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Ancestors Legacy

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Not to be confused with Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.

Ancestors Legacy
Ancestors Legacy cover
Developers
Destructive Creations
Publishers
2018-2022 1C Entertainment
2022-present Fulqrum Publishing
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows May 22, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Strategy, RTS, Tactical RPG
Themes Europe, Medieval
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Ancestors Legacy is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy, RTS and Tactical RPG game.

General information

Official Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
A demo is available on Steam. Can only be downloaded per direct link, not on the store page.

Version differences

The Special Edition includes the base game, its artbook and digital soundtrack.
The Complete Edition includes the base game, the Saladin's Conquest expansion and the base game's artbook and digital soundtrack.

Monetization

Type Notes
Expansion pack The expansion pack includes the Saracen faction, a new campaign, 5 maps and new units.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Saladin's Conquest
Windows

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.
In-game interface settings.
In-game interface settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\AncestorsLegacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Windows <path-to-game>\Anc\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620590/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\AncestorsLegacy\SaveGames\
Windows <path-to-game>\Anc\Savegames\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/620590/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game video quality settings.
In-game video quality settings.
In-game post-processing effects settings.
In-game post-processing effects settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA low, medium, high and ultra as well as SSAA through resolution scale setting.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

In-game controls settings.
In-game controls settings.
In-game controller settings.
In-game controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Uses system cursor settings. Can adjust scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Left-handed control schemes available for sticks, triggers and shoulder buttons.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Can be disabled.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Not recommended due to constant UI changes.

Audio

In-game audio volume settings.
In-game audio volume settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game language settings.
In-game language settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, effects, ambient sounds, voice-overs and user interface.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Can be changed in audio settings.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

GOG.com and Steam users can play together.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
6 Versus, Co-op
GOG.com version requires GOG Galaxy for multiplayer.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Player-hosted servers were introduced with build 64623.[1]
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

In-game Tobii Eye Tracking settings.
In-game Tobii Eye Tracking settings.

Issues fixed

A list of known problems and solutions can be found on the Steam Community Discussions.

Other information

In-game difficulty settings.
In-game difficulty settings.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-750 2.6 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 24 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 460
ATI Radeon HD 5850
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/620590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (620590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References