Earning Achievements While Using Mods

[BjoernLars]

I just got back into playing CiV after a long hiatus and I am enjoying it again after all the patches.

What I am curious about is Earning Achievements while Using Mods.

In my first game back I was playing as Korea while using the Emigration and the Gradual Research Mod. I ended up earning "The Choson One" Achievement for beating a game as Korea. As I was looking through the lists, I saw that "Discover El Derado" is a new achievement (to me). Even though I discovered it in the same game, I didn't earn the Achievement.

I was wondering if anyone had some official documentation on what the rules are for using Mods in regards to Earning Achievements.

Thanks

 

[The Mad Russian]

I've been wanting to ask this question before as well. I use two mods (Info Addict, City State Leaders) and have won many games but the respective achievement fails to unlock. So I stopped using those mods in my two games curious to see if they unlock or not.

-Mark

 

[Pouakai]

Except for the three mod related ones (Download, Rate and Play a mod), achievements cannot be earned whilst playing with mods. The same is for games which you have used Firaxis LiveTuner

 

[BjoernLars]

Except for the three mod related ones (Download, Rate and Play a mod), achievements cannot be earned whilst playing with mods. The same is for games which you have used Firaxis LiveTuner

Bummer

 

[ShahJahanII]

I use InfoAddict on so many games
It didn't give me the achievments
This is such a great mod it should be built into the game

 

[wcbarney]

I use InfoAddict on so many games
It didn't give me the achievments
This is such a great mod it should be built into the game

Yea, I like InfoAddict too, as well as a couple of other simple mods -- such as Perfect World 3. I learned the hard way that you don't get achievements -- or even generate points towards (such as tiles purchased, trees chopped, etc.) if you're using any mods.

 

[Louis XXIV]

It would be cool if there were a few mods that still allow you to earn achievements, I understand why they don't. After all, some could give legitimate advantages you wouldn't get with other players and achievements are a competition against everyone (Steam keeps track of global achievements).

 

[Zyxpsilon]

I've found a workaround solution for this... but it still involves huge re-coding of the Front-End to allocate transit DB tracking functions.
The LeoPaRd mod simply mimics the Steam pool of "calls" directed at a runtime Logger.

The only problem remaining is a ModBuddy tie in with the currently hidden DLL "declarations" that push internal poking slots *AT* some specific custom stacks of the (final and unpatched) executable.

Still working at it -- alone.

 

[Lord Chambers]

I got the Fountain of Youth achievement and Explorer achievement by playing on this custom map.

 

[awesome]

I've found a workaround solution for this... but it still involves huge re-coding of the Front-End to allocate transit DB tracking functions.
The LeoPaRd mod simply mimics the Steam pool of "calls" directed at a runtime Logger.

The only problem remaining is a ModBuddy tie in with the currently hidden DLL "declarations" that push internal poking slots *AT* some specific custom stacks of the (final and unpatched) executable.

Still working at it -- alone.

hmmm, interesting. so i guess that, potentially, you could make a mod to just give you all or most of the achievements, or at least make them a lot easier to get.