!

[AlphaCobra]

引用自 ZeroGoki：

Maybe is too late for this, but i found an alternative solution that works for me.

Reading about Ubisoft Launcher configuration, i've been digging and i found a configuraton file

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\configuration"

Inside there's configuration related to AC2 path in windows registry, i went to this registry Key and didn´t even exist, so i created it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir

in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path

Then i copied the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to AssassinsCreedII.exe because is the updater.

Finally, i executed the game and problem solved.

Hope this helps for few who still had the problem.

Can you clarify what you did when you said "in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path" ?

[xALPHACATx - 佩雷斯昌]

引用自 5persondude：

Recently, I've noticed a LOT of people are having trouble launching Assassin's Creed II on Steam. THis is primarily because the Uplay Launcher included with AC II is *outdated*. If you are having issues with launching Assassin's Creed II (or any other game using Uplay), then tfollow these steps to update Uplay (these steps came from another user on another Thread, so i just Cited his comment here and will also provide a link to the Thread mentioned):

引用自 THETOASTER：

I have found the solution!

If you are having this problem, here is what you have to do to play your game:

1. Uninstall Uplay. This can be done from Add or Remove Programs. However, it leaves files behind which you need to delete.

2. Go into Program Files (x86) and delete the entire folder called Ubisoft

3. Restart computer. (This is important for some reason)

4. Reinstall Uplay from the Uplay webdite. Link: http://uplay.ubi.com/en-GB/about#link

5. Restart computer again.

6. Launch Assassin's Creed Revelation and wait for it to update and do whatever it does

It should work fine after that, it did for me. This aparently works for other Uplay games and issues with Uplay. Hope this helps everyone else!

Here is the original Thread where i found this fix. It came from AC Revelation's Forum Page (just scroll down a ltttle bit and you should see the post with the steps:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/201870/discussions/0/46476145425782963/?insideModal=1

Also, permalink *provided by "R3troSynB"* that directly highlights the specific post cited in the description:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/201870/discussions/0/46476145425782963/#c46476145539379118

Hope this helps! Please comment frequently so that this post doesnt get burried under Threads complaining about the same issue.:ss13ok:

Thanks a lot! :)

[ZeroGoki]

引用自 AlphaCobra：

引用自 ZeroGoki：

Maybe is too late for this, but i found an alternative solution that works for me.

Reading about Ubisoft Launcher configuration, i've been digging and i found a configuraton file

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\configuration"

Inside there's configuration related to AC2 path in windows registry, i went to this registry Key and didn´t even exist, so i created it.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir

in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path

Then i copied the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to AssassinsCreedII.exe because is the updater.

Finally, i executed the game and problem solved.

Hope this helps for few who still had the problem.

Can you clarify what you did when you said "in installdir i wrote Steam AC2 path" ?

In the configuration file there's a property called: "working_directory" with value "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed II\GameUpdate\installdir". I created this key in the windows registry and in the registry value i put the Steam AC2 Installation Path, something like "...Steam\steamapps\common\Assassin's Creed 2\"

[sloan42]

引用自 ZeroGoki：

引用自 Xenice：

Hi thanks for the suggestion, but I don't understand the copying the AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe file to the other thing. Please help

I make a copy of AssassinsCreedIIGame.exe and renamed to AssassinsCreedII.exe (in the same folder) because when i checked the ubisoft launcher log file there was an error "cannot find evil updater AssassinsCreedII.exe" and I thought that the file is missing or it has a different name, so i took my chances using de same .exe file and it worked.

Maybe you're thinking, isn´t easier change it in the configuration file, i think not, because when the launcher starts it updates this file.

Unfortunately for me, neither way works. :-P I've realised the same problem with the file names, but the Ubisoft support did not reply for a week!

[BoKuRyu]

The problem is way more simple. Steam and Uplay have data mismatch. With the first being that Steam installs the game in folder Assassin`s Creed 2, where Uplay expects it in Assassin`s Creed II and if its not there, welp I think everyone here knows what happens xDDD. For this the solution is quite easy:

1. Download the game from Steam.
2. Once downloaded DON`T START IT!!!
3. Open Steam\steamapps\common\ and rename the folder from Assassin`s Creed 2 to Assassin`s Creed II
4. Open Uplay, go to Games -> My Games -> Assassin`s Creed II and press Download. Choose the Steam\steamapps\common\Assassin`s Creed II folder.
5. Wait for Uplay to verify the content and download 1 additional GB of data.
6. Rename back the folder (from step 3) from Assassin`s Creed II to Assassin`s Creed 2.
7. Launch the game through Steam, once the Uplay opens, it will ask you if you have moved the game folder, just browse to Assassin`s Creed 2 folder and Enjoy!!

Now here is something else, that I haven`t check at all. If you verify with Steam, there will be 1 file that is "corrupted" and will be re-downloaded. Then if you verify with Uplay, the same file will be again marked as "corrupted" and re-downloaded, but this time by Uplay. You can go back to Steam and repeat. The game works with either Steam or Uplay file.

So 1GB+ additional data when downloaded from Uplay. file that is marked as corrupted when verified. For me that means that Steam and Uplay just have data mismatch.

[Spooky]

Okay, idk if this is already known, but try to install it on (C:), not on (D:). (Or at least where UPlay is located maybe?) I tried everything and this was the only thing that worked.

[Vile]

The best way to play Ubisoft games is to download the Uplay launcher and you must have an account made for it. Make an account and verify it.

Then in regular Steam mode (not Big Picture Mode, at least for the first time sync) launch the game. You will get a message asking if you would like to bind the game and Uplay ? Select yes and then it will automatically verify that you are the owner of the game and it will be on your account. Then it should launch.

When I bought Far Cry: Primal, I had this problem. It also was a problem with the Wii U port Zombi. So anytime you buy an Ubisoft game, you might as well launch it and wait for the confirmation that it was synced with your Uplay account.

Once you sync the account, you should be fine to start up the game from Steam like any other game without having to mess with Uplay at all.

[ArNeo]

I'm running Windows 10-1909, have multiple assassin's creed games via steam.
I've most of the games on the E: drive and SSD i: drive.

==
Assassin's creed 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, 3
- are required to run from the drive where Uplay is installed (in my case C: drive)

What did NOT work fixing it
- Reinstalling Uplay (remove,reboot,install,reboot)
- Redownload the games.
- Setting the path in the registry (Gameupdate/installdir and all)
- Tried making a junction* from E:\Games\SteamLibraryC to C:\Games\SteamLibrary

I moved the game in steam via,
[Properties] on the game > [Local files] tab > [Move install folder...]
(You can create library-folder via [Settings] > [Downloads] > [Steam library folders])

[note]
Strangely enough I've just tested moving them to D: and the also work there ?!

* Link Microsoft junctions https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/junction

[Vantis]

Thank you,you are a legend.

[kayra]

Oh thank you so much! It worked for me and now I am able to play the game without any problems.