I sat here for hours trying to get my tech points up to 22k. i was a few thousand away when I made a rope and used it to go into a crack and it awarded me 5000 tech points. After bragging heavily to my wife, who I was racing, I clicked to upgrade research. That please wait window popped up and would not go away. After 10 minutes I restarted the game. It took away the 5000 tech point AND my rope!! I was so upset I'm seriously considering not playing anymore....

So I left Virtual Villagers Origins 2 open in my desktop working in the background. After 8 hours of being left idle, I checked the progress, TP is 112k then after restarting the game it reset and went back to 47k.

I purchased 2 of the starter packs, and I was supposed to get three villagers with it. Where are they???? I never got them.

I found a way to avoid it finally. It saves CONSTANTLY so you just have to wait to upgrade or exit when the loading action goes away. Be fast, because apparently the game saves all the time, but if you leave while it's saving it will put you way further back in time. Logic. I have tested this multiple times and have yet to experience anymore freezing. Hopefully it works for someone else! NOTE: If I stay in the game for too long (1-2 hours) it won't stop saving EVER. I suggest closing and opening the game ...

The topic speax for itself.. When i try to exit the game while saving, it says "game saving" forever. I just have to exit the game manually (exit it from task manager or right click to it down at the panel and go with exit)