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Once playable: Once Human’s latest update totally broken everything

This update is cooked.

Once Human’s first major update has effectively broken the game, with it now impossible to catch Deviants or use the menu and hotbar. Screens also appear black, facilities are missing, and products in the shop pop up without images.

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The July 18 update for Once Human was supposed to add a new event, the Rosetta truck PvP sproutlet event, as well as fix several bugs and add more optimization. Instead, the devs appear to have struck a critical issue with the install, busting basically everything to do with the post-apocalyptic game—and now they’re rushing to restore order.

While the Once Human team deemed the maintenance a success, this July update has fundamentally broke the game. When I logged in after the update, everything from the menu, the hot bar, keys, certain territory features, weapons and gear, the screen, and the new shop cosmetics were impossible to see or use.

Even worse, I had to close the game from the task manager because the “exit game” feature was missing from the menu. Although I haven’t noticed anything specific missing from my territory just yet— probably because I can’t see anything because of the dark screen—some players have reported they’re missing key territory items, including water storages, chests, and fridges; others have found their bases scattered across multiple areas. An unlucky few have even today noted their servers are missing entirely.

The devs quickly announced on the Once Human Discord server that they working on resolving these gamebreaking bugs and took several servers down. There has yet to be any official timeframe for when things may be fixed though.

If you have noticed any of these issues, I’d advise checking whether your Once Human server is down for maintenance and taking screenshots of everything, just in case you need to submit a report to the customer service team.


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Hayley Andrews
Hayley Andrews is a staff writer for Dot Esports with a dual degree in business and human resource management. After discovering her passion for creative writing and gaming, she now writes about MOBAs, MMOs, and cozy games.
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