Hello everyone! Great game, I'm hoping to find some answers to my troubles here...
I've been able to play the game with no problem at all up to a certain point. I've just done the last assassination (graveyard, fake robert), and the problems started on my way to Arsuf. Every 16-18 or so seconds the game freezes for a small amount of time, around 10 seconds. It's as if the game is loading something.. The freezes happen every time I kill a guard/soldier, or if they 'detect' me (blur), it freezes on almost every 'interaction' with the world.
I've updated to 1.02, tried reducing all graphic options, installed new Forceware drivers, even re-installed the game; I still have the same 'temperorary' freezing problems, even at the start of the game! Note: haven't changed/installed anything lately besides SP3..
Pc: 3Ghz E8400 8800 GTS 512 2Gb Ram G.Skill Asus P5k premium Samsung F1 750Gb
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------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ DirectX Files Tab: No problems found. Display Tab 1: No problems found. Display Tab 2: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Music Tab: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. Network Tab: No problems found.
Name: Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E&SUBSYS_82771043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&D8 Driver: C:\WINDOWS\system32\DRIVERS\hdaudbus.sys, 5.10.0001.5013 (English), 4/13/2008 18:36:05, 144384 bytes
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Hi. Check if you have the latest BIOS version supporting the brandnew 8400, on this page.
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Version 0612 2008/04/18 update
Description P5K Premium/WiFi-AP BIOS 0612 Improve ATAPI CD-ROM's compatibility with EZ-Flash. Support new CPUs. Please refer to our website at: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx. Add [7 DRAM Clocks] in [CAS# Latency] option. Add some items for [REF Cycle Time]. Enable better support for FSB1600/DDR-1200 combination. Enable CPR support for CPU Ratio control. Fix C1E, TM and EIST can't be disabled issue. Add option [60 DRAM Clocks] into [REF Cycle Time] setup item. Fix when using Conroe 3.0GHz CPU with FSB1333MHz the system may not resume from S3.
I removed every file that I could find related to Assassins Creed before reinstalling, and it still doesn't work. Installed latest nVidia drivers and DirectX, no difference. It's weird how it even 'freezes' temporarily in the menu... :/
It's quite annoying how you buy a game and can't even play it due to bugs. I've wandered around and encountered multiple people, including friends of mine who have the same problem; temporary freezes in the game when something 'actively' happens, ie and assassination, jumping on a horse, you getting detected by guards, etc..
After multiple re-installs, driver and directX changes and even trying different pc's and asking on forums, it seems no-one has an answer or solution!
For anyone else having the same problems --> See above topic. Disable your network and the game should run fine. For anyone else having the same problems --> See above topic. Disable your network and the game should run fine.