Assassin's Creed: Skipping repetitive parts on PC, replaying assassinations

The last part in the row «Skipping repetitive parts», started by Ianxofour and continued by stabguy. See here for their videos:
ianxofour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_blZ3tuG4
stabguy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9tGJ0hca1w

The basic idea to skip the repetitive parts is as following:
One main profile is used to play the game. Before every assassination the savegame is duplicated, renamed and backed up. Missions can be replayed with the duplicate, and after the mission has been completed, the savegame's backup can be copied back.

I'm showing how to replay assassinations without having to replay all of the game upto this point again. Duplicating savegames is easier than on the console, but renaming them needs a special program (or knowledge in Hex Editors). It is called Assassin's Creed Profile Renamer, or short ACPR, and can be downloaded here: http://granjow.net/acpr.html
The program has been written by mine.

The music can be downloaded here:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/290845 (Bilou le Skankerfou, «La valse du oni»)
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/196023 (Zero-Project, «Gothic»)

If you have any question, regarding this video or also ACPR, just ask. I'm always glad to help.

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Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• assassin's creed
• replay
• assassinations
• ac
• acpr
• skip repetitive parts
• profile renamer
• rename profile
• rename savegame

[n0funnylol]

any way to skip a few memory's? by not playing them

[Granjew]

@n0funnylol No.

[Granjew]

@Rectowarrior Where you select Cone/Backup. Press Arrow Right there to choose a different task.

[Rectowarrior]

@Granjew How do use the restore function in ACPR?

[Granjew]

@Rectowarrior The .orig file is the backup of the original .hdr file, actually just the old profile name. You can safely delete it. Perhaps I should change ACPR not to create it at all anyway.

To replay a mission you can also use the Restore function of ACPR if you have cloned it before. It copies back the necessary files from the Saves subdirectory.

[Rectowarrior]

@Granjew : ok Tx for fixing, and one last thing: What is the .orig file, and should I copy it back into the savegames when I've used the other one (like I copied it, did the mission in the copied one, and want to do it again)

[Granjew]

@Rectowarrior Thank you for your remarks. I've just uploaded a new version (1.4) which does not require the .opt file anymore. Additionally it is a little clearer in the clone dialog.

When creating a clone/backup, you should save it under a new name. No guarantee what happens otherwise. Please take a look at the Savegame directory, there should be a subdirectory called Saves. In theory you should find a backup of your save there.

[Rectowarrior]

Your program also won't open my file because it is missing a ".opt" file. My save files include only the .SAV file and the .hdr file. Why does it need the .opt file if i can play with only those two files?

[Rectowarrior]

@Rectowarrior nvm i wasnt watching :/

[Rectowarrior]

I copy the newest matching four files, rename them MB3_Tamir.(etc) then open the MB3_Tamir.hdr in your program, AND THEN IT ASKS ME SAVE OVER SOMETHING. The Open button changes to a Save button. I clicked the same file, and renaming screen appears. So i rename it. Then I notice all theTamir files are now 0 bytes, except MB3_Tamir.hdr, which is ONE byte. I open the Tamir profile, and to my dismay the "Continue" button is greyed out, as the game has NO save data for that profile. PLEASE HELP ME?