n18991c wrote:
That sounds complicated, if interesting Why not just edit the bank account in the save game file, give yourself a lot of money, then build a big fleet and take sexy-looking systems by force?

Taking control of AI opponents would allow you to avoid invasion wait times and population approval issues. Also you can do more complicated and subtle things as well such as giving planets to allies, moving/manipulating problem fleets, or all kinds of crazy things. In other words you can tweak the game reality without going to war.

I want 50 ability points for each of my heroes. Is that a bad thing?

Hi,



The thing that people are describing for cheating is save file modification. It's relatively easy, but considerably harder than what it used to be. The developers have changed the format of the file so that now it is a solid block of text and not a pretty organized file like it used to. As some have said a lot of the things are constantly updating making fid manipulation damn near impossible, however a way around this (and makes for an interesting game still) is to modify the planets that you own. Have 3 useless Gas Giants in your starting system, make them Jungles without terraforming!



If you would be so kind you can go straight to a guide I made on this VERY subject in my signature or by clicking HERE. Thank You and have a good day

Cheating is for wimps.

nats wrote:
Cheating is for wimps.

Then don't cheat.



Your way is not the only way, remember that and respect other people's opinions.

honglath wrote:
I want 50 ability points for each of my heroes. Is that a bad thing?

I actually found the location for that via cheatengine, the max level is only 20....sadly.

Olie wrote:
just save your game open the save game with 7-zip and edit it with notepad or something



dust is under DepartmentOfTheTreasury

Very Very Very BIg Thanks 4 you i just follow your steps and its really work 4 me no more cheats required i have lots of dust

You guys could just get some proper mods and have the same effect - Sandbox-Mod e.g. lol

I had another look at the savegame file. It's still absolutely all over the place, didn't Amplitude say they wanted to tidy it up again (the way it was at the beginning)? Still waiting for that..........

n18991c wrote:
I had another look at the savegame file. It's still absolutely all over the place, didn't Amplitude say they wanted to tidy it up again (the way it was at the beginning)? Still waiting for that..........

Yes i think was some post somewhere...

Change your steam ID in a saved game, then when you load the game you are asked what faction you want to play as. Pick one of the AI factions you want to mess with, and give a few systems away to your faction. Switch everything back and resume.

husker wrote:
Change your steam ID in a saved game, then when you load the game you are asked what faction you want to play as. Pick one of the AI factions you want to mess with, and give a few systems away to your faction. Switch everything back and resume.

That sounds complicated, if interesting Why not just edit the bank account in the save game file, give yourself a lot of money, then build a big fleet and take sexy-looking systems by force?

n18991c wrote:
That sounds complicated, if interesting Why not just edit the bank account in the save game file, give yourself a lot of money, then build a big fleet and take sexy-looking systems by force?

Life isn't that easy, sorry lol

As has been said already, use 7-zip. Open your save game, then right click it to edit it.

n.b post release the save game file looks a bit chaotic, but I think the devs will likely restructure it into orderly columns again when they find a moment...



When editing the save game, search for "empire index", the first one should be empire index = 0, underneath which your faction's stats appear and which you can edit. Alternatively, search for "account" to edit your bank account...



I personally enjoy taking my time building up my empire and don't mind getting my arse handed to me by the AI so I don't make use of cheats myself, but I don't care if people do - all that matters is that you enjoy the game, as long as you don't cheat in multiplayer I don't give a sh*t...

husker wrote:
Taking control of AI opponents would allow you to avoid invasion wait times and population approval issues. Also you can do more complicated and subtle things as well such as giving planets to allies, moving/manipulating problem fleets, or all kinds of crazy things. In other words you can tweak the game reality without going to war.

Basically, modding allows you to change/manipulate everything - you just need to know how to do it

Tredecim wrote:
Basically, modding allows you to change/manipulate everything - you just need to know how to do it

Not EVERYTHING...but yeah, quite a lotb of thing, including FIDS, like Sand Box mod. xD

Madrox wrote:
Not EVERYTHING...but yeah, quite a lotb of thing, including FIDS, like Sand Box mod. xD

Okay almost everything

I don't see why anyone would want to cheat. If your goal is to just flat out win, then play on the newbie level. Once you understand the game, it's damn near impossible to lose on the newbie level. I mean this isn't like SimCity, where the extra money is really helpful.

Thorn wrote:
I don't see why anyone would want to cheat. If your goal is to just flat out win, then play on the newbie level. Once you understand the game, it's damn near impossible to lose on the newbie level. I mean this isn't like SimCity, where the extra money is really helpful.

But...i want to see my gigantic fleet crushing the enemies...ç____ç

Madrox wrote:
But...i want to see my gigantic fleet crushing the enemies...ç____ç

Just depends on how you want to win