distorteddoggo Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I recently got into the modding community and I was wondering if there was any way to get achivements and time played through steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb54 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 ... as far as I know, the PC version of FO 3 does NOT block achievements using mods. I cannot speak to Consoles, as I do not have one. I know it is an issue with FO 4 and Consoles. But I earned all mine with mod in my game, same as with FO NV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distorteddoggo Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 ... as far as I know, the PC version of FO 3 does NOT block achievements using mods. I cannot speak to Consoles, as I do not have one. I know it is an issue with FO 4 and Consoles. But I earned all mine with mod in my game, same as with FO NV. I meant how do you configure your mods/mod manager so steam still monitors play time and achivements. Because whenever I launch fallout 3 through steam it doesn't monitor play time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb54 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 ... as far as I know, the PC version of FO 3 does NOT block achievements using mods. I cannot speak to Consoles, as I do not have one. I know it is an issue with FO 4 and Consoles. But I earned all mine with mod in my game, same as with FO NV.I meant how do you configure your mods/mod manager so steam still monitors play time and achivements. Because whenever I launch fallout 3 through steam it doesn't monitor play time. Oh, sorry - my bad in not understanding your post. Personally - I do not want Steam or anyone else to know my game play time and such. It is really none of their business, to be honest. CASE IN POINT:Back in 2012, I had this guy on Steam that was literally watching my Skyrim Play Time .... and posted to me as much. For which I told him, " Do you realize how creepy this is? You are watching other player's game play time. You need a life. But you do not understand that I have 2 computers. My work computer and my game computer. Skyrim is loaded, but is seldom played ... because of work. But it's loaded, so IF / WHEN I have a few minutes here and there, I can continue the game. So ya, so much for you Policing my game play time. Get a life! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distorteddoggo Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018  ... as far as I know, the PC version of FO 3 does NOT block achievements using mods.àI cannot speak to Consoles, as I do not have one. I know it is an issue with FO 4 and Consoles.àBut I earned all mine with mod in my game, same as with FO NV.I meant how do you configure your mods/mod manager so steam still monitors play time and achivements. Because whenever I launch fallout 3 through steam it doesn't monitor play time.  Oh, sorry - my bad in not understanding your post. Personally - I do not want Steam or anyone else to know my game play time and such. It is really none of their business, to be honest. CASE IN POINT:Back in 2012, I had this guy on Steam that was literally watching my Skyrim Play Time .... and posted to me as much. For which I told him, " Do you realize how creepy this is? You are watching other player's game play time. You need a life. But you do not understand that I have 2 computers. My work computer and my game computer. Skyrim is loaded, but is seldom played ... because of work. But it's loaded, so IF / WHEN I have a few minutes here and there, I can continue the game. So ya, so much for you Policing my game play time. Get a life! " Ok, thanks for trying to help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted21304489User Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) Uhm... first, FO3 does not have achievements in the game. (Console, and GFWL, yes.) Unless some new updated version has been released. Which, I doubt... since I would have probably received the new version for free. That being said, If you play FO3 through your Steam Cient, it will track hours played... modded, or not. Unless you have the in-game console turned off in your Steam settings. This option may not even effect game hours played. I know turning it off will cause less stutter in your modified game... due to the amount of RAM the in-game console can drain on your system. Who wants friends messaging you anyway, while you're killing mole rats? If you're playing FNV, your modded game can keep you from gaining achievements. Depends on what you're using though. If it's just textures... you're fine. However, if you're using any added esm, or esp files... then it will not register achievements, while playing your modded game, or something like NVSE. Personally, I find achievements stupid. Probably my generation. I grew up just being happy to play games on a computer. That was reward enough. However, today... people feel the need to be rewarded for the little things they accomplish in their games. Kinda' like pro football players, that complete a normal play in the game, but think they did something spectacular. *shrugs As a kid, I even thought the "stars" I got on a poster board in my elementary school were silly. Meh Hours tracked by Steam are also silly. Especially when most people on Steam just idle their games to build up over-all gaming hours. I guess to impress their so called friends on their "friends list." Personally, I have over 1,000 hours tracked by Steam on this game, but that's only because I've modded it for a few years. Again, I no longer play the game through Steam at this date. Steam will bog down your gaming performance. I don't care how awesome your rig is. Remember, this game came out during Windows XP. Operating off of 1 gig of RAM. 2, if you patch it. On another note, I've got almost 300 hours on Buldar's Gate: Enhanced Edition. Most of that is due to trying to roll a sweet number to get my character generation stats just right. You can go blind doing this and wear out your mouse button. Heh. Anywho, not sure if this helped, but there ya' go. Cya !! P.S. @ jjb54 - Steam has made it so you can now hide your game playing time. Just an FYI. Oh, and this is while still keeping your profile public. I guess they think it's creepy too, when weirdos track your game playing. ^^ Edited August 3, 2018 by ejroberts49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb54 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Uhm... .....P.S. @ jjb54 - Steam has made it so you can now hide your game playing time. Just an FYI. Oh, and this is while still keeping your profile public. I guess they think it's creepy too, when weirdos track your game playing. ^^ Yes, I know. The kid got a whole lot of flack for his post. I think he regretted it big time, as he also LOST a lot of friends on Steam and such, because they were wondering if he was " spying " on them also? I took and hid my game play as it was not an honest time of actual game play -vs- just having it " ON " ... while I was off doing other things. I had two computers, so one just became the game machine and I would leave a game loaded for the day ... so I could play when I had a few minutes here and there, without waiting for load time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distorteddoggo Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) Uhm... first, FO3 does not have achievements in the game. (Console, and GFWL, yes.)ÃÃÂ Unless some new updated version has been released.ÃÃÂ Which, I doubt... since I would have probably received the new version for free.ÃÃÂ That being said, If you play FO3 through your Steam Cient, it will track hours played... modded, or not.ÃÃÂ Unless you have the in-game console turned off in your Steam settings.ÃÃÂ This option may not even effect game hours played.ÃÃÂ I know turning it off will cause less stutter in your modified game... due to the amount of RAM the in-game console can drain on your system.ÃÃÂ Who wants friends messaging you anyway, while you're killing mole rats?ÃÃÂ If you're playing FNV, your modded game can keep you from gaining achievements.ÃÃÂ Depends on what you're using though.ÃÃÂ If it's just textures... you're fine.ÃÃÂ However, if you're using any added esm, or esp files... then it will not register achievements, while playing your modded game, or something like NVSE.ÃÃÂ Personally, I find achievements stupid.ÃÃÂ Probably my generation.ÃÃÂ I grew up just being happy to play games on a computer. That was reward enough.ÃÃÂ However, today... people feel the need to be rewarded for the little things they accomplish in their games. Kinda' like pro football players, that complete a normal play in the game, but think they did something spectacular. *shrugsÃÃÂ ÃÃÂ As a kid, I even thought the "stars" I got on a poster board in my elementary school were silly.ÃÃÂ MehÃÃÂ Hours tracked by Steam are also silly.ÃÃÂ Especially when most people on Steam just idle their games to build up over-all gaming hours.ÃÃÂ I guess to impress their so called friends on their "friends list."ÃÃÂ Personally, I have over 1,000 hours tracked by Steam on this game, but that's only because I've modded it for a few years.ÃÃÂ Again, I no longer play the game through Steam at this date.ÃÃÂ Steam will bog down your gaming performance.ÃÃÂ I don't care how awesome your rig is. Remember, this game came out during Windows XP.ÃÃÂ Operating off of 1 gig of RAM.ÃÃÂ 2, if you patch it.ÃÃÂ On another note, I've got almost 300 hours on Buldar's Gate: Enhanced Edition.ÃÃÂ Most of that is due to trying to roll a sweet number to get my character generation stats just right.ÃÃÂ You can go blind doing this and wear out your mouse button.ÃÃÂ Heh.ÃÃÂ Anywho, not sure if this helped, but there ya' go.ÃÃÂ Cya !!ÃÃÂ P.S. @ jjb54 - Steam has made it so you can now hide your game playing time.ÃÃÂ Just an FYI.ÃÃÂ Oh, and this is while still keeping your profile public.ÃÃÂ I guess they think it's creepy too, when weirdos track your game playing. ^^ÃÃÂ I didn't really want achivements, the main thing I wanted was to track my game time. I like to see how much i've played after a few years. Plus I dont care if anyone sees how much I play. And the steam overlay is pretty useful for taking screenshots and an in-game web browser. But thanks! Edited August 5, 2018 by distorteddoggo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogzilla82 Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 When using FOSE, stream will NOT recognize you playing the game, at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted21304489User Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Technically that's true. However, there is a work-around for this. Simply open up your Fallout 3 folder and find the "FalloutLauncher.exe" and rename it to something like, "FalloutLauncher1.exe" Next, rename the "fose_loader.exe" to "FalloutLauncher.exe" You're done. Also, I would recommend opening up the properties tab and select run as administrator. Now you can run your game with fose and with all of your steam options. Bam !! Simple ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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