A guide to very useful console commands to make the game 100x easier

[agwoodliffe]

This is for people who either don't care about achievements, or have already played the game in the past and merely wish to explore what is new in the expansion.

For the commands, you can either type the tilde key during gameplay to enter them manually, or (my preference) is to bind each cheat to a button of your choice.
To do this:
1. Go to the following pathway:
C:\Users\%YOUR USERNAME%\Saved Games\Nightdive Studios\Shadowman EX
2. Open the file using Notepad:
kexengine.cfg
3. Here you will find a list of bindings for all keys so far. Here you can insert bindings for specific cheats for keys not yet used.

Here are the useful cheats:
1. "god" - makes you invulnerable to literally everything.
2. "infiniteammo" - applies to both liveside weapons and deadside weapons.
3. "giveinv -1" - gives you literally every item in the game, including the Bloody Teddy Bear. In my experience, this is the only way to get the Bloody Teddy Bear. NOTE, if you want to increase the number of Retractors, Accumulators, and Prisms, simply enter the code again and again.
4. "freecam" - activating this allows you to move literally anyway on the map. activating it again instantly transports Michael to the camera's location. INTERESTING TRICK: if you're trapped behind a door, activate the cheat and touch the ground - activate it again and Mike will fall through - activate it again quickly after and now you'll be able to navigate the camera to beyond the blocked door.
5. "g_freezeai 1" - freezes all enemies in the game. Unfortunately it also freezes Govi from opening, hence the undo code below:
6. "g_freezeai 0" - unfreezes all enemies in the game. Also allows Govi to open up.
7. "r_brightness 5" - lights up maps where it is really hard to see.
8. "r_brightness 0" - reverts lighting to default in levels where the lighting is weird (Summer Camp, Salvage Yard).
9 "givecadeaux 666" - gives all cadeaux in the game. Note, you can adjust the 666 to any number you want.

There are 2 more codes you can do for dark souls and the light souls, but NOTE, this will not increase the power of the charge on your gun. IMO these are a waste. But in case you're interested, here they are:

11. "givedarksoul 120" - gives all dark souls in the game. Note, you can adjust the 120 to any number you want.
12. "givelightsoul 1" - gives the light soul at the very end of the game immediately.