Manual:Cheats

Introduction

One stop shop for cheats and spoilers. A collection of cheats from forum threads.

General

Cheats usually require the hacking of a save game file. It is recommended that you make a copy of your original save game file before actually hacking it. Be especially warned, Windows users; The native notepad changes the line break formatting and thus corrupts the save file. Usage of notepad++ is recommended.

The save game file can be found in your user directory.

• On Linux: /home/~username/.vegastrike/save/
• On Weendofs: ???

Cheats

Money

Easy going. Just change the first number after the sector/system location descriptor of your save game file. Maximum number is 99 billions, in numbers:

• 99 000 000 000.

There's a setting called "difficulty" that increases a small amount each time you earn a credit... that determines what upgrades the enemy ships have on them. So if you hack your save game credits up to 10^9 credits that probably just increases the difficulty to the highest value immediately. It is supposed to simulate a time line, but based on the progress you make rather than the amount of time passed...

Location / Sector / System

The first entry of your save game file is your saved location. The letter case must be the same as your /data4.x/sectors/ entries.

Faction standings

See forum entry Changing relationships to other factions with cheating?!