(Mild spoilers... one mention of a character and one of a location... but not extreme)

Can anyone confirm that achievements no longer work after I use the console? I can totally understand why, since you can use the console for cheating, but I used the console to fix a missing NPC issue (Boone disappeared on me after I told him to go to Lucky 38) which was something as we well know used to happen in FO3 all the time... and I didn't get the achievement for a later quest.

It's not entirely an issue, I don't really care about achievements, but it'd be nice to know anyway!

Yes, I believe achievements do not update after the console has been used.
However... who cares? This is not some steam fps, this is an rpg that was designed to be changed.

I managed to follow the instructions enough to disable the (VERY ANNOYING) steam cloud saves that should not have been an issue.
At this point, steam is a patch delivery system for me. I'd rather do without it, but I'll deal with it.

note to OE/Bethesda. FO3 had issues with M$gfw live. You really expect your customers to enjoy the steam(ing pile)?

Next time 'round.. if I may suggest.. NO gaming client. No Microsoft games for windows live. No steam.
We can download and install patches.
We can handle downloading our own dlc's from a storefront site and installing them on our own.
We can even tie our own shoes! AMAZING!

Can you provide your own usage statistics? Can you provide access to the millions of Steam users?

IS this true?

Argh, I was wondering why I only had one achievement and had already made it out of the first two towns and still only lhad one.

I use the console NOT to chat, but to hide the hud to take screenshots. This is BS, it shouldn't affect anything unless you actually use it to cheat or tinker around, just hitting the tilde key shouldn't be an automatic waste of everything from then on out, that means I ahve to start all over if I want achievemnts now...6 hours down the drain.

Usage statistics? Sure. I bought the game, they've counted me.
If You can access steam, you can access Amazon, Gamestop, or a myriad of other sites and BUY A DISC.. which I did, in hopes I would not have to deal with steam* or M$gfwl. Wishful thinking.

*ing pile.

For me it is even worse...

I have 3-D vision toggle set to Alt-`

which opens up the Console >.>;

Is there a way to disable console?

So can anyone confirm that this indeed stops you from getting achievements even if you don't type anything in/use the console aside from opening it? I wish there was another way to hide the hud.

If you even activate the console...no more achievements. I verified this. I was getting achievements and then I activated the console to see if they stopped. Indeed, they did WITHOUT entering anything into the console, just activating it.

Sorry, if you are an achievement hunter this really svcks!

Ouch. Just opening it voids it?

P.S. Companion travel is bugged again. Rex went back to the School of Impersonation... and when I teleported to him, he immediately bee-lined back to Lucky 38. D'oh.

Wow.

I seem to always hit the ~ at least once or twice while reaching for the esc key during a game this long. I wondered why I hadn't seen an achievement in a while... That's just gross.

Well this is weird, my friend hits the ~ key to take screens with no hud and he is still getting his achievements just fine, already lv 20 and getting them.

damn cause i really like to get the achievements... i always press the [~] by accident

i wondered y my achievements were not unlocking