Installation

How to install the Achievement Plugin for Unreal Engine 5:

Installation

Requirements

• Unreal Engine 5.6
• For Steam support: Steamworks SDK (V162 for Win64 comes with the plugin)
• For Epic support: Built-in EOS (no additional downloads)

Installing the Plugin

1. Download the plugin from FAB
2. Extract to your project's Plugins folder: YourProject/Plugins/AchievementPlugin/
3. (Re-)Start Unreal Editor
4. Enable the plugin: Edit → Plugins → Search "Achievement" → Check the box

Alternate install (without FAB), requires C++

1. Download the plugin from Github here
2. Extract the plugin folder to your project's Plugins folder: YourProject/Plugins/AchievementPlugin/
3. (Re-)Start Unreal Editor
4. Enable the plugin: Edit → Plugins → Search "Achievement" → Check the box

Using the alternate install in Blueprint-only engine versions

1. Follow the above steps for Alternate install
2. Go to your Plugins
3. On the Achievement Plugin, press package and package it somewhere where you can find it
4. Go to the plugin's folder (in your C++ project)->Binaries->Win64 and copy-paste the steam_api64.dll into your packaged project's Binaries->Win64 OR Follow the steps below for Update Steam SDK Setup (Optional) to get other versions of the SDK
5. Extract the new packaged plugin's folder to your new Blueprint-only project's Plugins folder: YourProject/Plugins/AchievementPlugin/
6. 3. (Re-)Start Unreal Editor
7. Enable the plugin: Edit → Plugins → Search "Achievement" → Check the box

Update Steam SDK Setup (Optional)

If using Steam achievements:

1. Close the Editor if it is open
2. Download Steamworks SDK from Steamworks Partner Site
3. Extract the SDK
4. Copy steam_api64.dll from redistributable_bin/win64/
5. Paste into: YourProject/Plugins/AchievementPlugin/Binaries/Win64/

The plugin includes steam_api64.dll using SDK V162 by default, but you may need to update it.