As Designed Achievements for save game files keep breaking

[jdavis86]

Integrity​

I have verified my game files (on Steam)​

Yes

I have disabled all mods​

Yes

Required​

Summary​

Achievements for save game files keep breaking

Description​

"Achievements can no longer be earned. Achievements could be earned when the loaded game was last played. If you continue, achievements can no longer be earned due to : - Either you are offline or the savegame belongs to another user, is edited or saved with incompatible DLCs."

No connection issues and have not changed users, edited the save game or added new DLCs.

Steps to reproduce​

Start an ironman game, try to load it...sorry not sure what else to add.

Game Version​

1.36.10

OS​

Windows

Additional​

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[Qloc_Ice_Fog]

Hello there! The present is a design choice and not a bug. On November 14, the 1.36.1 Hotfix was released. If you have any questions about it, don't hesitate to ask about it on the main forum for the game.

 

[jdavis86]

Hello, thanks for the response but I am not sure what you mean. Is there a thread you'd be so kind as to point me in the direction of?

When I try to load any other save game file other than my most recent game, I get the error above regarding achievements. So if I play one game on this patch, then start a new one, I cannot get achievements in the prior game. This is working as intended?

 

[bokorthedust]

Hello, thanks for the response but I am not sure what you mean. Is there a thread you'd be so kind as to point me in the direction of?

When I try to load any other save game file other than my most recent game, I get the error above regarding achievements. So if I play one game on this patch, then start a new one, I cannot get achievements in the prior game. This is working as intended?

Did your older saves start before the latest DLC was released? You need to differentiate between major and minor patches. EU4 uses a system with the following format: 1.X.Y, where X denotes major patches and Y the minor patches. Minor patches are generally achievement compatible between themselves, while major patches generally aren't, because they change too much of the game state.

In plain terms, if you started your older games on the 1.35.Y patch cycle, while the current version now is 1.36.Y, then yes, it's intended that your run is no longer achievement compatible. In cases like this, if you wish to finish an older run, you need to roll back your game to the major patch version you started that particular game on, without trying to load the save on the new patch, because when you do, that is when savegames are broken. So in this case even if you roll back, your run is screwed now, but if you have other older saves that you haven't tried to load yet, you can roll back the game and finish those if you want to.

 

[Qloc_Ice_Fog]

Hello, thanks for the response but I am not sure what you mean. Is there a thread you'd be so kind as to point me in the direction of?

When I try to load any other save game file other than my most recent game, I get the error above regarding achievements. So if I play one game on this patch, then start a new one, I cannot get achievements in the prior game. This is working as intended?

Hello there! I have checked your report. I started four new games and achievements work on everyone. The issue appears only on saves from before 1.36.1 hotfix. You can come back to previous game version and finish the game this way. If you have any questions about it, don't hesitate to ask about it on the main forum for the game.

 

[jdavis86]

Thanks for the help but it is happening on games that I started in the current patch. This is a save that I started yesterday.

Edit: Could this be caused by launching the game from the .exe and not from steam? That might be it.

It is not consistent but eventually the save game achievements break:

 

[grotaclas]

Could this be caused by launching the game from the .exe and not from steam? That might be it.

Yes. Launching the game from the exe file usually prevents it from talking to steam, especially if you don't supply it the app id via steam_appid.txt or environment variable. And in some cases this disables DLCs, because they can't be verified. I'm not sure why the DLCs sometimes work and sometimes don't. There might be something which remembers that they were verified and lets you use them for some time.

 

[jdavis86]

Thank you all. I'll try avoiding clicking the .exe and report back in if it happens again.