Bugged achievements?

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I made another post in the main discussion forum about the secret achievement possibly being bugged but I also wanted to mention that while playing I was having times when achievements would unlock during gameplay and then times when they wouldn't unlock until after the game was closed. It seems really inconsistent.

And for the record, after looking everywhere and trying a number of fixes, I still seem unable to get New Paradigm to unlock. I've beaten the game (all the way through) twice with two different save files, online and offline, and I still can't get it to unlock. I even reinstalled the game. Does anyone have any insights or advice? Any devs have a fix in the pipeline?

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I finally managed to get my achievement to pop. It was bugged somehow but here is the process I used to fix it:

1. I turned off cloud sync and then made a backup of my save file from the game folder in the Steam directory.
2. I deleted all local content for the game through Steam, exited Steam, and then restarted my computer.
3. I deleted the game folder that was left over in the Steam directory after the uninstall.
4. I reinstalled the game.
5. I played the first level and then when I got to the second level I quit to the main menu.
*SPOILER*
6. Then I loaded the first level from the main menu and the achievement popped.

I did not adjust any settings except the initial prompt to change gamma when I started the game. I even left it in windowed mode. I don't know if this makes a difference but that's all I did after reinstalling and playing it. Hopefully if anyone else gets this bug then this will help.

PS: I did not use my old save file for this. I started fresh as if I just bought the game.

[76561198211868657]

Saw this in the other thread and we'll look into it.

[EdhawK777]

It worked!!!! Thanks!!

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Originally posted by Edhawk21:

It worked!!!! Thanks!!

I'm glad I was able to help.

[Valsept]

Got it, thank you very much

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Originally posted by Bunny Van Camp:

Got it, thank you very much

No problem.

[Mr. Joseph]

Achievements stopped unlocking for me as well during normal gameplay. I had three unlock at the same time upon the game's closure.

For someone who's a bit OCD, I find this irksome.

[Mr. Joseph]

'New Paradigm' was bugged for me as well. Your fix worked. Thank you.

[N3utr4l1s4t0r]

Had the same problem. The following steps where sufficient to fix it:
1. turn of cloud save and back up save game
2. delete save game folder
3. start new playthrough
4. after finishing level 1 go back to menu and restart level 1

[Astrogirl/Cat]

Mine also has same issue still, can't get achievement 21. Will try the fix above but Phosphor please correct this.
OK - fix did not seem to work for me but could be that steam is slow to update changes as prior day it took some time to show achievements as unlocked though had got the secrets and played levels through - so maybe just internet slow or not yet checked for changes to game. Still if Phosphor can see if it is indeed a bug?

[Astrogirl/Cat]

Originally posted by The Bird of Hermes:

I finally managed to get my achievement to pop. It was bugged somehow but here is the process I used to fix it:

1. I turned off cloud sync and then made a backup of my save file from the game folder in the Steam directory.
2. I deleted all local content for the game through Steam, exited Steam, and then restarted my computer.
3. I deleted the game folder that was left over in the Steam directory after the uninstall.
4. I reinstalled the game.
5. I played the first level and then when I got to the second level I quit to the main menu.
*SPOILER*
6. Then I loaded the first level from the main menu and the achievement popped.

I did not adjust any settings except the initial prompt to change gamma when I started the game. I even left it in windowed mode. I don't know if this makes a difference but that's all I did after reinstalling and playing it. Hopefully if anyone else gets this bug then this will help.

PS: I did not use my old save file for this. I started fresh as if I just bought the game.

BY turn off cloud synch do you mean just go offline in Steam menu or something else? Do you also stay offline until after played Ch 1 and then reloaded it again and then only go back online in steam with game still loaded on pause or quit it first?

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Originally posted by astrogirl_uran:

Originally posted by The Bird of Hermes:

I finally managed to get my achievement to pop. It was bugged somehow but here is the process I used to fix it:

1. I turned off cloud sync and then made a backup of my save file from the game folder in the Steam directory.
2. I deleted all local content for the game through Steam, exited Steam, and then restarted my computer.
3. I deleted the game folder that was left over in the Steam directory after the uninstall.
4. I reinstalled the game.
5. I played the first level and then when I got to the second level I quit to the main menu.
*SPOILER*
6. Then I loaded the first level from the main menu and the achievement popped.

I did not adjust any settings except the initial prompt to change gamma when I started the game. I even left it in windowed mode. I don't know if this makes a difference but that's all I did after reinstalling and playing it. Hopefully if anyone else gets this bug then this will help.

PS: I did not use my old save file for this. I started fresh as if I just bought the game.

BY turn off cloud synch do you mean just go offline in Steam menu or something else? Do you also stay offline until after played Ch 1 and then reloaded it again and then only go back online in steam with game still loaded on pause or quit it first?

Turning off Cloud Sync is something you do in the properties for the game. It keeps the game from uploading a copy of the save to Steam servers. Doing this keeps Steam from replacing your save game and configuration files when you reinstall the game.

[Astrogirl/Cat]

Thanks - The Bird of Hermes - I think I found it under the Updates tab in game properties - related to steam cloud - am trying again also with full uninstall reinstall and cloud sync off.

OK it worked - thanks for fix - did reinstall and disconnect from steam cloud as above and redid Level 1 and reloaded Level 1 and got achievement. Kept disconnected from steam cloud when did all this and while reinstalling game. You can put back your old save file after to access completed game and levels without messing the steam achievements.