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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

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Revision as of 17:40, 29 August 2019 by Rose (talk | contribs) (→‎Video settings: removed the FOV changer from the note on ultrawide, as the mod is now complete and there's a separate note on FOV)
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey cover
Developers
Panache Digital Games
Publishers
Private Division
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2019
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey on Wikipedia

General information

Official website
Developer Discord server
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey subreddit
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Exclusive to the Epic Games launcher for 1 year after release.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove the video file[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Ancestors\Content\Movies\
  2. Remove or rename PreGameMovie_withaudio.bik
A game update may restore the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ancestors\Saved\SaveGames\System.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ancestors\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/536270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ancestors\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/536270/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.
Advanced graphics settings.

Template:Video settings

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Change AA type through the config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  3. Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1
The above sets the AA type to FXAA. Change the 1 to 0 to disable AA.
Enable TAA sharpening through the config file[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  3. Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
r.TemporalAASharpness=0.8
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

Depth of field

Disable depth of field through the config file[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  3. Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Input settings

Keyboard remapping.
Keyboard remapping.
300px
Controls settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2500K
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon HD 7950
4 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-29
    Closed the launcher, renamed its main and AppData folders, ran the game through its executable without issues.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named aug29
  3. 3.0 3.1 Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-29
    The changes resulted in a visibly sharper image in the game and screenshots comparisons.