At the beginning of every section, I'll make a

• Bullet
  
• Pointed
  
• List

of what we'll be doing in that section. That way, you xX_PRO_HAXORZ_Xx who are far too cool to read my detailed instructions can simply skim through those and get the achievement.

BE WARNED

That way, you're way more likely to make mistakes, and possibly losing all your save progress or experiencing other unpleasant consequences.

The choice is up to you.

• Open your game install location
  
• Find the files we'll be editing (scripts.zip and hashes.dat)

First of all, ensure that Invisible Inc is not running.

Now, we need to find Invisible, Inc.'s files so we can get that achievement. First, we'll need to open steam's installation folder.

By default, for Windows users, the default installation directory is: C:\Program Files\Steam\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\ (I'm weird, so mine is D:\Downloads\Steam, but don't worry about it, it won't change the outcome).

Open the Finder Window and press Command+Shift+G (or select Go > Go to Folder...).
Enter "~/Library/ Application Support/Steam/" (without quotes), then press Enter.

Steam should be under ~/.steam/steam, ~ being your home directory

You can also run "find -name steam" in terminal in case SteamOS stores things differently and I happen to be wrong

Now, you should see the following files:
Open "steamapps" (the highlighted one in the picture)

Now, you should see the following files:
Open "common" (the highlighted one in the picture)

Now, you should see the following files:
Finally, open "InvisibleInc" (the highlighted one in the picture)

Now, let's find the files we're going to be making changes to:
scripts.zip and hashes.dat

• Create a backup of the two files: scripts.zip and hashes.dat somewhere in the computer

Now, to preserve our current data, we're going to back up these two files. If you ever mess up at any point throughout this guide and the game isn't working, you can always restore these backups, and it should revert to normal (See Step 7 for details on restoring).

In your file explorer, open any secure location (a place where your files have no chance of being deleted by programs or processes from the computer). It can be your Desktop, on a flash drive, or, as I'm going to do, in a temporary folder in my Documents folder.

First, open a new file explorer window (Windows + E for PC, Command + N for Mac, I have no idea for Linux. Sorry, you're on your own here). Navigate to that secure location. In my case, I navigated to the Documents folder.

Create a new folder. Let's call it "Temp" (short for temporary).

Open Temp.

Now, drag / copy and paste scripts.zip and hashes.dat into Temp.

That's it! You've successfully made a backup!

• Extract the folders from scripts.zip into InvisibleInc

Now, don't touch that backup anymore, as we need it to stay unedited.

Open scripts.zip (the one in the InvisibleInc folder, not the backup), and click "Extract All" (It's highlighted in the picture)

Now, a window like this should appear:

Remove the "\scripts" from the end of the text box's pre-filled input.

Click extract, and wait for it to finish. Click "Replace the files in the destination" if it shows up for any reason.

Now, navigate back to the InvisibleInc folder.

• Uncomment the 3rd line in the following code in \client\states\state-main-menu.lua (delete the "--")
  
  if not config.DEV and KLEIAchievements then -- Yes, this achievement exists... No, I'm not giving it away for free. :) --KLEIAchievements:achieve( "META_HACKING" ) end
• Save the file

In the InvisibleInc folder, open the "client" folder, then "states" folder:

Open the highlighted file, state-main-menu.lua, in the text editor of your choice. Personally, I prefer Notepad++, which can be found here[notepad-plus-plus.org].

If you're using Notepad++, you should see something like this:

Hit Control + F (PC) / Command + F (OS X / Mac) to open the find menu.

Paste in "--KLEIAchievements:achieve( "META_HACKING" )" without the quotation marks.

Click "Find Next," and the window should now scroll down to this line of code:

Delete the "--," as highlighted in the screenshot above.

The file should now have something like this:
MAKE SURE IT IS EXACTLY LIKE THIS! IF NOT, MANUALLY FIX IT!

That's it! Now make sure you save the file, and now navigate your way back to the InvisibleInc folder.


If you're just here for the achievement and aren't interested in learning a bit about programming, skip to step 5.

In programming, a comment is a line or section of code that will not be executed when the program is run. Comments can be a single line, multiple lines, or even just the end of a line. The prefix to create a comment is different for different programming languages.

Comments in popular programming languages:

HTML (Used to make the markup of websites):

Python (A basic, but powerful, all-around programming language. Used for anything from making a virtual calculator to testing Intel's processors)

Java (A powerful, more complex programming language that is used in everything from making software to making your car work)

In the case of state-main-menu.lua, the comment prefix is "--".

In a professional workspace, comments are used to clarify code, meaning they are added to explain anything from what a variable represents to what the entire program does, making it easier for somebody else to read, understand, and possibly make edits to, your code.

If you would like to learn more about programming from somebody with more programming experience than I do, check out this article[medium.freecodecamp.org]

Now, enough about comments, let's get back to the achievement.

• Open hashes.dat
  
• Control + A (PC) / Command + A (OS X / Mac) and hit backspace / delete
  
• Save, and ensure the file is 0 bytes

Now that you're in the InvisibleInc folder, find hashes.dat (highlighted in the screenshot below)

Open hashes.dat in the code editor of your choice. Once again, it'll be using Notepad++. Hit Control + A (PC) / Command + A (OS X / Mac) to select everything.

Then hit backspace/delete and clear the file fully.

Save the file, then return to the InvisibleInc folder.

You should notice that hashes.dat is now 0 bytes. If you want to be 100% sure of it, right click on hashes.dat, click properties, and look at "size."
If it is not 0 bytes, open the file again, select everything, delete everything, and save.

• Delete scripts.zip
  
• Repack the client, modules, and sim folders into a zip called scripts.zip

Simple enough. In the InvisibleInc folder, delete the scripts.zip file.

Select the "client" folder. Hold control (PC) / command (OS X / Mac) and click the "modules" and "sim" folders. Let go of control/command. Then, right-click the "sim" folder.

For Windows, click "send to" > "Compressed (zipped) folder"
For OS X / Mac, click "Compress Items".

Wait for it to compress.

Name the new zipped folder "scripts" (without the quotation marks).

That's it! Now launch the game, wait for a second or two, and you should get the achievement!

• Copy the files from your backup location to InvisibleInc

First of all, ensure that Invisible Inc is not running.

Now, in a new file explorer window, open your restore location, and select both scripts.zip and hashes.dat. For me, that location is the "Temp" folder in my Documents folder.

Drag the selected files into the InvisibleInc folder, and click "Replace the files in this destination."
That's it! You've successfully restored your files! Run InvisibleInc and ensure it starts, then, you can delete the backup from your backup location!

Now, I'm by no means an expert at this game's files, so I may not be able to solve all your issues. However, feel free to leave a comment on this guide or direct message me on steam if you get any errors. I'll do my best to work it out with you.

If you found this useful, please give it a thumbs up, favorite it, or possibly even share it with your friends who have Invisible Inc!

Until next time,
-Dan