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- Fri Dec 13, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 719
Re: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
The file format appears to be self-created by the Factorio dev team; it is a dump straight from the internal (binary) representation in the game.
"0b" is the entirety of the Value;
"00" is a NULL space
"0e" is the start of the next achivement, which is named "visit-vulcanus" (aka "76 69 73 69 74 ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 719
Re: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
The file format appears to be self-created by the Factorio dev team; it is a dump straight from the internal (binary) representation in the game.
"0b" is the entirety of the Value;
"00" is a NULL space
"0e" is the start of the next achivement, which is named "visit-vulcanus" (aka "76 69 73 69 74 ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 719
Re: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
You need to install the "HEX Editor" plugin.
Plugins Menu --> Plugins Admin, Search
After it is installed, enable it in the Plugins Menu --> HEX-Editor --> View in HEX
okkk got it, thank you! Now how do I know which achievement I'm working on? What's the start of every achievement? Or is it ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 719
Re: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
The "random characters" are the Data itself. The Factorio Wiki gives specific information on which achievements use integer/bool/double types etc, but it is out-of-date for 2.0.
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You can use a Hex Editor to see (and modify) the raw Binary data. I use Notepad++ with ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:57 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 719
How do I modify the contents of the achievement.dat file?
I want to reset some achievements in Factorio and found the achievement.dat file. However, when I open it, there's the name of each achievement with some random characters and stuff, making it impossible for me to understand how it works. I went to the Wiki and it made me even more confused. How do ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How to remove certain achievements from the game
- Replies: 4
- Views: 516
Re: How to remove certain achievements from the game
OK, found the file. How do I reset certain achievements? What am I supposed to be removing from that file?IsaacOscar wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 12:58 pm What's SAM?
Also are you editing the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<your steam ser number>\427520\remote?
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How to remove certain achievements from the game
- Replies: 4
- Views: 516
Re: How to remove certain achievements from the game
What's SAM?
Also are you editing the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<your steam ser number>\427520\remote?
SAM is Steam Achievement Manager - you can unlock/restore any achievement for steam games. Also, I didn't try editing the files, I will do that and update the situation ...
- Fri Dec 13, 2024 11:52 am
- Forum: Technical Help
- Topic: How to remove certain achievements from the game
- Replies: 4
- Views: 516
How to remove certain achievements from the game
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When 2.0 released, I opened one of my worlds (where I had everything) and most of the new achievements got unlocked instantly, and I don't want that, because I planned to unlock them organically in a new playthrough. I used SAM to remove them, but now when I open the game they unlock ...
When 2.0 released, I opened one of my worlds (where I had everything) and most of the new achievements got unlocked instantly, and I don't want that, because I planned to unlock them organically in a new playthrough. I used SAM to remove them, but now when I open the game they unlock ...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: Tools
- Topic: Modded Achievement Enabler
- Replies: 37
- Views: 106769
Re: Modded Achievement Enabler
Hi.
I'm having some issues with this mod. When I copy the .dll to directory and set the launch options on steam all I get is this:
The game doesn't run or anything, all I get is that screen.
Hi sorry for the delay, I hadn't received forum notifications. You can resolve it by setting the ...