A couple of weeks ago Assassin's Creed Unity launched on consoles. Much to the gaming communities distaste, a myriad of technical problems are plaguing the game at the moment. We've got word from Ubisoft on the many fixes and tweaks that they'll be issuing in a huge patch tomorrow.
Going into Patch #3, players should see significant improvements to the framerate, as well as other bugs addressed. Be forewarned that further framerate issues will be touched upon in future patches already in the works), just in-case you still see some surfacing. Additionally, many multiplayer bugs have been fixed, so things on that front should be at least a little better. The first console to receive Patch 3 will be the PS4, releasing tomorrow November 26th. Both the Xbox One and PC will receive their patches later on this week, though no specific date has been announced as of yesterday.
This is a very, VERY long list, featuring over 300 separate items that were fixed. Anything that Ubisoft left out, please go and let them know in their forums here:
Stability & Performance
Fixed numerous random crashes for both on Campaign and Co-op (90+ various low reproduced crashes)Fixed specific framerate drops Improved general Framerate on PS4 by lowering the priority of the online services thread Fixed FPS drops while Arno climbs on the RHP building of Palais de Justice Fixed FPS drops when in climbing and pressing the Left Stick towards somewhere that is not climbable in certain areas Fixed FPS drops in Sainte Chapelle
Gameplay (navigation, fight, stealth)
Fixed haystack issues where the player can stay stuck in it. Specific fixed instances of this are listed below: [Saint-Louis] Arno is stuck in the haystack near the bridge near the Assassin HQ. [Mission: HEADS WILL ROLL] Arno remains stuck if they hide in the haystack that is located in the area with "Kill the Templars 0/3" objective. [Les Invalides] Arno gets stuck and is unable to exit the indicated haystack cart [Cité] Arno remains stuck in a haystack near the Notre Dame
Fixed Cover issues Fixed an issue where Arno could not peek while in cover and standing. Fixed an issue where the incorrect Cover Assassination animation is played when pressing RT+X (Or Square) when an NPC is close enough to perform a Low Profile Assassination. Fixed an issue with right facing cover quick drop animation.
Fixed various camera issues Camera will occasionally focus on nothing when performing a High Profile Cover Assassination.
Fixed animation issues High Profile stop animation plays when walking then stopping in an indoor area. High Profile start animation repeats when starting to move while in Stealth Navigation in a specific type of building. Arno will not enter incapacitated stance if dying while in customization menu Arno performs a Wall Eject in the wrong direction at the bottom of ladders. Arno doesn't enter V-Shape properly from Defenestrate onto the V-Shape's side. Arno will remain in a running animation for several second after jumping from a collision to another Climbing up angled edges is very slow. Arno performs CornerTurns instead of climbing regularly when going to the left on rounded structures. Beam Low Profile Step is too fast over greater distances in between beams. Arno goes past the edge of cover when Peeking up then moving backwards at a certain distance away from the edge of the cover. Arno can play the upper body animation of not having any grenades while climbing up
Fixed some Booster issues Activating a booster during a mission and restarting the memory will stop the booster and give it back to the player Inconsistency between the number of boosts selected and the number displayed in the buy widget after redeeming a boost uplay reward. Arno will teleport when descending from Fences and Walls The Stealth Boost counter does not work properly. Climb to Hang corner transition isn't always smooth.
AI & Crowd
Fixed various detection issues NPCs can remain stuck in their bomb attack aim behavior which causes all other NPCs to stop attacking If the LOS is lost during a major scold with guard post NPC they will go to the LKP instead of staying in position. [Mission: The Chemical Revolution] Two aggressors inside the house are invulnerable on any of Arno's actions Guards can be stuck in a detection loop and never attack the player
Fixed various crowd stations issues [Ventre de Paris][Hotel de Ville] Crowd NPC can be found spawning inside a prop. [Quartier Latin][Luxembourg] After the user shoots towards some NPC that are sitting on some boxes, one of them can get into the wall [Louvres][Tuileries] Some NPCs on the bridge between Tuilreies and Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin are not scared if Arno draws his sword [Louvre][Feydeau] Missing chair from the NPC Station near a building [Ventre de Paris][Porte-Saint-Denis] The npc's standing on chairs at the indicated house interior are fleeing into the props when Arno scares them Character model issue in a crowdlife station. When remaining idle in the game for multiple hours, player will see crowd floating in the Air. Horse carts fall through world when moving 115m+ away from them [Louvre - Tuileries][Crowdlife] Some people from the crowd are spawned in the ground Low Rez crowd can be seen when walking in the Street
Matchmaking, Connectivity & Replication
Fixed various host migration issues Performing a Host Migration while the users are on the AMD screen will split up the TOY The former host of a session receives the "Connection failed" error after being invited back into the mission by the new host Quit group option is not available after a TOY party leader starts a private session while the rest of the party is still on AMD screen
Fixed join-in-progress issues When joining a coop from an existing group, the client of that group being from [Le roi est mort] mission, and then leaving the mission, he can no longer move the camera when going back in his single player mission [Mission: LES ENRAGÉS] Impossible to interact with Quest NPC once a Join n progress is done at the start of ACT2 A client that joins a private session while in another private session has three loading screens Join in progress Ghost does not spawn while the user is in Versailles The gear rewards from a full completed mission will disappear after the user JIP and returns to free roam One of the clients remains on loading screen and the other remaining players do not have an objective , after joining a toy session and starting mission ANCIENT HISTORY from progress tracker. [Mission: POLITICAL PERSECUTION][Act 1] The objective remained stuck after a JIP occurred during act 1 [Mission: WOMEN'S MARCH][Act3] - The last objective will not update if a join in progress is performed as the users interact with the cannons
Fixed various replication issues between host and clients [Mission: THE TOURNAMENT][Act 2]The arena reinforcements are not replicated for the clients [Crowd] Sometime the Dead Replica Body will remain in a Stand up position [Mission: WOMEN'S MARCH][Replication]After failing the mission some clients may see Theroigne and her ally walking backwards [Mission: THE FOOD CHAIN] Theroigne is seen moving backwards as the host [Mission: ANCIENT HISTORY ] One of the clients was replicated as far away until they moved when first spawning in the mission [Mission: ROYALS, GUNS AND MONEY] After interacting with a door, the client lost his eagle vision and the door replicated as closed for him and opened for everyone else Player sees his teammate get up before unspawning Simultaneously interacting with locked doors/chests lit by Eagle Vision causes the object to become unresponsive and Eagle Vision to lose its functionality If multiple players revive someone at the same time, he will either stay dead, or be displayed as dead on every screen but his own, or he will not be able to be revived and will be stuck dead. [Mission: MOVING MIRABEAU] The Client and his actions are invisible to the Host after the Client performs a JIP when the Host opens the Crypt Gate. [Mission: THE FOOD CHAIN] One of the NPCs spawns only for one of the Clients causing Theroigne to remain stuck [Mission: HEADS WILL ROLL][ACT 1] The mission objective will disappear for the Host if he interacts with the chest objective in Act 1 Enemy AI do not attack after starting [Mission: WOMEN'S MARCH] in 4 player toy session for a second time after completing the mission the first time [Mission: THE TOURNAMENT] Replication and lag issues can be observed between players during combat Replica sees the master in an intermittent animation while the master is aiming the gun and looking around Friend widget displays wrong user after starting a second COOP session
Fixed various issues in the My Club menu All members except the user will appear unavailable, even though they are online, as long as there are only 4 members in the club (creator included). Same club objective will appear for all the club challenges when a save is performed
Menus and HUD
Fixed Mission objectives & updates issues The Average Mission/Member count doesn't display the correct numbers [Mission: THE ESTATES GENERAL] Permanent hint will be displayed above Arno (until reaching the next objective) if the user will descend from the top of the RHP instead of leaping in the hay stack. After completing the game, the Francois-Thomas Germain AFS will pop up after every desync Unspent Sync Points notification pops up too often
Fixed issues in customization menu After buying the "Master Sans-Culottes Belt" the user will notice that upgrading costs 31250 creed points instead of 5000 Arno's Original pieces of gear can no longer be equiped if the user equips other gear during SQ03M05 A specific weapon reward cannot be equipped and it doesn't have any image or animation There needs to be a flag to illustrate what is new when you receive a gear or weapon in the menu
Fixed some localization inconsistencies in the menus Inconsistencies can be noticed on several languages, regarding the trophy description for "Hydrogen Bonded" and "Fraternité!" Placeholder text is displayed on the map when the user is not signed in with any SEN account. [Boot up sequence] Message is displayed in the wrong language when booting the game in Spanish. [Villa-Arno's Room] Button incompletely displayed to access the Progress Tracker in certain languages Typo in Wall Eject causes mistranslation
Fixed some Credits issues Missing dates of first publication in the LIBTESS section of the credits Several spacing errors are present in the credits
Mission tweaks (campaign, coop & side content)
Fixed various NPC navigation issues [Mission: IMPRISONED] Bellec can remain stuck if the user stays in front and on the same path [Mission: A FISTFUL OF DUELERS] After killing the 4th duelist, the second enemy from that location remains stuck - does not attack.
Fixed inconsistencies in some missions [Mission: TALL, DARK STRANGERS] Lenormand's Clone present on the location where the mission was previously failed [Mission: HIGH SOCIETY] NPCs can be seen before the cinematic, in the courtyard where De La Serre is assassinated [Mission: HEADS WILL ROLL ] Missing shopkeeper NPC from the area where templars targets are spawned [Mission: CONFRONTATION] The cinematic doesn't trigger if the user does not activate "Eagle Pulse" when reaches Saint Chapelle [Mission: À LA LANTERNE!] The third wave of aggressors does not attack the duchess [Companion] An Ambush mission will randomly finish when reaching the target defend area without having done anything [Mission: WOMEN'S MARCH] After using the Progress Tracker to start LB020 for the second time in a 2 player toy session, the mission starts directly in ACT 3 Arno can get an indefinite amount of Creed Points if he headshots incapacitated targets [Mission: THE ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT] The player cannot interact with the letter in the Hotel for a few minutes [Mission: MOVING MIRABEAU][Act 2] The assassins have no collision with the hidden door in the catacombs when replaying the mission a second time [Mission: DANTON'S SACRIFICE ]The extremists will not prioritize Dalton's ally that spawns near the coaches and will behave inappropriate when players are around him [Mission: HEADS WILL ROLL ] Arno lost two assassin ranks after replaying RB030 and quitting the mission [Mission: CATACOMB RAIDER] Mission started with very low light level for the client [Mission: MARIANNE RETURNS HOME] After completing the practice objective, if the user runs (~20m) the NPC is despawned [Mission: The Estates General] After failing to get in the Hotel des Menus Plaisirs, after you are respawned - the crowd life near the carriage is missing - thus the mission cannot be completed on the normal path. The SQ03 /SQ04 trophy is unlocked completing the first mode mission of SQ03M020 / SQ04M020 [Mission: THE INFERNAL MACHINE] The objective "Kill the Royalist Leader" is not checked (completed) after the users kill the Royalist Leader. [Mission: IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM] Player cannot use HP potion inside the Luxembourg Museum.
World & 3D
Progression & Difficulty
PC-Specific