Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

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Frustrating keyboard mapping.
I have play 5 hour and still i doesn`t know how to get those two kids i am carrying of my body so what do i need to do ?

I have a fruit and need a stone to break it up so when i have the fruit then i am not able to grab a stone or a flint to break it up.
Basically i like to know how to grab two item 1 in each hand ?

Those arrow left and right seems to not work on skip so what do i need to press to skip ?

I like to know where do i track my sleep - hunger - thirst and this way i don`t need to take a guess ?

What is that big circle on my right side of the screen where i see 3 dot 1 place and two dot another place and two yellow dot a third place and what do they mean ?

5 Hour and i can`t figure out the keyboard mapping , do i really need to spend 5 more or 10 more just to find out how those complex keyboard mapping work !!!

I wanna spend time on the game and not what or where i need to click on my keyboard to make thing working, annoying it is f- waste of time and yes i am not happy.
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steventirey Sep 4, 2020 @ 7:20am 
Originally posted by Symatrix Hill:
I have play 5 hour and still i doesn`t know how to get those two kids i am carrying of my body so what do i need to do ?

Lay down at a sleeping mat. You should be given the option.

I have a fruit and need a stone to break it up so when i have the fruit then i am not able to grab a stone or a flint to break it up.
Basically i like to know how to grab two item 1 in each hand ?

Switching hands in order to hold 2 items is something you need to unlock. Its available very early.

Those arrow left and right seems to not work on skip so what do i need to press to skip ?

Tab on keyboard. Don't know for controller.

I like to know where do i track my sleep - hunger - thirst and this way i don`t need to take a guess ?

Other then when waking up, I don't have a clue.

What is that big circle on my right side of the screen where i see 3 dot 1 place and two dot another place and two yellow dot a third place and what do they mean ?

That should of been explained to you in the tutorial (I think - I may have seen that elsewhere). That is your troop (monkeys) and neural energy (XP). Each dot around the edge is a monkey. Adults in the upper left, elders in the upper right, babies in the lower right.
Last edited by steventirey; Sep 4, 2020 @ 7:21am
Symatrix Hill Sep 4, 2020 @ 7:40am 
-- When i press " Z " then they game tell me only to sleep ( Z ) and when i sleep and wake up then i still have those kids on my body.

I have keyboard and the game say press right or left arrow to skip.

To take a guess when we need to sleep or eat or drink is bad poor mechanics.

Unlock stuff to carry item in each hand , even a ape in real life know to use both hands.

I have those dot 8 a clock - 1 a clock and 5 a clock - almost down to the left - right side of the top and down to the right.

-- So what is that dot in the midst and all those circle in the midst ?


Ty for your post by the way.
Last edited by Symatrix Hill; Sep 4, 2020 @ 7:57am
steventirey Sep 4, 2020 @ 7:57am 
Originally posted by Symatrix Hill:
-- When i press " Z " then they game tell me only to sleep ( Z ) and when i sleep and wake up then i still have those kids on my body.

Once you lay down you should see the option on the left. I believe it is right click.

I have keyboard and the game say press right or left arrow to skip.

No, its telling you the Tab key. Those 2 arrows are the tab key symbol.

Unlock stuff to carry item in each hand , even a ape in real life know to use both hands.

Can't argue with that, but that is the way the game works. I think its the very first neuron that unlocks at the top. If not its one that connects to that.
Symatrix Hill Sep 4, 2020 @ 8:01am 
Originally posted by steventirey:
Originally posted by Symatrix Hill:
-- When i press " Z " then they game tell me only to sleep ( Z ) and when i sleep and wake up then i still have those kids on my body.

Once you lay down you should see the option on the left. I believe it is right click.

I have keyboard and the game say press right or left arrow to skip.

No, its telling you the Tab key. Those 2 arrows are the tab key symbol.

Unlock stuff to carry item in each hand , even a ape in real life know to use both hands.

Can't argue with that, but that is the way the game works. I think its the very first neuron that unlocks at the top. If not its one that connects to that.


I do not have any option after i press Z the first time except press it one more time to sleep.

Ok tab key thanks , why didn`t they write TAB hmm
steventirey Sep 4, 2020 @ 8:06am 
You should have more options once you lay down. Z to sleep, E to open you neural map thing to increase you abilities or evolve. Right click to drop babies, or right click to call your mate if you have no babies.

From the sound of it, you aren't doing it at a sleeping mat, but just laying down anywhere. You have to be on an actual sleeping spot (like the one you build, or the pre-built ones) to get the other options. You can sleep anywhere, but you only get the other options at an actual designated sleep spot.
Last edited by steventirey; Sep 4, 2020 @ 8:08am
Cougarific Sep 4, 2020 @ 9:31am 
Guys - all these questions are answered in the ESC > Help screens in-game.

Symatrix Hill Sep 4, 2020 @ 11:27am 
Originally posted by steventirey:
You should have more options once you lay down. Z to sleep, E to open you neural map thing to increase you abilities or evolve. Right click to drop babies, or right click to call your mate if you have no babies.

From the sound of it, you aren't doing it at a sleeping mat, but just laying down anywhere. You have to be on an actual sleeping spot (like the one you build, or the pre-built ones) to get the other options. You can sleep anywhere, but you only get the other options at an actual designated sleep spot.


Well i restarted it again and again and nothing helps so i try to track it on youtube but they all use controller and i use keyboard.

So by luck i find it out : you can`t get those kids of you body by pressing " Z " anyplace. To get rid of your kids you need to go to your bed only and then press " Z " and now the option pop up where you can get rid of them and " Evolve " option pop up as well.

To press " Z " doesn`t help as long you are not in your bed.
Symatrix Hill Sep 4, 2020 @ 11:28am 
Originally posted by Cougarific:
Guys - all these questions are answered in the ESC > Help screens in-game.


Ty i gonna take a look at it next time a issue pop up.
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