Starfield mod enables Starfield achievements that were disabled by Starfield mods (2024)
One of the best things about Starfield is mods. There are already hundreds of them, ranging from the silly to the sublime—we've got a running list of the best Starfield mods, to help you stay on top of them all. There's just one drawback: If you use mods (or console commands), your Starfield achievements will be disabled. That's a real problem! The solution? You guessed it: A mod.
The mod in question is called Baka Achievement Enabler (SFSE), and what it does is very simple: "Prevents achievements from being disabled with mods or when using the console." It's not too difficult to get running, either. You'll need to use the Starfield Script Extender—that's the SFSE bit in the mod title—which enables "additional scripting capabilities and functionality" in Starfield. Once that's in place, grab the Baka Achievement Enabler mod, extract it into your Starfield root folder (the one with the starfield.exe file) and run the game using the sfse_loader.exe file rather than the normal startup exe.
The Baka Achievement Enabler is actually the second mod to enable achievements without requiring achievement. The first, called simply Achievement Enabler, was uploaded on September 1, a few days before the Baka version, but it struggled with post-release updates to the game. On September 5, the Achievement Enabler team threw in the towel and recommended everyone move to the Baka mod.
"shad0wshady3's [Baka Achievement Enabler (SFSE)] mod does everything we are looking for that I'm afraid this mod and others couldn't do," RennieBoy wrote. "shad0wshady3's mod obviously enables achievements when using console commands, also disables the annoying pop-up box when using the console AND if you remove the mod or it ends up breaking due to future updates to the game your saves will stay as unmodded saves, meaning they won't revert back to being modded and blocking achievements on saves that you may have put blood sweat and tears into!"
RennieBoy also said that the Baka mod will be easier for players to handle because the Starfield Script Enabler does all the heavy lifting—setting up the original Achievement Enabler mod was a much more complicated chore.
As is the way with mods, there's always the potential for jankiness or unforeseen (and possibly unpleasant) outcomes, so you'll want to exercise whatever level of caution you feel is appropriate for messing around with this sort of thing. That said, the mod has been downloaded more than 28,000 times so far, and the general consensus in the comments is that it works. You'll still have to live with the knowledge of what you've done—the taint of unearned accomplishment—but hey, if you're okay with that, who am I to judge? Cheevos ahoy!
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Once a game has a mod enabled, you will not be unable to unlock Achievements or Trophies. To begin earning Achievements or Trophies again, you must disable or remove all mods that have been installed and then load a save file from any point in time prior those mods being installed.
Rebooting the game will typically cause Steam to re-enable achievements. In Starfield, console commands will create a separate save file from ones where you don't have them enabled. If you have an achievement that did not unlock, check that you completed everything that needs to be accomplished in order to unlock it.
Any use of the console, will disable the achievements and give your savefile the suffix [MODDED]. This does not mean you cannot use the console without losing the achievements and without mods, but it does take some preparations.
Once a game has a mod enabled, you will not be able to unlock achievements or trophies. If you wish to unlock achievements and trophies in your game, you will need to disable all mods and revert to a save game prior to the mods being enabled.
Yes, as long as the 360 and any other consoles exist, these are still the designs of Microsoft. So modifying these in any way can result in console and/or account bans.
Achievements tied to Normal and higher difficulties can't be done with Assist Mode. That means those Achievements can't be unlocked using Assist Mode or 'Cheats'.
This mode may be turned on and off via the options menu at any point without consequence. When turned off, the player will lose the damage resistance, but retain any percentage gained until God Mode is turned on again. Using God Mode will not lock players out of Achievements or content.
Using WeMod for Starfield will not disable achievements, however if you install Mods from like Nexus or something it will (same goes for console commands).
Enabling this will disable Steam Achievements in some games.. It also gives you access to commmands that would normally be abused or misused by players. When building maps, you may want this as a startup command.
No.Its a hard problem to decide if a given mod makes it easier or absurdly trivial to gain certain achievements so in general we just disable steam achievement tracking when mods are enabled.
Using WeMod for Starfield will not disable achievements, however if you install Mods from like Nexus or something it will (same goes for console commands). There is a mod out that will enable them again but still be mindful. This happens to me sometimes too. Just restart both the game and wemod.
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