[BUG] "Welcome to Nam" achievement not unlocking

[[FR] Grokkar]

Hey guys !

Back in 2019 I obtained 100% of Far Cry 5 achievements, but after their 2023 launcher update one of them just reset - "Welcome to Nam" - for no reason.

Whatever how many times I meet the criteria, it just doesn't unlock again. I tried everything : clear cache, re-install launcher, even finished the whole DLC again, nothing.

Wrote a ticket some months ago and they can't do anything - like unlocking the achievement manually...

I was hyped to see they finally add chievos on Steam - still a good new, ofc- and perhaps it would have solved my problem but nope. Tried to use SAM but it doesn't work : protected achievements. ://

Does anyone here have a suggestion or work-around ?

Thanks for reading, and have a nice day !

EDIT : A work-around was found : change Ubisoft Connect language to english or german, and meet the achievement requirements again. For some reasons, this bug happens on french and italian versions of the launcher. Thanks to Arymes for having found the solution !

[TUTU]

I have the same problem, and I only just realized it now after adding achievements on steam, because I was sure I had everything unlocked back then.

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by TUTU:

I have the same problem, and I only just realized it now after adding achievements on steam, because I was sure I had everything unlocked back then.

It sucks, man. Even tried with cloud disabled, and it doesn't work either. When I check into the "achievements" folder into the "cache" one, I can see the chievo icon, meaning it was unlocked at some point, but for weird reasons it doesn't show as completed in Uplay/Steam...

Wrote a 2nd ticket, hoping they'll fix this soon. If you've found a fix for that, please, let me know. <3

[Brancaille]

Ce succès ne s'est jamais débloqué pour moi, même avant l'apparition des succès sur Steam. En espérant qu'Ubisoft prête une oreille attentive aux joueurs, mais j'en doûte.

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by Brancaille:

Ce succès ne s'est jamais débloqué pour moi, même avant l'apparition des succès sur Steam. En espérant qu'Ubisoft prête une oreille attentive aux joueurs, mais j'en doûte.

Ah ouais, c'est chiant. Au moins ça me rassure un peu de voir que je ne suis pas le seul dans la même galère. Plein de gens ont des soucis de succès/trophées sur FC5, j'ai remarqué.

Bon, plus qu'à attendre qu'un miracle se produise, même si au bout d'un moment j'en attends plus de leur part mdr.

[MarcoReckless]

Same issue for me, I also tried resetting my save to scratch but it doesn't fix it.

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by MarcoReckless:

Same issue for me, I also tried resetting my save to scratch but it doesn't fix it.

I don't think this is related to any save, tried several times to start a new game and nothing happens. I think it is profile related.

For weird reasons, when I look into the "cache" folder, the achievement's icon is here - meaning I unlocked it at some point - but it doesn't show up as unlocked on Uplay/Steam...

[sasorigw]

Hello Grokkar,
I'm having the same issue, tried to relaunch the DLC a second time to be sure, all for naught. I tried to open a ticket on Ubisoft support, and also a post on the Player Support [FR] sub-forum here on Steam. No answer as of yet.
Any news on your side ?

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by sasorigw:

Hello Grokkar,
I'm having the same issue, tried to relaunch the DLC a second time to be sure, all for naught. I tried to open a ticket on Ubisoft support, and also a post on the Player Support [FR] sub-forum here on Steam. No answer as of yet.
Any news on your side ?

Hey Sasori,

No good news yet, sadly. I received an answer from support just to tell me to "launch a save prior to the achievements' criterias", that they're sorry, etc.

Someone on another thread talked about a way to reset achievements on Steam, if you're interested. Personally, I'm not motivated do to the whole game + DLC all over again just for one glitched achievement.

[sasorigw]

Not ideal to handle two different threads, in two different languages, but in case some people end up here, I post here as well what I found :

In launcher_log.txt, from the log folder of the Ubi launcher, there are the following errors happening each time I do what the achievement require :

[22876] 2024-12-24 11:56:58 [18668] ERROR AchievementsRead.cpp (92) Can't find achievement description, skipped (achievement id: 57, game id: 4311)
[22876] 2024-12-24 11:56:58 [ 872] ERROR AchievementsLoad.cpp (318) Local timestamp mismatch with server's.

I'm not sure exactly what to make of it without reading the C++ file (and I'm sure Ubisoft will never share it with us :D ), but the error is on their side, a bug in the code or, given the message, more likely a database error (lack of achievement description), and most likely, resetting the achievements on Steam won't solve a single thing (especially since you can't reset it on Uplay), so I strongly advise you not to !

I updated my ticket to Ubisoft support with what I found, to hopefully get them on the right track

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by sasorigw:

Not ideal to handle two different threads, in two different languages, but in case some people end up here, I post here as well what I found :

In launcher_log.txt, from the log folder of the Ubi launcher, there are the following errors happening each time I do what the achievement require :

[22876] 2024-12-24 11:56:58 [18668] ERROR AchievementsRead.cpp (92) Can't find achievement description, skipped (achievement id: 57, game id: 4311)
[22876] 2024-12-24 11:56:58 [ 872] ERROR AchievementsLoad.cpp (318) Local timestamp mismatch with server's.

I'm not sure exactly what to make of it without reading the C++ file (and I'm sure Ubisoft will never share it with us :D ), but the error is on their side, a bug in the code or, given the message, more likely a database error (lack of achievement description), and most likely, resetting the achievements on Steam won't solve a single thing (especially since you can't reset it on Uplay), so I strongly advise you not to !

I updated my ticket to Ubisoft support with what I found, to hopefully get them on the right track

Impressive work, friend. Thank you for sharing it to Ubi, much appreciated !

Wait & see.

[Arymes]

I found the solution, you have to switch ubi launcher to English. I just unlocked the achievement by noting that there were 3 French people involved and that an English friend had had it without problem.

[MarcoReckless]

Originally posted by Arymes:

I found the solution, you have to switch the launcher to English. I just unlocked the achievement by noting that there were 3 French people involved and that an English friend had had it without problem.

Can confirm this works for the achievements for starting out the Vietnam and Mars DLC, I play in Italian and switching to English managed to make it pop.

[sasorigw]

You had the same idea as me ! :D
It also work in german. Apparently, Ubisoft failed to make it work in some languages, french being one of them (which is ironic when you think about Ubisoft's origin)

[[FR] Grokkar]

Good news here, you guys make me happy ! Thank you Arymes, I'll check it out !

[Doubi]

Je confirme, le passage du français a l'anglais fonctionne, mais il faut que ce soit fait sur le luncher d'ubi et non steam.