Assassin's Creed Shadows

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Summary

Feature Supported
Vanilla Photo Mode Yes
Hotsampling Yes (with tools)
DSR Yes
Custom Aspect Ratios Yes
Reshade Yes
Ansel No
Graphics API DirectX 12
Game version 1.1.8 (Ubisoft Connect)

Tools

  • Camera tools by Otis_Inf
    Features: Camera control, FoV control, timestop, game speed control, HUD toggle, hotsampling, time of day control, cutscene DOF removal, letterbox removal in custom aspect ratios, fog control, exposure control, higher LoD selection, photomode range removal, outline removal

Tips and Tricks

  • For cleaner visuals, select the DLSS upscaler and then use the game’s native anti‑aliasing; this combination tends to reduce unwanted sharpening.
  • PC Gaming Wiki
  • Lyall's ACShadowsFix
    Adds various fixes to the game.
    • Skip intro videos.
    • Extend in-game FOV slider.
    • Disable frame rate cap in cutscenes/FMVs/menus.
    • Enable dynamic cloth physics frame rate.
    • Allow cutscene frame generation.
    • Disable pillarboxing/letterboxing in cutscenes.
    • Option to center the gameplay camera.
  • Stutter Fix (2026 Update)
    Adds DirectStorage patch to reduce stuttering.