How I cheat

[admiral2408]

Need help how can i cheating by this game.It give consol commands how can I activatet
Please search a very god tutorial.
I have trouble with it +setconsole
How make it please search a tutortial for desktop symbol this tsanding.

steam://rungameid/490370

I have add +setconsole1 not working what mußt i do please help a noob.

[admiral2408]

no help

[Saracen26]

To quote the developer..

Origineel geplaatst door vrbalazs:

Hello,

There's no console in the game, only in debug mode, which is not provided in the retail release. The original game did have it, but it was never activated with "+setconsole1", i have no idea where that came from, i too can see it on other websites.

[admiral2408]

And how can i chetaing please help me.I ahve found trainer but traiener 1.06 not working.

[Saracen26]

You'll find they won't work unless you have the original game with CDs etc and somehow manage to get it running efficiently..

The updated Steam version is not compatible with the old stuff.

[admiral2408]

No cheats game to heavy for me I am new I will play normal.

[Mr.Kiss]

not really worth cheating, play in easy and try out tactics and different things, then up the difficulty. its glorious to see krahen kill each other after being controlled. ;-)

[DHLF]

Although cheating could take all the fun out of the game..
I have lately found a way to cheat money.. but you have to do it for yourself as i dont know how to "build" a trainer.
But there should be some save game editor-stuff out there which should be working even with the steam version of IG2 ..

[Devyk]

You just don't. It might take you 2-5 new games before you get the hang of it but it's totally worth it.

[DHLF]

If you are still interested in cheating "money" in IG2,
some info:
Money is stored in memory in two ways:
1) The exact number of credits found is NOT the correct stored number as it is only the non-ciphered SHOWN number.
You can freeze it or set it to >100.000(and the ingame credits shown changes as desired) but the "hidden" credit number will not let your empire spend more money.
2.) The "hidden" credit number..
I forgot what type of number it was(integer? float?).
But the important hint: The strange number was INCREASING if you spend money.
And I did not figure out HOW it works. By editing the found address(which changes in the opposite "direction"(smaller value if you GET money)) I was able to get plenty of it.
Copying the value and buy something and paste the value back works, too.

[mensmans]

I can give you a modified ig2.exe that makes the Solarians have all best tech. It also gives their vessels more lasers and heavy/special weapons. there are many other modifications like buildings etc but in short, it makes the game quite a lot easier. I was experimenting how to edit things using a hex editor and I got quite a long way.
http://www.filedropper.com/ig2mod
Link updated with improved version.

[mensmans]

There are actually 3 editor programs for the original game that let you edit tech, ships and buildings. I just found a copy of them here http://bgafc.t-hosting.hu/frs.php?mukk=prg&c=3&l=1 They are for the original version of the game but if you have some hex edit experience you can compare the changes you make in your original version and simply mirror them in the steam version. This is how i made my mod.

[Waldmeister-Spezial]

Origineel geplaatst door DHLF:

If you are still interested in cheating "money" in IG2,
some info:
Money is stored in memory in two ways:
1) The exact number of credits found is NOT the correct stored number as it is only the non-ciphered SHOWN number.
You can freeze it or set it to >100.000(and the ingame credits shown changes as desired) but the "hidden" credit number will not let your empire spend more money.
2.) The "hidden" credit number..
I forgot what type of number it was(integer? float?).
But the important hint: The strange number was INCREASING if you spend money.
And I did not figure out HOW it works. By editing the found address(which changes in the opposite "direction"(smaller value if you GET money)) I was able to get plenty of it.
Copying the value and buy something and paste the value back works, too.

sorry mate. maybe its cause im not english. but i only understand chinese. could u plz explain it in a more easy way for noobs like me?
what game memory? where? hidden credit number? where to find/create that? in a sort of ini-data? do a combi of keys in game or wut is it plz? help would be appreciated
ty

[DHLF]

Origineel geplaatst door Waldmeister-Spezial:

sorry mate. maybe its cause im not english. but i only understand chinese. could u plz explain it in a more easy way for noobs like me?
what game memory? where? hidden credit number? where to find/create that? in a sort of ini-data? do a combi of keys in game or wut is it plz? help would be appreciated
ty

Beinahe hätte ich dir allen Ernstes auf Chinesisch geantwortet -.-

Es geht um Manipulationen des RAM-Speichers wenn das Spiel läuft.
Dazu brauchst du die allseits bekannte CheatEngine(windows) oder ähnliches(linux).
Die Creditszahl im RAM ist einmal unverschlüsselt(=den angezeigten Creditwert) und einmal verschlüsselt gespeichert.
Die unverschlüsselte nutzt dir gar nichts.. da das Spiel immer der verschlüsselten Zahl "glaubt".
Wenn ich mich recht erinnere ist die verschlüsselte Zahl recht einfach zu finden:

Gemein: Verbraucht man Credits.. erhöht sich der verschlüsselte Wert.
Und die Zahl sieht total unbrauchbar aus (irgendwas mit Exponenten) ist halt verschlüsselt.

Mit der CheatEngine lässt du den Speicher durchwühlen(FLOAT), Suche nach UNBEKANNTEN Wert. Falls CE crasht hast du zu wenig Speicher..
Dann gibst du IRGENDWIE Credits aus.
Und nun lässt du CE nach ERHÖHTEM Wert suchen..
Zum Monatsende(wechsel) sollten wieder ein paar Credits reinkommen, dann nach VERRINGERTEM Wert suchen.

Wichtig: Das Spiel immer anhalten, sonst werden durch Forschungskosten/Einkünfte die Credits in die falsche Richtung verändert.

Hast du den Wert eingegrenzt.. diesen KOPIEREN.
Kauf was du willst.. und kopiere diesen Wert zurück.
Dann solltest du zumindest immer wieder diese Summe ausgeben können.

[Waldmeister-Spezial]

Öhm ok. Vielen herzlichen Dank erstmal für die Mühe!!! Ich werd mir demnächst mal die CE holen und schauen, ob ich das umgesetzt bekomme. Die Erklärung kling jedenfalls sehr genau.

[deleteable]

When editing the number of credits with a memory editor you just need to take
into account the
F9 screen and distribution triangle which by default is set to 40%,40%,20%
(auto build,production,research)

so to edit 100,000 just search for 40,000 or 20000