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[SlasherJPC]

The patch notes were posted on the Ubisoft forums if you're interested in seeing them. It contains bug fixes for certain missions, so there are some minor spoilers:

Assassin's Creed 3 day one patch notes.

I can't get to this site from work, can someone post them in here please?

 

[Onionkid]

I can't get to this site from work, can someone post them in here please?

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Bug Fix
- Animus Synching tutorial, fixed an issue where the player could think he's stuck in an infinite loading when getting to Boston after the end credits
- Fixed a bug where counter-killing with the bow does not always work
- NPCs spawned too far away could end up being of the wrong type
- Camera could remain stuck after the player being respawned
- Player could remain stuck after diving from a waterfall
- Player could remain stuck if he exits a slopped hay stack at a certain angle
- player would always get immediately detected when performing an unarmed stealth assassination in another guard's back
- Under rare circumstances, the crowd would stop spawning
- Fixed an animation glitch when interrupting the reception from high profile jump
- Fixed various occurrences of missing sounds
- In some cases, the Animus Database sound ambiance was not stopped when exiting
- Various stats and leaderboards were not showing up properly
- Online shop could sometimes appear empty if fetching the data from Xbox Live is taking too long
- Mission "RETURN TO ABSTERGO" - fixed a bug where the player would lose control over Desmond during a fight if he lures and kills some guards in the wrong area
- Mission "A DEADLY PERFORMANCE" - Mission would not continue if the player decides to climb the wall instead of using the ladder
- Mission "JOHNSON'S ERRAND" - fixed a bug where the game would remain stuck if the player runs during the black screen that occurs after exiting the tavern
- Mission "THE SURGEON" - Charles Lee could fall in the water and die while following the player, causing the mission to fail, if the player decides to take a certain path that involves jumping over the water
- Mission "THE SURGEON" - fixed a bug where we would show the desync effect if the player throws one of the target in the water, even though the mission is not really failed
- Mission "WELCOME TO BOSTON" - The courier side-quest next to the general store would not start properly
- Mission "EXECUTION IS EVERYTHING", fixed a bug where the mission would not continue if the NPCs you are eavesdropping react to a dead body
- Mission "THE BRADDOCK EXPEDITION" - Mission would not continue if the player kills all enemies in the camp, killing the required target last, without triggering open conflict
- Mission "FEATHERS AND TREES" - NPC's would not detect beams properly, preventing them from performing the trunk around move
- Mission "FEATHERS AND TREES" - Mission would not continue if the player doesn't follow the expected path
- Mission "HUNTING LESSONS" - Mission giver could not be there if the player goes away and comes back
- Mission "SOMETHING TO REMEMBER", fixed a bug where the screen could become all white or black for the remainder of the mission if the player set his brightness option to anything else than the default value
- Mission "ON JOHNSON'S TRAIL", fixed a bug that could cause the optional objective "Use powder kegs to destroy smuggled cargo" to not be saved properly if the player reloads during the mission
- Mission "THE TEA PARTY'' - Optional objective "Dump crates of tea in the water" could not be completed if the player threw all crates before having killed all guards
- Mission "THE MIDNIGHT RIDE" - Mission could not be completed if the player interacts with the delivery quest giver along the way
- Mission "BRIDEWELL PRISON", Player could remain stuck prison cells
- Mission "PUBLIC EXECUTION" - Crowd NPCs could be spawned in or walk through a cart during a cinematic
- Mission "SOMETHING ON THE SIDE" - Optional objective "Perform a successful static eavesdrop" could not be completed.
- Mission "MISSING SUPPLIES" - Optional objective "Do not hide in the hay cart while following the convoy" not being saved properly if the game is reloaded during second part of the mission


Crash Fix
- Possible crash that could happen if the player blends in a crowd group where some NPCs haven't spawned yet, and while blended performs a kill.
- Possible crash that could happen if the player triggered a loading while being in a covert escort formation with his brotherhood trainees
- Possble crash that could happen when calling a brotherhood trainee with the snipe ability


Naval Mission
- "OAK ISLAND" - Player could pass through the ground when diving into the cave
- "OAK ISLAND" - Wolves could stop attacking the player and remain stuck
- Possible crash if the player spams the swivel guns with the semi-automatic cheat enabled


Homestead
- Mission "HAPPY EXPECTATIONS" - Game could remain stuck on a white screen when starting the mission
- On the Homestead, fixed a bug where the player could remain stuck if he performs a corner pose on the left side of Norris' cave's entrance


Side Quest
- Brawler Challenges 3 - Task "Own every weapon available in the stores" would not complete when the player expects it to.
- Fort Monmouth and Fort Division - Quest objectives would fail too early without the fort resetting properly
- New York delivery mission - Game asked for a different item (deer heart) than what was showed to the player (venison)
- New York Liberation Missions - Possible that the game would wrongly display that 2 of the districts were completely liberated when it's not the case yet

 

[SlasherJPC]

Thanks Onion.

 

[Andrew.]

Holy Christ that's A LOT of day one fixes. Can you imagine if they just let all of this slide on by without fixing it for awhile? I mean I know Ubi isn't Bethesda, but come on...

I mean believe me, Im grateful for all of that to be fixed, but how could all of that NOT be fixed prior to release?

 

[Tadale]

Glad to see that a lot of issues are already being addressed, especially if the problems are as bad as people are making them out to be. Though usually a buggy game doesn't bother me so bad especially when it's in a big and ambitious game.

 

[ironcreed]

Holy Christ that's A LOT of day one fixes. Can you imagine if they just let all of this slide on by without fixing it for awhile? I mean I know Ubi isn't Bethesda, but come on...

A lot of day one fixes indeed, but I sure am glad it's all getting patched before I start getting into it. Like you said, they could have just let it go for awhile. At any rate, it's a rather big game and I am not surprised by there being some of these kinds of bugs.

 

[Wix]

patch notes

desmond spoilers, why did i read? ;_;

stupid, stupid

 

[Finn of Ooo]

So I have to wait a month for the pc version, guess I'll just borrow it from a friend. Thanks for making that decision easy ubi.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Most recent console games I've purchased seem to have day 1 updates. Developers usually don't tell us what they do though.

 

[Exile550]

Will the season pass be available for PC?

 

[Castcoder]

Most recent console games I've purchased seem to have day 1 updates. Developers usually don't tell us what they do though.

When Zelda needs a patch from Nintendo, you know the developers are slacking.

 

[iNvid02]

Will the season pass be available for PC?

yes, the digital deluxe edition has it included as well

 

[robotzombie]

Anyone have any last minute Newegg preorder coupons? I have a $10 off one, but I was hoping for one of the 12 or 15 ones...

 

[Exile550]

yes, the digital deluxe edition has it included as well

But only on the Ubisoft website it seems. They sell the deluxe edition at 89.99 while amazon has it at 64.99. The season pass might not be available on amazon or Ubisoft are greedy pigs..

 

[Tallshortman]

I'm generally okay with day 1 patches as long as it's not broken for people who don't connect their consoles to the internet.

 

[John Harker]

EDIT: Oh snap, looking over that patch list seems like it would fix a *ton* of things I've unfortunately been noticing in this game, especially the "Camera could remain stuck after the player being respawned" one. Man, on some of those boat escort missions where you couldn't let their health go under 50%, they'd end up almost totally dead before the damned game would even give me control back on occasion! Guess I need to log on for that! Awesome that they fixed all of this in a day-1 patch, not so awesome I suppose that something is THAT borked.

yah, that's why I'm wondering what "version" of the game reviews will be based on. That patch helps a fair amount. I could see 8s across the board in the "clean" version.

get the patch!

(thanks for posting the link to patch notes, btw)

 

[CrazyDude]

Why don't more developers release patch notes?

 

[iNvid02]

But only on the Ubisoft website it seems. They sell the deluxe edition at 89.99 while amazon has it at 64.99. The season pass might not be available on amazon or Ubisoft are greedy pigs..

the price increase and extra content for the deluxe edition are recent, amazon need to update their listing i guess.

yeah so greedy....

"Dear Assassin,

Thank you for pre-ordering Assassin's Creed® III Deluxe Edition on UBIShop!

Due to the recent inclusion of additional game content, we have increased the price of the Deluxe Edition to $79.99.

However, to thank you for your early pre-order of the game, we wanted to inform you that you will only be charged $64.99, and still be opt-in automatically to receive both original and newly added bonus content:

-Assassin's Creed® III Season Pass, with exclusive early access to the first downloadable content pack to be released.
-Four bonus single-player missions, adding over an hour of additional gameplay.
-A collection of 25 tracks from the official Assassin's Creed® III Soundtrack (MP3 files).
-George Washington's Notebook (PDF file).

There is nothing you need to do but prepare for hours of fun when the game releases on November 20."

 

[BobTheFork]

I love the framework of these games so much... It's the little things and hitches that always tick me off. The opening of this is really brilliant. I think I just wanted the new setting so much and for now it's really paying off. So far this game is great.

 

[Blimblim]

Amusing, I encountered quite a few of these bugs and was actually going to write about one in my review (the white screen one). I guess I'll mention it in passing.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Amusing, I encountered quite a few of these bugs and was actually going to write about one in my review (the white screen one). I guess I'll mention it in passing.

I only encountered one of these so far, but my biggest issue is still the pop in and draw in with the cities. Really not so noticable in the other enviroments but damnnn you can't NOT see it in the big cities with lots of people. The whole group of soldiers just popping in suddenly really takes me out of it sometimes.

 

[Vire]

Why don't more developers release patch notes?

EA did it for Medal of Honor I believe.

That seemed to work out well.

 

[Lé Blade Runner]

I still have to play through Brotherhood and Revelations before I get this. AC2 is still the best of the series for me ( although Brotherhood is really, really good too ).

 

[keltickennedy]

question for people who are playing the game. I finished all the hunting society missions. Where the hell are the Hunting Cabin's in the frontier?

 

[SlasherJPC]

question for people who are playing the game. I finished all the hunting society missions. Where the hell are the Hunting Cabin's in the frontier?

I have yet to find these either.

 

[infinityBCRT]

Because of the heavy rain tonight in the GTA I won't be able to get the game till tomorrow at 10am on 360.

I was thinking of picking up the digital version on PSN instead but I have a few questions:
1. What time (Eastern) will the PSN store update with AC3?
2. Can I pre-download it?
3. How long should I expect the download to take on a decent 5mbps connection? Anecdotally I hear PSN downloads can take a long time so it might not be worth it if I have to wait like 5 hours for it to download

 

[LastNac]

Someone let me know how the PS3 version stacks up to the 360's. I have all my other AC's on 360 but am swayed by the exclusive DLC and the fact that I need a new PS3, so the bundle would kill two birds with one stone.

 

[keltickennedy]

Because of the heavy rain tonight in the GTA I won't be able to get the game till tomorrow at 10am on 360.

I was thinking of picking up the digital version on PSN instead but I have a few questions:
1. What time (Eastern) will the PSN store update with AC3?
2. Can I pre-download it?
3. How long should I expect the download to take on a decent 5mbps connection? Anecdotally I hear PSN downloads can take a long time so it might not be worth it if I have to wait like 5 hours for it to download

Pretty long. I think the console versions are almost 16 GB. I would recommend having the PS3 hardwired because the wireless is SLLLLLOOOOOWWW.

BTW, Didn't someone find a work around for the PSN version simply by setting their consoles time back? Or did it have something to do with the Euro PSN?

 

[chickdigger802]

Does this game have 'corrupted data' meaning dlc story missions later?

I think they stopped doing that in revelations, but just asking anyhow.

 

[keltickennedy]

Does this game have 'corrupted data' meaning dlc story missions later?

I think they stopped doing that in revelations, but just asking anyhow.

I didn't notice it in the dna menu

 

[Onionkid]

Does this game have 'corrupted data' meaning dlc story missions later?

I think they stopped doing that in revelations, but just asking anyhow.

Don't think so, but I'm only a little over 2/3rds done so far. I'd be surprised if there wasn't story DLC though personally, but it isn't presented like that afaik.

 

[Mendrox]

Does this game have 'corrupted data' meaning dlc story missions later?

I think they stopped doing that in revelations, but just asking anyhow.

Yes George Washington DLC is coming

 

[SlasherJPC]

Yes George Washington DLC is coming

Yes but this is like a "what if" sort of DLC if everything I've read is correct.

 

[Derrick01]

So apparently the PC version has a more than solid shot at completely sucking.

I have no idea where to put it but those of you who are looking forward to AC 3 on PC better cancel your pre-order.
This is quite old (May 2012) but it confirms that Ubi Soft Kiev is in charge of the port.
Sure, Revelations may have been a decent one but those guys were behind the unspeakable Future Soldier on PC.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43746410&postcount=14035

 

[Blimblim]

I only encountered one of these so far, but my biggest issue is still the pop in and draw in with the cities. Really not so noticable in the other enviroments but damnnn you can't NOT see it in the big cities with lots of people. The whole group of soldiers just popping in suddenly really takes me out of it sometimes.

Yeah it can be pretty bad, the worst was the first time in NY, wow that was really something.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

A small but awesome detail in a mission (no spoiler story wise, but mission wise but I can't never be too sure):

Spoiler

In sequence 3 while the infiltrating the fort, one optional objective is not to kill anyone, but you can choke them!

That was missing in the last games.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Yeah it can be pretty bad, the worst was the first time in NY, wow that was really something.

Oh no it gets worse AHHHHHHH... that's really my main issue visually. Thankfully your out in the wilderness a good bit which I love!

 

[7he Talon]

Yes but this is like a "what if" sort of DLC if everything I've read is correct.

Yeah, it's a "alternate history" DLC. It has potential to be awesome.

 

[SlasherJPC]

Yeah, it's a "alternate history" DLC. It has potential to be awesome.

I'll give it this, the picture they show with George on it... he strikes me as "evil as fuck!" That damn look!

 

[TheOddOne]

Yeah it can be pretty bad, the worst was the first time in NY, wow that was really something.

Damn, past AC's on console had a pretty decent/great draw distance.

 

[Eideka]

So apparently the PC version has a more than solid shot at completely sucking.



http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43746410&postcount=14035

In another dimension I would have felt compelled to leave them the benefit of the doubt but the fact that AC 3 sports DX11 features + what happened with GR Future Soldier pretty much annihilates any hope of a good port.

Sure, it will look very good (Future Soldier does not disappoint graphics wise) but we won't be able to enjoy it no matter how powerful our rigs may be. And to make matter worse not only will the optimization suck but we can expect an unquantifiable amount of crashes as well.

I think we will need several PC Performance threads for that one.

 

[Blimblim]

Damn, past AC's on console had a pretty decent/great draw distance.

Draw distance is still there, it's the crowd that can be an issue from time to time. It's distracting visually, but not an issue otherwise.

 

[7he Talon]

I'll give it this, the picture they show with George on it... he strikes me as "evil as fuck!" That damn look!

Yeah, seeing as he declared himself King, I'd assume he'll be somewhat of a tyrant. Oddly, the DLC art reminds me of Fable 3.

 

[ekim]

The game is so beautiful in stereoscopic 3D.
Especially Boston in

Spoiler

snow.

General Question:

Spoiler

are there other cities and are they as big as Boston?

 

[clutch.as.it.gets.]

Draw distance is still there, it's the crowd that can be an issue from time to time. It's distracting visually, but not an issue otherwise.

You are playing the 360 version? Is the whole singleplayer on one disk or do you need both disks for the singleplayer?

 

[SlasherJPC]

You are playing the 360 version? Is the whole singleplayer on one disk or do you need both disks for the singleplayer?

One disc for singleplayer. One for Multi.

 

[Wix]

You are playing the 360 version? Is the whole singleplayer on one disk or do you need both disks for the singleplayer?

I don't have the game yet, but I can tell you that people on the AC forums have made it clear that there's one disc for SP and one for MP. You only need the SP disc to play SP.

 

[Raitosaito]

You are playing the 360 version? Is the whole singleplayer on one disk or do you need both disks for the singleplayer?

Single player is one disc

 

[Sillverrr]

Still in Boston, but the frame rate (PS3) is pretty bad here. Maybe I'm just sensitive to these things coming from the PC versions of most games, but several other high profile console releases maintain a more consistent 30 fps AND have better visuals. No tearing at least, but I feel I would have enjoyed it 10x more on PC (but couldn't wait).

Other than that, and the beginning NOT being what I expected, I can safely say it's Assassin's Creed all over again (which isn't a bad thing, but I bought into the hype of this being a superior engine/new gameplay).

Will put more time into it tomorrow as I love all the little historical details and overarching plot. If I persevere/steer clear of 60fps PC games in the meantime I'll adjust and enjoy it more. Worth playing just for Sean's sarcastic comments in the Animus database alone

 

[antikythera]

In another dimension I would have felt compelled to leave them the benefit of the doubt but the fact that AC 3 sports DX11 features + what happened with GR Future Soldier pretty much annihilates any hope of a good port.

Sure, it will look very good (Future Soldier does not disappoint graphics wise) but we won't be able to enjoy it no matter how powerful our rigs may be. And to make matter worse not only will the optimization suck but we can expect an unquantifiable amount of crashes as well.

I think we will need several PC Performance threads for that one.

My computer's not amazing, but it handles AC and other console ports fine. Future Soldier runs like shit even on low resolutions. A few months later they patched it and now it won't even start.