Advent Harmony (Civilian) only Achievement Bug and Research Victory/Defeat

Updated to 0.80 Patch

from Sins Forums

The achievement displays "Research every subject in the Harmony Tree while researching no subjects in the Hostility, Security or Understanding Trees." (it says nothing about the Fleet Logistics, so I went doing only that) so I went just researching Harmony and Fleet size but I didn't get the achievement once I finished researching the last point in Harmony.

Playing with Research Victory enabled and researching only Harmony and Fleet Logistics (and winning by research) didn't give the "Advent Harmony Researcher" achievement, it does however finish the game with a "Research Victory" popup effectively finishing the game.

However, losing by a Research Defeat, like the AI beat you in completing the special last research to reach a Research Victory, you only get a message that X faction has won but doesn't end the game, you aren't given the option to "quit or continue playing" like when you win, it just is a small message without ending the game at all.

Save file (without Research Victory enabled): Advent Rebel, Harmony Achievement

Save File (with Research Victory enabled and at 95% special research complete for Victory): Advent Rebel Research Victory

Save File (with Research Victory enabled and 98% for Defeat): Advent Rebel Research Defeat

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Bump for the updated save file to work on the current (0.80) patch, the bug (not giving the achievement) it's still present, the save file is only missing Volcanic Evangelism intentionally for testing purposes, so that researching it should give the achievement but it doesn't work.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

try enabling research victory, research everything in the harmony tree and then the special 'research victory' tech....

maybe that's holding it back.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Why would I need to enable that to get the achievement? The current wording says nothing about having to win a research victory, it only displays that you need to research everything in Harmony without researching anything in Security, Hostility and Understanding.

As I see it, it's not a "victory achievement" just an accomplishment one (like spend 66k credits on someone's bounty or have 6k population) and it should be awarded once you meet the criteria, not by having to play and win in a specific way and with special conditions.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Because if the achievement is counting Research Victory tech as a requirement to unlock it, that's a bug.  Knowing for certain whether or not that is indeed the case will enable the devs to more quickly fix this bug.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Updated with more save files with Research Victory enabled, it still doesn't give the achievement by researching only Harmony and Fleet Logistics.

Also, losing by a Research Defeat doesn't end the game nor you're given the chance to quit or continue playing, it just continues going on like you can still win and play normally.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

This does not appear to have been fixed yet. Tried with and without research victory research. No achievement.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

I don't see why stardock would put achievements in a game that encourage you to play the game wrong.