Are cheats possible on mac with steam version of game?

[Garrett]

i recently saw kotor 2 on the mac app store and i love the game so much that i bought it asap. then i realized two things, one the game is also available for mac through steam, and that the "enablecheats=1" function does not work with the app store version. since the game is only $7 right now, im looking for advice on whether its worth it to buy again through steam. i really wanna be able to use some of the mods on here but my biggest question and concern is this...

can you enable cheats on the steam version of this game for mac?

if not, i might not bother redownloading. although it still might be worth it with the mods. i just really wanna also be able to use the cheats to get cool robes and weapons for my character.

thanks for reading and hopefully someone can help me out. im also a novice steam user so i dont know if this is possible, but if so, reply to me directly about this through a steam message or something like that. thanks again.

[Mansen]

Yes it's possible - But the location is different as far as I understand.

There are a few threads on these forums where people have gotten it to work - I don't remember the exact location offhand though. Haven't touched a "current" Mac in years. :)

[Net B. Reves]

Some people say it works, others don't. Seems to be a game of chance.

[Mansen]

Originally posted by Net B. Reves:

Some people say it works, others don't. Seems to be a game of chance.

Can't really be a game of chance - Either people are doing it correctly, or they aren't. The game isn't just rolling a die when it launches to decide whether or not to read its configuration files.

[Net B. Reves]

It wasn't meant to be taken literally.
In fact some people did exactly the same and correct modifcations to the correct ini-file in the correct folder and the console is still not working.

[Mansen]

And again - I doubt they actually followed the instructions as defined. Either the same fix works for everyone, or no one.

[Garrett]

i tried all the suggestions on here. like some other people, my mac has only one folder for the game and changing the .ini file there doesnt work. i cant seem the find the mysterious folde with the correct .ini file

[zephrim]

It works. I just googled how to do it. So, remember, always google something before you post on a forums. Odds are you can answer your own question a lot faster.

Quit the game and make sure Steam isn't running.
Open the Finder and go to the menu bar at the top and select Go > Go to Folder
Type /Users/username/Library and click Go. (change "username" to your username!)
This will show the hidden Library folder. Now, look for a folder named Application Support.
Inside the Application Support folder you'll see a folder named Knights of the Old Republic
Inside this folder you will find the swkotor.ini file. MAKE A BACKUP OF THIS FILE FIRST!
Open the swkotor.ini file in TextEdit
Underneath the [Game Options] section add a new line and type: EnableCheats=1
Save the file and close TextEdit. Launch Steam and then open the game.
Type the ` key to enter the cheat codes (you'll get a tiny prompt in the upper left hand corner that is barely visible. It just looks like this: >). You can type commands after the prompt and press the Return (Enter) key. Nothing will happen on the screen but, if you go check your inventory you'll see that it worked. For example: I typed ` and then typed givecomspikes. I checked my inventory and had 100 computer spikes.

You should thank swanknode, I copied it from his post on the steam forums I found through google. Oh and at least on my Imac the prompt is invisible but the commands work just fine. If it doesn't work you probably mistyped. Try try try again. Oh and I don't know how to get the componets code to work, every time I try it takes some away from me. Thats what i get for being a cheater lol.

[Net B. Reves]

And again: that's exactly (!) what I (and others) did. Nevertheless, the (invisible) console doesn't appear.

[Garrett]

yeah. did all that. didnt work

[Ayo]

It may have worked but you just didn't notice it. The "console" is actually just a small yellow text placer line on the upper left hand corner. Just press the ` button and start typing, and you might see it.

[Private Friendzone]

It's just an educated guess - haven't tried it myself so far - but try adding the line 'EnableConsole=1" in the same .ini file where you added the line "EnableCheats=1" and try again