The Scientific Method, vol. 2

[Jam]

67 amputees and still no achievement. What am I doing wrong? The engineer didn't approach me again after method 1. What exactly should I do to get this?

Thanks in advance :)

[Brikinhos]

this achievement sucks. It's the one I haven't purchased. I did 150 amputes and nothing.

[RobinGuk]

after several amputations the sound of the event is heard, but the event itself is not there, and after 3 hours you get a fine for ignoring people. It looks like a bug.

[Jam]

Originally posted by RobinGuk:

after several amputations the sound of the event is heard, but the event itself is not there, and after 3 hours you get a fine for ignoring people. It looks like a bug.

If that's the case, I'll wait for the update then try again. Maybe it'll be fixed by then. Thanks for trying to help. I appreciate it :)

[Jam]

Originally posted by Brikinhos:

this achievement sucks. It's the one I haven't purchased. I did 150 amputes and nothing.

Yeah, ikr. It sucks coz 33% of players got this achievement already. I'll try again when they fix the bug. For now, I'll pick up a new game haha. Thanks btw :)

[Mello]

I just got it today, but it took me two runs with +10 Amputees in my city for it to trigger. It seems like it's not 100% guarantee to activate on every run

[Jam]

Originally posted by Flying Fridge:

I just got it today, but it took me two runs with +10 Amputees in my city for it to trigger. It seems like it's not 100% guarantee to activate on every run

I'll try again later today. Did you have +10 amputees before method vol 1? I was wondering maybe that's the trigger. Did you build infirmaries?

[Jam]

I finally got it. I didn't research fast gathering, instead I researched medical post upgrade. In the book of laws, I chose radical treatment then care house. I let people keep gathering resources even when the weather drops so they'll get frostbite. As soon as the amputees reaches 10 people, a medical engineer will approach you to improve radical treatment. Give him the go ahead. Then you'll get the achievement. I got mine on day 8. So maybe the event triggers on your very first 10 amputees. The automaton hasn't reached the city yet when I got the achievement but I don't know if that matters. I didn't use gathering post, btw.

[E942]

A little trick to that, that helped me:

Start a New Home with the following difficulty: People getting sick on extreme and the rest on easy.

Just collect the stuff around, build 8 houses, 3-4 medical posts and get the radical treatment and then overcrowded.

Turn the medical posts off (and not always put 5 engineers in it) while you do not have enough gravely ill people.

With this it was really easy since I had no problem with discontent and stuff but they got sick really fast.

[Brikinhos]

Originally posted by RobinGuk:

after several amputations the sound of the event is heard, but the event itself is not there, and after 3 hours you get a fine for ignoring people. It looks like a bug.

I just tested it and it happends the same, with 10 amputees it sounds an event, but event doesn't appear. I hope they will fix soon. I made a save state at this moment to earn this achievement when they fix it.

[Jam]

Originally posted by Brikinhos:

Originally posted by RobinGuk:

after several amputations the sound of the event is heard, but the event itself is not there, and after 3 hours you get a fine for ignoring people. It looks like a bug.

I just tested it and it happends the same, with 10 amputees it sounds an event, but event doesn't appear. I hope they will fix soon. I made a save state at this moment to earn this achievement when they fix it.

I tried it on hard difficulty and I got the event, but this time I had 11 amputees. Signed radical treatment and corpse disposal.

[robindickson2003]

For the life of me I can't figure out why it will not work for me. I read all suggestions I could find anywhere on internet. I had people work out in the cold, did not put on heaters in workplaces, I got dozens of amputees, I tried not giving them protheses, I tried GIVING them protheses, I signed radical treatment like many suggested, I tried like E942 hard diff on the choice where people get sick easier, and as I said lots of amputees, but no engineer approaching me about the matter. I wonder if I need enough amputees before some event? Must it be before I find Winterhome and Londoners? I feel lots of people came with input that SHOULD help, and I tried all suggestions I could find. But nobody gave a complete list of what research they had done or avoided; maybe I made some mistake there? If someone got some suggestion I did not try, I would be very greatful! I need 5 more achievements in Frostpunk; the 3 in survivor mode, the Iron Savior and The Scientific Method 2. On paper I would have thought this the easier one... Can anyone help?

[Jam]

Originally posted by robindickson2003:

For the life of me I can't figure out why it will not work for me. I read all suggestions I could find anywhere on internet. I had people work out in the cold, did not put on heaters in workplaces, I got dozens of amputees, I tried not giving them protheses, I tried GIVING them protheses, I signed radical treatment like many suggested, I tried like E942 hard diff on the choice where people get sick easier, and as I said lots of amputees, but no engineer approaching me about the matter. I wonder if I need enough amputees before some event? Must it be before I find Winterhome and Londoners? I feel lots of people came with input that SHOULD help, and I tried all suggestions I could find. But nobody gave a complete list of what research they had done or avoided, maybe I made some mistake there? If someone got some suggestion I did not try, I would be very greatful I need 5 more achievements in Frostpunk; the 3 in survivor mode, the Iron Savior and The Scientific Method 2. On paper I would have thought this the easier one... Can anyone help?

I checked my save files and here's EXACTLY what I had on that playthrough:

Laws:
Radical Treatment
Care House

Research:
Heaters
Medical Post Upgrade
Hunters' Gear
Beacon
Steelworks
Wall Drill
Generator Range Upgrade
Coal Mining

I had
10 amputees
3 Medical Posts
3 Hunters Hut
1 Beacon
1 Wall Drill
1 Steelworks
3 Coal Piles remaining
1 Coal Mining

Achievement unlocked on Day 8

I did not build tents on first day. I waited people to complain then promised them I'd build some homes within 2 days. It helped me save wood for research. As much as possible I assigned small number of people gathering resources to increase number of amputees and sick people.

EDIT:
I was told the achievement has nothing to do with research and law except for radical treatment. They say it's all about the number of sick people and a medical engineer will ask for another medical post before the event triggers.

Hope this helps! :)

[Brikinhos]

Originally posted by robindickson2003:

For the life of me I can't figure out why it will not work for me. I read all suggestions I could find anywhere on internet. I had people work out in the cold, did not put on heaters in workplaces, I got dozens of amputees, I tried not giving them protheses, I tried GIVING them protheses, I signed radical treatment like many suggested, I tried like E942 hard diff on the choice where people get sick easier, and as I said lots of amputees, but no engineer approaching me about the matter. I wonder if I need enough amputees before some event? Must it be before I find Winterhome and Londoners? I feel lots of people came with input that SHOULD help, and I tried all suggestions I could find. But nobody gave a complete list of what research they had done or avoided, maybe I made some mistake there? If someone got some suggestion I did not try, I would be very greatful I need 5 more achievements in Frostpunk; the 3 in survivor mode, the Iron Savior and The Scientific Method 2. On paper I would have thought this the easier one... Can anyone help?

Maybe the event appeared in your game but you couldn't see it. There is a bug, you can hear event sound but there isn't any circle. I don't have this achievement because of it. Wait to next patch.

[robindickson2003]

Originally posted by Brikinhos:

Originally posted by robindickson2003:

For the life of me I can't figure out why it will not work for me. I read all suggestions I could find anywhere on internet. I had people work out in the cold, did not put on heaters in workplaces, I got dozens of amputees, I tried not giving them protheses, I tried GIVING them protheses, I signed radical treatment like many suggested, I tried like E942 hard diff on the choice where people get sick easier, and as I said lots of amputees, but no engineer approaching me about the matter. I wonder if I need enough amputees before some event? Must it be before I find Winterhome and Londoners? I feel lots of people came with input that SHOULD help, and I tried all suggestions I could find. But nobody gave a complete list of what research they had done or avoided, maybe I made some mistake there? If someone got some suggestion I did not try, I would be very greatful I need 5 more achievements in Frostpunk; the 3 in survivor mode, the Iron Savior and The Scientific Method 2. On paper I would have thought this the easier one... Can anyone help?

Maybe the event appeared in your game but you couldn't see it. There is a bug, you can hear event sound but there isn't any circle. I don't have this achievement because of it. Wait to next patch.

Thanks so much Brikinhos! I DO believe you are right. Since I posted above, I tried following the exact suggestions by 󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡ジャム,( thanks again to 󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡ジャム!) and I DID hear a sound going off at 10 or 11 amputees, which I had probably heard in earlier attempts also, but not connected with the failure of this achievement; and where I had nothing to click, no black circle etc. It is very irritating having spent days of playing focused on this achievement, with no chance getting it done cause of a bug that I did not know of. Odd also, as a third of all players got it, so I guess they must have had it working when the game came, and then for a long time, but later INTRODUCED this bug. Do you Brikinhos know when next patch is due? I am working on The Iron Savior now, and still got 3 survivor mode achievements to do, but I would want The Scientific Method 2 ASAP of course. I tried googling update for Frostpunk but could only find when the last few updates had come, not when to expect the next one, but maybe someone heard? Thanks in advance and thanks to all engaged so far in this atm failing achievement!

[Brikinhos]

Originally posted by robindickson2003:

Originally posted by Brikinhos:

Maybe the event appeared in your game but you couldn't see it. There is a bug, you can hear event sound but there isn't any circle. I don't have this achievement because of it. Wait to next patch.

Thanks so much Brikinhos! I DO believe you are right. Since I posted above, I tried following the exact suggestions by 󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡ジャム,( thanks again to 󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡ジャム!) and I DID hear a sound going off at 10 or 11 amputees, which I had probably heard in earlier attempts also, but not connected with the failure of this achievement; and where I had nothing to click, no black circle etc. It is very irritating having spent days of playing focused on this achievement, with no chance getting it done cause of a bug that I did not know of. Odd also, as a third of all players got it, so I guess they must have had it working when the game came, and then for a long time, but later INTRODUCED this bug. Do you Brikinhos know when next patch is due? I am working on The Iron Savior now, and still got 3 survivor mode achievements to do, but I would want The Scientific Method 2 ASAP of course. I tried googling update for Frostpunk but could only find when the last few updates had come, not when to expect the next one, but maybe someone heard? Thanks in advance and thanks to all engaged so far in this atm failing achievement!

I don't know when the next patch will come, I hope that soon, weekly I take a look to their Twitter just in case they announce a new patch.

PD: I couldn't get The Scientific Method, vol. 2 yet, I made a save just before getting 10 amputees, when they fix this known issue I will load the game and get quickly the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ achievement xD.