Assassin's Creed Revelations

Assassin's Creed Revelations

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Accessing Desmond's Journey and The Lost Archive Post Update
By Vitharr
The update that removed multiplayer from the game also gutted the files required for accessing both Desmond's Journey and The Lost Archive DLC, resulting in users being stuck in an infinite loading screen when attempting to access this content. This guide will be step-by-step instructions on how to regain access to these parts of the game, by down-patching to an older version of the game. All steps were done on Windows, so you may need to follow different files paths if you are running Mac or Linux.
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Getting Started
The first thing you will need to do is enable Steam Console. Make sure Steam is open, and then press the Win Key + R Key. A search bar should appear, and you will want to enter the command:
steam://nav/console
Accessing Desmond's Journey
With Steam Console now open, enter the following command:
download_depot 201870 201871 3788743185036498953

You should get confirmation that the files are downloading. Once you get confirmation that the download is complete, which may take a while, you are going to want to navigate to where they were downloaded.

You will find the files in your Steam library, under:
SteamLibrary\steamapps\content\app_201870\depot_201871


Now you are going to copy all of the files in this folder, and paste them into your game's library, under:
SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Assassin's Creed Revelations

Overwrite any files, if prompted.
Now you are going to copy all of the files in this folder, and paste them into your game's library, under:
SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Assassin's Creed Revelations

Overwrite any files, if prompted.
Accessing The Lost Archive DLC
This section is only relevant if you own The Lost Archive DLC. You can skip this, if you do not.
First, you must complete the previous section for down-patching the main game. Once you have done that, go back to the Steam Console and enter:
download_depot 201870 201882 6947412385247558407

Wait for the confirmation that the download is complete, and then navigate to the download location:
SteamLibrary\steamapps\content\app_201870\depot_201882

Once again, you are going to want to copy all of the files in this folder, and place them into your game's library. Overwrite any files, if prompted.
Final Steps
The last thing we must now do is delete systemdetection.dll, which is located in your game's library. This file is known to cause many issues on modern systems, and, for me, caused textures to constantly flicker. There are no down-sides to deleting it, as far as I'm aware.
Now you should be able to boot up your game, no problem. It is perfectly safe to launch this game through Steam, whilst on-line, as well as logging into Ubisoftconnect. You will even be able to unlock achievements, still. The only thing to be aware of, is if Ubisoft does update the game, you will likely have to go through this entire process, again. Hopefully, though, that update will fix the issue this guide was made to address.

EDIT: Some folks in the comments are saying verifying files after this final step helps. Whilst I have not tested that, if you have any issues, that's probably not a bad place to start.
304 Comments
Claster 9 Jul @ 12:17pm 
@puddlemonster14 I have the same problem as you, but unlike you, I chose the path of the thief :crashbcoot: . Have you managed to solve it in any way?
puddlemonster14 1 Jul @ 11:28pm 
@vitharr yes- when i bought the link from humble bundle it linked to my ubisoft account and shows its claimed to my ubisoft account but no product indicating "gold" shows up. i contacted humble support about it with no response yet. but the google link of the dlc did work in place of the depot download.
baxmar03 1 Jul @ 3:45am 
May your pillow be always cold from both sides and your phone charged to 100%:steamthumbsup:
Vitharr  [author] 1 Jul @ 2:54am 
You may own a Ubisoft store version of the game/DLC. Are you positive the key(s) you have are for the Steam version?
puddlemonster14 1 Jul @ 12:42am 
when i try to download the Lost Archive Depot it says:
"Depot download failed : missing license for depot (No subscription) "
I never previously owned the DLC on steam. i tried to be legit and download it by using humble bundle but even with linking my Ubisoft account and seemingly redeeming the keys- gold edition is NOT found in my ubisoft account.

Im sick of publishers like ubisoft telling us what we should play- let me play what i want damn it- or if you dont want to support it- let the community love it in a way you dont FFS.

anyway- it doesnt look like i get to do this legit at all so we sail the high seas gents. im gonna replace the depot with a little google drive download link i found and substitute it for that step.
Maximus Decimus Meridius 16 Jun @ 1:55pm 
I fixed it, if anyone will ever has the same problem set ur graphics as low/off as possible (including resolution), only keeping vsync or whatever it is called on and returning it to the state u wish after finishing that one exact mission game was crashing on
Maximus Decimus Meridius 16 Jun @ 10:55am 
it starts new session but wont continue from where it had kicked me, i had no issues in older assassins games and after this tutorial i have in this one, maybe it is js a coincidence, can u help me?
Maximus Decimus Meridius 16 Jun @ 10:33am 
i have successfuly completed first two desmond journey but after that when i continued playing story game just switches off, i played for maybe a half an hour after finishing first two desmond journey mission, what should i do?
MelancholiaaEX 13 Jun @ 8:12pm 
works on linux/steamdeck

to find the console on linux just use "steam steam://nav/console" on your terminal

game files are in "~/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Assassin's Creed Revelations/"

for me the depot downloaded into "~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content/app_201870/depot_201871/"

idk why it says ubuntu I did this on arch (btw), prob a proton thing
KefSeW 2 Jun @ 2:31pm 
when i try downloading it says file locked