I am wonder, do the game has it's cheat system in the game? If so, then I wonder how to activate it. The reason why I want to use the cheat menu, is cause I just want to mess around and have fun with stuff...
If there is none, i wish there was some type of way to get it.
Cheat menu for Freeorion.
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- Geoff the Medio
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Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
There are no in-game cheat options, and adding them isn't a priority.
You could edit a save file, if so inclined.
You could edit a save file, if so inclined.
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Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
how do I edit a save file?
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Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
Open it in a text editor, change the contents, then save. It'll probably take a lot more trial and error and tweaking than it's worth, though...
Alternatively, learn C++ (if necessary) and modify the existing game code to generate and/or save a universe to your liking.
Alternatively, learn C++ (if necessary) and modify the existing game code to generate and/or save a universe to your liking.
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Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
from what I know, C++ takes years to learn (reference from my computer repair teacher at my school). I even try to attempt to edit my save however I want to find out how to edit my resources so I can gain a max... max food, max production goods, max goods (whatever that yin-yang symbol look-a-like).
Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
Look, dude... the AI isn't even coded into the game yet. I don't understand why you need a cheat menu or whatever against a computer opponent that doesn't do anything. Now, maybe when we get to a final release, I could understand that... but this is a very stable, pre-pre Alpha version... and the way things are being designed, it's not gonna be that hard to mod the game to have whatever you want... what's the point of a cheat menu in a game like that?
Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
please tell me exactly what to do, I would really like this! I hope you aren't holding back information just to make people struggle...?Geoff the Medio wrote:Open it in a text editor, change the contents, then save. It'll probably take a lot more trial and error and tweaking than it's worth, though...
Alternatively, learn C++ (if necessary) and modify the existing game code to generate and/or save a universe to your liking.
if someone knows how to save edit, please tell us how! what is the correct place to make changes?
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Re: Cheat menu for Freeorion.
It's not possible to just tell you how to edit a save file. You'll probably have to do a lot of trial and error and tinkering to get it to work right, and the files are not designed to be edited that way. Also, if you're in the latest test builds, most of the save file's contents are compressed and not directly editable, though it should be possible in a v0.4.5 save. Just open a v0.4.5 save file in a decent text editor (any on Linux is probably OK) and look at the contents, find the relevant entries for ships or your empire, and adjust them, save, and see if it works. But again, it's probably not going to be easy or simple to get working.spaceshep wrote:if someone knows how to save edit, please tell us how! what is the correct place to make changes?