Will I receive achievements for Steam games when using mods? [duplicate]

I know that using console commands will disable steam achievements in some games. Will using mods in e.g. Fallout new Vegas disable achievements as well?

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Can I still get Steam achievements with mods?

No, it should not affect your achievements. This isn't console where game devs can stop you from getting your achievemnets if you made changes to your game. Some games do disable achievements when mods are involved, like Skyrim.

Do mods take away achievements?

No. 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.

Can Steam achievements be cheated?

Yes you can get banned for achievement cheating but you have to do it on a VAC server. The game devs can game ban you if they find out as this has happened at times so you can always send reports to both steam and the game's support.

Do you still get achievements with Steam overlay off?

You can disable achievements popups by disabling the Steam Overlay for the game. You will still get them but they wont show it to you while playing.

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