The most significant patch for Ace Combat Assault Horizon Enhanced Edition is officially known as the . Bandai Namco announced on February 24, 2014, that players could finally replace the Games for Windows Live functionalities with Steamworks functionalities. This update was a godsend for the game’s longevity.
The game physics are hardcoded to a 60 FPS target. Running past this limit breaks camera tracking during DFM.
Extract the d3d9.dll file from the x32 folder of the DXVK package.
: Fixes for the "ghost scrolling" menu glitch, where the game would behave as if a joystick was constantly active. The most significant patch for Ace Combat Assault
Open your graphics card control panel (NVIDIA Control Panel or AMD Radeon Software). Create a specific application profile for Ace7Game.exe . Manually set the to 60 FPS .
Assault Horizon was always a good arcade shooter that suffered from a poor PC port. With this patch verified and the controller issues resolved, the "black sheep" of the family is finally worthy of your time.
Verify the matches the final 2013 release build. Method 2: Steam Integrity Check The game physics are hardcoded to a 60 FPS target
To ensure the 2013 build runs correctly, players must verify that directx , live , and vcredist entries are correctly set in the registry with a value of 1 . Why the 2013 Version Still Matters
If you buy the game today on Steam, the GFWL component is no longer present. The "Acah-2.0-" patch is the default version. No further action is required, though checking the game’s properties to ensure no stray beta branches are active is a good troubleshooting step.
: To move progress from the GFWL version to Steam, you must first update the game while signed into GFWL to trigger a title update. : Fixes for the "ghost scrolling" menu glitch,
Think of it as the Metal Gear Rising of flight games—over-the-top, stylish, and absolutely worth playing on its own terms.
While 2013 was a year of patches and "hotfixes," it paved the way for the massive February 2014 Title Update
The most significant "verified" patch for the Enhanced Edition was the transition from GFWL to , finalized around February 2014. This update was essential because:
Which did you get your game files from? What graphics card and processor are you currently running?
This update was so significant it was internally branded as and distributed via a Steam Beta branch codenamed "Acah-2.0-" . Players were given a migration window from February 24th to April 1st, 2014, to transfer their save data and achievements from GFWL to the new Steamworks system.