having the same problem, it`s the 360 controller is def the problem, it makes the game a bit of a bad joke. Continually having to alt tab or go to map or pause and if none of those work the controller has to be unplugged, when it finally wants to load in properly your surrounded by enemy. ubi needs to fix this, and stop using us as testers.
Copying from my reply in another similar post http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ds-to-the-Game
If you do not use ALT+TAB to switch to the desktop and then back to the game to "reactivate" it, the game will freeze on its next function call, like in a Script Debug Mode with all Breakpoints toggled on!
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