Silent hill Cheat codes crashes game, any fix?

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When i load the silent hill cheat codes no matter the core it freezes/crashes the game. I got the cheats from the standalone version of retroarch. Any way to fix this?

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Does your machine supports ra's req? Which emu, which plugins? Have you tried changing the emu or plugins? It should work perfectly.

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I tried all the ps cores and the cheat codes crash them all. And yes my pc way surpasses ra's recommended requirements. The game it self runs perfectly and the graphics look great. But when i enable a cheat code click apply it crashes the game. No matter what core.

Ryzen 9 3900x (12 cores, 24 threads)
Ram 32 GB at 3200 mhz
2060 super 8gb
Samsung 980 pro nvme 4.0 pci-e

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Which emu? Did you t ry swanstation? I've heard the other emus have this kind of crashing issues that I don't with this emu.

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Here is a screen shot of the ps1 cores i got and a video showing the problem.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2955109603

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg_dUMDyz3A

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Instead of closing content every time why don't you try restart? Closing is like deleting changes. Restarting keep them as long as I see it.

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I closed them to show that enabling cheats on all 4 cores causes them to crash or act weird. I made the video to show that no matter the core the cheats are crashing the game. If i just restarted the game it would still run on that same core. I wanted to show that no matter the core the cheats crash the game.

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Weird, it doesn't happen to me. When I use cheats on unfair games I apply and reset and that's it. I guess you could also use save states instead. Dunno, maybe plugins should be changed? But don't think that's the issue actually.

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Here is a video that i just made also showing me loading swanstation loading my savestate then enabling cheats. When it freezes i restart it reload my save state and it stays frozen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2xhRVi4Nxg

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Maybe you should have used that cheat from the very beginning and not in the middle of the gameplay?
Try a new game with the cheat enabled from the start, if it does not crashes then that's it but it would still be weird imo.

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I did try at the very beginning and it crashed. So i thought i would have to get the pistol first before turning infinite ammo and health on but still no dice.

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Well maybe smb else can help you, sorry

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I'm starting to think it's the cheat file it self even though i got it from retroarch's websites.

https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database/tree/bbab349e5e3884b0f6386ba76bb193b648b50847/cht

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Can't believe nobody knows the answer.

The reason why this happens is that your game version is not compatible with cheat file.
Because these codes are actually the instructions with memory addresses. If your game version is different then most likely the values cheat supposed to change are on different address, and the cheat will change another, random thing, which will lead to random things, usually glitches and crashes.

Use this site for codes:
https://gamehacking.org/system/psx/silent%20hill
Pick your version. Or download another iso for which the better codes are available.
Then download .cht file. Make sure you've picked "libretro" file format.
If you have some exotic version, for example, of another language, then search for this exact version.
Or, you can always hack it yourself using RetroArch tool - at least numbers and gaguges are quite easy to find and change/freeze.

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Dont cheat.