Memory Block 4
Guard Assisted Assassination on Majd Addin
Wed, 10/19/2016 - 06:03 — aurllcooljay
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Setup
For this I couldn't get the target to fight any guard attacking me, and the guards in this mission are recognized as regular Saracens, preventing fight between them and other Saracen guards.
So then I resorted to starting a fight between another type of mission based guard (the one outside of Talal's warehouse) and other guards. This meant pushing him all the way to the execution area. Luckily Majd Addin goes into fight mode after seeing other guards fighting.
If you aren't aware of how guards fight each other in AC1, watch this video. http://thehiddenblade.com/altair-confessor-proof-enemy-factions-and-figh...
To make things easier, I took out most of his health with throwing knives. The guards in the immediate area are all low level and can't perform combos, counters or grabs, which are the only way to hurt targets and Templars. So you'll need to run around and find higher level guards to fight him until he dies.
William is in no Mood to be Trifled with Today - Guard Assisted Assassination
Sun, 12/20/2015 - 03:04 — aurllcooljay
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An assassination of William that has another enemy take down the target.
Setup
Start by infiltrating the fortress right before the assassination (link in annotation). William's health makes it hard for him to die before killing all the other guards, so you'll have to lower it beforehand. Nineteen punches is the most you can do without knocking him out. Then start the scene.
Shenanigans
If you throw King Richard right before the scene, he'll teleport into the scene after getting up, but won't move at the same pace as the horse, resulting in a floating appearance.
Confession
To successfully confess William, he has to see another guard attacking Altair without actually seeing Altair. The target can see you through the bars on the wall around him, but there are thin potions of wall that are solid. Just make sure the SSI indicator is yellow instead of red. I chose to get the nearby posted guards' attention by killing on with a knife. The weird thing is that enemies can detect you through walls when nearby guards first detect you (probably hear them exclaiming), but in this case the enemies are far enough from Altair that that doesn't happen.
Altair's Fists of Fury
Wed, 11/12/2014 - 14:49 — aurllcooljay
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Turn targets into one-hit punching bags!
Read this description for the explanations of how each target was set up, as well as why other targets couldn't be killed this way.
Tamir
You can't take his heath down early without getting detected, which makes it impossible to progress.
Garnier
Get into the hospital early through the window.
http://thehiddenblade.com/garnier-easy-way-preassassination
Then take down his health until he's one punch away from death.
Talal
After killing his guards, take out Talal's health with throwing knives.
http://thehiddenblade.com/air-assassinate-same-height
You'll need to have done the Garnier assassination first to have the knives unlocked.
Now one punch is all you need to take him out, but it's easy to miss on the running target.
William
Get into his fortress early.
http://thehiddenblade.com/williams-instant-kills-and-king-richards-death
After punching him nearly to death start the scene. Afterward sneak up on him with a jump. If you get detected, William will get into combat stance and block the punch, which happened a lot until I jumped from the spot in the video.
Two Blitzes on Majd
Sat, 09/20/2014 - 12:20 — 161803398874989
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Here are two blitzes I performed on Majd, as part of grinding segments for my Assassin's Creed 1 speedrun.
The first one is an anonymous blitz in 5.4 seconds. It utilizes a trick that I recently discovered, but that I haven't figured out yet. For some reason, if you don't move too much and jump correctly after the cutscene ends, you can get through the guard post surrounding the platform anonymously. I currently have done about 50-ish attempts for the Majd Assassination segment with this setup, and it's happened twice. The second time is the one you can see in the video.
It might be a bit faster to climb up on the platform directly rather than running around like I did, but I don't think Altaïr would stay anonymous then.
The second one is an exposed blitz in 3.6 seconds. It utilizes the same setup as the anonymous blitz, which is to position yourself slightly to the left of the center of the platform as shown in the video, and then using gentle push (
) to get room before jumping through the guard post. This case was particularly lucky because Altaïr hit a civilian with his right foot, which triggered Majd jumping from the platform a bit earlier.
The Invisible Assassination of Abul Nuquod
Thu, 09/19/2013 - 19:55 — aurllcooljayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDJwsprfHI
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This is the second invisible assassination discovered in AC1 so far, the first being on William.
setup
The guards patrolling the area around the place as well as the guards posted at the entrances disappear when you start the scene. If you kill one of them in high profile while he disappears it triggers the memory corridor for Abul Nuquod, even though the assassination hasn't officially started.
Top Ten Discoveries
Wed, 08/28/2013 - 02:26 — stabguy
This video is the result of a collaboration between aurllcooljay, JoeyFogey and myself. Our goal was to document the ten greatest achievements in AC1 by members of The Hidden Blade. We hope to publish this video to a wide audience and let them see what THB is all about. To that end, I've joined the Union For Gamers program to partner with Curse. They have agreements with publishers like Ubisoft that let them monetize and promote gameplay videos (as long as they don't contain copyrighted music). If your channel qualifies it's a good deal: 90% revenue share, no lock-in, and no branding requirements.
See the following links for more information on the original discoveries.
1. Robert and Al Mualim Early Death
Reported on Gamefaqs
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/930278-assassins-creed/41477738
Original Robert Death
http://www.thehiddenblade.com/robert-de-sables-early-death
Original Al Mualim Death
http://www.thehiddenblade.com/al-mualims-early-death
2. King William's Death
http://www.thehiddenblade.com/williams-instant-kills-and-king-richards-d...
3. Shock and Awe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mRMw24xs2I
Majd Addin Mini Variety Pack
Sat, 09/08/2012 - 17:27 — 161803398874989http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIWonR67u4o
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The main title page says "Executing the Executioner", which is almost the same as Stabguy's video on stylishly killing Majd. This one actually includes the 'execution' kill-move, though.
Swift Death
This relies on exactly the same mechanics as my Pre-exposed Blitz, but it takes very little setup time. I imagine it would be better to start from a position closer to Majd, but you'd have to piss off the guards real quick, or Majd will stay at the podium unless you wait, at which point you've got a bunch of guards taking swings at you. I didn't feel like trying over and over. I watched enough of Malik and Majd's blabbering during the making of the Pre-exposed Blitz.
Time taken is something like 6.5 seconds.
Instant Retribution
...after having been warned. While playing around in the area, I found this neat spot above the stage where you stand atop of the branch. You can't move or do anything really, or you'll fall. The spot is very easy to get to, you just need to find the correct place to wallrun, which is just a bit off from the side.
Base Jump Stunt
I called this a stunt, even though Altaïr doesn't take damage in the video. The description for 'stunt' in the Advanced Techniques Summary states: " The height of the fall should be sufficient to cause injury." And the height is, just not if you roll. Whether or not this can be classified as a stunt, it is a very stylish kill.
To start off, go to flag #14. From there you have to make quite a tricky jump, but you have plenty of time while Majd is busy talking. Once you land in the right spot, you have to punch yourself up a bit and then turn back around. If you look closely, you see this is because the wall isn't vertical, but diagonal at that height. When you get up top, you just wait for Majd to walk out, drop down, et voila.
Note how the assassin was killed. There is no penalty for this (if you wait too long you'll desynchronize, though) and Malik makes no note of it.
Majd Addin 16 Block Stunt - Back to the Future
Wed, 06/13/2012 - 18:29 — aurllcooljayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=893anT8UDjA
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For the setup for Back to the Future on Majd Addin watch the original video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrs0HyY7hg
Stunt
Thanks to the exploit the target walks away to the temple area. This gives a window of opportunity to stunt assassinate him anonymously. Now the ground in the execution area is on a low level, while the path Majd takes slopes upward. To get a sixteen block stunt (the highest amount of damage Altair can take without dying) you need to perform the stunt before the target goes up the stairs. There just so happens to be a beam from which you can lose sixteen blocks of health by jumping off of. You'll need to hurry though. Majd starts walking that way as soon as the scene ends. Luckily he's on the other side of the area, and the crowd might slow him a little. If you're fast enough you might have a few seconds to spare. I had to do this stunt a few times because of mistiming, but in the end it worked out well with a stationary kill animation. 
I also included the escape afterward.
Additional Back to the Future Assassinations
Sat, 06/09/2012 - 17:40 — aurllcooljay
http://youtu.be/fJlv36uWC8c
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A collection of additional assassinations in AC1, made possible by back to the future exploit.
Maria
Start this the same way as the original early assassination of Maria.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaikxWTUYVI
Reinitialize the memory by going through the city entrance in the south of Jerusalem. The game doesn't recognize Maria as a target anymore. Now there is no memory corridor scene, and Maria stays dead. It's probably possible to get an instant kill from this by taking out her health and talking to the bureau leader, but I didn't have enough time to record more.
Sibrand
Start this the same way as the original early assassination of Sibrand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tww7kpXiA8
Reinitialize the memory by going through the city entrance in the north part of Acre (there's also an entrance in the eastern part, but you desynch before getting there from the game thinking you already started the mission). Sibrand usually goes onto the docks and walks back and forth along them just like the guard patrol. He's unresponsive to you, but still reacts to seeing dead bodies (in the original Back to the Future assassination he can detect you and would run back to the ship to get to the guard tower). Now that the game doesn't recognize him as a target there's no memory corridor scene. You can also take out his health for an instant kill, but it isn't very interesting.
Execution Cancelled - Majd Addin's Early Death
Tue, 04/17/2012 - 16:58 — aurllcooljayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUX0ywBguqM
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Setup
To start this glitch out of the city and restart the assassination mission. Here's the original video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrs0HyY7hg
By restarting the mission this way you change the mission structure. The game still thinks you have to assassinate Majd even though you haven't started the assassination cutscene yet. However Majd is nowhere to be found. You can still hear his voice, though, and the target sign on the map is fixed where Majd should be on stage. So go to one of the city entrances to reinitialize the memory. Go back to the execution area. Majd Addin is somehow there. The first time I did this he was walking out of the area, but every time I try it now he is glitched under the stage (seriously, what's up with me getting extremely lucky the first time?!). This is because the game can't model objects from far distances away, and they disappear, a technique known as "There is no Spoon" (or "TINS" for short).
Luckily, Majd isn't unresponsive and can fight you. If he does a combo kill he glitches out. Killing him will result in a non-story assassination with no memory corridor scene.
Instant Kill
I wanted to see what would happen if you took out the target's health without assassinating him, and then restarted the mission. And to make it better I took out his health on the bureau entrance. Well, as you can see, the game recognized him as a target and teleported Altair for the kill. I also tried taking out his health in the execution area to see what would happen. The cutscene seems to have started during the kill and ended. All the HUD elements disappeared and didn't reappear until I desynchronized. The invisible memory barriers during the scene were still there, which I had to glitch out of. One thing I also tried was leaving Majd alive and restarting the mission, but he disappeared. Too bad, I wanted to see what would happen if I had managed to clone him.
