Fixing Assassin's Creed Pirates and other Windows Store games on Win 10 N

NathanFriedly · Aug 24, 2019

Short version: Install the Microsoft Media Pack, this is the instructions for build 1903: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4475817/media-feature-pack-for-windows-10-n-may-2019

More info and links for other builds is at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fix-video-audio-problems-firefox-windows

Long version:

I found https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/xba_gapp/assassins-creed-pirates-crashing-on-win10/3538c5c9-ba34-4db2-87f3-cbf9dd7b71f3 which is an old thread that covered an issue I was also experiencing. I replied that I had the same problem and
gave some extra details. I then figured out the solution and went to post that but found that the thread had been locked with instructions to create a new thread so, here we are...

For completeness, here is the content of my previous post:

Same here. Brand new install of Windows 10 Pro N, build 1903. (Pro N is like regular win 10 pro, except with less pre-installed stuff).

The game shows a window with a logo for about half a second and then immediately closes. I tried resetting it, no change.

This seems to be the case for a lot of games I have installed from the windows store. Almost every game I've purchased. The following games all crash immediately upon opening:

Assassin's Creed Pirates

Asphalt 7: Heat

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Balloons TD 5

Carcassonne

Defense Zone 2

Dinosaur Hunt Africa Contract

Halo Spartan Assault

Hydro Thunder Hurricane

Jetpack Joyride

Mini Motor

Reckless Racing

Riptide GP 2

Train Sim

Things that do work from the windows store include:

Bing Daily Wallpaper

Minecraft

Everything else on this computer (Steam, Firefox, Dolphin emulator, etc.) seems to be working properly. Clearly something in the windows store is boned, though.

:)

Dageto Kraft

Assassin's Creed Pirates???

BakyOsijekHr

Glad to have you, Nathan. Thank you for sharing this with the community. Have you considered joining Xbox ambassadors?

NathanFriedly

Thanks. Xbox ambassadors never crossed my mind, although when I tried to learn a little bit more about it I ended up on this page: https://ambassadors.microsoft.com/xbox/access?removed=true which says:

You have been removed from the Xbox Ambassador Program, due to one or more of the following reasons:

Unacceptable behavior in Ambassador social spaces (i.e. Discord, Twitter, Xbox Ambassador Club)
Unbecoming behavior in the Official Xbox Forums
Patterns of cheating in the program on this account and/or ban evasion
Violating the Xbox Ambassadors Program Principles
Please visit the Xbox Enforcement website for information about enforcement on Xbox Live. https://enforcement.xbox.com

As far as I know, I was never a member in the first place. Amusingly, if I change ?removed=true to ?removed=false in the url, it invites me to sign up. Then it tells me I don't meet the eligibility requirements ("Requirement: You must have at least 1,500
Gamerscore was not met.") Oh well. I don't have that much time to game anyways.

I just figured this one out because Firefox was much more helpful when I tried to watch Netflix, and then I got a hunch that it could have been the same problems with the Windows Store games. Microsoft should probably consider following Mozilla's lead there.

RoMoGAMER

Forget Assassin's Creed. Do you like pirate themed games. If you do, then this is the game for you.

banej

I'll go with Lego Pirates, follow by Assassin Creed 2.

Fixing Assassin's Creed Pirates and other Windows Store games on Win 10 N