Uplay login at the start?

[Sephiroth]

I have another problem when i log on it asks me to log in so i type my steam? or do i type somehting else anyways after entering my uplay or my steam it says the same message: Connection with ACB is lost the game will now exit. So how will i be able to play multiplayer?

[R3troSim]

Could you list step-by-step (ideally in a numbered list) what happens when you launch ACB from Steam?

One thing I can say, you should not enter your Steam login for the game. Only use your Steam login for booting up the Steam client or for web access to your account -- it's never used for games.

If you get a login screen for ACB -- that'll be your Uplay login that you need to enter.

Hope this helps.

..But if this doesn't solve your problem, just list step-by-step what happens when you launch ACB. :)

[Sephiroth]

1. type:
~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/common/Assassins Creed Brotherhood/Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.app

2. right click the app and click Show Package Contents

3. Open Contents > MacOS

4. Open the file 'acbmp_sf'

5. Once open, press Escape then Enter.

6. ACB opens

7. Has a login and so I enter Uplay login (Which i just made recently)

8. Then it says Lost connection to the ACB server the game will quit automatically

9. then it launches single player but i want multiplayer this is the only way i can open the game because from steam once i open it it imedialey says ACB quit unexpectantly after it asks me the cd key to enter and then thats it

btw i was gifted this game from my friend if that matters with my problem I'm guessing the log in only pops ups for people who don't open directly from steam?

[R3troSim]

1. Try launching the ACBSP program first. You will still need to enter your Uplay login, but from there you should be able to choose Multiplayer play; I don't whether it's because you're trying to access the ACBMP.app first before launching ACBSP.app -- though I honestly doubt that's the problem because SP and MP are launched from two separate program files for a reason anyway.
   
   If that doesn't work, try this...
   
   
2. Try verifying integrity of the ACB game cache through Steam (right-click game in library > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game cache...). See if that fixes it.

Btw, it's irrelevant if the game has been gifted to you. The game is locked to your Steam account regardless, and so has nothing to do with your problem.

And also, every user has the Uplay login pop-up if they launch ACB, irrelevant of whether they launched from Steam or from the direct program file... Simply because Uplay is the DRM that ensures that the game is registered to you.

Again, hope this helps :)

(I suppose one last thing would be checking that your firewall software isn't blocking ACB traffic. Port 7917 should be open to allow ACB multiplayer to work.)

[Sephiroth]

Sorry I think there is a misunderstanding assuming that ACBSP is assassin's' creed brotherhood steam program? because when i open it it imediatly "quits unexpectantly"

I tried your 2nd way were you verify the game cache it says that i have one file failed to validate and will be reaquired? but when i play it from steap it still quits unexpectantly and when i play the mac program it says lost connection to the ACB server

[R3troSim]

Well, all the program files (ACBSP.app, ACBMP.app etc.) run under Steamworks DRM, and so they are all - in a way - 'Steam programs' because they only run whilst Steam is running.

The 'Verify integrity of game cache' tool should pickup any missing files which might have fixed your problem -- but apparently has not. (Sometimes it says 1 file is missing, but your game should still work; I think the 'verify' tool has some bugs in it, or just a weird way of working).

I'm really sorry but I don't know what else to do :/

..Try the Ubisoft forums for Assassin's Creed[forums.ubi.com] first -- there's hopefully a solution there. :)

[Sephiroth]

Thanks for your help anyways I wasn't even expecting anyone to reply but the miracle happend thanks for helping I'll go check out the forums now