How Do I Use These
Cheats?
Notes:
Not all cheats work and not all cheats work with all
version of a game. Sometimes the cheats were put in
the orginal release of a game and then taken out later
with a patch.
Sometimes they are not in the orginal game but added in
with a patch and then not all the patches of the game
will have the cheat.
Where to type the code in?
With these cheats, it is common not to be told where to
type the cheats in. The cheats are usually sent in to us
and this information does not always come with it.
Usually though it will say to enter them in the title
screen or to just type them in.
Title Screen Cheats
When a cheat prompts you to enter the code at the title
it usually refers to the screen advertising the game in
the intro sequence of the game. If that screen does not
work then try to do it on the screen that advertises the
manufacturer of the game. If those fail you will have to
try entering the code on each screen that appears during
the intro sequence. Make sure you have entered the code
fast and correctly. Most of the time the code has to be
entered within a certain time period of that screen. If
not, the code will not work.
Sometimes this form of cheat is not always during the
intro sequence. It could be during the loading screen
just before actual game play starts.
If this form of cheat does not specifically say it can
be time consumming trying to figure out where to enter
these codes.
Typing the cheat in during gameplay
When a game prompts you to enter a cheat in during
gameplay that usually means you have to do one of three
different things. You have to pause the game and type in
the code, just type the code in while playing, or type
it in through the chat interface.
For example, In a game like Age of Empires you have to
bring up the chat dialogue box by hitting return.
So you would hit return, type the code in and hit return
again. This form of cheating is pretty straight forward
you just have to figure out which method you have to use.
Remember, cheats are usually case sensitive so be sure
you have it right. There is one more type and that is you
have to enter the code as the name of the character you
are playing or in the highscore list.
Hex Cheating
A hex cheat is a cheat where you modify the save game
file or another file of the game. You have to be weary
of using this cheat because it can corrupt the files
you have modified. This form of cheating does require
another program. You cant use wordpad or notepad for
editing the files you have to use a hex editer.
The one I use is Ultra Edit and can be found at
www.ultraedit.com.
The key thing about using this cheat
is to make sure you have backed up all the files you are
modifying. We have a full article explaining this cheat
called How to Hex Edit that will show you how to use
this cheat.
Command Line Cheating
This is a common cheat that does require alot of
explanation. The method I am going to give you is only
one of a few but it is the method that I use.
I will use the Half Life cheat as an example. The Half-Life
cheats asks you to enter the parameter -dev -toconsole to
the command line of the game. The command line is the path to
the executable that runs the game and the executable file.
In this case the executable would be hl.exe and the path I
will use is c:\programfiles\halflife\ so the whole path would
be c:\programfiles\halflife\hl.exe.
What you have to do is enter the the arguments -dev -toconsole
to it so it would look like
c:\programfiles\halflife\hl.exe -dev -toconsole.
Notice the space in between the executable and the parameter.
This is a common mistake people make. Now the big question,
How do I do this? This is the method I use.
Create a shortcut on your desk top the game executable.
You will do this by right clicking on your desktop and selecting
new then shortcut. You will then prompted with a window asking
you to enter the command line or browse. The best way to do this
is just browse and then locate and select the executable.
In our case you would browse C: then to program files, then
Halflife, and then select the Half-Life executable hl.exe.
After you have selected the file you will be back at the
window so all you have to do is select next and you will
prompted to name the shortcut.
This doesnt matter so you canleave it as hl.exe or rename it
Half-Life or whatever. If you already have the short cut to
the game on your desktop you dont have to do that last step.
With the short cut now in place, right click on it and select
properties. You will be prompted with a window and in that
window you will see the path to the game listed as target.
In our case it will be c:\programfiles\halflife\hl.exe.
Now all you have to do is add the parameter -dev -toconsole
so it looks like
c:\programfiles\halflife\hl.exe -dev -toconsole.
Remember the spaces... After you have done that select
apply and then ok and you are all set up.
Just run the game from that shortcut.
By Steve Lowder
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