odyssey wont stop running :{

[nobrien]

it crashed after playing for 10-12 hours yesterday with NPs , just went to task manager and ended the process ect it took no time to kill but when i tryed to exit steam it says it was still running so i hit the stop game button and waited until it was clear like i do for other things and when the close button highlighted to so it was closed steam shut down with no probs ,

went and closed ubisoft with nps and then shut down PC , when i started up steam today to play again it was all ready running have waited for 30-40 mins and it never shuts down tho been looking at proceses but none of them are running ??? what the hell is going on here ?

[DEAD MEAT]

When was the last time you checked for updates?
See if there are any drivers that are out of date.
Also if this is something new, has any been recently updated? Maybe try rolling it back to your previous version.
Generally speaking when I experience an overlay or handshake issue with a STEAM game ... it's the third parties software.
And as always ...
Verify the game files.
For this particular game maybe try this ...
(on the directory your install is)
GO>
SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Assassins Creed Odyssey\Installer_Resources
Then run the
UPlayinstaller.exe
Do a fresh install of that, responding to any prompts if any.

[nobrien]

i tryed to do some of those things you mention but cant while a game is running, i chcked the task manager details tab and it says its running but has been disabled , you mean my hard ware drivers ? or steam and ubi updates ect ? also on this occasion im pretty sure it aint ubi as i have 0 love for those incompetent fools and the shoddy practices they use but this is all down to steam not able to close the game after a crash i think .

EDIT: also i have only had this problem with steam and origin launcher after a game crashed without any error and was unable close the process normally , and thanks to you sir for trying to help :}

[DEAD MEAT]

If the game is perpetually running whenever STEAM is try shutting down STEAM.
(verifying game file usually is as good as a re-install)
But to gain control of my machine I'd uninstall any software run amuck, then reinstall the Frankenstein.
Disable any windows cloud backups it may be attempting, if you use their cloud.
If it tries to take over anything else in the house unplug the Computer and get an old Priest and a young Priest.

[nobrien]

well been trying for 3 days to figure out what could be the prob , cant delete any folder or item in a game that is running so im unable to try those things , the task manager was not use able as wont shut down the process in details all ways failed to obey the command,

and now i log in steam after a windows update and couldnt find the ac ody exe in the task manager details so it seems to be working now dont know if the update had anything to do with it lol .

EDIT: wow 800+ files didnt download and are being downloaded now, i forget if this version of AC has the new game + or was that not supplied by ubi and had to be modded thats the only thing i can think of as playing a new char with the massive grind just for the diff needs for upgrading everything was way too much and id never start a fresh game again i mean i finished game twice both chars 1 play through and it is just a massive chore lol.

[nobrien]

ok my bad i forgot to mention a detail , the game dont crash while playing its only when trying to shut down the game to desktop that it hangs does that mean anything to anyone ?? i can exit too main menu all day but when i try to exit to desktop it hangs up and wont stop running.

[Dorok]

Originally posted by nobrien:

ok my bad i forgot to mention a detail , the game dont crash while playing its only when trying to shut down the game to desktop that it hangs does that mean anything to anyone ?? i can exit too main menu all day but when i try to exit to desktop it hangs up and wont stop running.

I have the same problem with Fallout New Vegas after have add multiple mods, I gave up try fix that, and just exit to main menu and use the task manager to quit the game, problem solved.

[nobrien]

yea ive had this issiue b4 with other games too but that doent work for me for this game because the task manager does shut down or kill the game but then its gone however in steam the game is still running when i restart later to play again ect,
in task manager details tab it still shows the ac odysy exe running but stopped and cant kill it because not autherized to do that or some such, :{

[Dorok]

Auth problems can be rather weird in Windows even with an admin account, I have no hint for that, each time I saw some it's like Microsoft achieved invent new Auth problems.

[Sam]

I had the same thing, nothing would shut it down, even restarting the computer.
Here is the solution. Makes no sense to me, but it works, also, next time you quit the game, instead of quitting to desktop go to main menu first and then quit from there.
Anyway, try this:
To disable fast startup on Windows 11, use these steps: Open Control Panel. Click on Hardware and Sound.
...

Click the "Change settings that are currently unavailable" option.
Under the "Shutdown settings" section, check the "Turn on fast startup" option.
Click the Save changes button.

Restart your computer and it will no longer run.

[Gregory_Sallust.]

I'm also getting an issue with the game still running on Steam after exiting the game via Ubisoft Conect. It has to be forced closed with Ubisoft but continues to run on Steam.
Stopping the game on Steam just results in the game saying it's stopping but it doesn't do so.
Trying to bring up the Task manager no go. Doing a computer restart just freezes the computer forcing a hard reset.
Update: I tried your solution 'Sam' and turned off fast boot. This so far seemed to have worked on a quick trial. Will spend a few hours tomorrow and see if it still works.
Update: I have no idea what's going on but seems that the issue remains but one thing to note is if I play for say two hours save the game then exit then the sync seems to work ok but if playing for more than a few hours then you get the problem with Connect not syncing, refusing to stop running in Steam and the only way out is a hard reset. So yeah it's still an issue.

[Ubi-Orion]

Hey there folks.

I'm glad to hear disabling fast boot seems to do the trick for this issue. We'll continue to monitor the thread and if these steps haven't worked for anyone else please let us know.

Thanks!

- Ubisoft Support

[MilneCat]

I am having the same issue on Win10. Note that ACOdyssey.exe does not show up in Task Manager under apps, but it DOES show in Details tab, and trying to stop it fails, and having it running is blocking uninstall/reinstall. Even changing the filename ACOdyssey.exe to another extension (like ACOdyssey.exe.DONOTRUN) does NOT stop it from running on reboot.

Knowing not to exit to desktop is great to avoid getting there, but the only way I've been able to get out of the loop of "already running" is:

1) Run MSConfig
2) flag the system for Selective startup (e.g. Safe Mode)
3) Reboot
4) Delete ACOdyssey.exe
5) Run MSConfig
6) Change back to Normal Startup
7) Reboot
8) In Steam Library, verify local files (will redownload ACOdyssey.exe)
9) Run Game
10) Never, ever, EVER try to Exit to Desktop again

[nobrien]

ubisoft is terrible at doing code it seems , 90% of all my probs have been with ubi games not working properly and when it comes to their older games its even worse because they clearly dont know how to manage their own systems, thats most obvious in the support part,

if i had a dollar for every time they treated me like a criminal because they cant fix their own issiues and you need to get a crack just so you can play the games you paid for and that is me being polite :}

i have had to make sooooooo many new accounts with ubi just to be able to play the games that i buy thru their store, they cant even fix probs there im not poor but im not going to buy a new phone and get a new number every time i mean who in their right mind would design a system like that ?? lmao lmfao .

[76561198885856812]

Hello MilneCat,

Thank you for the update and I'm sorry to hear about your experience.

If the issue persists, could you please contact our team on our {LINK REMOVED} Support Site?
Please attach both of the following system files:

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It will help our Customer Support team to investigate this further for you. If you have any additional questions, please let us know.

- Ubisoft Support

[freezer2k2]

I am facing the same issue. The game won't stop running when trying to quit after a "longer" session, with the only way out being a hard shutown. Short sessions seem to not cause any problem. I cannot actually define what "longer session" means exactly. I have raised a case with Ubisoft Support as instructed here. Will let you know about the outcome.

A quick question for those that are also having this issue, do you by any chance run on hardware with RGB effects? I have read that it may cause issues in general. Though, this is the only issue I am having at all, in any game, so I duuno..