PS3 Moving "Trophies" and removing 2 categories

[nolemretaW]

How to move "Trophies" menu into "Game" category, and how to remove "Playstation Network" and "Friends" categories since I don't use them, and I'm not signed into PSN

 

[Louay]

How to move "Trophies" menu into "Game" category, and how to remove "Playstation Network" and "Friends" categories since I don't use them, and I'm not signed into PSN

for trophy to move it to game category like in 3.55 and lower you can change it in xml but it really not working as it is handled by sprx

 

[DeViL303]

How to move "Trophies" menu into "Game" category, and how to remove "Playstation Network" and "Friends" categories since I don't use them, and I'm not signed into PSN

You can add it to the game category by editing the dev_blind/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_game.xml, You would need to add this query to the other queries at the top.

<Query
class="type:x-xmb/folder-pixmap"
key="seg_trophy"
src="xmb://localhost/%flash/xmb/category_psn.xml#seg_trophy"
/>

It should look something like this when you are done. I have added it here as the 2nd icon from the top under Game Data Utility:

Note: It will work fine IIRC, but only on the main XMB. It will have a missing icon and title on the ingame XMB. This is due to missing entries in the explore_category_game.sprx, This bug is not fixable unless you copy and rename the explore_category_psn.sprx to explore_category_game.sprx, that is not a viable solution though as it breaks the titles and icons on 3 other items on the ingame XMB.

 

[DeViL303]

To remove the PSN and friends categories completely you need to edit the xmb_plugin_normal.rco and the xmb_ingame.rco. I have some pre prepared rcos attached here that achieve that, They are from one of my toolbox mods but should work on all recent FW.

If you want to patch your own rcos you need to edit this bit of the main rco xml, you can extract the rco using rcomage.

Original:

See the "menus" value i have highlighted with a red box, that needs to be edited as that tell the PS3 how many categories there are. It goes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a. So edit that to 0x8, and also remove the 2 lines from the XMList that I have also highlighted.

When finished it should look like this:

 

[LuanTeles]

To remove the PSN and friends categories completely you need to edit the xmb_plugin_normal.rco and the xmb_ingame.rco. I have some pre prepared rcos attached here that achieve that, They are from one of my toolbox mods but should work on all recent FW.

If you want to patch your own rcos you need to edit this bit of the main rco xml, you can extract the rco using rcomage.

Original:
View attachment 21512

See the "menus" value i have highlighted with a red box, that needs to be edited as that tell the PS3 how many categories there are. It goes 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,a. So edit that to 0x8, and also remove the 2 lines from the XMList that I have also highlighted.

When finished it should look like this:
View attachment 21513

When i did this some years ago, it leave them as two empty slots in XMB, this fixes it?

 

[nolemretaW]

You can add it to the game category by editing the dev_blind/vsh/resource/explore/xmb/category_game.xml, You would need to add this query to the other queries at the top.

<Query
class="type:x-xmb/folder-pixmap"
key="seg_trophy"
src="xmb://localhost/%flash/xmb/category_psn.xml#seg_trophy"
/>

It should look something like this when you are done. I have added it here as the 2nd icon from the top under Game Data Utility:

View attachment 21510

Note: It will work fine IIRC, but only on the main XMB. It will have a missing icon and title on the ingame XMB. This is due to missing entries in the explore_category_game.sprx, This bugnot fixable unless you copy and rename the explore_category_psn.sprx to explore_category_game.sprx, that is not a viable solution though as it breaks the titles and icons on 3 other items.

It doesn't work. Yes, the PSN and Friends tabs vanished, but Trophies menu doesn't show https://pastebin.com/4qvy8XX9

Note: It will work fine IIRC, but only on the main XMB. It will have a missing icon and title on the ingame XMB. This is due to missing entries in the explore_category_game.sprx, This bugnot fixable unless you copy and rename the explore_category_psn.sprx to explore_category_game.sprx, that is not a viable solution though as it breaks the titles and icons on 3 other items.

Icons and text will work if I would somehow patch these files?

 

[DeViL303]

When i did this some years ago, it leave them as two empty slots in XMB, this fixes it?

Yes.

 

[DeViL303]

It doesn't work. Yes, the PSN and Friends tabs vanished, but Trophies menu doesn't show https://pastebin.com/4qvy8XX9

Ok, I see your pastie link now, It looks fine.

If you are on DEX or DREX CFW then you will need to edit the category_game_tool2.xml.

Also make sure to use the official category_psn.xml:

Do not remove this from that xml. This must be in the psn xml for this mod to work.

<View id="seg_trophy">
<Attributes>
<Table key="trophy">
<Pair key="icon_rsc"><String>item_tex_trophy</String></Pair>
<Pair key="title_rsc"><String>msg_trophy_collection</String></Pair>
<Pair key="data_connection"><String>xcb://localhost/query?limit=2048</String></Pair>
</Table>
</Attributes>
<Items>
<Item class="type:x-xmb/xmltrophy" key="trophy" attr="trophy"/>
</Items>
</View>

Icons and text will work if I would somehow patch these files?

There is no way to patch those sprx files. We would need the source code afaik to add stuff like that.

 

[nolemretaW]

Ok, I see your pastie link now, It looks fine.

If you are on DEX or DREX CFW then you will need to edit the category_game_tool2.xml.

Also make sure to use the official category_psn.xml:

Do not remove this from that xml. This must be in the psn xml for this mod to work.

<View id="seg_trophy">
<Attributes>
<Table key="trophy">
<Pair key="icon_rsc"><String>item_tex_trophy</String></Pair>
<Pair key="title_rsc"><String>msg_trophy_collection</String></Pair>
<Pair key="data_connection"><String>xcb://localhost/query?limit=2048</String></Pair>
</Table>
</Attributes>
<Items>
<Item class="type:x-xmb/xmltrophy" key="trophy" attr="trophy"/>
</Items>
</View>

I'm not on DEX or on DREX, just on REX, but I'll try that as well

 

[DeViL303]

I'm not on DEX or on DREX, just on REX, but I'll try that as well

Ok, yeah if you have XMB set to DEX in the Rebug toolbox then your XMB read from different sections in the tool2 xmls.

Try adding the trophy query to the root and root_dex sections of the category_game_tool2.xml

 

[nolemretaW]

Ok, yeah if you have XMB set to DEX in the Rebug toolbox then your XMB read from different sections in the tool2 xmls.

Try adding the trophy query to the root and root_dex sections of the category_game_tool2.xml

I didn't set XMB to DEX but I did it as well (both files are modified) and it worked!

btw is there a way to make Trophies menu use psn sprx? Or to decompile them and switch some files?

 

[DeViL303]

I didn't set XMB to DEX but I did it as well (both files are modified) and it worked!
dex

Do you have DEX debug settings on your XMB in the settings category? If you do then you ARE on DEX XMB.

btw is there a way to make Trophies menu use psn sprx? Or to decompile them and switch some files?

This bug is not fixable

There is no way to patch those sprx files.

 

[nolemretaW]

Do you have DEX debug settings on your XMB in the settings category? If you do then you ARE on DEX XMB.

I have debug settings, I think Rebug set DEX XMB it itself.

And it wouldn't work also if I would copy 3.55 sprx files (3.55 had trophies in game section I think)?

 

[Louay]

I have debug settings, I think Rebug set DEX XMB it itself.

And it wouldn't work also if I would copy 3.55 sprx files (3.55 had trophies in game section I think)?

a lot of things changed since 3.55 new functions added old ones removed ...etc

 

[nolemretaW]

a lot of things changed since 3.55 new functions added old ones removed ...etc

So it may work, but it can also break some things?

 

[DeViL303]

So it may work, but it can also break some things?
(By 3.55 i mean "last version that had trophies in game category)

You can try it if you want, most likely soft brick.

If you really want the trophy icon to work in game, and dont care if you break some other icons on the ingame XMB, then make a copy of explore_category_psn.sprx from your current FW and rename it to explore_category_game.sprx and then over write your current game sprx with this renamed one. This will even work on HEN.

 

[nolemretaW]

You can try it if you want, most likely soft brick.

If you really want the trophy icon to work in game, and dont care if you break some other icons on the ingame XMB, then make a copy of explore_category_psn.sprx from your current FW and rename it to explore_category_game.sprx and then over write your current game sprx with this renamed one. This will even work on HEN.

most likely soft brick

Just a side question: how to fix soft brick if that would even happen?

Another side question: Is it worth downgrade-ing 4.84 cfw to 3.55 cfw when what I'm only doing is running games from HDD?

 

[BRIAN-JESHUA]

@DeViL303 @nolemretaW I want to do this process in reverse, how can I add a category?

 

[BRIAN-JESHUA]

: ángel: I leave my question for dead : bitsbubba: to make a new category is necessary to modify the sprx or create a new, so far is not possible or they have not tried.I'm sorry for my English, I'm Spanish-speaker

 

[DeViL303]

Its not possible to add categories unless you are Sony. Too many files involved.

IMO The best options are to combine the PSN and Network categories, or combine the TV and Video categories, then use the spare one.