Need a cheat to unlock everything, ruining my experience

[danekelly86]

So from what i have played so far i like the game BUT the unlocks! literally wasted 30-45 mins spamming blockade just so i could start a run.

I get that its something to aim for but it is very tedious to build a run around unlocking something so you can start your preferred way of playing.

So does anyone know of hacks or cheats or anything to unlock everything?

[davea]

Unlocks is a painful subject. What do you feel is ruined?

All of the classes are available to any captain. The ships behind unlocks are minor variants. I agree that some of the contacts behind unlocks are nice, and there may be some small bonuses to certain stats behind unlocks. But, I view these like achievements: nice to have but not "ruining" anything.

[theaeg]

I have found that the one-timer games that I've made to snag an achievement have allowed for me to learn some mechanic of the game. As odd as this sounds, hunting achievements has provided a sort of on-the-job tutorial training. I learned a lot more about how the dice pools work and how you can manipulate your ship components and crew to highly specialize.

Yeah, unlocks can be annoying sometimes, but find the silver lining. There are tiny lessons that can be teased out of the achievements. I am a better captain thanks to the unlocks. I do think some of them are hard, but thats what really drives the learning.

[CoryTrese]

I am very sorry to hear that you feel it is ruining your experience. We will work to improve the experience for future games.

Thank you for playing,
Cory

[Trese Brothers]

Originally posted by theaeg:

I have found that the one-timer games that I've made to snag an achievement have allowed for me to learn some mechanic of the game. As odd as this sounds, hunting achievements has provided a sort of on-the-job tutorial training. I learned a lot more about how the dice pools work and how you can manipulate your ship components and crew to highly specialize.

Great to hear it and hope that other players will look for these learning experiences in the challenge. Expert Contractor is a really good unlock to help starting players get their feet under them with making their first profits!

[danekelly86]

Originally posted by CoryTrese:

I am very sorry to hear that you feel it is ruining your experience. We will work to improve the experience for future games.

Thank you for playing,
Cory

I do not mean to sound ungrateful or anything. At the end of the day you guys have created a great game.

If anything maybe tweak the unlock conditions to be more immersive? I know i am a new player but this is what i have done so far.

1. Tried a few builds out
2. Re started as pirate
3. Wanted blackheart
4. bought biggest ship and spammed blockade/bribe refuel repeat ( i did not learn anything or had fun doing this)
5. wanted vindex
6. made a melee captain
7. Spammed crew combat on 2-3 ships to unlock
8. Restarted.

Now i am thinking maybe i should ignore these unlocks and just play the game lol.

[ptirodaktill]

Originally posted by danekelly86:

Now i am thinking maybe i should ignore these unlocks and just play the game lol.

That`s the best idea. If you play a explorer you will unlock prospector/Adventurer/warrior w/o any trouble as a natural progression of your captain focus.
Same with press gang/privateer as a pirate.

[vgifford]

Is this allowed?

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarTradersFrontiers/comments/qgqxrh/easiest_way_to_unlock_everything_without_playing/

[davea]

What do you mean by "allowed"? It gives you all the achievements for free. Nobody will kick you off steam or anything. I personally agree with the commenter in the thread who said that they feel proud of having actually achieved all the achievements and they feel angry that others can get the same effect with no effort.

I agree with the commenter above who said that the achievements are a great learning tool.

Please note this is a super old thread. In the meantime, the devs have introduced modding capability into the game. The way they did it, the modded game has everything unlocked and won't grant achievements. If your goal is to use the locked ships/classes, and you don't care so much about actually earning the achievements, try that. Details here:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/discussions/18446744073709551615/3035976310927262506/?appid=335620

[vgifford]

Originally posted by davea:

What do you mean by "allowed"? It gives you all the achievements for free. Nobody will kick you off steam or anything. I personally agree with the commenter in the thread who said that they feel proud of having actually achieved all the achievements and they feel angry that others can get the same effect with no effort.

I agree with the commenter above who said that the achievements are a great learning tool.

Please note this is a super old thread. In the meantime, the devs have introduced modding capability into the game. The way they did it, the modded game has everything unlocked and won't grant achievements. If your goal is to use the locked ships/classes, and you don't care so much about actually earning the achievements, try that. Details here:

https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/discussions/18446744073709551615/3035976310927262506/?appid=335620

Well, I can see both sides. Me, I kinda like to have all of my toys in my sandbox when I play and don't feel I should have to jump through hoops to access something I already paid for. This isn't a head to head competitive game, so why does it matter? The OP asked, "So does anyone know of hacks or cheats or anything to unlock everything?"
Answer: Yes. Reddit, Google.

[davea]

Every game has content you have to work to get. Every player who wants to get them for free can find a way.

[vgifford]

In a solo player game, how does it matter? I, as a newbie, can unlock every ship and contact in the game, that doesn't make a difference if I still don't know how to use them.

If it was head to head, player vs player, then it would give an unfair advantage. And yes, any player who grinds his way through and does it "legally" deserves every kudo they receive.

If a player can research the question and find a third party tool to unlock "extra" ships in the game, that in some opinions should have been open by default, why wouldn't they? We pay for the game. We pay for the entire game. Give us the toys we purchased, don't make us jump through hoops for something that is already there.

At least they didn't make it, pay extra to get this ship on each ship and unlock.

[davea]

The example I give is in any single player game, there may be a cool weapon which is guarded by a powerful dragon. You're asking for a cheat code so you can use the cool weapon without defeating the dragon.

[vgifford]

I'm just going to enjoy the game if I can learn the mechanics of the game. Prestige acheivements so I can say "I'm better than you" aren't my mindset.

"I did this, you didn't. You suck, git gud." - Random A*****e from competitive games.

I'm just happy that the Trese Brothers made a space trading game that I can enjoy some nostalgia of 1980's bbs Tradewars game.

Its a game. Its meant to be enjoyed. If you enjoy grinding out the locked features, by all means, enjoy your game. To me, that unnecessary grind is NOT enjoyable and apparently NOR to the OP.

[Toxo]

I can see your point about single player games, but in this particular case, all unlocks are available as soon as you start the moddable client. Sure, it disables achievements, but you get all the toys in the basket right away.

It's similar to stellaris in this regard. Either you activate ironman mode, or you're barred from getting achievments. I think both games handle it fairly.

[vgifford]

It's really a non-issue, people are going to play how they want to play. If they are enjoying their game, more power to them. Doesn't matter to me if they cheated in extra ships. Doesn't affect my game.