Montreal (Canada) – This should come as no surprise to TG Daily readers: Ubisoft has released the v1.02 patch for its Assassin's Creed tile. The patch removes support for DirectX 10.1.

In an article posted by our colleagues at Tech Report, Ubisoft tech lead Charles states that support for DirectX 10.1 was removed to increase the performance of the game. According to Beauchemin, there is no impact on visual quality. This somewhat contradicts previous statements, but, of course, you can draw your own conclusion.

Here is a list of fixes that is included with the 1.02 patch:

- Fixed a rare crash while riding the horse in Kingdom
- Fixed a corruption of Altair's robe on certain graphics hardware
- Cursor is now centered when accessing the Map
- Fixed a few problems with Alt-Tab
- Fixed a graphical bug in the final fight
- Fixed a few graphical problems with dead bodies
- Fixed pixellation with post-FX enabled on certain graphics hardware
- Fixed a small bug in the DNA Menu that would cause the image to disappear if the arrow was clicked rapidly
- Fixed some graphical corruption in Present Room with low Level Of Detail
- Character input is now cancelled if the controller is unplugged while moving
- Added support for x64 versions of Windows
- Fixed broken post-effects on DirectX 10.1 enabled cards

The removal of support for the DirectX 10.1 API is described as "fixed broken post-effects on DirectX 10.1 enabled cards." The patch also comes with a carrot that I personally have to take, as I am not running 32-bit Vista, only 64-bit versions.

Following our most recent article on this topic, some readers have voiced concerns of a possible bias against Nvidia, which actually prompts me to reveal that I am running both platforms and this game

on Core 2 machines with Nvidia hardware under 64-bit Vista. I do have to note that I have mixed feelings about the fact that I paid 50 Euro (about $75) for a game that is now removing a feature highlighted on the box and there is no specific date given when this feature will return.

Ubisoft did right to kill dx10.1

May 15, 2008 20:06     

Obviously, Ubisoft was right in removing this feature, as ordered by nVidia. nVidia is top dog in PC graphics, so leaving this inconvenient feature in would make it harder to remain so and reduce their performance margin (and hence that expensive price premium) where they remain top dog. You must remember that the wishes of the customer are irrelevent in such situations. Maximising company profit at all costs is what matters.

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Is'nt this dirty cricket?

May 15, 2008 22:04     

Isnt this anti competitive i know it wi still run on an ATI card but this is just obviously dodgy and bad for the PC gaming community in general.
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You know...

May 16, 2008 03:40     

Get a PS3 - no DX to worry about.
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Borisborf

May 16, 2008 03:51     

You are right no DX worry, but only "no good games" worry remains...
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@ You know...

May 16, 2008 03:58     

...exactly, you could spend your time much more productively with a PS3 arguing over the image quality in GTA IV vs X360 ;)
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If you can't make money selling games

May 16, 2008 07:34     

there really isn't any reason to keep the doors open. Ubisoft did the right thing.
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Lol... Look!

May 18, 2008 23:19     

Lol... Just look at all the votes... Clearly shows you what the truth is... I guess Ubisoft had its reasons for removing support for DX10.1, but to me that's just another good game loosing some points... I'll be looking forward to any games with DX10.1 support... For example GoW2... Perhaps even Crysis2... :-)I mean, jeez... Vista SP1 just came out too... And please excuse me for being blind to this, but doesn't Nvidia have DX10.1 cards out? Namely, the 9800x2's?

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Re: To all of you, actually...

Jun 23, 2008 11:40     

You see, whenever aomething happens that, for some underspecified reason, puts ATI down, EVERYONE tackles Nvidia... No, I don't agree with most of their policies, but just A SIMPLE VISIT TO GOOGLE would tell you that by an error in the game, when using DX_10.1 processing (by ATI cards) the game gives a 20% performance boost to ATI cards, owning Nvidia cards... WAIT! The point is: IT GETS THOSE 20% BY BYPASSING, YES, BYPASSING SOME OF THE GAME'S PROCESSING. THERE ARE IMAGES (heck, just google it, you'll find it in lots of forums) THAT SHOW, IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING, THE LIGHT OF A FIRE FROM THE FLOOR BELOW BEEING SEEN THROUGH THE ROCK FLOOR! Yes, you read that right, through the rock floor. This and probably many other less-viewable skips... INFORM YOURSELVES BEFORE GOING DOWN AT PEOPLE AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS. IDIOTS.

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