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	'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file written by [[Lucy Stillman]] that pertained to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]]. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|drafted]] for the Animus 1.28, Lucy [[Emails\|emailed]] it on 7 September 2012 to [[Warren Vidic]], who added some written commentary to it in preparation for [[Desmond Miles]]' arrival at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]] as "Subject 17".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> When Lucy and Desmond [[Project Siren\|escaped]] from Abstergo,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> she kept the original document and made additional notes to it that she included in an updated version she emailed to an associate.		'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file written by [[Lucy Stillman]] that pertained to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]]. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|drafted]] for the Animus 1.28, Lucy [[Emails\|emailed]] it on 7 September 2012 to [[Warren Vidic]], who added some written commentary to it in preparation for [[Desmond Miles]]' arrival at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]] as "Subject 17".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> When Lucy and Desmond [[Project Siren\|escaped]] from Abstergo,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> she kept the original document and made additional notes to it that she included in an updated version she emailed to an associate.

	==Email==		==Email==

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	\|Text=Lucy – Can we get better names for the guards? Plus, ~~what’s~~ a "halberd"? Replace with a "[[spear]]" or something.}}		\|Text=Lucy – Can we get better names for the guards? Plus, what's a "halberd"? Replace with a "[[spear]]" or something.}}
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	AC2 Venetian Agile.png\|'''[[Agile]]s:''' Lightly armed, but they run faster than you. Watch your back.		AC2 Venetian Agile.png\|'''[[Agile]]s:''' Lightly armed, but they run faster than you. Watch your back.

imported>Darman36: Per Discord talk, with Sima and Sol in agreement: Animus Manual veers into non-canon since PS/XB do not have emails framing in-universe, nor are Animi confirmed as using console controls, esp with timeline snarl

2025-08-06T03:00:23Z

Per Discord talk, with Sima and Sol in agreement: Animus Manual veers into non-canon since PS/XB do not have emails framing in-universe, nor are Animi confirmed as using console controls, esp with timeline snarl

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The emails and "attached file" transcribed on this page are from the game manual for ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (2009) and are framed as in-universe explanations for [[Animus]] functionality. While [[Lucy Stillman]]'s sole email implies that it was sent before she and [[Desmond Miles]] arrived at the [[Assassins]]' [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] in [[Rome]], its internal chronology conflicts with the currently-accepted timeline from the 2012 website ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''.		The emails and "attached file" transcribed on this page are only from the PC game manual for ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (2009) and are framed as in-universe explanations for [[Animus]] functionality; neither the Xbox nor PlayStation manuals utilize this metaphor. While [[Lucy Stillman]]'s sole email implies that it was sent before she and [[Desmond Miles]] arrived at the [[Assassins]]' [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] in [[Rome]], its internal chronology conflicts with the currently-accepted timeline from the 2012 website ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''.

	In a part of ''Initiates'' called "[[The Desmond Files]]", a collection of media that tracked Desmond's daily life ever since his abduction, it established a {{Wiki\|retroactive continuity}} in which Desmond was held at [[Abstergo Industries]] from 1–7 September, escaped on 8 September, and stayed with the Assassins [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] in their Rome hideout until Abstergo's [[doctor]] [[Warren Vidic]] attacked it on 15 September. This new timeline puts the game manual email and notes in a different light, as Lucy's updated notes—which are likely directed at Rebecca—are now sent two days after Warren's attack and requesting that an unnamed associate "remove all of those visual [[glitch]]es" and the like, a nonsensical demand when Lucy would have just spent a week with an [[Assassin cell]] during which they could have ironed out any technical problems		In a part of ''Initiates'' called "[[The Desmond Files]]", a collection of media that tracked Desmond's daily life ever since his abduction, it established a {{Wiki\|retroactive continuity}} in which Desmond was held at [[Abstergo Industries]] from 1–7 September, escaped on 8 September, and stayed with the Assassins [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] in their Rome hideout until Abstergo's [[doctor]] [[Warren Vidic]] attacked it on 15 September. This new timeline puts the game manual email and notes in a different light, as Lucy's updated notes—which are likely directed at Rebecca—are now sent two days after Warren's attack and requesting that an unnamed associate "remove all of those visual [[glitch]]es" and the like, a nonsensical demand when Lucy would have just spent a week with an [[Assassin cell]] during which they could have ironed out any technical problems

imported>Darman36: /* Behind the scenes */

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Behind the scenes

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	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	The emails and "attached file" transcribed on this page are from the game manual for ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (2009) and are framed as in-universe explanations for [[Animus]] functionality. While [[Lucy Stillman]]'s sole email implies that it was sent before she and [[Desmond Miles]] arrived at the [[Assassins]]' [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] in [[Rome]],its internal chronology conflicts with the currently-accepted timeline from the 2012 website ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''.		The emails and "attached file" transcribed on this page are from the game manual for ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (2009) and are framed as in-universe explanations for [[Animus]] functionality. While [[Lucy Stillman]]'s sole email implies that it was sent before she and [[Desmond Miles]] arrived at the [[Assassins]]' [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] in [[Rome]], its internal chronology conflicts with the currently-accepted timeline from the 2012 website ''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''.

	In a part of ''Initiates'' called "[[The Desmond Files]]", a collection of media that tracked Desmond's daily life ever since his abduction, it established a {{Wiki\|retroactive continuity}} in which Desmond was held at [[Abstergo Industries]] from 1–7 September, escaped on 8 September, and stayed with the Assassins [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] in their Rome hideout until Abstergo's [[doctor]] [[Warren Vidic]] attacked it on 15 September. This new timeline puts the game manual ~~emails~~ and notes in a different light, as Lucy's updated notes—which are likely directed at Rebecca—are now sent two days after Warren's attack and requesting that an unnamed associate "remove all of those visual [[glitch]]es" and the like, a nonsensical demand when Lucy would have just spent a week with an [[Assassin cell]] during which they could have ironed out any technical problems		In a part of ''Initiates'' called "[[The Desmond Files]]", a collection of media that tracked Desmond's daily life ever since his abduction, it established a {{Wiki\|retroactive continuity}} in which Desmond was held at [[Abstergo Industries]] from 1–7 September, escaped on 8 September, and stayed with the Assassins [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]] in their Rome hideout until Abstergo's [[doctor]] [[Warren Vidic]] attacked it on 15 September. This new timeline puts the game manual email and notes in a different light, as Lucy's updated notes—which are likely directed at Rebecca—are now sent two days after Warren's attack and requesting that an unnamed associate "remove all of those visual [[glitch]]es" and the like, a nonsensical demand when Lucy would have just spent a week with an [[Assassin cell]] during which they could have ironed out any technical problems

	==References==		==References==

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	'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file written by [[Lucy Stillman]] that pertained to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]]. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|drafted]] for the Animus 1.28, Lucy [[Emails\|emailed]] it on 7 September 2012 to [[Warren Vidic]], who added some written commentary to it in preparation for [[Desmond Miles]]' arrival at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]] as "Subject 17".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> When Lucy and Desmond [[Project Siren\|escaped]] from Abstergo,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> she kept the original document and made additional notes to it that she included in an updated version she emailed to an associate.		'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file written by [[Lucy Stillman]] that pertained to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]]. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|drafted]] for the Animus 1.28, Lucy [[Emails\|emailed]] it on 7 September 2012 to [[Warren Vidic]], who added some written commentary to it in preparation for [[Desmond Miles]]' arrival at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]] as "Subject 17".<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> When Lucy and Desmond [[Project Siren\|escaped]] from Abstergo,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> she kept the original document and made additional notes to it that she included in an updated version she emailed to an associate.

	==Email==		==Email==

imported>Darman36: Semi-colons to make bold text do not apply formatting to colons, which drop to new line as indent. Happened to learn this on Echoes page. Copy/pasted BTS from Animus Control pg, with tweaks as reqd

2025-08-04T07:56:02Z

Semi-colons to make bold text do not apply formatting to colons, which drop to new line as indent. Happened to learn this on Echoes page. Copy/pasted BTS from Animus Control pg, with tweaks as reqd

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imported>Lacrossedeamon: changed formatting a bit to better mirror the layout in the manual (ie ; instead of == for headers without numbers bit wonky with first section) (also wish we didn't have to use the phrase "characters"); added bts for date discrepancy (could use proof reading)

2025-08-02T06:52:30Z

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	'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file pertaining to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]] for a particular session. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|written]] by [[Lucy Stillman]] to detail the Animus 1.28 at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> she kept it with her on 8 September 2012,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> when she [[Project Siren\|escaped]] the lab with [[Desmond Miles]] and reached an [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] staffed by [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> When Vidic [[raid]]ed the safehouse on 15 September,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – The Desmond Files: "Under Attack"</ref> the small [[Assassin cell]] was forced to flee. After reaching the [[Tuscany\|Tuscan]] town of [[Monteriggioni]] the day after, Lucy emailed the updated file to an associate.		'''Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt''' was a file pertaining to the [[Animus\|Animus 2.0]]'s functionality as well as the [[Animus Project]]'s subject and [[Animus host\|host]] for a particular session. Originally [[Animus Control & Feedback.txt\|written]] by [[Lucy Stillman]] to detail the Animus 1.28 at [[Abstergo Industries]]' [[Animus Project laboratory\|laboratory]] in [[Rome]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Warren Vidic's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed'' – [[Lucy Stillman's email]]: "RE: Animus Functionality & New Subject"</ref> she kept it with her on 8 September 2012,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]: "Escape From Abstergo"</ref> when she [[Project Siren\|escaped]] the lab with [[Desmond Miles]] and reached an [[Assassins\|Assassin]] [[Rome hideout\|hideout]] staffed by [[Rebecca Crane]] and [[Shaun Hastings]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[21st century conversations\|Modern day]]</ref> When Vidic [[raid]]ed the safehouse on 15 September,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Initiates'' – The Desmond Files: "Under Attack"</ref> the small [[Assassin cell]] was forced to flee. After reaching the [[Tuscany\|Tuscan]] town of [[Monteriggioni]] the day after, Lucy emailed the updated file to an associate.

	==~~Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt~~==		==Email==
	{{email		{{email
	\|from=Lucy Stillman		\|from=Lucy Stillman
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	==~~Characters~~==		==Animus Control & Feedback (Updated).txt==
			;Characters
	;Desmond Miles		;Desmond Miles
	Age: 25<br>		Age: 25<br>
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	\|Text=Lucy – I've replaced all mentions of the name Altair with Ezio and updated the device name to Animus 2.0, to make things a little easier on your end.}}		\|Text=Lucy – I've replaced all mentions of the name Altair with Ezio and updated the device name to Animus 2.0, to make things a little easier on your end.}}

	==Animus User Manual==		;Animus User Manual
	===Controls===		===Controls===
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	====Actions====		====Actions====
	=====On Ground=====		=====On Ground=====
	~~======~~Low Profile~~======~~		;Low Profile
	Space Bar: Steal: Allows Ezio to steal from NPCs for money.<br>		Space Bar: Steal: Allows Ezio to steal from NPCs for money.<br>
	'''Left Shift Key:''' Gentle Push: Press and hold the Empty Hand key to perform a gentle push. A gentle push is a socially acceptable way to move people out of Ezio's way.<br>		'''Left Shift Key:''' Gentle Push: Press and hold the Empty Hand key to perform a gentle push. A gentle push is a socially acceptable way to move people out of Ezio's way.<br>
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	'''E Key:''' Vision and Talking: Pressing the Head key in front of a specific citizen or shopkeeper nearby makes Ezio interact with him. Holding the Head key activates Eagle Vision. Eagle Vision has color-coded intuitive powers, as follows: red = soldiers, blue = allies, white = mission givers, gold = targets.		'''E Key:''' Vision and Talking: Pressing the Head key in front of a specific citizen or shopkeeper nearby makes Ezio interact with him. Holding the Head key activates Eagle Vision. Eagle Vision has color-coded intuitive powers, as follows: red = soldiers, blue = allies, white = mission givers, gold = targets.

	~~======~~High Profile~~======~~		;High Profile
	'''Space Bar:''' Free-Run/Sprint: Hold the Legs key to make the ancestor sprint and perform [[Freerunning\|free-running]]. Holding this key down makes Ezio automatically adapt to any object in the path. Just push the movement key associated with the direction you want him to go.		'''Space Bar:''' Free-Run/Sprint: Hold the Legs key to make the ancestor sprint and perform [[Freerunning\|free-running]]. Holding this key down makes Ezio automatically adapt to any object in the path. Just push the movement key associated with the direction you want him to go.

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	=====Horse=====		=====Horse=====
	~~======~~Low Profile~~======~~		;Low Profile
	'''Space Bar:''' Walk: The Legs key makes the horse move at his slowest pace.<br>		'''Space Bar:''' Walk: The Legs key makes the horse move at his slowest pace.<br>
	'''Left Shift Key:''' Dismount: Pressing the Empty Hand key makes Ezio get off the horse.<br>		'''Left Shift Key:''' Dismount: Pressing the Empty Hand key makes Ezio get off the horse.<br>
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	\|Text=Lucy – Eagle Vision on horseback, what will they think of next? Make sure we have it too!}}		\|Text=Lucy – Eagle Vision on horseback, what will they think of next? Make sure we have it too!}}

	~~======~~High Profile~~======~~		;High Profile
	'''Space Bar:''' Gallop: Hold the Legs key while moving the horse in High Profile.<br>		'''Space Bar:''' Gallop: Hold the Legs key while moving the horse in High Profile.<br>
	'''Left Shift Key:''' Dismount: Press the Empty Hand key.<br>		'''Left Shift Key:''' Dismount: Press the Empty Hand key.<br>
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	\|Text=Lucy – Make sure to fix that annoying bug in the Animus 1.0 software which prevents ancestors from swimming!}}		\|Text=Lucy – Make sure to fix that annoying bug in the Animus 1.0 software which prevents ancestors from swimming!}}
	~~======~~Low Profile~~======~~		;Low Profile
	'''Space Bar:''' Dive: Your ancestor dives underwater. Being underwater breaks the line of sight, but Ezio can only do so for a limited time.<br>		'''Space Bar:''' Dive: Your ancestor dives underwater. Being underwater breaks the line of sight, but Ezio can only do so for a limited time.<br>
	'''Left Mouse Button:''' Attack: Pressing the Weapon Hand button makes Ezio throw knives (if selected).		'''Left Mouse Button:''' Attack: Pressing the Weapon Hand button makes Ezio throw knives (if selected).
	E Key: Vision: Holding the Head key activates Eagle Vision.		E Key: Vision: Holding the Head key activates Eagle Vision.

	~~======~~High Profile~~======~~		;High Profile
	'''Space Bar:''' Get Out of Water/Fast Crawl: When in the water, facing a wall or a [[boat]], Ezio can climb out of the water. When in open water, he will do a fast crawl.<br>		'''Space Bar:''' Get Out of Water/Fast Crawl: When in the water, facing a wall or a [[boat]], Ezio can climb out of the water. When in open water, he will do a fast crawl.<br>
	'''Left Mouse Button:''' Attack: Pressing the Weapon Hand button makes Ezio throw knives (if selected).		'''Left Mouse Button:''' Attack: Pressing the Weapon Hand button makes Ezio throw knives (if selected).
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	'''Lock System:''' To fight, you must be locked on a target who is in Open Conflict with you.		'''Lock System:''' To fight, you must be locked on a target who is in Open Conflict with you.

	~~======~~Low Profile: Offensive Moves~~======~~		;Low Profile: Offensive Moves
	{{IUNote		{{IUNote
	\|Text=Lucy – Consider changing the title of this section for obvious reasons.}}		\|Text=Lucy – Consider changing the title of this section for obvious reasons.}}
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	'''E Key:''' Taunt: Pressing the Head key will taunt your enemy, angering him and maybe causing him to attack.		'''E Key:''' Taunt: Pressing the Head key will taunt your enemy, angering him and maybe causing him to attack.

	~~======~~High Profile: Defensive Moves~~======~~		;High Profile: Defensive Moves
	In Fight mode, High Profile enables defensive actions like counters and dodging moves. By		In Fight mode, High Profile enables defensive actions like counters and dodging moves. By
	default, holding the High Profile button makes you deflect enemy attacks.<br>		default, holding the High Profile button makes you deflect enemy attacks.<br>
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	=====Options Folder=====		=====Options Folder=====
	Adjust Animus options such as audio and visual settings, control, and HUD display. You can also consult statistics based on your actions in the Animus.		Adjust Animus options such as audio and visual settings, control, and HUD display. You can also consult statistics based on your actions in the Animus.

			==Behind the scenes==
			These emails and the "attached file" are part of the game manual for ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' framed in-universe as explaining Animus functionality. While the messages in the email chain imply they were sent before Desmond arrived at the Rome hideout it is dated to the day after he arrives at Monteriggioni per the timeline given in [[The Desmond Files]].

	==References==		==References==

imported>Darman36: Significant cleaning. Unclear why Lucy sent file to unnamed associate (hmm, maybe Vidic??). Didn't no one but Will Miles know of cell's existence? Seems Prima Guide charts/tables partially merged here, given text dump not in original PDF manual.

2025-07-30T18:55:16Z

Significant cleaning. Unclear why Lucy sent file to unnamed associate (hmm, maybe Vidic??). Didn't no one but Will Miles know of cell's existence? Seems Prima Guide charts/tables partially merged here, given text dump not in original PDF manual.

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imported>Lacrossedeamon: Adding categories

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Adding categories

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			[[Category:Documents]]
			[[Category:Animus]]

imported>Lacrossedeamon: /* On Ground */

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On Ground

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	Adjust Animus options such as audio and visual settings, control, and HUD display. You can also		Adjust Animus options such as audio and visual settings, control, and HUD display. You can also
	consult statistics based on your actions in the Animus.		consult statistics based on your actions in the Animus.
			=Notes=
			<references group="note"/>