Trophy timestamps are 'translated' when comparing with friends

by Jem Alexander { Jul 2nd 2008 at 12:00PM }

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Trophies brought with them a level of competitiveness that hasn't been available on the PS3 before today. That's why we're certain that some of you are going to be ferociously comparing your trophies with your pals'. Each trophy is timestamped with the exact minute that you obtained it, so even if you and your friends have exactly the same number, you can see who got each one first.

But what happens when your friend lives in a different timezone? Thankfully, this is not an issue. All times are converted over to your timezone whenever you compare trophies with anyone on your friends list. You can clearly see this in the high resolution version of the image above. Despite Jeff being 8 hours behind, the time still states that we got our hands on the trophy before him. Not that we're bragging, or anything.

Tags: trophies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

koehler83 @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:08PM

Oh yeah.. all those rabid SSHD players are gonna be at eachothers throats for weeks...

Xihilisk @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:19PM

I'm always up for SSHD competition, i've got the highest score amongst my psn friends so more people the better.

psn id: XIHILISK

Xihilisk @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:06PM

oops, i meant to reply to the comment below.

Dom @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:40PM

Welcome to 2005 guys. Good to see you guys like achievements after all. I love them.

Paul (PSN: heypaul) @ Jul 2nd 2008 2:30PM

Guys, mine's heypaul. I'll add you guys after work today. Also, I'm upset I can't get 100% SSDHD trophies unless I buy the expansions.

Xihilisk @ Jul 2nd 2008 3:25PM

yeah i've got 11, all except the 10x Multiplier trophy (keep getting to 9x and dying argh) and the ones for the expansion, which i don't have.

superaktieboy @ Jul 2nd 2008 4:00PM

im sad.. i can't even finish the Lava planet :(

reson8er @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:11PM

Cool! Now all I need are friends...

I will be looking forward to playing some more SSHD tonight :)

Brodie-san @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:23PM

I'll be your friend.

Martez @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:24PM

What's your PSN ID? I'm looking for people to compare to in SSHD as well. Mine's Tezasaurus.

JerJerBinks @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:35PM

I will be your friend .... I think we need an official "PSN ID" thread on PS3Fanboy.

PSN ID - jedson328

I am always game for more SSHD.

reson8er @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:44PM

Ha-ha Thanks guys, looking forward to adding you all when I get home from work :D

If anyone would like to add me please feel free.

PSN: reson8er

reson8er @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:55PM

Hey Brodie-san, what is your PSN ID? I attempted to add you last night, but could not. If you don't want to post it here, feel free to send me an invite ;)

bpoole @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:29PM

ill join in psn: bpoole07

Brodie-san @ Jul 4th 2008 10:07AM

I'm Brodiesan on PSN.

JerJer already found me!

I'll accept the invite tonight mate, I had to check some of your posts today to make sure you weren't a psycho (and can actually type cognitive sentences!)

Congrats! You pass the test! :)

True_Darknight @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:16PM

Great... writes about 15 emails to infinity ward... gimme trophies!!!

Popfrogs @ Jul 2nd 2008 2:42PM

They won't give us rumble, what makes you think they'll give us trophies? IW = lazy.

tretle @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:20PM

I cant believe the ignorance of some people on the blog complaining that they cant get trophies for all games straight away and that in game music doesn't work for games straight away.
If they just had the custom music played without linking it to the game(no patches necessary) you would end up in a situation where you are playing a game and a cutseen comes up and you would have to manually pause the custom music etc.
The reason we dont have 100% compatability yet is because the developers didnt have the new api's 2.40 introduces before 2.40 unlike the 360.

Ether02 @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:39PM

QFT, I can't believe how unlogical gamers now days are anyone with half a brain can realize that b/c sony didn't have this feature when the PlayStation launch many developers will have to add the music feature in a future patch and not all games will be supported. Also, I'm surprised how popular this feature really is to gamers b/c I would rarely use it due to the fact that I like most soundtracks that comes with the games.

Mo @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:51PM

im from america, where we are constantly reminded of how dumb and lazy, not to mention whiney people can be.

HAAS599 @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:01PM

in-game music shouldn't have to be patched into games.

did you see the demo vid?

did PixelJunk create a patch for Monsters just for the video?

I believe Sony could allow in-game music for all games but dont do it because they are going to let the developer decide if the want that feature in their game or not.

I think the patch is just a line of code that unlocks the feature.

Rowdehaj @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:26PM

"did PixelJunk create a patch for Monsters just for the video?"

Yes, I think that was a working prototype, and he may have steered around any serious bugs that might still be in it.

HAAS599 @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:40PM

I look forward to seeing that patch this thursday then

tretle @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:50PM

So you would prefer to have cutseens and important story progression (character dialog etc) muffled by your custom music? I think its done with patches so that the game can actually control the volume of the custom soundtrack as if it were the soundtrack included with the game. Doing it this way is much better in the long run. Developers will definitely include custom soundtracks in future games because if they don't then the people on playstation blog would bitch and moan at them.

ambe @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:43PM

HAAS559 - "I think the patch is just a line of code that unlocks the feature.".

You would think wrong. This kind of ignorance is really annoying. You think every games sound engine is the same and that to integrate it with the PS3's firmware is that simple. I'm sure if gamers had any idea about programming or games development they would be far more appreciative of what they get!

HAAS599 @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:58PM

in-game xmb has nothing to do with any game.

sony could allow you to play a song through in-game xmb on any game if they wanted.

All the devloper needs to do is put a setting in the sound options to turn off in-game music. Many if not all games already have this. If a game didnt have this feature then the two tracks would play together.

Pixeljunk did not make a patch for their game, just so you know. What you saw in the demo vid is a special beta firmware on the PS3 with the feature fully unlocked. Sony decided not to fully unlock it but to leave it up to the developer whether or not that want that feature in their game. This has always been the case. Access to music on the hard drive while in game has always been available to develops for over a year(i think).

Simply put Sony puts the developer above the user on this issue.

tonyt3rry @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:22PM

Iw wont be adding triphies to the game if they wont evan add a little bit of code to add rumble to the game

Danger @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:22PM

C'mon Infinity Ward, Rockstar, and Konami! Patch those games with the quickness already!

Kevin @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:26PM

Well none of my friends have SSHD so I'm good right now.

Page @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:29PM

6.04 AM. That's dedication.

macserv @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:30PM

I'd be willing to bet trophy times are stored on the server in UTC, and then converted to local time on everyone's box.

maxpontiac @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:33PM

Great, now patch my games so I can get Trophy collecting..

Brodie-san @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:44PM

What games do you have O Great Omnipotent Master and we'll get right on it !
;)

Seriously, people need to relax. Retroactive Trophy Proliferation (RTP)* is going to take some time. Especially in 3rd party games.

I'm just wondering how 2.40 is going to affect games that are already rocketing towards their upcoming release dates. Do you release it anyway and patch with trophies in the coming weeks or do you hold it for a while and launch with the new fandangled trophies?

Hmm ...

*j/k

reson8er @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:50PM

lol, RTP©

koehler83 @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:56PM

If you get stuck at the XMB wave, you need to format your HDD in another system or in a PC.

You will lose your Save Data, but that is a foregone conclusion now.

On the bright side, as of this firmware update, archived save data is pretty much worthless. You'll have to go back and play those games anyway. It will screw up any games you're currently playing though.. sorry.

In any case, you can fix it yourself without sending it out.

Martin Kompas @ Jul 2nd 2008 12:40PM

awesome! if only my PS3 would work. after the firmware update all i get to see is the white wave, no xmb, and even my controllers aren't recognized. apparently not a reported problem when you call sony. but considering the amount of people with this issue on the playstation forums, they should report it.