Anno 2070 Not starting- Autopatcher problems or something

[TempleOS]

I just bought the game today with the game being like 10 dollars. But when I start it up, it keeps opening an Autopatcher, it wouldnt be a problem if it wasnt for it immediately closing the patcher- therefore me not being able to actually open the game. HELP ME FOR GODS SAKE

[Darth Nibbles]

Me too. I'd love to get this game working, I've heard good things about it. As it is, though, it looks like I wasted money...

[TempleOS]

See the Ubisoft at its finest, the people who have pirated the game get to play it easier and more successful than the people that genuinely bought the game!

[Assari]

Hey there,
Try to create a uplay account on their website.
-----> Start uplay as admin. <-----
(Additional use CCleaner for registry cleaning.)
So now it works for me.
Came in the game and now have to patch the whole addons.
But uplay launcher works finally...

[TempleOS]

I already have a Uplay account. It was working for a minute for me. When I started it up, it brought up the autopatcher. Then it started up Uplay its actually going through the whole updating/stuff that it does

[Sky Warrior of Russ]

Have the same problem!!! Bought the game today and cannot start game.... Becouse game do not install all DLC what i bouth with game..... "Activating DLC" What i see on my screen.
1) I have Uplay account.
2) I am cleaning system by CCleaner

[Slim]

what i did was i unplug my internet then start the game. so basically starting the game in offline mode and after i'm succefully login to uplay. Then i enable my internet connection.
hope it helps.

[Darth Nibbles]

After reading some tips on other threads, I set compatibility to XP SP 2 and everything works.

(I first tried compatibility with Win8, but that failed as well. I have not yet tested other compatilbity modes).

[TempleOS]

I already fixed the problem.

[brettski]

Originally posted by kwiksilver344:

I already fixed the problem.

That's great @kwiksilver344, care to share what you resolution was?

[Eiche™]

autopatcher bug / fehler behoben [ resolved / fixed ] ANNO 2070 Königs Edition / Complete Edition

1. Gehen Sie zu Ihrem Installationsverzeichnis von Anno 2070 (z.B:: C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Ubisoft \ Ubisoft Game Launcher \ Spiele \ ANNO 2070)
2. Suchen Sie die Datei mit dem Titel "AutoPatcher.exe" (abhängig von Ihrer Windows-Konfiguration, können Sie nicht die EXE-Datei-Erweiterung zu sehen. In diesen Fall nur "Autopatcher").
3. Rechtsklick auf diese Datei und wählen Sie "Umbenennen".
4. Ändern Sie den Namen dieser Datei zu so etwas wie "AutoPatcherBackup.exe"
5. Fügen Sie den Downoladed 2.0 offline patch hinzu und benennen Sie ihn in "AutoPatcher.exe" und rechtsklicken Sie es dann und führen Sie es als Administrator (dann sollte eine Fehlermeldung kommen ,einfach alles bestädigen wenn nix passiert dannach einfach über alt+f4 schliessen)
5. Öffnen Sie die Uplay PC-Client und relauch Anno 2070 (dann kommt eine aufroderung , wo mann wieder den Lizenzschlüssel angeben muss)
6. Wenn Anno 2070 startet, wird bekommt man eine Nachricht: Das das spiel erfolgreich aktiviert wurde soch der Updater muss die notwendigen Daten noch heruntergeladen. dann das Spiel neustarten
7. Anno 2070 wird neu gestartet und beginnt die benötigten Updates herunterzuladen.
8. Starten Sie Anno 2070 wieder, und Sie sollten wieder spielen können.


1. Navigate to your install location of Anno 2070 (Mine was at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\ANNO 2070)
2. Locate the file titled "AutoPatcher.exe" (depending on your Windows configuration, you may not see the .exe file extension. In these cases the file will just be named "Autopatcher").
3. Right-Click this file and select "Rename".
4. Change the name of this file to something like"AutoPatcherBackup.exe"
5. Paste the Downoladed 2.0. AutoPatcher and rename it to "AutoPatcher.exe" and then rightclick it and run it as Administrator (this is where you may get an error message)
5. Reopen the UPlay PC Client and relauch Anno 2070. (this is where you may be asked to re-enter your licence key for the game)
6. When Anno 2070 launches, you will recieve a message: "You have successfully activated the addon. Before the addon can be used​​​, the updater must still download the necessary data." Here you do as always and click the "Reboot" button.
7. Anno 2070 will reboot and correctly apply the needed updates.
8. Start Anno 2070 again and you should be able to play again.

[XDavideusX]

Leider funktioniert es nicht mehr . Habe mich an die Anleitung gehalten jedoch ohne erfolg

[Firemixer]

what patch is your game? when i did this method mine showed as patch 2.00.7792

[Lord Odin]

I am having problems with the Auto Patcher, it tells me to reboot and when i do it goes back to reboot again like an endless circle, when i had it installed before i didn't have any problems but since re-installing i keep getting this crap.

[JulnCar]

Addon problem (a possible solution)

I was looking for a possible solution for the Autopatcher loop and found this link:
https://uk.gamesplanet.com/community/anno-2070-uplay--1451-1/discussions/80083-how-to-stop-the-infinite-reboot-loop
I downloaded a file from the mediafire link. When executing it (inside the game files) it installed something. I thought the problem had been solved, but when I opened the game an error window appeared when I linked the steam account with the ubisoft account.
Desperate (I have been trying to start the game for two days), I put the old Autoparcher back, which is installed with the same game. I run it and the window that suggests repeating the infinite loop reappears. To my surprise, on restart, it did indeed work and ran normally.
Summarizing, the steps, in theory, would be these:
1 - Download the mediafire file from the previous link.
2 - Make a copy of the original autopatcher and paste the newly downloaded one into the game files.
3 - Run the mediafire autopatcher.
4 - Once installed, paste the original autopatcher file back into the folder of the game files. Run it.
5 - Open the game. The message that we have seen so much will come out. We give it to restart. This time if the updates will be installed.
6 - In theory, the game would work.

This possible solution worked for me, but I think it was a stroke of luck. Try and together we will achieve the solution.

[JulnCar]

I just opened the game again. Apparently if I open it from steam an error appears on an uplay code, but when I open it from the exe inside the game files it works correctly.