[1.41] Exterminate Steam Achievement not awarded

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On a game started and played completely under 1.41, I won as the Yor and defeated the Iconians while doing so.  Yet the "Exterminate" achievement, which is for destroying the Iconians while playing as Yor (i.e. what I did) was not awarded.  During the course of the game the "I Assume You Were Talking Back" and "World Without Flesh" achievements were awarded, so it wasn't a problem with all achievements.

One funny thing, I remember seeing the achievement flash in the upper left corner of the game when the Iconians were defeated, but when I look at my summary in Steam it's not there.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Can you try reloading the game (maybe through an autosave near the end?) and defeating them again? Does that bring up the achievement?

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I have several saved games, but unfortunately they are all from well after I defeated the Iconians.  It was a good game, I started out in an isolated cluster and had to fight my way though the Iconians to get to the Dregnin, Terrans, and finally the Iridium.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I actually has something similar happen, but with the relics. There's an  achievement granted when you control all the relics. I thought I had it in the bag since I had built or bought out all the starbases that were linked to relics and made sure I upgraded them to have xeno-archaeology. Even after the game ended I didn't get the achievement. It worked in a new game that I started later though.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thank you for the report.  We'll look into this.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Just had this happen to me using version 1.61. I conquered the Iconians' last planet using cultural takeover (i.e. they defected to me).

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Coincidentally, less than a week ago I managed to get the achievement.  I invaded every single Iconian planet, so maybe the means of defeating them matters.

Edit: Oh, also on 1.61.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Two days ago, I won a diplomatic victory as the Snathi.  Since the Snathi are not well liked by everyone, I thought this was a notable achievement.  Steam did not think so, nor did Metaverse.  My reward was only four points!!??   I have no credit on Steam for winning as the Snathi, even though Metaverse confirms the win.

I can't send a saved file.  I always play using only one save and am now ten hours into a new game which over-wrote the Snathi file. The Snathi game was played on 1.61.

I love the GCIII.  I have almost 500 hours of happiness and frustration.  Great value for the money spent...but I HATE the scoring system.  It is NEVER explained.  I am no dummy at GC III and am in the top 50 scores on GCIII's Metaverse.  I was number 9 on Gal Civ I.

 

Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I've given up trying to understand, much less maximize, my GC3 game and metaverse scores.  The GC2 metaverse score was much more understandable.

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I re-loaded the save game from before I won, and I conquered the last planet by invasion instead of cultural annexation. This time I got the achievement. Go figure.