Does GoG track achievements if launched through steam?

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Does anyone know if, as the title says, GoG tracks achievements if i launch TW3 through steam? Would be a shame to finally go through the game and not get any achievements. I have to play it through steam as i use my steam controller to play it, and if i don't launch it through steam i get some weird controls that don't match up with what i'm now used to, and are horrible to play with, especially the face right trackpad seems to be a joystick, rather than mouse.

Thanks in advance :)

[♠.brT]

No.

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Is there not a way i can launch it through steam, and get the achievements?

[a basic bitch]

You could just play the game for fun instead of achievements, like people used to do back in the ancient days.

[♠.brT]

oh you mean launching the game as a non-steam game?
don't know, are you bypassing the gog client? does the gog client register you as "playing witcher 3"?

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Originally posted by a basic ♥♥♥♥♥:

You could just play the game for fun instead of achievements, like people used to do back in the ancient days.

i could, and that's what i've done over the last 50 or so hours of playing through the start of the witcher 3, over the several times i've had to start again. I'd like to get the achievements, while also being able to play with my steam controller.

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

oh you mean launching the game as a non-steam game?
don't know, are you bypassing the gog client? does the gog client register you as "playing witcher 3"?

yeah, i've added TW3 to steam as a non steam but it's just the main .exe, i'll have a look now to see if GoG recognises that i'm playing it, if i launch straight from steam.

[♠.brT]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/klowdie:

Originally posted by a basic ♥♥♥♥♥:

You could just play the game for fun instead of achievements, like people used to do back in the ancient days.

i could, and that's what i've done over the last 50 or so hours of playing through the start of the witcher 3, over the several times i've had to start again. I'd like to get the achievements, while also being able to play with my steam controller.

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

oh you mean launching the game as a non-steam game?
don't know, are you bypassing the gog client? does the gog client register you as "playing witcher 3"?

yeah, i've added TW3 to steam as a non steam but it's just the main .exe, i'll have a look now to see if GoG recognises that i'm playing it, if i launch straight from steam.

if its just the .exe it very likely bypasses the gog client, therefore no function from the gog client will be present in the game by that point.

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Originally posted by ♠.brT:

if its just the .exe it very likely bypasses the gog client, therefore no function from the gog client will be present in the game by that point.

yeah, GoG isn't picking it up, i'll see if i can go the long way around and launch GoG through steam, set up my controller, and then launch witcher 3 through GoG for the best of both worlds. xD

[♠.brT]

maybe contact gog support and see if they know of a way to get the steam controller prompts for the gog version.

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Originally posted by ♠.brT:

maybe contact gog support and see if they know of a way to get the steam controller prompts for the gog version.

it's not so much the prompts i need, it's just the customisation of the controller that i need. Like i have my left grip set to quicksave, right track pad to be mouse input, just nice QoL things that make playing on a controller more pleasant. I'll head over there and see what i can do, i think launching GoG galaxy through steam, and then launching witcher from there might be my best bet though.

[♠.brT]

well, good luck!

[♠.brT]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by twitch.tv/klowdie:

Does anyone know if, as the title says, GoG tracks achievements if i launch TW3 through steam? Would be a shame to finally go through the game and not get any achievements. I have to play it through steam as i use my steam controller to play it, and if i don't launch it through steam i get some weird controls that don't match up with what i'm now used to, and are horrible to play with, especially the face right trackpad seems to be a joystick, rather than mouse.

Thanks in advance :)

GoG has the exact same achievements.

he doesn't own the game on steam.

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Thanks for your help, i'm gunna try doing it the -semi- long winded way, i think i had to launch Fifa and need for speed this way through origin too, so it's not too much hassle. Though, those were mandatory, i'm just choosing to want to get the achievements. xD

Launching GoG through steam, and then witcher through GoG seems to work, won't know if i get any achievements that way for a while, but it did add some more time to my overall GoG playtime. Either way, i'm happy with doing it this way, it seems like it should work, and i've got my controls set up to work this way too. But thanks again for the help. :)

[WolfEisberg]

Even if you do not have GoG Galaxy and Witcher 3 running at the same time, I believe if you just load up a save game when playing through GoG Galaxy it will update the achievements you earned while playing without GoG Galaxy. I am saying this because I once helped someone with their game by them sending me their save file, and when I loaded it up i all of sudden got crap ton of achievements that I never earned myself prior, but they did earn it.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by ♠.brT:

he doesn't own the game on steam.

So? If he owns the game on GoG, what I'm trying to tell him is that GoG has the same achievements.

You have completely missed the point of this thread. Your first reply to the OP did not address anything the OP was asking about.

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Originally posted by Monkey Daddy:

Even if you do not have GoG Galaxy and Witcher 3 running at the same time, I believe if you just load up a save game when playing through GoG Galaxy it will update the achievements you earned while playing without GoG Galaxy. I am saying this because I once helped someone with their game by them sending me their save file, and when I loaded it up i all of sudden got crap ton of achievements that I never earned myself prior, but they did earn it.

Interesting, so i might have been able to just play the game normally, and then load it up through GoG to register the achievements I got? That's quite handy, I might end up doing that th, it sounds much cleaner. :)