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Title: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 02:47:29 AM
So they changed the rules. No more command line parameters and only a few of the old FC2/FC3 cheats remain.

Go to HD:\users\YourName\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\RandomGibberish\

open GamerProfile.xml (with notepad++ or some such)

find somewhere towards the end of the xml file the line <GameProfile /> (without "r" so it is NOT </GamerProfile>)

Edit it with any combination or all of the following cheats (they used to be called the same only starting with "GameProfile_" when we used them for the command line)

<GameProfile GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" IgnorePlayer="1" />

Save the file.

Don't write-protect that file or your game will crash on saving from the menu, same when save+quit from menu. Just leave the file alone.

Don't cheat if you want to play online / coop, you'll never know -- they might catch you cheating and ban you or do whatever they think appropriate.

Just play the story offline from the menu and all is good.

Enjoy your game  ;)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Binnatics on December 25, 2014, 03:12:10 AM
 ^-^
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on December 25, 2014, 02:16:09 PM
Very nice, AB! +1  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on December 25, 2014, 03:09:37 PM
Well done my friend +1 :-X :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 25, 2014, 03:16:46 PM
I tried "UnlimitedAmmo" with no luck   :D
What I did find though, is how to skip the intro, and It works
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/27/skip-far-cry-4s-unskippable-launch-animations/ (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/11/27/skip-far-cry-4s-unskippable-launch-animations/)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 03:44:38 PM
Thanks guys :)

nexor, unlimited ammo works. version 1.5.0 of FC4.

I don't know what you did but try to copy and paste the line there into your xml just as it is -- it is a copy straight from my xml.

Your link basically shows that the previous "skipintromovies" has been pruned to skipintro so we should be able to add that into that line, too. :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 05:59:36 PM
By the way, it is entirely possible that the game overrides the GamerProfile.xml so you should be ready to redo it.

I tried the skipintro command in the gamerprofile but that didn't w@&k.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 25, 2014, 09:22:35 PM
Ok' I can only comment on my version

For Steam versions

Spoiler
If you bought the game via Steam, it's as easy as a pre-bought pie. Find the game in your library, right click on it, and hit Properties. In the box that pops up is an option for "SET LAUNCH OPTIONS". Click that, and in the field that appears, put in "-skipintro" (without quotes, and no space). Now, when you launch the game either from Steam, or from the not-actually-a-proper-shortcut it put on your desktop, the game will jump straight to its options screen

And for users who bought the disks, this one works, I'm using it

Spoiler

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Far Cry 4\bin\FarCry4.exe" -skipintro

If it doesn't w@&k still, try "-skip intro 1″.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on December 25, 2014, 10:24:44 PM
Oddly, I too bought the disks but that's not where my FarCry4.exe is located. On my PC it's:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\FarCry4\bin\FarCry4.exe

There is a Ubisoft Game Launcher folder inside the Ubisoft folder but there is no "Games" folder in there. Only folders in there are:

cache
data
locales
logs
savegames

I'll try the code on my .exe anyway and see what happens. Cheers nex :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on December 25, 2014, 11:00:24 PM
No dice. The FarCry4.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\FarCry4\bin folder doesn't appear to have anything to do with launching the game. There is no "Shortcut" tab under Properties and hence no "Target" option.

I have no "Games" folder at all in my Ubisoft Game Launcher folder.

????
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 25, 2014, 11:22:36 PM
[smg id=7562 type=preview align=center caption="Untitled"]

This is what mine looks like fragger
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 26, 2014, 01:20:16 AM
The -skipintro 1 works now for me when I use it with steam in FC4's properties  :laugh: :-X

nexor, +1 :-X ^-^

oddly enough, the other cheats don't. I need to edit the xml for that matter. ???? :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 26, 2014, 03:34:25 AM
nexor, since the skipintro works for you and the unlimited ammo doesn't, I have an idea: please try whether or not it helps if you replace (just to find out) your SkipIntro with that UnlimitedAmmo 1

I guess it will w@&k.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on December 26, 2014, 06:14:23 AM
Thanks nex :) Yep, that's what I see too, and in the same directory path. However, when I bring up Properties for FarCry4.exe, there is no provision that I can see for inserting the command line option, i.e. no "Shortcut" tab which is where the "Target" (command line) option is normally found. Maybe I have some Windows setting elsewhere that's preventing me from seeing it (although I see Shortcut and Target options in the Properties windows for other software titles).

It's no big deal. The opening splashes are a tad annoying but I can live with them. And I probably won't bother with the cheats since I don't think I'll be playing this game very much after the current playthrough, except maybe just to dip into it from time to time.

Cheers anyway :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 26, 2014, 09:44:26 AM
You're welcome fragger mate, sorry it's not working for you.

I think there's another way of doing it Art, just like it was done in FarCry 2, just with the skipintro and unlimitedammo

Spoiler
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Far Cry 2\bin\FarCry2.exe" -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedReliability 1 -GameProfile_AllWeaponsUnlock 1
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 26, 2014, 11:35:00 AM
nexor I tried that and it didn't w@&k, that's why I came up with this topic and the way I posted it in the intro post, it does w@&k for me.

I was more under the impression that you wanted to get unlimited ammo but said that it didn't w@&k for you.. that is why I have been trying to figure out for you what to do to get it working.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 26, 2014, 10:57:47 PM
I was hoping to get the unlimitedammo to w@&k, but it's not really much a mission, thanks Art, at least the intro got sorted, for some of us anyway  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 27, 2014, 03:44:48 AM
:)

by the way, in case you tried the cheats AND started the game "online" -- that might have prevented them. Instead try the in-game "offline" option to continue your game.

If you did and it doesn't w@&k, my suspicion is that the command line parameter only allows ONE command (in your case, -skipintro 1) so that is why I suggested to replace it with "-UnlimitedAmmo 1"

Also, capital letters may play a role. Some programs parse the command line expecting an exact spelling, so there is a difference between UnlimitedAmmo and unlimitedammo.

Don't give up  :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 27, 2014, 07:10:07 AM
Thanks, I'll play around with it
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Binnatics on December 27, 2014, 07:58:49 AM
Cheating 2.0 :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Stiku on December 27, 2014, 08:35:27 AM
Quote from: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 02:47:29 AM

find at the end of the xml file the line <GameProfile />


And <GameProfile /> tag is for me at line 26, not the end of the file, at the end of the file is a <GamerProfile /> tag which is the incorrect one.
So there is a huge difference what is replaced and where.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on December 27, 2014, 12:55:06 PM
You right on that one Stiku, I also picket that up and wondered about it
This "GamerProfile.xml" file seems like it's basically each individual gamer's in-game settings and nothing else
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 27, 2014, 03:23:20 PM
Quote from: Stiku on December 27, 2014, 08:35:27 AM
And <GameProfile /> tag is for me at line 26, not the end of the file, at the end of the file is a <GamerProfile /> tag which is the incorrect one.
So there is a huge difference what is replaced and where.

I said "find." Obviously you found it. And you didn't find it at the beginning. Now that you mention "the correct one," it is a little misleading. The tip in this topic is to edit the <GameProfile /> tag which is the correct one to edit. It doesn't belong here that the last tag in the file is <GamerProfile />.

However, I think the message is,

"be careful not to edit any <GamerProfile /> tag because it has to be the <GameProfile /> tag."
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Dweller_Benthos on December 29, 2014, 06:29:16 AM
I created a shortcut to the EXE and added the no intro clips command and it works fine. Still has to load Uplay a bit first, but not a big deal.

Honestly, if I had known there was a Steam version, I would have gone that route and cut out Uplay completely. Thing is, I like to buy physical media, I'm just weird that way. But the benefits of doing that are decreasing every minute, with the fact that after installing 3 or 4 DVDs of game data, you still have to download over a gigabyte of data makes getting the discs pointless in the first place.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 29, 2014, 08:04:19 AM
I am using the steam version which then relates to the u-play version. In other words, you have just one overlay while I have to use both.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on December 30, 2014, 05:24:40 AM
Quote from: Dweller_Benthos on December 29, 2014, 06:29:16 AM
I created a shortcut to the EXE and added the no intro clips command and it works fine. Still has to load Uplay a bit first, but not a big deal.

Dang, I should have read this first :D I stumbled across that solution myself and posted about it here (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=3574.msg72295#msg72295) (forgot this topic existed).
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Dweller_Benthos on December 30, 2014, 07:49:01 AM
Quote from: Art Blade on December 29, 2014, 08:04:19 AM
I am using the steam version which then relates to the u-play version. In other words, you have just one overlay while I have to use both.

Ah, still, you can use the Steam backup and restore feature, I presume?

So, when you want to play the game, you run Steam, click the game there, it runs Uplay and then runs the game? urrgghhhhhhh
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on December 30, 2014, 09:12:29 AM
that's true, D_B. Makes one want to puke, two overlays.. and yes, steam takes care of the updates. Actually, I had an update for Assassin's Creed Unity one day earlier through steam than Ubi released it for their customers through u-play. Stupid side effect: Version differed, no coop between steam and u-play users for one day..
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Binnatics on December 30, 2014, 09:19:54 AM
I don't know what to think of this double functionality. It Ubi's case, I wish they'd never tried. It has been annoying ever since it existed, and I prefer steam in many ways. But Rockstar's social club is okay with me. I don't mind them keeping scores and giving extra functionalities, like crews and everything. But it interferes less with steam functionality as Ubi-s Uplay does. Achievements will just pop up twice :-() and I think you can still use Steam to invite other friends to your lobby, something that won't w@&k with games using Uplay.
On the other hand, one single platform like steam that has monopoly would have pros and contras. I am glad GfWL is loosing the race (it was worthless after all) but if Steam grows too powerful that might have its downside :-\\
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 02, 2015, 01:00:03 AM
I used "GodMode 1" and the "IgnorePlayer 1" cheat enabled and went to Shanath Arena  >:D >:D >:D :-() :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 02, 2015, 09:41:57 AM
Quote from: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 02:47:29 AM
Go to HD:\users\YourName\Documents\My Games\Far Cry 4\RandomGibberish\

open GamerProfile.xml (with notepad++ or some such)

find at the end of the xml file the line <GameProfile />

Edit it with any combination or all of the following cheats (they used to be called the same only starting with "GameProfile_" when we used them for the command line)

<GameProfile GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" IgnorePlayer="1" />

Save the file.

Don't write-protect that file or your game will crash on saving from the menu, same when save+quit from menu. Just leave the file alone.

Don't cheat if you want to play online / coop, you'll never know -- they might catch you cheating and ban you or do whatever they think appropriate.

Just play the story offline from the menu and all is good.

Enjoy your game  ;)

Art, you say at the end of the xml file to find the line <GameProfile />
Mine shows </GamerProfile>  ????
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 02, 2015, 09:44:56 AM
what I said is a tad misleading, sorry about that. I meant "towards the end" and not "at the very end" so you are right, at the very end the file ends in "</GamerProfile>" but I said "find </GameProfile>" which is in that file, too.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 02, 2015, 09:47:42 AM
I just edited the original post. :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 02, 2015, 09:53:52 AM
ok thanks Art, pardon me for not reading properly   :D :D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 02, 2015, 04:53:33 PM
no worries, you helped me improve that tip thanks to your misunderstanding. Now it should be OK. :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 02, 2015, 09:55:53 PM
I have removed the skip intro cheat and tried the other cheats but they don't w@&k   :D

[smg id=7721 type=preview align=center caption="GameProfile"]
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 02, 2015, 10:34:28 PM
Quote from: nexor on February 02, 2015, 09:55:53 PM
I have removed the skip intro cheat and tried the other cheats but they don't w@&k   :D

[smg id=7721 type=preview align=center caption="GameProfile"]

You need to type them like this: GodMode="1" IgnorePlayer="1" and UnlimitedAmmo="1"
Did you try using caps? Sorry, that doesn't w@&k :angel: ;)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 02, 2015, 10:46:46 PM
Thanks GKID, will modify and test  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 02, 2015, 11:27:41 PM
Nope, not working    :D

[smg id=7722 type=preview align=center caption="GameProfile2"]
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 03, 2015, 12:21:42 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 02, 2015, 11:27:41 PM
Nope, not working    :D

[smg id=7722 type=preview align=center caption="GameProfile2"]

Weird, it works for me ???? I only used GodMode and IgnorePlayer. Haven't played the game for a while so I'll check it out myself when I get home from school.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 03, 2015, 01:10:09 AM
Thanks GKID, I've been busy with it since my first post, played around a bit with it also, no go  :D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 03, 2015, 02:42:56 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 03, 2015, 01:10:09 AM
Thanks GKID, I've been busy with it since my first post, played around a bit with it also, no go  :D

If I remember correctly, the line looked like this when I entered those cheats.
<GameProfile GodMode="1" IgnorePlayer="1" />

Do you have a too wide space between the IgnorePlayer"1" and />? It looks like this in you picture: IgnorePlayer="1"  /> (Space pressed one extra time). Maybe it messes up the file that you added two spaces between the cheats rather than one. If that doesn't help I don't know what to do  :(
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 03, 2015, 04:16:01 AM
I will make double sure, will copy paste your version just to make sure.

Thank you once again, appreciate it  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 03, 2015, 04:41:08 AM
 Thanks, and good luck :-D :-() :-() :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 03, 2015, 05:19:05 AM
Still not working, I made double sure it's exactly like yours   :D
Have to wait till there's another cheat out  :-\\
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on February 03, 2015, 05:26:31 AM
Do you play online or offline, nex? I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it. I don't think it should make any difference, but it is Ubi...

I had probs as well. I got the cheats to w@&k when I co-oppped with Art, but when I tried to turn the cheats off again later I couldn't get rid of unlimited ammo. God mode and ignore player went away, but not infinite ammo. I had to start a whole new game to get rid of it.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 03, 2015, 07:24:45 AM
If using the modified code to play off line can it be restored to the original code to allow coop?  Or is that too big of a risk to take?
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 03, 2015, 07:44:31 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 03, 2015, 05:19:05 AM
Still not working, I made double sure it's exactly like yours   :D
Have to wait till there's another cheat out  :-\\

Hmm I have no clue then  :(
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 03, 2015, 08:03:43 AM
Quote from: mandru on February 03, 2015, 07:24:45 AM
If using the modified code to play off line can it be restored to the original code to allow coop?  Or is that too big of a risk to take?

I remember that the file REMOVED the cheats when I quitted Far Cry 4. Didn't use the infinite ammo, but I used the IgnorePlayer and GodMode cheats. Had to re-write them before I launched the game.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on February 03, 2015, 08:13:44 AM
Quote from: GKID7891 on February 03, 2015, 08:03:43 AM
I remember that the file REMOVED the cheats when I quitted Far Cry 4. Didn't use the infinite ammo, but I used the IgnorePlayer and GodMode cheats. Had to re-write them before I launched the game.

Fascinating. Easiest way to invoke cheats would be to keep a modified file on hand and then simply copy it over the original.  Could keep it on the desktop with a link into the game folder and simply do a copy into that folder.  When you're done and FC4 "fixes" the profile all is good for the next go around
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 03, 2015, 10:56:26 AM
Through the given click path (except my version of Win7 uses "My Documents" as one of the steps) I located the file GamerProfile.xml.  When I double clicked it opened in Windows Internet Explorer.

Is there a rendering that has to take place to apply the cheats that makes it necessary to use Notepad++ (or variant) or can I just add the specified cheat codes and save right there in IE?

Again sorry for the noob entry level questions.  I just don't want to do anything irreparable.   :-[
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on February 03, 2015, 11:25:19 AM
Unfortunately IE is the default application for xml, but you cannot edit in the browser.  Notepad ++ is my "go to" editor for just about everything - it allows you to collapse sections in the xml, something that Windows notepad does not.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 03, 2015, 12:14:58 PM
I don't know what "collapsing" is in the sense of the word as you are using it here.  Is that something that is necessary for the action we are discussing in adding the line of cheat code?
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 03, 2015, 05:39:20 PM
it's like to the left of this post, the navigation tree. you'll see that to the top of that, there are two options: Expand and Collapse. The "+" symbol shows the collapsed view (basically all you see is a headline next to the "+") while a "-" will reveal sub levels as in an expanded view. So you can collapse the whole set of commands you don't need to see and only expand the section you want to look at or w@&k with.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on February 03, 2015, 08:32:34 PM
Indeed - makes looking at a huge number of organized lines a bit easier, and also allows you to graphically see how things are clustered.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 22, 2015, 04:15:42 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 02, 2015, 10:46:46 PM
Thanks GKID, will modify and test  :-X

http://imgur.com/26DLE4E (http://imgur.com/26DLE4E) This is how the file looks for me (unedited). I've marked the "<GameProfile />" It should look like this for you too.

http://imgur.com/z85B8kE (http://imgur.com/z85B8kE) This is the file with cheats (edited). Hope it works :-D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 22, 2015, 07:19:49 AM
Has anyone verified that the original code can be restored so that access to online becomes possible once again?

I asked this a while back and didn't see a response.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 22, 2015, 09:31:25 AM
Quote from: mandru on February 22, 2015, 07:19:49 AM
Has anyone verified that the original code can be restored so that access to online becomes possible once again?

I asked this a while back and didn't see a response.

My GamerProfile seems to restore itself automatically after I have used cheats.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 22, 2015, 09:55:54 AM
The original code gets restored on quitting. Every time you fire up the game, it will use what's in the file but it is supposed to override the file on exit, restoring it to default. I had to manually edit the file every time before I started the game because the changes I had made were reverted.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 22, 2015, 12:44:53 PM
Ok, thanks.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 24, 2015, 10:57:59 AM
Sorry for being such a pest on this topic but this is all so far over my head and if there's one thing I've learned it's that I excel in it's screwing things up beyond all possible repair.  :-[

I'm looking at Arts initial post and have a couple questions where he says:

Quote from: Art Blade on December 25, 2014, 02:47:29 AM

Edit it with any combination or all of the following cheats (they used to be called the same only starting with "GameProfile_" when we used them for the command line)

<GameProfile GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" IgnorePlayer="1" />

Save the file.

Don't write-protect that file or your game will crash on saving from the menu, same when save+quit from menu. Just leave the file alone.


1st: Is write-protect a function of notepad++?  I'm asking so I know where to be careful in my manipulation of the key data lines.

2nd: "save+quit"  Again is that a function of notepad++?  Is that the same as saving and then in a separate step closing notepad++?  Or does that mean that I should make the desired line changes, save and then leave notepad++ open as I run the game?

Or by save+quit are you talking about the exiting from the game itself?

I really am trying to visualize the whole process before I tamper with anything.  Thanks for your patience.  :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 24, 2015, 11:09:31 AM
 :-D

1) Reference: the file you are about to edit. Write protection is something used on files so the files may not be altered by other programs trying to re-write or override something inside that file.

2) Reference: the game FC4. The "Save and quit" is a "command" you'll find in FC4, in the menu, when you try to quit your game. Just by the way, you edit with notepad++, save so the changes remain, then quit so you don't have to leave notepad++ running. The game runs just fine without notepad++.


Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 24, 2015, 11:35:03 AM
Thanks Art.  :-X

I always make my saves at one of the outpost vending machines and simply quit to desktop when exiting so save+quit won't be a problem for me.  :)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 24, 2015, 11:45:33 AM
basically you do the same as the option "save and quit" (from the menu) when you save (outpost) and then quit (from the menu) -- the problem is that the game WILL save eventually, even if you don't do it manually.

If you write-protect the file, the game WILL try to override that file and it will obviously fail and that WILL crash the game.

Hence, don't try to protect your edited version from being overridden by the game. The reason why one would want to protect that file would be not having to edit those cheats in every time before starting the game. The game will reset that line with those cheats, basically deleting your cheats, by overriding the content of the file every time you quit.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 24, 2015, 02:22:02 PM
 ???

Now I'm confused again.

To avoid crashing and losing a game session what is the proper way to exit if you can't save at an outpost and then from the menu select quit?
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on February 24, 2015, 02:32:49 PM
You can save and quit from anywhere (I do so quite regularly out in the field, and not in an outpost - typically the only place you can't save is during a mission).  I think AB is saying that you should not write protect the game file else the game will crash as it tries to restore your default settings.  This is something you would have to deliberately do by right clicking the file, choosing Properties, and ticking the "Read-only" check box.  His advice is to never set your file to Read-only else the game save will fail.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 24, 2015, 02:47:50 PM
Mandru, PZ squeezed his post in before I could post mine :) I should have write-protected this topic first so he couldn't do that :-D And yes, PZ is basically right.

OK, mandru, let's start from the beginning.

If you want to cheat, you will have to edit (write something into) the file GamerProfile.xml (with notepad++ or some such)

By default that file isn't write-protected because the game needs to write into that file. Hence, every time you quit the game, it will successfully attempt to write stuff into that file. That is normal.

So, if you protect that file from being overridden, the game will crash because its attempt to write stuff into that file will fail. So don't change the file attributes, leave it as is (not write-protected) just so the game won't crash.

The only reason I mentioned write-protection is because IF you write cheats into it, the cheats will be gone after quitting the game. that is normal. It is normal because the game will delete all your cheats. That is one thing the game does when it writes into that file. So you might think, "hey, let's keep the cheats I wrote into that file, by protecting the file from the game which will delete the cheats and I don't want to write those cheats every bloody time when I want to play with cheats." But you cannot do that unless you don't care that the game will crash every time for the sake of keeping your cheats.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on February 24, 2015, 04:59:00 PM
Quote from: Art Blade on February 24, 2015, 02:47:50 PM
Mandru, PZ squeezed his post in before I could post mine :) I should have write-protected this topic first so he couldn't do that...

8-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 24, 2015, 06:11:16 PM
 :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 24, 2015, 08:15:57 PM
My personal theme music is Nothing Is Easy by Jethro Tull and Murphy's wife was my mother.  :D

I successfully downloaded and installed notepad++.  I made the right change in the right place then saved.  I had a great time knocking around in the game and even maxed out to level 15 in the Arena earning the title Arena Master.  :)

And now a half hour later when I reopen that folder the line has not reset to its original state.

<GameProfile IgnorePlayer="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" GodMode="1"/>     still shows whether I open the GamerProfile.xml in IE or even if I re-open it in notepad++.  In other words it didn't revert to the original line when I closed out of FC4.  ???

I guess if I need to I can go back in with notepad++, manually pull out the cheat edit and restore it with a save.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on February 24, 2015, 11:42:17 PM
All my attempts to get these cheats to w@&k has failed  :D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on February 25, 2015, 12:03:54 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 24, 2015, 11:42:17 PM
All my attempts to get these cheats to w@&k has failed  :D


Hmm they still w@&k for me ????
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 25, 2015, 01:01:13 AM
mandru, for reasons unknown, sometimes the cheats remain but should be reset eventually. If you are so inclined, you can of course delete them manually.

:)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Binnatics on February 25, 2015, 01:17:45 PM
I visited youtube today, Mandru. Excellent song! That guy plays the flute as if he was talking through it. Nothing is easy ^-^ :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 26, 2015, 08:50:51 AM
Prior to engaging some of the PC cheats I was occasionally browsing some of the Player uploaded maps.

I noticed that when a player is creating a map they are able to set a lot of variable parameters for how their map will behave.  From memory I recall some of the maps have preset conditions like invincibility, high jump, infinite ammo, one hit kill, and several other options.

What I'm wondering (but I'm not quite ready to check out right now) is if the exact wordings of those player set conditions that are listed when you accept that you will play that map, are also the term names that can be directly included in the code line you edit along the lines of <GameProfile GodMode="1"/>  .

I seem to recall that invincibility was used instead of GodMode but some of the other useful conditions may carry over and plug in to be used as a cheat insert.

I'll either get around to it eventually or if someone wants to take a run at it that's OK too.

I wanted to get this thought jotted down before I become distracted and uh...  Squirrel!  :o


Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 26, 2015, 10:38:07 AM
interesting. I remember a game that had two sets of parameters: client side (like god mode) and server side (like gravity). It was not possible to change gravity individually but for the whole map and thus for everyone. I remember having fun once, as a server admin, sending people afloat with zero gravity and when they were all drifting towards open space, setting that global gravity to, say, 10 so everyone got pulled down and shattered like water melons thrown from a rooftop. >:D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on February 26, 2015, 10:51:04 AM
 :laugh:
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on February 26, 2015, 11:01:31 AM
 :-D I remember with the same game that setting an extreme gravity would cause you to crater when stepping over the ledge of the pavement (kerb) onto the road.. that little ledge caused you to fall so brutally it would brake your neck :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on March 06, 2015, 04:49:08 PM
 >:D Neutron star gravity :-()
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on March 06, 2015, 09:25:14 PM
Quote from: fragger on March 06, 2015, 04:49:08 PM
>:D Neutron star gravity :-()

That's funny fragger.  :)

When I read Art's description of gravity that powerful my thoughts went straight to Robert L. Forward's novels Dragon's Egg and Starquake.  The two novels describe a manned space mission to study a neutron star passing near our solar system and the discovery of life forms who evolved in those conditions that live at a rate a million times faster than out own.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on March 08, 2015, 10:20:01 PM
I too thought of Robert L. Forward, mandru. I've read Dragon's Egg and Rocheworld, but not Starquake. Forward would never win any Pulitzer Prizes for his characters but his physics are incredible - incredible because they're authentic. I guess it takes a real scientist to write real science fiction 8)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on March 09, 2015, 06:09:12 AM
 :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on March 09, 2015, 07:46:30 AM
While the cheat GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" IgnorePlayer="1" works fine in the first four Shangri-La missions you will need to remove the IgnorePlayer condition to fight the boss monster in final fifth mission.  That boss needs to be able to see you to properly spawn demons and to recognize that you have successfully made hits on it.

With the IgnorePlayer condition in place I had hit that boss in the mouth several times and it would not drop to the ground so the tiger could attack it.

Once I removed the IgnorePlayer condition the boss knew when it was being hit allowing the mission to proceed and also my being visible to the demons on the ground split their attention so they stopped beating the hell out of my tiger.  :-D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on March 09, 2015, 09:26:28 AM
 :-D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: T.V. on March 09, 2015, 11:16:42 AM
Quote from: mandru on March 09, 2015, 07:46:30 AM
While the cheat GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" IgnorePlayer="1" works fine in the first four Shangri-La missions you will need to remove the IgnorePlayer condition to fight the boss monster in final fifth mission.  That boss needs to be able to see you to properly spawn demons and to recognize that you have successfully made hits on it.

With the IgnorePlayer condition in place I had hit that boss in the mouth several times and it would not drop to the ground so the tiger could attack it.

Once I removed the IgnorePlayer condition the boss knew when it was being hit allowing the mission to proceed and also my being visible to the demons on the ground split their attention so they stopped beating the hell out of my tiger.  :-D
I gave up that mission in my first play trough, after 4-5 tries. Then I also went for the cheats, and like Your experience nothing happened when I hit the birds mouth (too) many times... Then I just ignored that mission... >:((
Will try again, without the IgnorePlayer, next time I'm "in the neighbourhood".  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: mandru on March 09, 2015, 06:18:01 PM
    :)  :-X
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on March 15, 2015, 05:42:01 AM
Quote from: nexor on February 24, 2015, 11:42:17 PM
All my attempts to get these cheats to w@&k has failed  :D
Update:  Just resolved the cheats problem.
The cheat's supposed to w@&k when you're offline ok, when I want to play the game I'm not logged on to UPlay, and when I need to choose my campaign I sellect continue (offline), so that means I'm offline, right? wrong!!
I have to unplug my broadband cable from my pc, or turn the modum off, then I'm offline  :lamp:  :D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: fragger on March 15, 2015, 07:33:49 AM
Interesting you should say that, nex. I find that if I disconnect the net via my ISP's software and fire up FC4, it takes about a minute to load while Uplay looks for updates, even though I'm not connected to the net. If I unplug the cable altogether, the game will launch immediately.

FC3 did the same thing.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on March 15, 2015, 10:51:10 AM
On the PS4, the system logs you in to Uplay before the game menu even appears, so yes, you are online with the buggers before you even know to click the "offline" choice.

As I suspect will be the case with other software in the future, the only way to ensure that you are offline is to disable your network connection or unplug the cat5
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: nexor on March 16, 2015, 08:46:37 AM
We'll beat them yet   >:D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Binnatics on March 18, 2015, 03:33:07 AM
For as long as there remain cables I guess :-D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on August 30, 2015, 06:12:52 AM
According to a redditor, it is possible to add the cheats permanently via Steam. On Far Cry 4(steam version), right click and choose "Properties". In this menu, click on "Set Launch Options" and add "-GameProfile_GodMode 1" "-GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1" and "-GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1"  ;)
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on August 30, 2015, 08:16:52 AM
And according to you.. have you tried it?
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on August 30, 2015, 08:47:31 AM
Cool - reminds me of the ArmA3 launcher in which it is easy to click the check boxes of mods/cheats you want to play with.
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: OWGKID on August 30, 2015, 11:31:37 AM
Quote from: Art Blade on August 30, 2015, 08:16:52 AM
And according to you.. have you tried it?

I have enabled "-skipintro 1" via Steam so that works ^-^
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: Art Blade on August 30, 2015, 04:40:49 PM
 :-X :-D
Title: Re: FC4 PC cheats
Post by: PZ on January 17, 2016, 09:49:33 AM
I don't know if these Steam game parameters w@&k, but it is worth a try I guess

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/141727/20141125/far-cry-4-cheats.htm (http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/141727/20141125/far-cry-4-cheats.htm)