Achievements not working properly

Discussion in 'Bugs' started by generalm13, Jul 20, 2011.

  1. generalm13

    generalm13 Member

    This information and more is also in my bug collections post @:

    http://www.gaslampgames.com/forum/discussion/644/

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    <b><u>Achievement Bugs</u></b>

    Reworked this entire section since i found out something:

    - For some people achievements do not trigger at ALL
    - For others the wrong achievements trigger
    - For others the achievements trigger normally

    Observations:
    i have 2 computers at my disposal:
    - Desktop PC (made by myself, really high-end machine)
    - Dell Studio 1747 Laptop

    now here is where it is weird. i first started playing this game on my laptop, got a few achievements.
    The "My Humps achievement triggered when i got killed by dredmor.
    (but not when i got killed by a Thrusty (which was what was supposed to happen)
    The Smithing Skill triggered the Tinkering Skill Achievement, and Tinkering didnt trigger anything.

    Now i am playing on my Main computer, for the FUN of it i decided to try and see if the Tinker Achievement would trigger.
    IT DID.
    now i have multiple speculations:
    1. It's hardware related (i doubt this one but decided to put it in also)
    2. It's software related on a larger level (It's your current windows install for example)
    3. it's software related on a smaller level (Steam could be the culprit)
    3b. it's not the game itself as far as i know because i have seen people reinstalling it.
    (but i'm not sure if they wiped their config file too)

    The following things could be tested:
    A. Complete Reinstall of Windows (though i DOUBT anyone would be nuts enough to do this for a single game)
    B. Complete Reinstall of Steam (no backups of games whatsoever
    C. Reinstall of Steam, but with a Backup made of the Steamapps folder (so you don't have to redownload all your games)

    IF anyone could test and give feedback on the results, it might just help the guys at Gaslamp a bit ;)
     
  2. generalm13

    generalm13 Member

    The achievements for killing Dredmor on Elvish (and Elvish + Permadeath) trigger correctly
     
  3. kendrakirai

    kendrakirai Member

    Funny, I can't get *any* achievements to trigger. Or even update for the ones like 'kill X diggles'.
     
  4. killington

    killington Member

    I got killed by Dredmor and got the thrusty achievement. Lols. Tinker doesnt work if you have smithing(which isnt working to begin with)

    Woops, shouldve read your entire post, see u got my humps from dredmor too.
     
  5. generalm13

    generalm13 Member

    happens. maybe i should merge my first post with the other one and make a bugs collection
     
  6. generalm13

    generalm13 Member

    remade entire post & added link to bugcollections post i made