Trainers, Cheats, Commands, Hex editors

[Cawwot]

I've wanted to smoothen the gameplay experience a bit since I'm playing on Heroic difficulty, and man, I'm dying a lot.

I found out it was possible to use cheat commands and trainers up until a game update. Someone in a discussion thread mentioned using a hex editor to modify perks, abilities and skills etc.
What I've downloaded is Cheat Engine, and I've ran a couple of scans to modify said values of abilities and skills. Only to find out it is a long and long list of codes.

I've also found a couple of videos on Youtube, which provided download links to a scripted version for Cheat Engine and Van Helsing. Problem is, those freeze the game.

I know what I am doing might potentially ruin\kill my game, but I wanted to give it a shot anyways. I've already lost a couple of characters due to some kind of rollback issue.

It would be much appreciated if someone could help me, or at least help me get on the right track (Possibly by providing a tutorial, or even the code where the skill points and ability points are located.

[Butterball]

Heroic rage quits have added several hours to my first play through. The scaling is way out of whack on some of the mobs.

[TrueKalak]

Parry is your friend....

[rdeejaynz]

Even the cheat engine forum posters have given up due to the changes of the values each time a patch is released, and yes there were console commands but they have been removed. I cant provide you with hex values but i can tell you (cos even i messed around with them) the cfg files is where it's at.

[Gubi_SPG]

I feel sorry about your case, but we can't provide support to edit game files. I hope you understand that !

And don't forget this part of the EULA "You may not copy, modify, adapt, distribute, transmit, decompile, disassemble or try to decipher the source code of all or any part of the Product or any element incorporated into it, nor permit or encourage any third party to do so."

[Derfel]

引用自 Valkyrie_Neocore：

And don't forget this part of the EULA "You may not copy, modify, adapt, distribute, transmit, decompile, disassemble or try to decipher the source code of all or any part of the Product or any element incorporated into it, nor permit or encourage any third party to do so."

So it's forbidden to mod this game?

[Gubi_SPG]

We cannot provide support if someone uses 3rd party application which modifies the game files, and it wouldn't work as it's supposed to be after that.

[Cawwot]

There is always clean reinstalls, if all else goes wrong. Maybe it is possible to back up your save data. I'm keeping my Van Helsing vanilla for now. Thank you for the information!

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 Derfel：

引用自 Valkyrie_Neocore：

And don't forget this part of the EULA "You may not copy, modify, adapt, distribute, transmit, decompile, disassemble or try to decipher the source code of all or any part of the Product or any element incorporated into it, nor permit or encourage any third party to do so."

So it's forbidden to mod this game?

Depends where you live.

Here in England, I can categorically state that modifying the game is NOT a problem in the slightest. One should obviously respect EULAs, but in such a case, if (emphasis on that word) the EULA is saying "you cannot modify game files" then that's against your statutory consumer rights. You can do whatever you wish to the game (within reason, obviously).

Naturally, one cannot expect the devs to support such mods in any way either.

So, mod away to your heart's content. However, I can't give you any guidance with Cheat Engine, but I will echo that .cfg files are pretty helpful.

Final note - I've no wish to be argumentative over this issue, and I'm certainly not having a go at the devs in any way. I'm merely clearing matters up here, as I specialise in consumer (and disability) law. Statutory rights- if you're not aware - are fundamental rights everyone has, and NO agreement you sign or agree to can otherwise overrule these.

Happy gaming!

[Hope]

引用自 Valkyrie_Neocore：

We cannot provide support if someone uses 3rd party application which modifies the game files, and it wouldn't work as it's supposed to be after that.

So don't. Ask if they've modded their game. It's friggin simple

[Cyber]

As someone who's been cheating since MS-DOS days (thank you, Game Wizard), I can testify that cheating WILL ruin your game, OP. I'm playing on Heroic myself and I like its challenge, it forces to think, be creative and gives the sense of accomplishment. You're working on killing all of this.
Still, it's your undeniable human right to play single player game however you want regardless of what others tell you. Try ArtMoney, it's specifically engineered to handle such cases.

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 Cyber：

As someone who's been cheating since MS-DOS days (thank you, Game Wizard), I can testify that cheating WILL ruin your game, OP. I'm playing on Heroic myself and I like its challenge, it forces to think, be creative and gives the sense of accomplishment. You're working on killing all of this.
Still, it's your undeniable human right to play single player game however you want regardless of what others tell you. Try ArtMoney, it's specifically engineered to handle such cases.

Small point, but not WILL... CAN.

Likewise, cheating can IMPROVE your game too - for us disabled, as the example I've already given.

[Cyber]

I'm not talking about modding (which can both ruin and improve a game, depending on the modder), I'm talking about cheating since this is what we're dealing with in OP's case.
Cheating can not improve the game, it's the fastest way to drop it because there's no fun left in it anymore when you have full control of what's going on. It's naive to think that cheater will exercise self-control and will only cheat "once". It's like drugs, except it's only killing fun.

[Cawwot]

Didn't know this was still around. Thanks for the resurrection =\ . I did mod the game by modifying a couple of files. Heroic was finally manageable, and I had a blast!

[crunchyfrog]

引用自 Cyber：

I'm not talking about modding (which can both ruin and improve a game, depending on the modder), I'm talking about cheating since this is what we're dealing with in OP's case.
Cheating can not improve the game, it's the fastest way to drop it because there's no fun left in it anymore when you have full control of what's going on. It's naive to think that cheater will exercise self-control and will only cheat "once". It's like drugs, except it's only killing fun.

You're quite wrong, and I've already answered why this is so.

If you're one of the many disabled players (out of ALL gamers, some 20% have some sort of disability that affects their gameplay), and particularly if you suffer a phsyical or cognitive disability, then sometimes games can be impossible, especially if the difficulty options are lacking, such as in a game like this.

So, even if you're like myself, who has good days and bad days, then you're loathe to start a game on anything more than the lowest difficulty, simply because you will not be able to continue when you're having such a bad day - and trust me, when you ARE having a bad day, gaming is one of the thin-gs you REALLY want to do.

So, yes it CAN help by cheating. In fact, not only can it help, but if you're unfortunate enough to have quite severe problems, then it can make the difference between playing the game and NOT AT ALL.

In other words, you've looked at ONE scenario for cheating and made the assumption that it CAN ruin the game. You haven't had the empathy to consider other possibilities though. And with respect, 20% of all gamers is quite a chunk of people in any case, so it's by no means a small issue.