PS3 - edited save file, LC Minute trophy

[RogerWho]

The last trophy I'm missing on my PS3 GTA IV is Liberty City Minute (finish the game undet 30 hrs). I don't feel like replaying the game again and rushing it.

 

I found my own old save file with 99,30% completion (everything done except the last story mission, no cheats or hacks), time played 94 hours.

 

I used this save editor to change this to 24 hours (i.e. just replaced 9 with 2 and saved with no other changes), copied it to my PS3, loaded and finished the last mission.

 

No trophy. The game stats say 100% complete, ~24 hrs played time, but trophy didn't ding.

 

Any clue what's up? Maybe the game takes something else into consideration when it comes to LC Minute trophy?

 

Notes:

* after loading the save, the game says "trophies available". I also got another trophy (rolled over) on this same save file, thus there's nothing preventing trophies in general.

 

* I have a digital (vanilla US) and a physical (Complete Edition UK) versions of the game. Both load the same saves but same result.

 

* the PS3 saves pinned in this forum don't work for me, the game doesn't recognize them. And I can't find other saves for download just before the last mission.

 

* even if I could, GTA IV won't load saves made by someone else. I tried loading the saves on other profiles on my PS3 and got an error "You did not create this save game data. File cannot be loaded." Maybe one of the updates introduced this change.

 

* no, I'm not gonna replay the game, I don't care how easy it is, I don't care I can use taxis, car spawning cheats and skip cutscenes and I certainly don't care you managed to finish the game in 0.8, 8 or 18 or 28 hours, so please don't suggest this. I'll play the whole game again when I feel like it.

 

* I also don't care if it's cheating. I've played this game through a dozen times including 100%. Not my fault R* likes to put retarded trophies in their games. Also it's an interesting problem to solve IMO. If I can't solve it, that's fine too.

Edited September 1, 2021 by RogerWho