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Acheivements are a big part of the experience for me, and just running them as an external program doesn't give that option. Is there any chance of doing so? I'm sure I managed to get some pirated dlc to work like that once.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can use steam achievement manager to unlock any achievements you want. as far as having that automatically happen with steam, i'm not sure if that's possible

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh alr, do you have to "own" the game on steam to unlock achievements? Currently just running them through "add a non steam game" I'm guessing you cant pirate steam product keys etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah you have to own the game to unlock the achievements

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

fair enough, I'm guessing there's no workaround for that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If the pirated game you are running uses the Goldberg Emu or a similar variant then they have the capabilities of Achievement unlocks. If you are on windows you can also combine this with Achievement Watcher which can pick up the achievements and even display them as you get them with toast notifications.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I've never heard of goldberg actually, will have to look into it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I wonder if RetroAchievements is open-source. Could be possible to clone achievements for pirated games.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

DLC is probably a bit easier since it sounds like you purchased the base game. Steam still registers that you own at least the base game and may allow the achievements because of that.

As for base games, there's not a way that I know of. Steam only shows that if you purchase the game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

ok, thanks, and yeah, I did.