October 6, 200322 yr Just like the X-com games of old I think a bit of cheating will eventually come into play in this game. Although alot of you will frown, it can make a good game last longer when replayed again and again. The problem is that I can't seem to find any cheats for this game as it's so new. So if anyone comes accross any please post away!
October 6, 200322 yr Personally I really hope this game does not come with cheat codes. A moneytrainer is out of the question since there are no cash involved. Although, you'll prolly see some base inventory editors after a while if someone gets around making one.I remeber the days before cheatcodes, when you had to sit with an hexeditor for umteen hours trying to figure out where stats was and where items and such were in the savegames. When you did find it, it was such a task that you felt like you earned the right to cheat. Toda, with cheatcodes, it takes all the fun out of the game. To this day, with the few games that I regrettably tried the cheatcodes, I never finished said games without cheatcodes after using them the first time.This was not meant as a flamepost, just my point of view Z.
October 6, 200322 yr Author I agree to some extent - I generally only cheat once I've completed a game first. I can see what you mean about finding the cheats out yourself back in the day. You definitely earned the right to use them after a mission like HEX!
October 6, 200322 yr there are cheats in the game for sure there are options in the ufo.exe for godmode (prob for tactical missions) also for geoscape : give all (inventory) research add's, mission creation, hire people,..... but have found no way to activate them still they should get known soon i hope
October 6, 200322 yr i have the godmode working , both https://www.actiontrip.com https://gameguru.box.sk in their cheats section tell you how open config.cfg and add KEY "cheats" BOOL TRUE then in the game use shift+~ to open the console for me its my shift+@ key , but thats just a keyboard language thing godmode works only problem is i dont know how to close the console in the tactical missions EDIT: updated cheat codes godmode - will stop teh squad dying by the looks of it but they will still ned sickbay to heal for a while when back at base it seems quickvictory - will instanly make you win the mission how ever dont try it on missions like Area51 as you wont get any items or object back which are needed for research similarly on a shot down UFO , u get no UFO hull so no research for UFO access. quicklose - similar to quickvictory but u lose the mission destroyobj - destroys objects under the cursor, like cars and other objects with red center circle and four arrow heads visibility - shows the current visible area by your squad LOS hitpoints - how much health out of 100% can see enemy health too. good when used with godmode so u can heal at the end with medic to try and reduce the number of people needing rest in the base at the end of it allplans - shows the path on enemies like your squat paths , enemies are grey enemies - shows all enemies in area heights - shows terrain level/height flat or sloping ids - shows squad position number 1-7 (ids 0-6 ) works on enemies too. think max of 7 for squad size ? unitsashidden - units become see through like ghosts quickabsolutevictory - win mission with items recovered codes with unknown results flarefirecheatcanparalysecancontrolheappeddoorscenemodemorecellu snowarea
October 7, 200322 yr Can't seem to get it to work, where exactly do you add the KEY "cheats" BOOL TRUE ?Does it even matter?
October 7, 200322 yr The Trainer doesn't work as far as god mode goes. The person who made the trainer did it very poorly and probably put it into a section of the game operation that the computer has access to so the aliens also are invlunerable when you activate this. Most Trainer makers code it through the mouse functions so that doesn't happen. The item dupe part of the Trainer works well though. I agree though that the info on how to activate those cheatcodes could use some better explanations, because there is no config.cfg file in my installation of the game. And it doesn't specify where to add those cheats. I haven't patched though so unless they add that file in the patch it isn't around. I think the file they mean to add it to is UFOoptions.txt under the default folder. At least in my installation, it may be different for the European versions of the game.
October 7, 200322 yr The config.cfg file where you add the following line is in the same folder where my UFO.xex and Launcher.exe are the root install. It was there before i patched... Version of UFO is United Kingdom enter KEY "cheats" BOOL TRUE in the file config.cfg so it looks like mine below or something similar It should work does for me My Config.cfg file: ( the formatting of the indented KEY lines must be kept. cant indent in the post) #!TXT#CFG_FILE#STRUCT "root" KEY "systeminfo" BOOL TRUE KEY "nosound" BOOL FALSE KEY "stencil" BOOL TRUE KEY "use_safe_refresh" BOOL FALSE KEY "force_texs_mutable" BOOL FALSE KEY "video_mode" INT 88 KEY "va_main_buff_size" INT 0 KEY "force_old_va_mode" BOOL FALSE KEY "fragm_progs" BOOL TRUE KEY "vert_progs" BOOL TRUE KEY "colors32b" BOOL FALSE KEY "eax" BOOL FALSE KEY "soundVolume" FLOAT 1 KEY "speechVolume" FLOAT 1 KEY "musicVolume" FLOAT 0.6 KEY "cheats" BOOL TRUE - < added this line>END_OF_STRUCT "root"
October 7, 200322 yr Some more cheats. I edited the config as above.Then when looking at the world map, pressed SHIFT+@You can now type in cheats. Codes:HIREUNIT <- adds a new member to your squadALLITEMS <- now have all weaponsFINISHRD <- complete current research enjoy
October 7, 200322 yr nice 1 , i though there might be some world map codes too didnt find them , thx for that
October 7, 200322 yr I agree though that the info on how to activate those cheatcodes could use some better explanations, because there is no config.cfg file in my installation of the game. And it doesn't specify where to add those cheats. I haven't patched though so unless they add that file in the patch it isn't around. I think the file they mean to add it to is UFOoptions.txt under the default folder. At least in my installation, it may be different for the European versions of the game.You have to run the setup program to generate the config.cfg file. If you just run the game.exe from install, you won't get a config.cfg.
October 7, 200322 yr I am sure my config.cfg was there from install click here to try my config.cfg with the line added Put it in the root install directory with the UFO.exe and Launcher.exe UPDATED CODES canparalyse - removes all paralysing effects on squad cancontrol - removes all mind control effects on squad flare - puts flare or light source around squad members ( need to check ) scenemode - cycles textures etc can get wireframe and no textures
October 8, 200322 yr The ONLY cheat i use which is more of a help than a cheat is the show all enemies as i like to fully clear the maps before i leave them so this just stops me spending extra time running round the map with nothing left to kill !!!! :alien2:
October 8, 200322 yr but how do you CLOSE the consol. It takes up most of the screen. I treid the shift +@ (UK) but iti don't work.
October 8, 200322 yr But where oh where is the config.cfg file? i have looked everywhere (even checked the install cd). I even re-installed the game using the install rather than the autoplay function! copied the config.cfg file posted on the site into the directory where the ufo.exe & launcher.exe are but shift + @ still does nothing! please help! i am getting fed up of the game very quickly now! those mind controlling greys are right buggers! c
October 8, 200322 yr The original post of the cheat stated that it was "shift ~", but on UK keyboards this is "shift @". What is you keyboard language setup as? The config file is created when you run the configure file from the start menu...
October 8, 200322 yr Author If you don't have the config.cfg you can just create one in notepad. I didn't have one even after running the setup so I created on with the follwing text and then just saved it in the install root: #!TXT#CFG_FILE#STRUCT "root"KEY "cheats" BOOL TRUEEND_OF_STRUCT "root" make sure you save it as a cfg file and not a txt and your good to go - just hit shift @ at the same time and the worlds yor oyster!
October 8, 200322 yr I have added a cheats section. Would you mind looking over it, and tell me if anything is wrong? You can find it here: https://www.ufoaftermath.co.uk/?c=Cheats&p=cheats
October 8, 200322 yr I'd add a part to the section explaning how to make the config file not everyone runs that exe before they play. Oh yeah and I wouldn't link to those trainers yet as the god mode they provide doesn't work yet, or at least say something about that if they just want it for the item dupe capability.
October 8, 200322 yr Another cheat for the world map view...allitems2 - same as allitems but only gives you 3 of everything. Found these other codes but effects are unkown or useless(nothing seems to happen)... showall - shows all bases in world view - any use??hideall - turn showall offProbability -??BASESALIEN - gives all bases to aliens BASESPLAYER - crashes game :devil: WIRES - turns world into wire sphereTUTORIAL - starts the tutorial missionRESMISSION -??NATUREMISSION -??INCURSIONMISSION -??MSGALL -??CHNAGEOWNER -??FIELD7 - ??...FIELD1 - ??
October 9, 200322 yr Thx for that link Slaughter its all ok on the tactical side and Zapataz has the Strategic side I live in the UK .. and changed the keyboard Layout from English(United Kingdom) to English(US) and now shift+~ where ~ is the key left the number 1 key and above tab. The Lanuage is still English(United Kingdom) otherwise shift+~ would me shift+@ where @ is the key to the right of the semicolon key and i cant close the window when its shift+@. Does the RESMISSION put a rescue mission under the cursor ? CHANGEOWNER change owner of a base with out doing a capture mission ?
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