Fuego
Published
gamemoderun %command%
Mostly followed those instructions https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/tb9d8d/how_to_install_assassins_creed_origins_on_steam/ Try running the game once, Install protontricks, use it on the Ubisoft Connect Installer, select Anno and follow the wizard, then relaunching the game might bring you to the main menu. Deactivating any Ubisoft Connect feature (overlays, etc.) is more than recommended as anything related to this pos DRM is a source of instability
A lot of tinkering was necessary to bring it to functionnal level.
- All graphical options on low, 1080p
- Enable DirectX12
- Disable vsync
- gamemoderun
Bumping back up some options might be possible now, but no guarantee. Windowed vs fullscreen don't seem to matter that much.
My hardware is not stellar, but it is above the recommended requirements on the Steam store page
Performance of anything Ubisoft Connect is simply abyssal. It even somehow manages to be slightly worse than a version installed via Lutris.
Crashes were (mostly, for 30min gameplay) fixed with gamemoderun and enabling DirectX12, but maybe the other tweaks also helped.
Sometimes Ubisoft Connect will refuse to stop, and killing it is a pain
Whenever the game is closed, Ubisoft Connect stays running. Not only it is bad because you don't want this pos to run for longer than strictly "necessary", but also Steams then thinks the game is still running which might impact other stuff.
Including your play time which is a big deal if you want to decide wether you keep the game before your playtime gets to 2h. For reference, It took me more than 1h "play" time to make it work, most of it was on Ubisoft Connect, then loading pages and a bit on the options menu
It also means that I still can't really vouch that much for the stability as I only have 30min of actual gameplay once all the other issues were resolved.
Sidenote: Although you almost always want to stop Ubisoft Connect from running in background, you still want to go once on it to deactivate any of its crash inducing garbage features. But opening it (On the foreground) might not work on the 1st (Or 2nd) try.
A good chunk of my complaints are with Ubisoft Connect. May be it would be slightly less painful if your Steam and Ubi account are already linked (In which case may be just going through Lutris and not using Steam might be slightly better?), or even better if you went through this whole mess with another Ubisoft game on the same machine.
Even if everything went smoothly, Ubisoft makes you go through so many jumps and hoops that it only makes you think that they simply don't want to sell their games.
Conclusion: Still considering Steam's refund button, even though it works, encouraging this kind of behaviour with 40€ is bad.
