Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

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I keep getting this bug when I try to evolve. I have evolved fine before but playing today this happens after going through the years and summing everything up when I try to return to my lineage I get this crash. The game then loads with me having evolved and kept all my new neurons but puts me right back at the first camp again which is very frustrating. I have done a lot of feats so it's not as easy to evolve anymore. I viewed most of the forest locations and I was hoping to move closer to the lake or savannah but being put back at the start is infuriating.

Anyone else having this happen? It's only on the major evolution not the 15 year generation jump.
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spark.milanders Sep 1, 2020 @ 8:44am 
Has anyone else had this error? I validated the game files and everything was fine.
cube10025 Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:07am 
Getting it all the time too, gonna try to restart a game
Cougarific Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:14am 
So you're saying an error message appears but it still lets you proceed? Is it an older save?

FYI every evolutionary advance has a chance of relocating your clan to another settlement location. This one just happened to put you back at the Waterfall Oasis.
Last edited by Cougarific; Sep 1, 2020 @ 10:15am
Sphene Sep 1, 2020 @ 11:59am 
i have the same error ... Nothing else to say that the game is totally bugged .. after 35 hours of game i cant play anymore
Sphene Sep 1, 2020 @ 2:27pm 
in fact after check it is map reset .. location seen have been detected
No ancestor corpes for exemple .. the emerald is for exemple still at the top of the cliff ...
spark.milanders Sep 1, 2020 @ 4:16pm 
Originally posted by Sphene:
in fact after check it is map reset .. location seen have been detected
No ancestor corpes for exemple .. the emerald is for exemple still at the top of the cliff ...

Yes there is something like you say with the map also getting the old tutorial messages that have already been read and dismissed. Very strange because my mutations and acquired feats are still there.



Originally posted by Cougarific:
So you're saying an error message appears but it still lets you proceed? Is it an older save?

FYI every evolutionary advance has a chance of relocating your clan to another settlement location. This one just happened to put you back at the Waterfall Oasis.

Yes I realize that I have evolved a few times and found myself at a different location. But with this bug it is resetting me each time to the 1st camp. I even exported/imported my save and evolved again from my advanced position and it still put me back at the start.
Sphene Sep 2, 2020 @ 12:53am 
Yes the map all the game is Reset except what your lineage is.

In fact i am quite sure the save is corrupted .. so he send you directly to a "new map" with your lineage .. I think it is a "quick fix" correction in order to not let you lose all your progress

But i dont know what is worse ... and btw we dont know what was the reason ...
spark.milanders Sep 2, 2020 @ 1:38am 
Originally posted by Sphene:
Yes the map all the game is Reset except what your lineage is.

In fact i am quite sure the save is corrupted .. so he send you directly to a "new map" with your lineage .. I think it is a "quick fix" correction in order to not let you lose all your progress

But i dont know what is worse ... and btw we dont know what was the reason ...

Yes I think ti has something to do with the save and something to do with the location that you live for a long time I lived Under the Cliff Oasis but I got past the problem (for now) I moved everybody to a new home then did the evolution and it didn't put me back at the start. I made sure to move a long way near a big lake. After that I went to sleep exit the game and took the save and put it in a separate folder. Then I came back and did the evolution and its ok I'm in a new place I have never been to. I'm going to take the save and make a copy before every big evolution now. If it happens again all I have to do is put my save back in and overwrite theirs. It works ok. I had to do it 3 times before the evolution worked put me in a new place and didn't reset the map..
Last edited by spark.milanders; Sep 2, 2020 @ 1:40am
Sphene Sep 2, 2020 @ 1:51am 
Thx happy it works for you ... nice idea to save the game before each evolution
you copy the file which is under : xxx\AppData\Local\Ancestors\Saved\SaveGames ?
Sphene Sep 2, 2020 @ 3:34am 
It seems that on the new reset map .. meteor are not present .... this is really bad
The meteor swarm did not happens on the new map ..
Last edited by Sphene; Sep 2, 2020 @ 3:42am
djinnxy Sep 2, 2020 @ 4:18am 
Be careful what you wish for. I moved to the lake and it's nonstop attacks from gators, cats, otters, etc. I evolved there and when the video sequenced ended (i skipped) two of my group were getting eaten. After killing a python, a gator, a cat, and an otter I was finally able to restore sanity long enough to heal everyone and move.
spark.milanders Sep 2, 2020 @ 7:00am 
Originally posted by Sphene:
Thx happy it works for you ... nice idea to save the game before each evolution
you copy the file which is under : xxx\AppData\Local\Ancestors\Saved\SaveGames ?

Yes exactly then just save it in another folder. If there is an error copy it back and overwrite.
V_nicornio Sep 2, 2020 @ 10:31pm 
I had this error at starting the game. The dev support helped me to discover it was a problem with the directx and the Intel HD Graphics 360. If idisable it, i can play.

Contact the dev support to discover what is the cause of your crashes.
Last edited by V_nicornio; Sep 2, 2020 @ 10:33pm
Sphene Sep 3, 2020 @ 5:33am 
the message is the same .. but the bug is not the same .. here we speak about bug which happened during evolution
I'm having this error when trying to run the game, any ideas on that?
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