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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:09, Edited on 19 May 12 at 09:01 by Will072 |
[UPDATE] As of today we no longer accept details about secret achievements that are not on your own account and viewable by us. There has been some thought about it and we decided we need to be able to verify if an achievement was obtained legit or not. That also means we will no longer accept info that is obtained in a way that we don't consider legit, taking a stand against cheating felt more important then having the info updated. Thanks for understanding.
Achievement tiles can be submitted here: Games With Missing Achievement Tiles
For game info, flag and genre submissions please refer to Guidelines for Submitting Game Information[/UPDATE]
Help us identify those Secret Achievements
Hi everyone,
Have you ever looked at your Friends Feed and got annoyed at that pesky Secret Achievement showing up? It's showing up as a Secret Achievement because none of the staff members had updated it yet. Until Microsoft decided to change Xbox.com! Staff members used to have a script to update Secret Achievements they have won. With the revamped Xbox.com we have lost that ability.
TA made it possible for us to update Secret Achievements manually. This is where you come in. Because a staff member had to actually unlock a Secret Achievement before he could update it there have always been gaps. Some Secret Achievements are too hard, others just take too long and yet others are simply in games not a lot of people play. With the ability to manually update Secret Achievements it is now also possible for us to receive the needed information from you, the community!
So, how do you go about helping us? Step one is to unlock or have unlocked a Secret Achievement that we haven't updated yet. To see if you have Secret Achievements that we still need the information for visit this page: My Secret Achievements
You can also click the button "Not yet won" to see which Secret Achievements are available in games you own, but that you haven't unlocked yet. Now that you have unlocked a Secret Achievement you can move on to step two.
Step two is sending us the information we need, because we update the achievements manually it's very prone for error. To make sure everything is updated correctly we decided a safety measure was needed. An email address was created - secretachievements@gmail.com - to receive the information. To help us update a Secret Achievement you need to sign into Xbox.com, locate the game in which you unlocked the achievement and take a screenshot of the actual achievement. This is to avoid spelling mistakes, there is no spelling in a screenshot! Make sure the unlock date and amount of GS is shown on the screenshot, more about that later.
The screenshot gives us the achievement name and description, next we need the achievement image.
Firefox: Still on the game page on Xbox.com right click on the achievement image and select "Copy Image Location".
Internet Explorer: Still on the game page on Xbox.com right click on the achievement image and select "Properties" it shows the link in the next screen.
Google Chrome: Still on the game page on Xbox.com right click on the achievement image and select "Copy image-URL" or something to that extend.
Paste that into your email that you already added the screenshot to. It should start with http://tiles.xbox.com That's all the information we need on the Xbox.com side of things.
On the TrueAchievements side of things we need some more information. The URL to the game page, the URL to the achievement you believe the info should belong to (we won't go blind on that, it will be double checked) and your gamertag. If all that information is added in the email then you can press send we can link the achievement on TrueAchievements.com and you can move on to step three.
Step three is the easiest one of all, you wait untill we updated the achievement. Due to timezones and work load it could take a while, don't worry though, it WILL get done. To be 100% sure we're updating the correct achievement we will be looking at the GS value and unlock date on your account (hence why it should be in the screenshot) as well as the solutions. If for some reason we still don't know for sure which achievement to update we will contact you and ask for extra information.
If there are any questions, feel free to leave them here and we will address them as soon as possible.
Thanks in advance,
Ronald van Uden |
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:13 |
| A big thanks to anyone who sends information our way! |
Last post: 02 Apr at 11:54
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:17 |
| Your TA Needs YOU! |
TA is back, a'las! :') |
Last post: 08 Apr at 21:20
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:19 |
| do achievements which have correct name but lack the picture count? |
Everynight I tell myself I am the cosmos. |
Last post: Yesterday at 10:52
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:19 |
| I don't have any unfortunately! |
Last post: 11 Jan at 03:54
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:21 |
| cool! if i unlock any chievos that we dont have info for on the site i will surely inform the staff |
Last post: 27 Nov 12 at 23:39
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:22 |
Enlisting right now!  |
Last post: 14 Oct 12 at 07:59
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:27 |
| Is there a quick way to find which one is the secret achievement on the xbox.com side of things? I'm looking at one of my games now on the xbox side of things and when they list it they dont tell you which one are the secret achievements and which ones aren't. Am I missing something? |
Last post: 13 May at 06:30
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:27 |
| I will send in my two secret achievements soon... |
Last post: Yesterday at 13:50
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:32 |
| Brilliant job guys! |
www.youtube.com/LAFTA |
Last post: 28 Nov 10 at 20:37
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:37 |
| Just send one in :D |
Happy Gamin'!© |
Last post: 14 Oct 12 at 07:59
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:37 |
| Yes great job boys I'm sure you have been busy since the new xbox.com launched |
Last post: 06 Mar 11 at 19:58
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:40 |
| I have a few. One of mine are unlocked offline. Do I need a date stamp or is that not necessary? |
Last post: 15 May at 08:01
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:41 |
| Just sent one in for Battle Fantasia. |
Shin Shoryuken!!! |
Last post: 06 Feb 11 at 20:07
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:44 |
but i have like 8 achivs in arkham GOTY that u don't have.. i don't know which one of those u need xX
anyway send u one in RR 6 ;d |
Last post: 16 Mar at 22:33
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:45 |
| one sent |
Last post: 02 Mar at 11:25
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:46, Edited on 28 November 10 at 20:46 by Arkzein |
A whole lot harder, on both ends, than just using the greasemonkey script like we did before then (especially for those who play huge amounts of games) but perhaps we were a bit spoilt with it (this way is closer to how I expected it to be, back in the day). I take it there's no chance of it working once more?
At least there's something in place again. The MS site update seems to have irked a fair few folk/sites. Glad everyone can get in on the act now too, there were a lot of calls for that before as I recall, as no matter how many site helpers there were some achievements would be missing. (A fair few folk were added who only had a few rarer ones, myself included).
Will be sure to send any in that I unlock, though they'll likely be few and far between. |
Last post: 22 Jan at 09:39
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:47, Edited on 28 November 10 at 20:48 by Spilner |
Done my bit, damn that took longer than i thought it would
badge? |
http://bit.ly/9VPrSA Games i own, want help on any PM me. |
Last post: 29 Apr at 17:34
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:47 |
F1NGERS 0F FURY said:Just sent one in for Battle Fantasia.Speaking of which, can we get those achievements in English?
If we can manually update secret achievements, is editing the names possible? |
Last post: Yesterday at 18:36
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Posted on 28 November 10 at 20:48 |
| thing is if u have multiple from the same game how can we differentiate them to tell u which is which lol |