Starting Games—Ubisoft Connect = Grr!

[Brian Boru]

Just spent ~5 minutes trying to launch Far Cry 5—I'm in mid-game, so not a new launch.

It's been a feature over the past few weeks that about half the time, Ubisoft Connect will screw up the launch.
Ubi: Server problem, can't go online;
Me: No problem, just launch the game;
Ubi: Not so fast, who are you?
Me: 🥴
Ubi: You have 2-step authentication enabled…
Me: Launches email, gets code, pastes it in;
Ubi: Tick the 'This is a trusted device, so we don't bother you with this again' box;
Me: Yeah right, like I haven't done this 10 times already this month—ticks box anyway;
Ubi: Attaboy, thank you for playing this game, now here's the game you actually wanted to play a few minutes ago—hope you haven't forgotten about it;
Me: Damn, I love Steam!

I remember having similar dances with Uplay in the past, never a reliable experience. How about you?

Anyone know a way to sideline Ubi Connect for their games bought thru Steam?
Or is there a better performance if bought from Ubi store directly?

 

[Pifanjr]

From a quick Google search the answer seems to be "no" to both questions. The only way not to have to bother with Ubisoft Connect is by playing the game on console.

 

[ZedClampet]

Just spent ~5 minutes trying to launch Far Cry 5—I'm in mid-game, so not a new launch.


Anyone know a way to sideline Ubi Connect for their games bought thru Steam?
Or is there a better performance if bought from Ubi store directly?

Try opening up Ubisoft Connect and clicking on your username in the top right corner. Then look towards the bottom and select "Go Offline". Then always launch your games from Ubisoft instead of Steam. (Note: I've never actually done this because I don't have any problems with Ubi Connect, but it seems like it would work. I don't think they actually require you to be online to play)

The other thing is that you may want to go check out This Article on Ubi connection problems.

 

[Brian Boru]

select "Go Offline"

Thanks for the suggestion, I've changed it, will see how it goes

This Article

Old article, talks about Uplay & first suggestion is for an option which no longer exists.

@Pifanjr thanks for that

 

[ZedClampet]

Old article, talks about Uplay & first suggestion is for an option which no longer exists.

@Pifanjr thanks for that

The Proxy setting the first suggestion talks about is in settings at the top. Connect is just a different name for Uplay.

It probably won't work, but if nothing else does, it's worth a try.

 

[Zloth]

That reminds me, I need to uninstall Watchdogs Legion.

OK, did it via Connect. But did I fully uninstall it? I really doubt it. It put some sort of special anti-cheat software in (for that multiplayer feature I never wanted to touch) that I bet is still hanging around on my system.

 

[Brian Boru]

Update: this is working a lot better now, I've only had one misbehaving launch in the past 2 weeks