Can't get achievements while offline

[jb_uno3]

While I'm playing the game, if I loose the connection to the internet and I do things in the game, such as picking up the 3 different slugs or going to each of the starting bios, it doesn't realize I have done it. Right Now I've told my ISP about the connection problem I have with them and they are working to fix the issue as being directly wired to their device shouldn't make me have any interruption in my internet connection. So, because the game covers my windows task manager I can't tell if I went into offline mode and need to not only restart the game, but sometimes also Steam.

I also looked into if achievements are given to players in offline mode and based on what I found is that achievements are tracked, just like in other games I've played offline, and are given accordingly, but this game is not doing that.

I hope by saying this the devs see it and figure out why it is that in offline mode achievements aren't given

[Tera]

First of all, you can fix task manager going behind applications by opening it, hovering over Options and checking Always on Top. This is a very useful feature if your program is fozen and you can't access TM because it's a fullscreen application. This has the downside of not being able to hide task manager behind at all except you can minimize it. But it's good to keep it on for the occasional problems.

Second, good that you have it figured out, it's a bummer that many games, even singleplayer ones, needs a constant internet connection to play or take full advantage of these days. Some games do track achievement progress locally and update steam apon a connection to steam servers however it seams like Coffee Stain did not do it for this game. If you do ever came across a achievement that you did complete but steam did not update you can look into SAM (Steam achievement manager) however be careful using it as not all devs like players using it, however since it's just achievements, I don't think CSS is too worried about it.

[jb_uno3]

Originally posted by Tera:

task manager going behind applications by opening it, hovering over Options and checking Always on Top.

Thnx for that hint on the Task Manager settings, but I had miss typed the wrong thing. I had meant to say Taskbar where it shows my Network and other icon. I know I can play it in a windowed mode, but I like being able to see the whole game on my screen.

The other thing is that based on what it says at this website https://satisfactory.wiki.gg/wiki/Achievements#cite_note-Offline_Achievements-11 which is "Any achievements earned while playing offline will NOT be awarded after you go online. Achievements unlocked by triggering a certain action can be triggered again, but achievements related to progression are lost unless the last online save is loaded. This applies to both Steam and Epic Games." to me it means that even while off line I should be getting achievements or even having certain things count towards it, such as Spaghetti Master. As of writing this, that achievement is still at 348 out of 5,000 and I'm at tier 7 from a newly generated world. I've even got a few belts that goes pretty much from one side of the map to almost the other side.

Also they never mentioned it in the YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI5ICUZq9Js&t=115s though since most games I've played allowed you to get achievements even when offline, so most likely no one even thought to ask nor did they think players would ask if achievements could be gotten while offline.

I just hope that when the Devs see this post and it is in fact that I'm suppose to get achievements offline, as I have with other games, such as Skyrim and others that are both single and multiplayer. Don't take this the wrong way, but, unless a Dev actually tells me or they create another Q&A video about off line achievements and if players will or will not get them, Then as far as I'm concerned players are supposed get achievements even in off line mode and that there is something that they might have forgotten to do in order for off line achievements to be given

[Kage Goomba]

I've rarely ever encountered any games that gave achievements while offline - generally most situations I've seen - they don't period unless they specifically are configured to do so.

So you are rather lucky to have seen more than I have - and that's saying something considering my obscenely large library.

I've even seen Games give achievements but not lock them in due to some stupid data mining server that I've blocked in my pi-hole (its a DNS Firewall :P ) - generally speaking you can't really do much without being connected in the first place.

[Tera]

I don't think the steam forums is the best place to report issues or provide feedback as there's no telling that the devs read it. You are better off posting it at the QA site. It is mentioned first thing on every patch note and the devs have mentioned many times that they read it. I have found only 1 post talking about it, you can upvote it or make your own comments on it. https://questions.satisfactorygame.com/post/66ee0199772a987f4a8c0322