Do mods disable achievements

[delboyspencer YNWA JFT97]

Does using mods disable achievements in this game, I know they do for most but wasn't sure if it was the same for this one

[Zep Tepi]

Doesn't appear to. I've got a mod that adjusts the strength of attacking waves and I got several at the completion of my last playthrough.

[bmnoble981]

As far as I know only using the cheats mod that unlocks the developer console disables achievements even then you can have it installed and running, its only once you use the cheats that it will disable achievements on that save.

[NukeAJS]

Anything that enables the consoles also disables achievements. All other mods won't disable achievements. Basically that's the 'cheats' mod by the developer and Map Editor mod by FailChapi!

There are some achievements that must be done with no rules (basically -- start game options such as Big Family or Peace First). Those achievements specifically say no rules enabled. Mods will still work with them.

[delboyspencer YNWA JFT97]

Thanks guys for the replies

[Jaggid Edje]

Enabling the console isn't actually a problem. I got all of the achievements in the game (including the newest ones, just last week) with the Cheat mod enabled.

What causes a problem is using the console or cheat commands. You do that, it disables achievements.

Also, in the case of the Cheat mod, it adds additional text options to the info panel of selected items and units which function as quick buttons for cheat functions. Clicking any of those also disables achievements (and is a bit easy to do by accident....speaking from personal experience).

[delboyspencer YNWA JFT97]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

Enabling the console isn't actually a problem. I got all of the achievements in the game (including the newest ones, just last week) with the Cheat mod enabled.

What causes a problem is using the console or cheat commands. You do that, it disables achievements.

Also, in the case of the Cheat mod, it adds additional text options to the info panel of selected items and units which function as quick buttons for cheat functions. Clicking any of those also disables achievements (and is a bit easy to do by accident....speaking from personal experience).

Anyway to re-enable the achievements to be able to use the console. I don't get much time to play and would like some help in just a couple of the achievements. Trying to do them legit anyway but always nice for a helping hand.

Noticed also that your power mod over writ my little mod to extend the device connections and had to edit your mod for it to increase but no biggy though

[Jaggid Edje]

There's no way to circumvent the achievement disabling action of the game that I'm aware of. Short of perhaps using a dll mod that injects directly into the game's code.

I haven't actually dug into it at all, so maybe I'm wrong about that, but I personally think that if there was a relatively easy way to circumvent it, someone would have done it by now.

Mods don't disable achievements at all though beyond what was already mentioned in the thread, so you could shortcut whatever achievements you are having difficulty with by creating your own mod for it.
The game has no achievements that can't be made entirely trivial with the right mod tweaks...which is why I find it kind of odd they bothered with the whole "cheats disable achievements" thing in the first place.

[delboyspencer YNWA JFT97]

Originally posted by Jaggid Edje:

There's no way to circumvent the achievement disabling action of the game that I'm aware of. Short of perhaps using a dll mod that injects directly into the game's code.

I haven't actually dug into it at all, so maybe I'm wrong about that, but I personally think that if there was a relatively easy way to circumvent it, someone would have done it by now.

Mods don't disable achievements at all though beyond what was already mentioned in the thread, so you could shortcut whatever achievements you are having difficulty with by creating your own mod for it.
The game has no achievements that can't be made entirely trivial with the right mod tweaks...which is why I find it kind of odd they bothered with the whole "cheats disable achievements" thing in the first place.

Ok, thanks