achievement didn’t unlock. is SAM okay for use?

[Commander Oatmeal]

had a dead rising 3 achievement not unlock. tried twice to get it and still didn’t work. is Steam Achievement Manager okay to use to unlock the achievement? i fulfilled the requirements for it but it never unlocked. i’m asking if i’ll get a ban or something on my account.

[Ogami]

You wont get any bans, dont worry.
I unlocked bugged achievements multiple times over the years with SAM,
if i fulfilled the condition i also want the achivement.
Works fine. Just dont get tempted to unlock others as well. :P

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Report the bug on their forum. YOU know you got the achievement its merely their system that failed to recognize it. Let them fix it or there may be "consequences".

[Commander Oatmeal]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Report the bug on their forum. YOU know you got the achievement its merely their system that failed to recognize it. Let them fix it or there may be "consequences".

the game devs don’t work on the game. i looked it up and apparently they won’t go back to the game since it’s old. you can check yourself that there’s bugged achievements for dead rising 3

[Ogami]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Let them fix it or there may be "consequences".

There is ONE game of 90k on Steam that banned people for unlocking achievements with SAM.
That was Payday2 because the achievements were linked to rare unlocks ingame.
And even they abandoned those bans years ago.
SAM is 100% completely safe to use.

[Aqwet]

You will be banned on astats, achievement group from steam and their page. Nothing more i know.

[grody_antagonic]

you will likely get banned on various 3rd party achievement tracking sites (like astats, steamhunters etc) if you use SAM for whatever reason.

[BJWyler]

Originally posted by grody_antagonic:

you will likely get banned on various 3rd party achievement tracking sites (like astats, steamhunters etc) if you use SAM for whatever reason.

Which is only a problem if one is an achievement hunter who signs up for those sites.

Steam itself will do nothing, nor will any developer at this point in time as that can cross into some legal grey areas. Steam itself included the same functionality of SAM into the Steam Console, allowing any achievement to be locked and unlocked as desired.

[kitt]

I thought talking about cheats or cheat software is against the rules..




If it didn't unlock you might not have the requirements, care to say which one you should have gotten?

[Boblin the Goblin]

Originally posted by kitt:

I thought talking about cheats or cheat software is against the rules..

SAM is not considered a cheat or cheat software.

[davidb11]

Originally posted by kitt:

I thought talking about cheats or cheat software is against the rules..




If it didn't unlock you might not have the requirements, care to say which one you should have gotten?

Like above said, SAM is not a cheat. Also, CheatEngine is allowed to be talked about on Steam. LOL.
Also, Valve changed the rules recently to allow discussion of Emulators now.
Within reason.
As in don't like go link to various websites. :P

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Let them fix it or there may be "consequences".

There is ONE game of 90k on Steam that banned people for unlocking achievements with SAM.
That was Payday2 because the achievements were linked to rare unlocks ingame.
And even they abandoned those bans years ago.

They only ever banned users from their game hub, not the game itself.

[davidb11]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Ogami:

There is ONE game of 90k on Steam that banned people for unlocking achievements with SAM.
That was Payday2 because the achievements were linked to rare unlocks ingame.
And even they abandoned those bans years ago.

They only ever banned users from their game hub, not the game itself.

:qr:

Oh. Right. I forgot it was that, and not the game.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by davidb11:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

They only ever banned users from their game hub, not the game itself.

Oh. Right. I forgot it was that, and not the game.

I miss Baum.

[Commander Oatmeal]

Originally posted by kitt:

I thought talking about cheats or cheat software is against the rules..




If it didn't unlock you might not have the requirements, care to say which one you should have gotten?

Ashes to Ashes. this achievement has been known to not unlock for some people. i did it twice. i very much completed the task. devs don’t care to fix it since the game is old and they don’t work on it anymore

[blunus]

Originally posted by Commander Oatmeal:

had a dead rising 3 achievement not unlock. tried twice to get it and still didn’t work. is Steam Achievement Manager okay to use to unlock the achievement? i fulfilled the requirements for it but it never unlocked. i’m asking if i’ll get a ban or something on my account.

It's okay to use because it uses Steam API to make calls to Steam that achievements were unlocked. It's completely impossible for anti-cheat systems to detect, and thus you can't get banned for SAM at all.