Cheat Codes

[Battlecry]

Well, with the World Builder now apparently external, I'm hoping we'll get some cheat codes soon - useful for rapidly getting a feel for the whole scope of the game. So, anybody heard anything?

You can save the "cheats are for losers" comments. Use them if you want, or don't.

 

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

They said there aren't any CCs in an interview.

 

[vmxa]

World Builder is not even released.

 

[shinkicker]

I have a feeling the lack of an internal world builder (aka cheat mode) is just the result of Civ5's attempt to be more of a "community" game, ala Facebook, EA and Steam. Nobody (not even me) likes cheaters in MP.

It's just a damned shame there aren't many opt-outs for those of us who don't or can't do the community crap. I just wanted a single player game. From what I've seen so far with Civ5, that's probably the biggest and most important change. Otherwise you may as well just stick with Civ 4.

 

[risen-chud]

From what I understand, the Tuner tool will be coming out alongside the worldbuilder which will allow you to change map tiles and manipulate techs and units like the cIV worldbuilder. Read about it here: http://www.weplayciv.com/forums/entry.php?15-Dale-s-Mod-Blog-Civ5-Modding-Explained

 

[Maniacal]

I have a feeling the lack of an internal world builder (aka cheat mode) is just the result of Civ5's attempt to be more of a "community" game, ala Facebook, EA and Steam. Nobody (not even me) likes cheaters in MP.

It's just a damned shame there aren't many opt-outs for those of us who don't or can't do the community crap. I just wanted a single player game. From what I've seen so far with Civ5, that's probably the biggest and most important change. Otherwise you may as well just stick with Civ 4.

Or, you know, they could disable them in multiplayer. It can't be that hard, everyone else has done it.

 

[darkedone02]

So for those cheaters out there like me, this is the thread to post what cheats that you have discovered and wish to share to other's.

 

[guczy]

So for those cheaters out there like me, this is the thread to post what cheats that you have discovered and wish to share to other's.

Why would you even need cheats? You have worldbuilder

 

[darkedone02]

Why would you even need cheats? You have worldbuilder

For more fun

 

[Azeral]

If your curious you can do the following:

C:\Users\<YOUR NAME>\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\

Open usersettings.ini

Change:

DebugMode = 0

to

DebugMode = 1

Open config.ini:

Change:

; Set to 1 to activate the debug panel
DebugPanel = 0

to:

; Set to 1 to activate the debug panel
DebugPanel = 1

Change:


; Set to 1 to disable OverlayDebug system
OverlayDebug = 1

to:

; Set to 1 to disable OverlayDebug system
OverlayDebug = 0

Now hit tilde, theres some options there you can mess with like reveal the map etc.

*EDIT* After playing around with it:

Choose debug mode panel, you can add units, draw roads, etc. Its really really buggy, if it doesn't let you do something close the tool and reopen it (hit tilde again)

 

[Ginger_Ale]

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[darkedone02]

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sorry, excitement got in the way

 

[Dale]

World builder won't allow you to cheat (or even to edit a game in progress).

That's what Tuner is for!

* Note: Tuner comes with the SDK, so not released yet. And you can manipulate ANYTHING with the Tuner, even run Lua commands in a console to impact the game in progress.

 

[Battlecry]

World builder won't allow you to cheat (or even to edit a game in progress).

That's what Tuner is for!

* Note: Tuner comes with the SDK, so not released yet. And you can manipulate ANYTHING with the Tuner, even run Lua commands in a console to impact the game in progress.

Fantastic. Thanks Dale, I look forward to your blog.

BTW CheatHappens should have a trainer out soon, for those not wanting to wait.

 

[JJPHATX]

If your curious you can do the following:

C:\Users\<YOUR NAME>\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5\

Open usersettings.ini

Change:

DebugMode = 0

to

DebugMode = 1

Open config.ini:

Change:

; Set to 1 to activate the debug panel
DebugPanel = 0

to:

; Set to 1 to activate the debug panel
DebugPanel = 1

Change:


; Set to 1 to disable OverlayDebug system
OverlayDebug = 1

to:

; Set to 1 to disable OverlayDebug system
OverlayDebug = 0

Now hit tilde, theres some options there you can mess with like reveal the map etc.

*EDIT* After playing around with it:

Choose debug mode panel, you can add units, draw roads, etc. Its really really buggy, if it doesn't let you do something close the tool and reopen it (hit tilde again)

yes this is exactly what I'm looking for. How do i increase the players gold, is is it the same as the debug mode for Civ4?

 

[JJPHATX]

so the debug mode works, but how do i add money?

 

[Azeral]

You can't debug mode is pretty much broken, for a bit i had it placing units that I could control. However after that, all units default to AI. Sigh.

Also the way civ5 does gold, is kinda tricky to trackdown with tsearch, i know the following:

At the start of the game gold is stored as a 8bit integer, where the value stored in memory is: x*100. So if we have 20 gold, the value in memory shows up as 20000. After the first couple of turns however the system changes, and i cannot find it at all anymore.

:/

I managed to cheat my self 20,000 gold, at the start anything after i cant find the proper offset.

 

[warpstorm]

That debug mode is purely graphical. It does nothing for gameplay. For gameplay you need the Tuner Dale mentioned.

 

[Azeral]

That debug mode is purely graphical. It does nothing for gameplay. For gameplay you need the Tuner Dale mentioned.

I guess i am loosing my mind then.

 

[Malkaviel]

I guess you'll just need to set "random seed on reload" option for now and cheat that way, constantly loading autosaves after bad results. Poor guys. Sadly I never understood the full meaning of playing a strategy game and "fixing the outcome".

edit:mneh. edited because I felt bad making fun of you. I need more people playing this game who learn by screwing with it so when/if we do play mp i shark you into the ground.