Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Crash Fix, ACS.exe Stopped Working Solution, No Sound Workaround, etc

By Faheem Haydar On Nov 20, 2015

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is out on various gaming platforms now. The game this time is bit unique compared to the last series. It is having a lot of new action and a storyline that is worth to play. This time the game also has some more extra activities to do like rope climbing, parkour stunts, etc. Here in this guide we will be discussing issues related to game crashing or any other problem that players are facing. You are always welcome to provide your input so that this guide could be more helpful for everyone in the comment section below. Before that just have a look on the system requirements of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate game which is the first thing you have to see before buying or playing any game.

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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate System Requirements:

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate requires at least 3GB of VRAM to work pretty well with high resolution. With this 8GB of RAM is the recommended memory. But if you are having more memory then it would be more helpful. There can be performance related issue on low end system. We had also tested the game on Nvidia 650Ti 2GB GPU, 8GB RAM and AMD FX8350 Processor. On low settings it works fine.

Minimum System Requirements:

Operating System – Windows 7 SP1 x64 or Windows 8.1 x64 or Windows 10 x64
CPU – Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz / AMD FX 6350 @ 3.9 GHz
RAM – 6 GB RAM minimum.
GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB or AMD Radeon R9 270 2GB with Shader Model 5.0.
Storage – 30GB or Higher
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Recommended System Requirements:

Operating System – Windows 7 SP1 x64 or Windows 8.1 x64 or Windows 10 x64
CPU – Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.5 GHz / AMD FX 8350 @ 4.0 GHz
RAM – 8 GB RAM.
GPU – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4GB or GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB or higher.
Storage – 30GB or Higher
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Crash Fix:

Game crash is one of the most common issues. You will get an error message as ACS.exe has stopped working after the game crash. There is some simple workaround that you can try to resolve the issue given below:

Check the Minimum System Requirements before launching the game. Turn of background processes through Task Manager.
Launch Steam > Game Library > Right click on Assassin’s Creed Syndicate > Local > Verify Game Cache. If this does not help uninstall the game, and then reinstall it back. And before launching Verify Game Cache once.
Check any updates for Games if any that would help in fixing the issue.
Update your video drivers. Nvidia has released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Game Ready Drivers for better performance. Just click the above link and install it. And then test the output.
Sometime the issue is due to high graphics properties. The game will not be able to optimize settings due to some issue. For that you have to delete AC.ini file. This file is located in C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Instead of deleting just cut/paste the file somewhere else on your desktop and launch the game back. You can also modify the game resolution through this file. Go in DisplayWidth=1280, DisplayHeight=720 and reduce this to 1280×720. And then start the game.
If you are using Uplay then exit the game first. And then right click on UPlay and choose Run as Administrator.

ACS.exe Stopped Working Solution:

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate has another major issue that is reported by many users. It is ACS.exe stopped working. There are some small workaround below that would help you in fixing the issue.

Turn of your antivirus software first. And then try back.
Disable unwanted programs from startup. Click on Start and in the Search box type Run. Then type msconfig. Go in Startup and turn off unwanted services.
Turn off any software that overclocks the system. Also disable screen recorder.
Install the latest version of DirectX and VC++ in your system. Verify the version before installation.
Reason behind crash is game Asseto Corsa if you had played this before. A very informative solution from Steam forums. You have to go in Nvidia Inspector first. And there you have to go in Asseto Corsa Profile and then you have to remove acs.exe. Then you have to go in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Profile and then you have to remove acs.exe and then you have to re-add this manually and test back. Skip this step if you had not played Asseto Corsa.

Assassin’s Creed Syndicate No Sound:

In some cases there will be issue with sound. For that you have to update to the latest audio drivers in your pc. You can do that by running the latest motherboard drivers available on its manufacturer’s website.