Cant get past an "Add-on unlocked" notification

[mec_steaid]

After starting the game, that notification pops up in game. I didnt but any Addons btw. There is only one button I can click, thats a "restart" button. I cant even see the main menu yet. Clicking the "restart" button just quits the game. What can I do??

[mec_steaid]

First time playing everythink worked fine. The next day, this happens.

[MikeHawk]

Yep, I'm seeing the same thing too. It's borked.

[Altaryum]

Was this issue fixed. I have the same issue.

[DeLauli]

Had this issue yesterday. Game was unable to play. Today it worked fine - super strange!

[philone55]

Same Issue here, sometimes an uninstall/reinstall works for me, sometimes just a relaunch gets passed it. It's very annoying

[philone55]

tried absolutely everything today with no luck, has to be a connection problem with their servers

[Redpossum]

EXACT same thing happened to me yesterday and today. It *says* an updater will launch, but it doesn't

[haize]

This is happening because the servers are messed up right now, so you're not getting a normal launch. Every time you launch atm the game is "detecting" the expansion installed and then proceeding, but most of the options are missing because it's in offline mode.

IIRC you can do a continuous game still with no ark storage, but most everything else will be super disabled. That said, the "expansion registered" message should go away after a minute or two and let you access the (mostly disabled) other options.

Supposedly a Ubisoft employee is posting that they are working on their servers and trying to get them fixed, but as far as I can tell they have been broken for weeks, if not months. Assuming that ever changes (see the stickied thread in this discussion area) try again and the other options should be back to normal. The real problem right now is it's meant to be an "always on" game except .. oops.. that requires the other side to be working too, and Ubisoft is dropping the ball really bad atm with servers that have been broken for multiple days now.

[Redpossum]

A single player game that doesn't work unless the servers are up and working. WHY?
Sigh
And this is why we all just LOVE Ubisoft.

[haize]

Oh, I agree. This was one of the first "always on" games that required a constant internet connection and everybody predicted these kinds of problems later on. Ubisnot doesn't give a crap, however and they never did. If they did care, we wouldn't see 3+ weeks of an essentially unplayable game. The only reason they are getting away with it is because of how old the game is.

The real problem is every one of their games that act like this will have the same issue later on. The more time goes on, the more disinclined Ubisnot will be to competently support the game and the experience will likely get worse over time instead of better.

[Redpossum]

There has to be a work-around.

[haize]

Sure. Download a pirated copy of the game from *redacted* and I bet it works fine. The pirates intentionally disable all the online requirements for games like this, but you're also likely to get a virus along with your copy of the game, unfortunately. You're probably better off waiting until next week when the publisher/dev promises some kind of BS "update", but all bets are off on how long they manage to keep the servers "fixed" even if they do manage to fix them again temporarily.

The people who suffer for these kinds of decisions are often the ones who bought the game legitimately. If you get a pirated copy of the game, I bet (most of) the functionality is there and works fine. You and I, however are (likely) not smart enough to patch the game ourselves and make it work in the mean time when the developer specifically designed it not to work when their servers are messed up. Welcome to the results of buying crippled games from clueless developers and publishers.

The real lesson here is don't buy these kinds of games because you are just asking for a headache later on in life. Don't support developers who decide to go this route; don't support publishers who show time and time again they can't be trusted. When the game came out they claimed not to understand why people didn't like the idea of this kind of always-online-connection-required game and didn't want it.

Maybe now they understand, but more likely they don't give a **** because they already have our money and laughed at us all the way to the bank while holding it.

[DeLauli]

It's disappointing to see such a big company is unable to fix the issue. They are aware that the loop / connection problem occures on a regular base and they don't give a *** Yes the game is old but where is the problem to maintain their community in a nice and respectful manner?!

C'mon Ubisoft you can do better!

[Redpossum]

Originally posted by DeLauli:

It's disappointing to see such a big company is unable to fix the issue. They are aware that the loop / connection problem occures on a regular base and they don't give a *** Yes the game is old but where is the problem to maintain their community in a nice and respectful manner?!

C'mon Ubisoft you can do better!

Well said! Very well said indeed

[Impaulator]

Oh man, I have the same issue. I tried the fix with the new Autolaunche (although I think it shouldn't be needed anymore) but it doesn't work. I hope support is helping us poor souls soon