Option to disable achievements

[Darksaviour]

So I don't know if steam even reads these. But I will try anyway. Steam please add an option to disable achievements. And I mean make it so you don't even earn them or can view them. I hate them and they ruin games for me, so I am begging that this feature be added. I propose an option on your account that disables achievements for yourself. I know some people like achievements, but not everyone does. Please achievements ruin gaming for me and other people as well, give us an option to disable this feature please.

[Lucas]

Originally posted by Darksavior:

So I don't know if steam even reads these. But I will try anyway. Steam please add an option to disable achievements. And I mean make it so you don't even earn them or can view them. I hate them and they ruin games for me, so I am begging that this feature be added. I propose an option on your account that disables achievements for yourself. I know some people like achievements, but not everyone does. Please achievements ruin gaming for me and other people as well, give us an option to disable this feature please.

Why can you not just ignore these achievements?

It's not like they make a massive pop-up and block you from playing.

[♥♥tutor♥♥tαrα♥♥]

Originally posted by Lucas ....:

Originally posted by Darksavior:

So I don't know if steam even reads these. But I will try anyway. Steam please add an option to disable achievements. And I mean make it so you don't even earn them or can view them. I hate them and they ruin games for me, so I am begging that this feature be added. I propose an option on your account that disables achievements for yourself. I know some people like achievements, but not everyone does. Please achievements ruin gaming for me and other people as well, give us an option to disable this feature please.

Why can you not just ignore these achievements?

It's not like they make a massive pop-up and block you from playing.

I personally like the achievements, and the in-game pop ups do not bother me. However, some people say that the achievement pop-ups are immersion-breaking interruptions that reduce their enjoyment of the game.

We who buy the games are not Valve's only customers. The developers who integrate Steamworks into their games are also Valve's customers. Some of them probably value the aggregate data of the achievements earned by those playing their games. They also value that the achievement notifications in Actifity advertise the games to your friends that look at Activity. Valve will not want to give players the option to disable achievements completely if develepors would dislike that.

If there was an option to disable the in-game pop-up notification of earning an achievement, and maybe also an option to hide achievements so you don't see them on your own profile, that could be good for both players who do not want to see the achievements and developers who want the achievement data and advertising.

[Satoru]

Note you can't really 'disable' achievements since the API will always basically keep track and make the call to the Steamworks API when an achievement is triggered.

I'm not very clear how achievements are 'ruining' games for you. If you don't liek them you can ignore them.

[Darksaviour]

Originally posted by ♥♥tutor♥♥tara♥♥:

Originally posted by Lucas ....:

Why can you not just ignore these achievements?

It's not like they make a massive pop-up and block you from playing.

I personally like the achievements, and the in-game pop ups do not bother me. However, some people say that the achievement pop-ups are immersion-breaking interruptions that reduce their enjoyment of the game.

We who buy the games are not Valve's only customers. The developers who integrate Steamworks into their games are also Valve's customers. Some of them probably value the aggregate data of the achievements earned by those playing their games. They also value that the achievement notifications in Actifity advertise the games to your friends that look at Activity. Valve will not want to give players the option to disable achievements completely if develepors would dislike that.

If there was an option to disable the in-game pop-up notification of earning an achievement, and maybe also an option to hide achievements so you don't see them on your own profile, that could be good for both players who do not want to see the achievements and developers who want the achievement data and advertising.

I am aware of this thats why I'm not suggestion they be removed. I'm just asking for an option to hide an achievements from your profile.

[Satoru]

You still haven't really answered the question of 'why'

You can simply ignore achievements.

There's not a really compelling reason to 'disable' them

[Darksaviour]

Originally posted by Satoru:

You still haven't really answered the question of 'why'

You can simply ignore achievements.

There's not a really compelling reason to 'disable' them

I have tried to ignore them and it doesn't work. And I suggest the ones who want achievements disabled. So if you want the damn things whatever keep them, but I don't want them

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Satoru:

You still haven't really answered the question of 'why'

You can simply ignore achievements.

There's not a really compelling reason to 'disable' them

Some people can get OCD'd on them and rather focus on progressing on achievements instead of just playing the game.
People are more prone to do achievement if progression bars pop up every now and then, because it suggests content.

As a matter of fact, there is no compelling reason to slap achievments into players' faces.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

I like the idea of being able to disable achievement-logging.

For example, if I'm playing under certain conditions -- e.g. playing a multiplayer match in a specific way to help someone else get an achievement, but I feel that doing so for myself is unfair -- I can avoid getting the achievement myself while I still get to help them.

So yes, I support this idea.

[⭐=Vu= zarathustra⭐]

"I hate them and they ruin games for me"

Wow! Is this post the epitome of the "First-World Problems" trope..?

[Calculated Luck]

Originally posted by Satoru:

Note you can't really 'disable' achievements since the API will always basically keep track and make the call to the Steamworks API when an achievement is triggered.

I'm not very clear how achievements are 'ruining' games for you. If you don't liek them you can ignore them.

They pop up on the screen mate. Sorry but they are very annoying and I don't need the game to give me digital chicken tendie points for doing mundane stuff.

Sometimes I think they just add new ones because you log in after a long time and your game can spend over a minute just going through a list in the corner of your screen over some completely uninteresting past actions that don't matter and that I will never check.

If the game was good it would have in game motivation getting you to perform those actions and in game rewards for it, you know, actual content.

[Xarlous]

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[⭐=Vu= zarathustra⭐]

Originally posted by SlayerLord:

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Welcome to my blocklist...

[Wock73]

First, it can be done via parental controls. Second, why necro a 7 month old thread?

[JPMcMillen]

Originally posted by Jumping Over Barrels Since 1981:

First, it can be done via parental controls. Second, why necro a 7 month old thread?

There does seem to be a forum necromancer around today.

As for achievements, the best anyone could hope for would be an option to just hide the achievements. Games, especially online games, may track achievement progress on their own and blocking the achievement could make it impossible to get later if the player changed their mind, because the game believes you already have the achievement and won't re-award it.

But Steam would still know which ones you actually had earned, which is used as a metric by some devs to see what the playerbase is doing. And if you ever changed your mind, or just got curious, you could turn them back on to see what you have, then turn them back off if you want to keep them hidden.

[Wock73]

Originally posted by JPMcMillen:

Originally posted by Jumping Over Barrels Since 1981:

First, it can be done via parental controls. Second, why necro a 7 month old thread?

There does seem to be a forum necromancer around today.

As for achievements, the best anyone could hope for would be an option to just hide the achievements. Games, especially online games, may track achievement progress on their own and blocking the achievement could make it impossible to get later if the player changed their mind, because the game believes you already have the achievement and won't re-award it.

But Steam would still know which ones you actually had earned, which is used as a metric by some devs to see what the playerbase is doing. And if you ever changed your mind, or just got curious, you could turn them back on to see what you have, then turn them back off if you want to keep them hidden.

I could be wrong but I believe the necro wants them to just be hidden. Any of the background stuff will remain in the background