Assassin's Creed Unity’s imminent Patch Three will introduce fixes for gameplay bugs, matchmaking, non-playable character bugs, stability and more, according to the Live Updates blog.

While Ubisoft notes that the list of specific fixes is not yet final, the following problematic areas will be the focus of the larger patch:

Gameplay: this includes bugs like Arno getting stuck on certain areas of the map (including a few more hay carts), problems with getting into/out of cover, character animation bugs, and general camera problems

this includes bugs like Arno getting stuck on certain areas of the map (including a few more hay carts), problems with getting into/out of cover, character animation bugs, and general camera problems AI & Crowd: in this category are problems with NPC animations, crowd events, and crowd stations, NPC navigation issues, as well as bugs related to NPCs detecting Arno’s activities in various situations

in this category are problems with NPC animations, crowd events, and crowd stations, NPC navigation issues, as well as bugs related to NPCs detecting Arno’s activities in various situations Matchmaking & Connectivity: this covers a number of issues related to co-op play, including bugs with joining games in-progress and problems that happen during host migration

this covers a number of issues related to co-op play, including bugs with joining games in-progress and problems that happen during host migration Menus & HUD: fixes in this category will address missing details in certain menus, problems with some of the mission objective and co-op update pop-ups, localization inconsistencies, as well as some of the issues with menus and pop-ups overlapping each other

fixes in this category will address missing details in certain menus, problems with some of the mission objective and co-op update pop-ups, localization inconsistencies, as well as some of the issues with menus and pop-ups overlapping each other General Stability: this includes fixes for a number of crash situations we've identified in both campaign and co-op modes.

Patch Two rolled out to PlayStation 4 and PC versions of the title and is currently being finalized for release on Xbox One. Patch Two addressed Arno falling through the ground, crashing when joining a co-op session, Arno getting caught inside of hay carts and a delay in reaching the main menu screen at game start.

Patch Two for the troubled PC version introduced a number of additional fixes, including graphical problems. This includes flickering issues with nVidia SLI and AMD CrossFire configurations, improved performance in cinematic mode on low HW configurations and more.

Ubisoft also recently deployed a patch to fix issues with purchasing and receiving Helix Credits for PlayStation 4 users and a fix is expected for Xbox One and PC versions. The company plans to address other problems in future updates, including issues with frame rate, graphical and collision, matchmaking co-op and more. You can see the full rundown of known issues Ubisoft is working to address on the Ubisoft forums.

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