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How can I use the console to check on achievements?
1 of 6: Press ~ to bring up the console whenever you think you've done something achievement-related.
2 of 6: If you have, there'll be two lines that start off with the words "Achievements disabled."
3 of 6: The second line will say that it's ignoring achievement progress for whichever achievement you just did something about.
4 of 6: It'll give the achievement's internal name instead of its regular text name. Due to this, I've put each achievement's internal name in parenthesis right after its text name in the list of achievement hints.
5 of 6: Remember that you can clear out the console's messages with the "clear" command. Using that frequently can keep the console uncluttered and easy to check for new achievement messages.
6 of 6: NOTE: If you type "find achieve" (w/o quotes) on the console, it'll give you a list of three achievement-related commands that you could use if you're in online mode. For instance, "achievement_status" will get you a list of all 14 achievements, your progress on each one expressed as a number, and the number of points each achievement is worth.
