With the first episode of Assassin's Creed 3's alternate history DLC, The Tyranny of King Washington, just a few days away, Ubisoft has released a patch to ensure that everyone's playthrough is as smooth as possible.
As posted by CVG, you can check out the full patch notes below:
Full patch notes:
Single player sequence
- Fixed a potential crash in mission "Bridewell Prison" when trying to skip cinematic with Mason.
Bug fix
- Fixed a bug preventing the creation of new Uplay accounts
- Removed the ability to hide pivots during pass-throughs and cinematics
DLC preparation
- Added support for "Tyranny of King Washington: The Infamy"
- Fixed potential game data corruption when a DLC download ends while the player is in-game.
Multiplayer modes
- In Wolfpack, a target doesn't remain stuck on the ground if the player hosting the game leaves while another player is joining at the same time.
- In Wolfpack, some targets that were not visible to players under certain conditions can now be seen correctly.
- In Wolfpack, the radar is not broken under certain conditions anymore.
- In Artifact Assault, Team members can now correctly score when the initial artifact carrier gets killed under certain conditions.
- In Deathmatch, players no longer have lookalikes NPCs unless they use abilities that create lookalikes.
- In Deathmatch, the game no longer crashes in the New York brewery map for a player who used a Decoy while hiding in a group.
- Some players are no longer stuck in rematch after completing a Simple Deathmatch session on the Saint Pierre map.
Ladders
- Some ladder issues when players left a session during the first minute have been corrected.
- Ladders now update properly upon a full group kick.
Graphical glitches
- The Independent's hair when she wears the Wild Cat costume now displays correctly.
- The Strong Man's white costume, alternative costume and warrior costume now display properly when hiding in a group.
Platform specific
- On Xbox 360, the Uplay icon and unlock conditions for unlockables redeemed via Uplay have been restored.
- Loyalty unlocks are now available on PC.
Miscellaneous
- Character customization is no longer reset under certain conditions.
- The Wipe ability now correctly works from a distance.
- The timer now properly starts and players can interact with each other prior to the host getting into the session.
- Sound will properly keep playing when trying to watch a video under certain conditions.
- An error message now displays when players attempt to watch DLC videos without having the DLC installed.
- Chasebreakers in the Animus Core map now correctly reopen for team mates.Players are no longer stuck on leaving game session screen under certain circumstances.
- When you create a group in a private game, that group now stays the same through different sessions.
King Washington explores what Connor's story would play out if, when the American army defeated the British, George Washington took the victory as an opportunity to crown himself King of the United States. Since it's an Assassin's Creed story, it looks like Washington's motivations have been influenced by a piece of eden.
In this version of the story, Connor never got involved with the Assassins or the war: Ratonhnhaké:ton, "must endure new trials, acquiring the skills he'll need to take down a possessed Washington and win freedom for his land once and for all," according to Ubisoft.
The first chapter of the DLC, The Infamy, arrives on Xbox 360 and PC February 19th, and PlayStation 3 the following day. All three episodes of the DLC will be available through the Assassin's Creed 3 Season Pass, or gamers can grab each episode individually for 800 for $9.99 or 800 Microsoft points.
