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Nightwyng's avatar
13 years ago

Lost Achievements

Mass Effect 3 lost achievement guide

List is compiled off my laptop and from my original run (Male Soldier) except where stated otherwise.

Not only have I lost the achievements but also since talking to EA help online who advised/walked me through deleting my temp files, now when I import an ME2 character to try out a different class I do not get the option to select a bonus power, when previously I had them all available on my imported Male Soldier Normal Run, and my FemShep Sentinel Insanity run.

Most of these achievements I still have on my laptop as that’s where I completed my original Male Shep Soldier run. I was able to check this by going offline and NOT using the latest patch update.

The problem occurred around the time 2 things happened, all after I had completed the game on Insanity.

  • I started playing Multi-Player
  • I updated the latest Origin Patch
  1. Driven
  2. Bringer of War
  3. Mobilizer
  4. World Shaker
  5. Pathfinder
  6. Tunnel Rat
  7. Party Crasher
  8. Hard Target
  9. Saboteur
  10. Arbiter
  11. Last Witness
  12. Executioner
  13. Well Connected
  14. Fact Finder
  15. Liberator
  16. Problem Solver
  17. Patriot
  18. Legend
  19. Shopaholic
  20. Master and Commander
  21. Lost and Found
  22. Long Service Medal
  23. Insanity (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  24. A Personal Touch
  25. Paramour
  26. Combined Arms (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  27. Focused
  28. Recruit
  29. Soldier
  30. Bruiser
  31. Untouchable
  32. Defender (via Multiplayer)
  33. Overload Specialist (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  34. Sky High (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  35. Pyromaniac (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  36. Eye of the Hurricane
  37. Mail Slot
  38. Giant Killer
  39. Enlisted
  40. Tour of Duty
  41. Always Prepared
  42. Tourist
  43. Explorer
  44. Almost There
  45. Peak Condition (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  46. Battle Scarred
  47. Striker
  48. Priority Target (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  49. High Society (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  50. Team Player (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  51. Last Resort (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)
  52. Perfect Host (completed on FemShep Sentinel Insanity run)

10 Replies

  • Have you tried to start another Multiplayer match on the Laptop (it doesn't need to be played, just maybe start a private match an leave). This way, the achievements are updated with the online N7HQ (just make sure you have all the free Multiplayer DLC installed on the laptop as well).

  • I wasn't game to get the laptop to 'sync' with origin in case I lost the achievements on there also. I've completed the game twice but only once on the laptop, my original run (didn't have the Citadel DLC or Leviathon on it) or my Insanity completion which to be honest is the only achievement I really care about. Although, when I play Multiplayer with all my achieves missing I have been kicked a few times before tha start of a match, based on my lack of achieves.

    The reason I was using offline on the laptop was when I logged into Origin it was asking me to update the patch. As mentioned I'm not sure if somehow that patch was responsible or me getting into Multiplayer.

    I can give it a go I suppose, losing the achives on there also isn't going to matter that much anyway, now that I have the list of the ones I've lost I suppose.

  • Nope, no good. As soon as I updated patch, then logged into ME3. I had the sync from cloud or sync from this computer option. Went witrh sync from this computer (figuring I can always sync back from desktop to cloud if fixed). Anyway, once the game was able to be open I went straight to ahcieves and they are now all gone on my laptop too. Other than the few I've re - achieved in Multiplayer before realising the issue.

    This has to be something at their end involving the cloud sync. Worst part is now since the EA support staff online guy that walked me through who advised me to delete my Temp Files, when I import a character from ME2 now I dont even get the 1st achievement.

    Actually just checked it seems to have added 4 achieves to the 10 I regained in Multiplayer, that still leaves me 40 odd short though. 

    Added 

    * Driven

    * Bringer of War

    * Mobilizer

    * Tourist 

    It shows these ones as complete (by the count) but the icon is still dark

    * Lost and Found 10/10

    * Soldier 1000/1000

    * Bruiser 100/100

    * Mail Slot 10/10

    * Tour of Duty 6/6

    * Always prepared 2/2

    * Almost There 15/15, 50/50

    * Peak Condition 20/20

    * Striker 25/25

    DLC stuff is still DLing tho in the background. Will check back when complete and HOPEFULLY the kinks have been worked out. Will get back to you then.

    Cheers

  • 1ago's avatar
    1ago
    13 years ago

    The patch shouldn't have anything to do with it, only how the achievements are synchronised with your online profile which has since the MP DLC "Retaliation" been shifted to "N7HQ", which is tied to Multiplayer, this is why you have to connect to Multiplayer in order to synch your achievements.

    It's always a good idea to backup your saves, especially if you play on two separate PCs with the same Origin ID, as the cloud save tends to completely overwrite saves when prompted to restore saves from the cloud instead of just adding them to the existing ones.

  • Ok, so far on the N7 achievements tab its now showing 40/69 instead of the 10/69 its been showing, hasn't changed the achievement number next to the trophy symbol beside my N7 rating (number). Looks like some form of progress on the laptop anyway.

  • I haven't used the laptop to play since my original playthrough. Just went back to see what it had on there. So looking like it will show all the achievements gained on the laptop, now to try and get the ones from the desktop which has my Insanity achieve, plus the citadel ones as well.

  • 1ago's avatar
    1ago
    13 years ago

    Best of luck - as long as you have Retaliation installed there it should also update with N7HQ online once you get into Mutliplayer, maybe load a save from your original Insanity Playthrough beforehand, jsut to be sure.

  • Cheers,

    Anyway, you know how I can check if I have retaliation on the Laptop. In the origin DLC part, states I own this, however on the page I have open listing the things I have downloaded it doesn't mention retaliation. only

    Leviathon

    Alternate Appearance Pack 1

    Citadel

    Reckoning

    Mass Effect 3

    Doesn't mention 

    Resurgence

    Rebellion

    Earth

    Retaliation

    Extended Cut

    I'm hoping it doesn't mention these because they didn't need to be added/updated.

    Thanks so much for the advice, once the DL has finished and I get back on the desktop. Hopefully everything is as it should be and I'll fix up this as resolved with credit to you.

    Cheers Man

  • So close, yet so far away. /sigh.

    So I went to desktop and opened ME3 with data saved on Desktop. Straight up it had all the achieves from laptop, plus the citadel ones, but no Insanity for some reason (maybe becasue I have DL'd Leviathon since I completed it and the lost achieve now needs that to complete).

    Anyway, was looking great. Then I opened my characters Insanity run, logged out and went back to Achieves and the achieves had been reset to 14/69. I closed ME3 several times.

    Multiplayer next then back to Achieves, still 14/69. Shut down, then opened

    a 2nd character, then back to achieves, same deal 14/69.

    So 3 attempts after 1st opening desktop ME3 and all of them reset the achieves after it looked like they had been fixed when I 1st opened the desktop Achieve list.

    Then, went back to laptop figuring I would start process from the laptop saves, however this time, I never got asked to sync and when I opened the laptop the achieves where 14/69. After further investigation the characters from the desktop are now on the laptop, which I didn't actually transfer (the clouds done that without giving me the option) and now both laptop and desktop have lost all my achieves.

    I thank you for  your time and help, however, it looks like it's got something to do with the cloud saving and not recognising my completed games.

  • 1ago's avatar
    1ago
    13 years ago

    I'm sorry, it didn't work for you, how cloud saves across different PCs are handled really is a mess and on top of that N7HQ doesn't really seem to be able to cope with this in terms of tracking your achievements. Once done they should remain untouched server-side.Did you have a look at the N7HQ here how many of your achievements are recorded online?

    Maybe a developer from the BSN can help you, usually they mostly help with Multiplayer issues, but the achievement issue is tied to the N7HQ, which is a Multiplayer feature. Here is a thread with all the information: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/343/index/16080195

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