[SOLVED] Cant play assassins creed games off my HDD but it runs when i connect my external HDD and run it.

[fanukunjai]

Cant play assassins creed games off my HDD but it runs when i connect my external HDD and run it.

 

[hang-the-9]

Seems you installed it on the external drive, uninstall the games, install them again and make sure you have the default C:\Program Files location selected during setup.

 

[fanukunjai]

Seems you installed it on the external drive, uninstall the games, install them again and make sure you have the default C:\Program Files location selected during setup.

 

[fanukunjai]

I tried but my c:\ drive is an SSD with 126 gb and it a almost full. So I can't install the game into it ☹️

 

[hang-the-9]

I tried but my c:\ drive is an SSD with 126 gb and it a almost full. So I can't install the game into it ☹️

I don't see what the issue is then, if you installed the game on the external drive, and you know you installed it on the external drive, you need that drive connected for it to work. This is like packing a suitcase for a trip, then taking it out of the car before you leave and wondering where your stuff is when you get to the hotel. A game can't run if you remove the drive it's installed on.

 

[fanukunjai]

I tried but my c:\ drive is an SSD with 126 gb and it a almost full. So I can't install the game into it ☹️

I don't see what the issue is then, if you installed the game on the external drive, and you know you installed it on the external drive, you need that drive connected for it to work. This is like packing a suitcase for a trip, then taking it out of the car before you leave and wondering where your stuff is when you get to the hotel. A game can't run if you remove the drive it's installed on.

 

[fanukunjai]

lol nah man. The drive is still connected with my lap and its an internal drive. The game works when i launch the game from an external hard disk.

 

[hang-the-9]

lol nah man. The drive is still connected with my lap and its an internal drive. The game works when i launch the game from an external hard disk.

So it seems the game was installed on the external drive, or at least some parts of it was. You can check the registry settings for the games to see what drive letters they reference. Are there actually files on the external drive for the games? Has this ever worked? Did anything happen you can think of before the issue started?

From what is happening, I would uninstall the games, then install them without that external drive on the system to make sure it's installing in the right place.

 

[fanukunjai]

No, the game was installed on my internal D:/ drive first, it didn't work then. So I tired installing installing the game again to and external drive, the game worked when I launched it from the external drive but didn't work when I launched it from my internal D:/ drive.... This issue started popping up after I replaced my internal hard disk a while back.

 

[hang-the-9]

No, the game was installed on my internal D:/ drive first, it didn't work then. So I tired installing installing the game again to and external drive, the game worked when I launched it from the external drive but didn't work when I launched it from my internal D:/ drive.... This issue started popping up after I replaced my internal hard disk a while back.

Why exactly did it not work off the D drive? Did it install normally? What happened when you tried to run the game? Do other games work OK off that D drive? Was that external drive disconnected from the system when installing the games?

 

[fanukunjai]

nop nothing happened. everything went fine. This only happens to assassins creed games (tried AC origins & AC odyssey). All my other works fine in D drive.
The game splash screen shows up and it freezes nothing else happens (For both AC games).

 

[hang-the-9]

nop nothing happened. everything went fine. This only happens to assassins creed games (tried AC origins & AC odyssey). All my other works fine in D drive.
The game splash screen shows up and it freezes nothing else happens (For both AC games).

OK, try this, uninstall the games, go to the drives and delete any left over directories for the games. Do a search in the registry for the game names and delete any keys left over for them. Then on disk D, check the disk with the Windows tool from the right-click menu, do a full check not the quick one (the one that finds and repairs errors). Then try installing it on the D drive again. Do not install from any cached or saved files, do a clean download again for the game.