Console Unlocked - Solutions for common issues inside

[socharis]

First off, unlocking the console requires a program - https://framedsc.github.io/GeneralGuides/universal_ue4_consoleunlocker.htm#opening-the-in-game-console

It's simple enough to use. Just run it, select the game, and hook. Your antivirus will probably try to quarantine it or something because "hooking" is something some viruses do, but AV do that with a lot of these kinds of programs. This one's fine.

It has a lot of features, but the interesting one is it enables to console in most UE4 games. Here are the useful commands I've found (the ones without descriptions I haven't gotten working yet).

AddExperience <value>       - Can use negative numbers to reduce total experience.
AddItem                     - Can't figure out what item ids it accepts are, but I'm willing to bet it works.
AddReputation
AddSkillPoints <value>      - Can use negative numbers to reduce number of skill points.
AddSomnia <value>           - Somnia starts at 0 and caps out at 100. Can use negative numbers to reduce somnia.
KillAll
KillAllEnemies
LotsOfHealth                - Fully heals you.
QActivateQuest
QCompleteQuest
QProgressQuest
RunFast                     - Increase total stamina by 1500. Stacks.
SetPlayerControl
SetTacticalPause
SetWalk
TargetDo
Teleport                    - Teleport to where you're aiming. Finnicky, but it works.
ToggleCinematicMode
Toggledebugcamera           - Toggle free camera. Can be used with teleport command to go anywhere.
UseFromInventory

Typing "EnableCheats 1" might be required.

Some of the ways I've used these to solve problems are:

1. Toggledebugcamera - If enemies spawn in the ceiling, use this to aim the camera at where they're firing from. For some reason this resets their position to ground level.
   
2. Teleport - This teleports you to where the center of your screen is pointing. Used in combination with the toggledebugcamera command you can easily unstuck yourself. It's a bit finnicky and I usually have to be flush against a wall for it to work, but it does work. I've also used this to get past a door that a generator was bugged out for.

One of the things I'd like to be able to do is to use the Additem command, specifically to add the Binary Star Systems book which, for some reason, wasn't available at the bookstore this playthrough, rendering the Missing Book quest uncompletable. If a Dev could at the very least give me the command for this it could be used to resolve a bunch of these kinds of problems people have been running into.

You can also use some of these as anti-frustration features. Get spare skillpoints to make the minigames less frustrating, use Runfast to allow you to sprint infinitely to make back-and-forth quests less frustrating, reducing the somnia buildup from those infuriating knockdown dogs.. those are definitely cheats, but they can make the game more enjoyable if those things bother you.

I'd really appreciate it if one of the developers could help with the Additem command though. Not being able to complete that quest is a serious buzzkill, especially since I'm pretty sure it's an important one.

If anybody else can figure out how to use the other commands I listed (or if you find any others), I'll add it to the main post and hopefully we can start solving these problems ourselves.

[Joe Jinis]

Interesting, very interesting :o
Most of the time this kind of command if > Additem "player" "id" "number"

I'm gonna cheat to have each level 1 battle skill point and 1 character skill point :D

If someone know the ID for the High society beverage too :D

[socharis]

The syntax is definitely "additem <id> <count>". The console tells you that much. I'm not sure if it's because they use some weird inventory system that doesn't get items added to it, the command is disabled, or I just can't find the correct ids.

I've got a bit list of internal item ids I was able to pull with the string finder in CheatEngine, but I can't figure out how to use them. Maybe it has to be in Russian or something, I have no idea.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/imelbry8ridrult/item_ids.txt?dl=0

Really frustrating given how quest-relevant items are handled in this game, particularly when it bugs out and you're left waiting for two or three months for a patch that /might/ address your issue. Things like these would help us to resolve issues ourselves while waiting for official fixes. It's hard to stay motivated.

[Zerotix]

This is incredible. Doed the free camera/movement combo work to take screenshots?

[socharis]

Originally posted by Zerotix:

This is incredible. Doed the free camera/movement combo work to take screenshots?

Absolutely.

[Joe Jinis]

These looks like names, not item IDs :/

[socharis]

Originally posted by Joe Jinis:

These looks like names, not item IDs :/

Those are what item ids look like in other UE4 games like Outer Words and Darksiders 3.

[Joe Jinis]

Ok ^^ I tried too, the command is accepted but no result :/

[WarDemon]

WIll this fix the companion not appearing at the nest bug?

[socharis]

Originally posted by WarDemon:

WIll this fix the companion not appearing at the nest bug?

Not unless the developers reveal a command for that (in theory there's a chance you could use the summon command, recruit and then dismiss them, and that might send them back to the nest correctly). I'm not sure if there are UE4 commands for modifying global variables.

I'm not smart enough to suss out the full potential of this thing, but imo the developers have a chance (and a super easy one since this program does most of the work for them) right here to alleviate a ton of what's driving players away and fueling those negative reviews. Because underneath the gamebreaking bugs (one of which just ruined my 12-hour save) there's a really fun RPG.

[Joe Jinis]

What was your gamebraking bug? I don't want it :o

[socharis]

https://steamcommunity.com/app/783170/discussions/0/2247805152842004519/

That and none of the "companions" are appearing in Vulture's Nest.

[Joe Jinis]

Erf :( Not here yet, but just done Lashta quest, hope to find her at Vulture Nest :/

[Joe Jinis]

Thanks to you I managed to go out of Typer Locked hideout with the debugcamera and teleport commands... boring.

[Wise Primate]

Originally posted by socharis:

Originally posted by WarDemon:

WIll this fix the companion not appearing at the nest bug?

Not unless the developers reveal a command for that (in theory there's a chance you could use the summon command, recruit and then dismiss them, and that might send them back to the nest correctly). I'm not sure if there are UE4 commands for modifying global variables.

I'm not smart enough to suss out the full potential of this thing, but imo the developers have a chance (and a super easy one since this program does most of the work for them) right here to alleviate a ton of what's driving players away and fueling those negative reviews. Because underneath the gamebreaking glitches (one of which just ruined my 12-hour save) there's a really fun RPG.

I have these questions for the developers:

1.
Does the "AddItem" command work? Is it functional, and the people above are just misunderstanding the item ID numbers? Could you share the correct ID numbers?

2.
A common bug I've noticed being mentioned is the missing companions. Can this console be used to make the companions appear right next to the main character, so those quests could be completed? Like "Summon Morty".

3.
Another common problem I've read about is that Captain Riebel doesn't talk when he should, during an important mission. Does a command exist for making Captain Riebel's next speech become active, ready to be clicked?

[Shadow Wulfe]

Any tips for using this with quests? I am worried I missed the shade from News from the Front as I can't seem to find him.