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Elem3ntal80
331,464
Achievement won offlineTA Score for this game: 340
Posted on 02 February 09 at 00:10, Edited on 10 December 10 at 14:08
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This solution has 123 positive votes and 8 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
For this achievement, you need to play the game at 6 different times during the day (8am, 10am, 12pm, 4pm, 6pm, 12am).
Now you could actually get this the intended way and load up the game at each of the times above, but an easier way is to manipulate your xbox time settings so that it thinks you are playing at these times.
The most straightforward way to do this is to change the time on the clock on your xbox, but to do this you cannot be connected online (when you are online, your xbox automatically pulls the time off the internet, so the option to change the actual time will be grayed out). So just turn off your router, or unplug your network cable, and the console settings should allow you to change the actual clock. Go into the game and load up a level, exit out to save, go back to the dashboard and then change your clock to the next time. The achievement will show up as being acquired offline, so this is the only downfall for people who do not like to get achievements offline.
You can get the achievement while online, but to do this you need to play around with changing the time zone settings on your xbox. So instead of changing the actual clock, you need to find the time zone that makes your xbox think it is 8am and so on. You can only manipulate the hour setting with this method, so the real time will have to be near the top of the hour. I believe you get a window of plus or minus 20-30 minutes, so the time doesn't have to be exactly at the hours listed.
*Edit 10/12/10: Outinthedark's solution is no longer here so I have updated mine to include both methods of changing the xbox clock. |
Flydog92
113,126
Achievement won on 27 Jan 09TA Score for this game: 340
Posted on 27 January 09 at 03:21
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This solution has 67 positive votes and 19 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
| change the timezones to all the ones mentioned above (8am, 10am, 12pm, 4pm, 6pm, and 12 am) then go into the Maw, i went to the bulb level, and once the level starts, exit and it will save, then repeat for the other times. from what i encountered, you can be within 10 minutes of each time. for example (7:50 am-8:10am for the breakfast time of 8 am) So once u change your timezones to fit all of the meal times the achievement should unlock. |
z 4assed monkey
112,094
Achievement won on 29 Apr 13TA Score for this game: 340
Posted on 03 May 13 at 00:07, Edited on 03 May 13 at 00:36
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This solution has 5 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Elem3ntal80’s guide above is excellent. And Innkeeper is correct, the grace period is wide, likely 30 minutes before and after the hour. It’s wider than the ten minutes Flydog92 suggests.
I just wanted to advise those who wish to force the achievement by manually setting their clocks, yet also want the timestamp: Simply leave for last a timeframe that you would unlock naturally.
I was playing at around 4pm, so that was done. I manually pushed 12am, 8am, 10am, and 12pm. 6pm was my last remaining timeframe. I signed back into Live and started playing The Maw at 5:45pm. The achievement immediately unlocked as I loaded a level, and it is timestamped. |
Innkeeper
44,855
Achievement won on 01 Jan 10TA Score for this game: 340
Posted on 27 March 10 at 15:11
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This solution has 4 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
| Just something I wanted to mention. I got the achievement at 5:30pm while I was in the middle of a level. So I think that you don't have to save & exit like everyone is telling you and apparently there is a 30 minute grace period before and after the times mentioned where it counts for the achievement. |