2024 Patch

[Urosh Auberon]

I see that both Brotherhood and Revelations got updated today. But I can't seem to find any patch notes. Do we have any info what changed? Some new form of DRM?

A quick look at the files suggests that they deleted systemdetection.dll from Revelations which was causing flickering issues on modern hardware.

[MARC FÉNIX]

Again no patch notes. Gaming industry dies because of lack of respect to the customers.

[Bie]

i'm scared to update mine haha

[Urosh Auberon]

Looking at steamdb.info
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/12901844/
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/13183194/

I see they added upc_r1_loader.dll to both games and removed the old .dll
I think that's just the usual Uplay DRM. Which means the game are not standalone on Steam, which I hoped this patch would provide. You still need to install Uplay to play.

I see that both executables got some slight reduction as well, not sure what's that about.

The other files are a bit of a mystery to me. Revelations has some kind of new sounds_3_dlc files for all languages.
And it seems like all the multiplayer files from Relevations got removed and added to Brotherhood?

[Lemushki]

oh interesting

[2875558104]

After the update, multiplayer services are no longer available, and my cloud saves are gone, what are you doing Ubisoft?

[2875558104]

The multiplayer service is gone, and my cloud archive is also missing, causing me to lose progress

[CyFiver]

You are correct. My Save is also Magically gone. All my steam screenshots of this game were from that play-through and it had been going on for a few years when I felt like I could handle another batch of AC.

Hope they resolve that, it's sorta a big thing for some folks.

[the reaction = 200 years]

By the way, can you tell me. A month ago I played the DLC The Disappearance of Da Vinci. And now he is gone(((
how to fix
I wrote to support, but they didn’t answer anything

[Basan™]

Originally posted by Urosh Auberon:

Looking at steamdb.info
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/12901844/
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/13183194/

I see they added upc_r1_loader.dll to both games and removed the old .dll
I think that's just the usual Uplay DRM. Which means the game are not standalone on Steam, which I hoped this patch would provide. You still need to install Uplay to play.
...

Quick update: UPlay stopped being Ubi$oft's current game launcher/store somewhere during 2020. And you can simply uninstall UPlay because it does nothing now apart foolling people that only recently acquired those now way old games. (Even despite imho many of those are gems of the Gaming's "Golden Era".)
Now, to use that now you'll need to obtain Ubi' Con[ubisoftconnect.com] and install it to run any of those games, either they were directly acquired from Ubi$oft or some other selling place like for example Steam is.

Originally posted by the reaction = 200 years:

By the way, can you tell me. A month ago I played the DLC The Disappearance of Da Vinci. And now he is gone(((
how to fix
I wrote to support, but they didn’t answer anything

Simply search for those saves in: "...\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\..." and you'll find them there. And if now you don't have access to the Da Vinci Dissappearance DLC and/or any others that you used to have simply head into that part of the Nexus Mods site[www.nexusmods.com], or any other of similar good reputation, search for those games saves and then place those in there to unlock those said DLC's.
And to know which is which from all those number folders with *.save files inside, you should use this info' as well[github.com].

Edit add note: I've found out what they've removed once again. There's no more online "Investments" feature working like we used to have it working back in the last year or so. Peachy scamming of your old time customers and/or players, there Ubi$oft.
(And then they wonder why I've simply stopped being their fidelized customer from ever since they've released AC: Oddyssey.)

[The Dweller]

It appears they have completely removed the ability to play multiplayer. My ACBMP.exe is also now gone. I have recently reinstalled the game for the first time since 2011 and had a blast in MP which happened to be pretty active at the time.

Shame indeed. Such a great gamemode that tests player´s situational awareness and other wits, keeps you on your toes. Unless you´re a roof-running or animation-abusing prick of course. One of the first grandfathers of online social deduction games. Except it remains an actual action game in a beautiful world with kick-ass setting. Went under the radar somewhat.

R.I.P.

[Basan™]

Regarding yet another clear Ubi$oft Connect inserted obsolescence through game updates (aka Ubi' Con simply because it cons former customers/players on a constant basis), since my AC: Brotherhood was acquired directly from them I'm going to ask the kindness of any game owner through Steam to see this video on how to downgrade your Steam's game version so that it can restore the "Investesments" functionality that worked until yesterday, set his/her Ubi' Con to not update that game any further.
And then please to upload that game version's *.exe file into this thread through an archive file like for example *.zip or *.rar (because Anti-Virus programs by default clean those up even if they hadn't got a virus).

And to anyone whom may help me out getting that previously working functionality back, my thanks in advance goes to whomever you may be.

[the reaction = 200 years]

Originally posted by Basan™:

Originally posted by Urosh Auberon:

Looking at steamdb.info
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/12901844/
https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/13183194/

I see they added upc_r1_loader.dll to both games and removed the old .dll
I think that's just the usual Uplay DRM. Which means the game are not standalone on Steam, which I hoped this patch would provide. You still need to install Uplay to play.
...

Quick update: UPlay stopped being Ubi$oft's current game launcher/store somewhere during 2020. And you can simply uninstall UPlay because it does nothing now apart foolling people that only recently acquired those now way old games. (Even despite imho many of those are gems of the Gaming's "Golden Era".)
Now, to use that now you'll need to obtain Ubi' Con[ubisoftconnect.com] and install it to run any of those games, either they were directly acquired from Ubi$oft or some other selling place like for example Steam is. :winter2019happybulb:

Originally posted by the reaction = 200 years:

By the way, can you tell me. A month ago I played the DLC The Disappearance of Da Vinci. And now he is gone(((
how to fix
I wrote to support, but they didn’t answer anything

Simply search for those saves in: "...\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\..." and you'll find them there. And if now you don't have access to the Da Vinci Dissappearance DLC and/or any others that you used to have simply head into that part of the Nexus Mods site[www.nexusmods.com], or any other of similar good reputation, search for those games saves and then place those in there to unlock those said DLC's.
And to know which is which from all those number folders with *.save files inside, you should use this info' as well[github.com]. :baa:

Edit add note: I've found out what they've removed once again. There's no more online "Investments" feature working like we used to have it working back in the last year or so. Peachy scamming of your old time customers and/or players, there Ubi$oft.
(And then they wonder why I've simply stopped being their fidelized customer from ever since they've released AC: Oddyssey.)

thank you, I hope it helps
P.S. I completely agree, limiting a game that many people love so much, which has brought changes to the industry as a whole, is very bad on their part. This is also a blatant disrespect for their customers.
They closed the servers, so what? They also stopped supporting Mafia 2, and gave the players all the dls for FREE (Yubisovt doesn’t know such a word), and DID NOT REMOVE IT

[Senex43]

Basan you're a legend bro thank you!

[LigmaLlama]

Originally posted by Urosh Auberon:

I see that both Brotherhood and Revelations got updated today. But I can't seem to find any patch notes. Do we have any info what changed? Some new form of DRM?

A quick look at the files suggests that they deleted systemdetection.dll from Revelations which was causing flickering issues on modern hardware.

Another troll comment about DRM... god don't you new gens stop?

[Urosh Auberon]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin King:

Originally posted by Urosh Auberon:

I see that both Brotherhood and Revelations got updated today. But I can't seem to find any patch notes. Do we have any info what changed? Some new form of DRM?

A quick look at the files suggests that they deleted systemdetection.dll from Revelations which was causing flickering issues on modern hardware.

Another troll comment about DRM... god don't you new gens stop?

What are you talking about? Why is it a "troll" comment when it's true? This update only updated the DLL to the latest version of the Uplay DRM. Also, new gen? I am sure I am older than you kid.