Ubisoft Assassin's Creed Director's Cut Edition User Manual

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Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1. CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.1 Animus Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.2 Standard Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.3 Contextual Puppeteering Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. HEADS-UP DISPLAY (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.1 Synchronisation Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.2 Abstergo Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.3 GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.4 Control HUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5 Chase Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.6 Cinematic Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.7 Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3. INTERACTION LOOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.1 Ancestor’s Social Status and Indicator . . . . . . 10

3.2 Soldiers’ Awareness Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4. OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.1 Assassinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.2 View Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.3 Investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4.4 Save Citizens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.5 Templars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4.6 Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5. GAME STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6. MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6.1 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6.2 In the Animus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

TECHNICAL SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

GETTING STARTED

Installation

Installing Assassin’s Creed

To install Assassin’s Creed, follow these simple steps:

1. Insert the Assassin’s Creed Installation DVD into your DVD-ROM drive. The Autorun
menu should appear. If it does not, browse your DVD drive and double-click on the
Autorun.exe fi le.

2. Click the Install button. The installation wizard will walk you through the setup and
installation process for the game

3. After installing the game, select Ubisoft/Assassin’s Creed/Play Assassin’s Creed

from your Start menu or double-click the Assassin’s Creed shortcut on your desktop
(if you selected to have one created during installation. On Vista, you’ll fi nd the
shortcut in the Game Explorer). Doing either of these starts the game.

Uninstalling Assassin’s Creed

To uninstall Assassin’s Creed, follow these simple steps:

1. Insert the Assassin’s Creed Installation DVD into your DVD-ROM drive. The Autorun
menu should appear.

2. When the Autorun menu appears, click on the Uninstall button. This will automatically
uninstall all components of Assassin’s Creed.

07/09/12
From: Lucy Stillman
To: Dr. Warren Vidic
Subject: Re: Animus Functionality & New Subject
Attachments: Animus Control & Feedback.txt

Warren,
As requested the other day in our weekly meeting, I’ve begun preparing the

fi les on our new subject, #17 Desmond Miles, and his ancestor Altaïr (born
circa 1165 – date of death unknown).

Please fi nd attached my fi rst draft of the animus control & feedback
system for the board presentation next week. Feel free to make comments
or suggestions.

Cheers,
Lucy.

Subject #17

Desmond Miles
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6’
Blood Type: A+
Nationality: U.S.
Psychological traits: Independent, introverted and defensive. Desmond has trouble
trusting others. His parents were incredibly overprotective, essentially imprisoning him
within their community, swearing it was for his own good. He has spent the past nine
years avoiding large cities, hiding from civilisation. He guards his thoughts and emotions
behind a wall of cynicism.
He might be a little diffi cult to work with. – Lucy

Ancestor for this treatment:

Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad (“Son of None”)
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6’
Nationality: Unknown
Year: 1191
Months for Study: July – August – September
Personal History: Little is known of Altaïr and the assassins for whom he worked.
Psychological Traits: Disciplined, focused, bold.

1. CONTROLS

Forward

Backward

Left

Right

High Profi le Right Click
Weapon Hand Action Left Click
Free Hand Action Left Shift
Head Action

Leg Action

Target Lock

Throwing Knives

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Z

f
1

Hidden Blade

Sword

Fists

Chase Camera

Centre Camera

Map

Pause

NOTE: THE DEFAULT CONTROLS CAN BE
RE-MAPPED IN THE OPTIONS MENU FOR
PLAY WITH A 5 BUTTON MOUSE, A GAME­PAD, OR ONLY THE KEYBOARD

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