Achievements not available after Ruler Designer update (Steam version)

[MagisterMundi]

I tried starting a new Ironman game this afternoon to test out the new features, but despite playing a completely unmodded version of the game with no launch options set, achievements are not available, and I'm told I need to uninstall any mods and remove launch options. My checksum is what it's supposed to be, and I've even verified my game files just in case. Nothing. Doesn't matter what start I select, including pre-set starts (I was trying to start an Ivar the Boneless campaign to finally get that achievement when I discovered this), and I'm trying to play on normal, so it's not a difficulty thing, either.

I genuinely do think it's an update issue, since I was playing a campaign with achievements available before the patch last night, and I was using identical settings. Only thing that changed was the patch.

Any suggestions or advice on how I might be able to fix this?

EDIT: After two clean re-installs, I was able to get it to work. Crucially, what seemed to make the difference for me was NOT putting your old save backups in until you've had a chance to fully load into the game and are in the load game screen. Apparently the game was sniffy about the old saves being present when loading. Why? Who knows.

EDIT II: ...and it's back to not working again. Apparently it only worked until I quit out of the game I was playing, then it broke once more. For obvious reasons, I will not be reinstalling the game every single time I want to start playing for the day and/or want to switch save files, so some support would indeed still be appreciated.

EDIT III: Added screenshots verifying what I'm describing above settings-wise. Images embedded because the default forum image viewer cuts off the bottom of the image, so hidden in spoilers tag to keep this readable.

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[E2SAUCY]

similar issue for me but it only happens from the campaigns screen, achievements work when i go into "play as any ruler" and then toggle ironman mode

 

[MagisterMundi]

similar issue for me but it only happens from the campaigns screen, achievements work when i go into "play as any ruler" and then toggle ironman mode

That doesn't work for me, but what DOES work for me, weirdly, is creating a custom character. It'll say achievements aren't valid, but when you're done making a 400-or-less build it'll tell you achievements are available when you start the game.

 

[crismac]

I would like to chime in as well, since the update achievements not available for me either.

 

[crismac]

Hmm really strange, I started the game for the first time since the update. I deleted the old save file. Tried to start a new campaign couldn't activate achievements.

So I exited out of the game to post here. Posted, went back to the launcher started the game. Setting up new game achievements work.

So, guys you might want to delete your old campaign, exit game, restart, it worked for me. Or at least it seems that was the issue for me. Didn't change anything else. Hope it helps.

 

[crismac]

Ok, forget everything I just said it is back doing it again. Definitely a bug.

 

[Wulfric5]

I've bought the game yesterday and therefore have done a clean install which resulted in the same problem.

 

[MagisterMundi]

To confirm: having tried several times now, creating a ruler in the ruler designer that is at or below 400 points DOES enable achievements for whatever reason. You don't even have to play as them, just make them, finalize them, then toggle Iron Man on and select the character you actually want to play, and achievements will activate. You can make some custom count out in the middle of nowhere to minimize impact on gameplay.

 

[Wulfric5]

Selecting the option of "Play as any ruler" solves the problem for me, without using the ruler designer.