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Hello FC2 fans,

here you find PC cheats for Far Cry 2...

Command Line Cheats: Best do it like this:

- Create a desktop shortcut to FC2 and then make copies of it, like 2 or 3 or more...
- rename them to "FC2 god mode" etc
- insert command line parameters in the properties of respective shortcuts as follows

"X:games\Far Cry 2\bin\farcry2.exe" -GameProfile_UnlimitedReliability 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1 -GameProfile_GodMode 1 -GameProfile_AllWeaponsUnlock 1 -GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1 -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1 -GameProfile_timescale 0

those commands can be used in random order, try combine them for different situations, use all or leave out what you don't need. Like that you can create different desktop shortcuts and simply choose how to play today :)

Here is a detailed explanation of what those cheats do:

Unlimited_Reliability lets you keep your weapons dealer's weapons in top condition (no degrading, no jamming)

UnlimitedAmmo doesn't affect grenades or molotovs, unfortunately [edit: 21 Jan 2010 workaround: read this post (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=274.msg20992#msg20992) (here in this topic) ]. You need reload, but you never run out of ammo. You'll have ammo for all weapons added to your "inventory". Also, unlimited amount of syrettes

GodMode obviously is to stay alive. You don't get hurt, you can't die. But even gods have malaria attacks  ;)

AllWeaponsUnlock unlocks all items of your local (Leboa/Bowa) map's weapons dealers. It does not unlock all items at once. Items means, everything you can buy at your arms dealer. The cheat needs a trigger, a mission, that unlocks new weapons thereafter. Once new weapons are available, all items of the local map's weapons dealer (Leboa or Bowa) are unlocked. The weapon upgrades (reliability and ammo) however will unlock only on purchasing respective weapon. The cheat doesn't "buy" weapons, you still need diamonds.

A) Leboa
It enters into force in Leboa after you purchased the first weapon, which is part of the tutorial. So you may use it from the very beginning and it will unlock the merchandise eventually.

B) Bowa
After completing the barge mission, the message "new weapons available" unlocks all remaining merchandise. (I actually drove to an arms dealer first, rather than helping out my best buddy on the barge. I returned to his help fully equipped)

C) Enabling the cheat sometime during gameplay
You will need a mission that unlocks weapons. After completing it, all merchandise of the map (Leboa/Bowa) will unlock.

IgnorePlayer means, the mercs don't recognise you as "the player" but still may hear you if you don't crouch. Driving vehicles, you will be recognised as obstacle.

SkipIntroMovies skips all the stuff and sends you to FAR CRY 2 "press any key" -> main menu.

TimeScale Default value is 6 (or remove the command line). "0" means, freeze the current time of day/night and the current weather "at the same time". I added the command to one of my FC2 shortcuts, loaded a savegame, went to a safehouse and set the alarm clock to 8:00pm (on a sunny day). Now the weather and sun stay as is ;D You could do that with a night time if you wished to sneak around in guarded areas in the dark.

Update on "Real Time" 02 June 2009

I did some more testing but didn't want to spend hours watching the alarm clock in a safehouse ;) So, roughly it works as follows:

TimeScale (TS) GameTime (GT) RealTime (RT)
TS 0.9 > 10 min GT > 32 min RT
TS 1.0 > 10 min GT > 16 min RT
TS 1.1 > 10 min GT > 08 min RT

a discussion about time&weather has come up, read here (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=598.0).

-ZombieAI: apparently ZOMBIEAI doesn't w@&k with the latest patch anymore

Quote from: Dweller_Benthos on May 16, 2009, 04:32:10 PM
Another one to add is zombieai which makes all bots stand still doing nothing. It's what I use to keep them from moving around while making panoramas.

Quote from: Dweller_Benthos on May 31, 2009, 06:21:18 AM
Add -zombieai to your game shortcut

I recommend you use either  this or  the IgnorePlayer cheat. ZombieAI has three effects:
- Mercs don't move
- Mercs don't respawn in cease fire zones (as long as you're there)
- Mercs don't react (cease fire is not affected if you shoot a merc)

Maybe you need to leave an area (example: Pala, Port Selao) first, if the mercs move despite of the cheat. When you return, they should be stiff  ;D


Diamonds
There is no known cheat to get rich, but... I use ArtMoney (has nothing to do with me) for years now, the Special Edition (free version) is sufficient. Allows memory editing, i.e. cheat diamonds...

http://www.artmoney.ru/e_download_se.htm (http://www.artmoney.ru/e_download_se.htm)

With ArtMoney you search the memory of the task FC2 for a known amount of diamonds (ie 10). Use "integer 4 bytes, exact value, all memory". Then go purchase the first gun 10-4=6. Then filter the search result "6" Then go to Mike's, finish the tutorial (talk to buddies) which enables the diamond in the hut close to Mike's and get that diamond (6+2=8) filter again, "8". Buy one upgrade 8-1=7 and filter "7". By now you should have only a handful of results (between 5 to 7 memory addresses. Now use the arrow icon ("add all") to move the results into the right part of the program window (ready to edit) Change every value to a reasonable amount, say 600, and check if the game has accepted the memory edit (should do). Then save the game... done. Careful never to exceed 900 diamonds, only the dev gods know why the game screws up if you exceed 900.
Please use at your own risk - I'm only telling you what I did, not that you should do the same ;)

Attention:

Update 21 January 2010: Read on first, then check out this post (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=274.msg20992#msg20992) (here in this topic) -- I've tested a way you can cheat throughout the tutorial. You only need to disable unlimited ammo once, when you need to grab a syrette and heal yourself as part of the tutorial.

If you use cheats, please consider the following: You shouldn't use the unlimited ammo and godmode cheats until you have finished the tutorial. Else, you might get stuck (you need to be vulnerable so you can heal yourself as part of the tutorial - therefore no godmode. And careful, unlimited ammo also means unlimited syrettes... then you cannot pick up the syrette during the tutorial at your first base, once you escaped Pala, that means "play it again, Sam")

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Our member RedRaven (formerly known as dke58)
composed an additional topic regarding savegames featured
on our site. If you are interested, please click -> quick start saves (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=508.0)

If you want to cheat and go straight to the savegame downloads, click here (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=3)
  ;)

If you want to see a live merc vs merc war, using ignoreplayer, check this post: Merc War topic with savegame download (http://www.openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=617.msg7444#msg7444)

This is great Art - we're building a library of things that are useful fit here on our site - just great!  ;D

On another note - what about saved games? worthwhile? If so, we could consider uploading a few key percentage points, at least for the PC version.

I can provide plenty saved games...
Have over 1,500 of them... as Frank and Josip.
Will check best ones to upload, like at the prison right before the beginning of the Heart of Darkness or right after speaking wit Reuben at the lumber camp, when you have to choose between Mike's and the church.

Very good idea, offering savegames... nice one :)

Quote from: JRD on April 18, 2009, 03:39:29 PM
I can provide plenty saved games...
Have over 1,500 of them... as Frank and Josip.
Will check best ones to upload, like at the prison right before the beginning of the Heart of Darkness or right after speaking wit Reuben at the lumber camp, when you have to choose between Mike's and the church.

Those are two excellent choices, and maybe a few of the problem points like the 73% corruption issue that has surfaced on other forums?  Another cool one would be collecting all the diamonds/tapes possible in Leboa without doing any missions - this one would be most difficult I would imagine, but think how useful that would be - someone could start a game with this save and have plenty of money to purchase anything they needed.

There is a way for diamonds (as money to buy weapons). You can simply use ArtMoney (has nothing to do with me) and edit your amount of diamonds, then save the game. Also, the trainer D_B uses (link is somewhere in the forum) provides an "add diamonds" feature.

Thanks for the recommendation - will certainly try it - hey that would be a great login identity: ArtMoney,

Kind of reminds me of the Clint Eastwood movie Unforgiven.

Good idea to provide a saved game with all diamonds... can be done with cheats, of course, but would be a nice challenge to do it the hard way ;D
Maybe on my next play...

.. now, the Unforgiven is a great movie!!
Clnt Eastwood is a great guy... love his w@&k....

When I started my 2nd through I wanted the weapons I already had in the 1st through. So I cheated diamonds and later used that weaps unlock cheat. I bought everything there was :)

-zombieai is another one, but not very usefull, the mercs just stand there, like, well, zombies.

One I wish I could get working is showaionmap or something like that. It would be cool to see the bots on the map as they go about their business. Never could get it to do anything that I could tell.

Here's the source for all FC2 cheats:

http://hawkeye.jnana.de/Far+Cry+2+Command+Line

Though there's supposed to be a noclip cheat that is separate from the trainer, but I've never found any info on it.

Oh yeah, timescale is one that's fun to fool around with, you can increase/decrease how fast time moves in the game. You can make the sun fly across the sky like you're sleeping while you're playing.

I can't wait to try some of these things - just checked my online order and the parts are being collected for shipping as I write - can't wait... can't wait...
;)

Soon PZ will be flooding the site with great pics and vids.... that's gonna be cool :D

Just checked, and the parts are on their way, I even have a tracking number!   :)

However, I'm probably going to ask some basic stupid kinds of questions because the last game I played on PC was the original Doom.  Things have changed remarkably since then...  :D

Quote from: JRD on April 21, 2009, 03:36:10 AM
Soon PZ will be flooding the site with great pics and vids.... that's gonna be cool :D

indeed! I'm chuckling already in anticipation of PZ trying out godmode1,reliability1,unlimitedammo1 and go on a rampage  :-*

edited the first post. Added advice and one command line.

Are there no cheats for PS3 and 360? Forgive my ignorance, but I have no idea :) I might as well rename the Subject, because until now it reads "all machines"...

If anyone knows anything worth for console players, please let us know :)

I'm not aware of anything we can use on the PS3, and xBox is probably the same.

pity.. but thanks PZ. I'll rename the topic. Else it seems I want to attract peeps here and they'd be disappointed.

Sorry about that, changing it now... :)

Hey, it doesn't matter... we're all friends here and we'll figure it out - I'm just glad that you started this thread - quite useful!

cheers :)  :-X

Hi, the UnlockAllWeapons cheat only unlocks those normally unlocked thru arms vendor missions, so it is down to the map your currently on, and only works AFTER exiting the church in pala (end of tutorial), tried many ways around it cos didnt want to buy any of the 3 weapons available as part of tutorial, so you have to spend either 4 or 6 diamonds on one.
also have tried to use the trainer but just got CTD everytime tried loading a save (does it require new game?)
if saves can be posted and used by others may be good to offer "Quick-start" saves- i.e. each character at each of the 4 areas after escaping Pala, or even after tutorial is complete.
Am willing to do some and post them, giving people a good start (difficulty can be changed by the player so its possible to fly thru them on easy setting)
tho not sure if DLC will affect things ?

thank you for your post, dke58. It made me edit the starting post (again) :)

Alright, you can't avoid spending your first 4 diamonds on the Makarov. Or any of those 3 weaps. The cheat unlocks the weapons AFTER your tutorial, so you best finish it first, by buying the weapon. You cannot get them "after church" hehe

I didn't use the trainer much, because savegames maintain changes you made with it, ie jumps etc. I didn't want to screw up those savegames.

you can alt-tab to desktop and restart the trainer after you loaded a savegame

Quote from: dke58 on May 10, 2009, 01:01:29 PMnot sure if DLC will affect things ?

D_B offered a savegame once, and he used DLC. I couldn't load it into the game (although it showed in the save games slot). A message stating it needed to be run on a machine with DLC installed popped up.

cheers, still, am prepared to collect some saves to post pre and post tutorial, will be with DLC at first, but can then w@&k on them without. if anyone would have use of them that is?

I think that it would be a great idea to have an area with saved games for others to gain benefit from.  Let me create a couple of categories and then upload your favorites.  Because I'm still early in the use of the PC, I personally would appreciate having saved games that I could make use of for various parts of the game.

I have two of my own that are in particular useful for me:

One: In Bowa, with all weapons in armoury and SicknessLevel "0" (best stamina for long journeys without having to take pills every second)

Two: Still in Bowa, last mission pending (Jackal in Jail) which would mean bye-bye Maps and enter Heart of Darkness.

Both times I'm at the armoury to be ready to pick a loadout and go on a rampage :)

I prefer One if I want to take a stroll or check something out.

so far have posted 5 quick-start saves for each character (in downloads section)
http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=5 (http://index.php?action=downloads;cat=5)

1) pre tutorial <after drive to pala and speech by jackal>
2) pre tutorial A <slaughter house start>
3) pre tutorial B <fresh fish start>
4) pre tutorial C <lumber start>
5) pre tutorial D <cock fights start>

1 is just to avoid the start drive each time so you can get straight to it
2 to 5 are as follows -
> start of the tutorial - repair the car.
> saves from v1.02 with DLC and codes to activate Predecessor, all are on easy difficulty but you can change that to any level in the normal way.
> see the enclosed image in each RAR file for more info about each save. Will w@&k on post-tutorial saves following on from the saves already posted.

wow, thank you for all the effort you made and everything :)

no probs, its actually quite enjoyable, get to try different aproaches to those areas. not posted them yet tho cos dont want to tie up forums space (each is approx 1.5mb)
and now i`ve started it got to do all 9 characters just to observe any differences and random factors.

cheers matey, thumbs up, and have fun  :) :-X

Yeah, post away - while file size is somewhat of a concern, let's at least get some high quality saves online like the ones dke58 has documentation of - what a great place to start from!  :-X

sweet, will stick them up tomorrow in download section.

Did a full edit on the "unlock weapons" cheat. The mysteries are solved now :)

(see first post).

Great set of cheats Art, and you did a fantastic job of keeping things organized in the first post for easy access.

thanks, and welcome :)

edited the first post again... I think now it should be crystal clear how to do it and why not to use godmode/unlimited ammo during the tutorial.

That's stuff I thought was clear, but then again, it was clear to me because I had experimented a lot already.

Now... hope you all have fun with it. At least the ignorePlayer cheat is nice if you want to explore the map in peace and quiet. additionally godmode helps to survive insane accidents while driving down a mountain or jumping off of cliffs etc... I find it very relaxing to cruise around with my car, switch on some favourite tunes (game music off, mediaplayer or something like that on) and enjoy the landscape... without mercs interfering. Or peacefully enjoy a hang glider trip without getting shot down every two seconds.

Alright then, have fun :)

Excellent w@&k, Art!   :-X

The ignore cheat and the God mode are two that I'm going to try this weekend - remember all the complaints on the other forums about re-spawning too quickly?  This solution is at least a way to explore the FC2 world like a tourist.  Too bad the same is not available on the consoles - I'd love to be able to do this on my PS3.

Finally added "-GameProfile_timescale". I think "fooling around" with it is not so much of a cheat, but setting it to zero actually allows you to preserve time and weather. Description to be found in the first post :)

Soon Art will have the nick name "Cheats master"   ;)

I think that it's great you exploring and testing the cheats!  :-X

hehe... the Art of cheating  ;)

Well what can I say, us old fArts have similar tastes and styles!

Timescale is fun when you crank it up and the sun & moon whip around the sky.....

Another one to add is zombieai which makes all bots stand still doing nothing. It's what I use to keep them from moving around while making panoramas.

that's good use for zombieai, panorama shoots... I'll put it into the main post. cheers  :-X

I don't want to mention the trainer again. I don't use it much (I use those command line cheats with different combinations as a shortcut) but when it comes to do impossible things such as monster jumps, "speed runs" and... vehicle jumps. What you can do with those, see here: hang glider & trainer (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=518.msg5734#msg5734)

Hey, Art, I can't seem to get the timescale one to w@&k now. I've tried the command line:

"D:\Games\Far Cry 2\bin\FarCry2.exe" -GameProfile_timescale 20 -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1

And I've tried this in the actual GamerProfile.xml:

TimeScale="20"

Like this:

   <GameProfile etc etc etc TimeScale="20">
      <FireConfig QualitySetting="VeryHigh" />
   </GameProfile>

Still no go. I know for sure I had it working before, I wanted to get a vid of the really fast weather effects, but can't seem to get it working now. Have you tried a high number to get the sun to go fast across the sky?





Never mind, wasn't setting it high enough to notice, gotta go 200 or 2000 or 20000..... and it takes a few seconds to kick in.....

hi dweller, not tried any of commands yet but does the order make any difference ? (i.e. putting nointro first?), or does the timescale w@&k on its own ? will try them on my system and let you know if get any luck but reckon Art may be the best font of knowledge.

I haven't tried yet but I think dke58 is right, timescale probably needs to be put last. That's how I did it. I have tried values like 24 and -12 but didn't see a difference... only the third test, 0, worked nicely, and that was what I wanted :)

I don't think it makes a difference what order they are in. I was just using a setting (20) that was low enough that you don't really see a difference unless you sit and wait, and I wasn't patient enough. :-) A setting of 200,000 is like, well, see for yourself:

[smg id=567 type=av align=center]

Dang, I just remembered I didn't try burning anything to see how fast it grew back. I might have another one tomorrow.

wow... very helpful and entertaining video, D_B!  :-X haha, looking forward to speed-fires :)

I'd never have thought of values that high LOL. At 2,000 it looks cool, like in the film TimeMachine...

.. and at 200,000 is like a World Rave party in Africa

ggnnnnnaaaaaahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa  :D :D :D :D

LOL

JRD, when you post these tremendous laughs, you always make me laugh too  :)

Actually, I was terrified by the idea  ;D

But thanks anyway, the thing is to have fun always ;)

Quote from: JRD on May 18, 2009, 01:53:19 PMthe thing is to have fun always ;)

can't be said often and loud enough, this is FUN playing and cheating  ;D ;D ;D

Tried a fire last night, didn't make any difference, the fire burned at normal speed and the grass didn't re-grow at anything faster than normal it seemed like - and that was with a time scale of, wait for it,..... 1,000,000. Yes, 1 million. The day/night cycle was like a fast strobe light and very annoying. I didn't bother taking a video because it seemed pointless.

it amazes me how large a number the game engine accepts as valid parameter.

Yeah, I tried a setting of -10,000 (negative) and it didn't make the sun set in the east and rise in the west, bummer.

haha, yeah, bummer! cheers for testing though  :-X

added clarification info about timescale 0, which does  preserve the weather too.

edited first post:
a discussion about time&weather has come up, read here (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=523.msg5951#msg5951).

Added link to ArtMoney (has nothing to do with me) and a small guide how to cheat diamonds.

Researched timescale for real time :)

I completely redesigned the first post, it was too colourful. Added a feature for dke58 (savegames) :)

Outstanding w@&k, Art!  :-X

thank you :)

I noticed that I, erm, completely forgot to explain GodMode... for those who never cheat, it is perhaps of importance to understand what it actually does. Done. :)

- I added a link to dke58's main topic "quick start saves"

- About real time: after a longer period of non-stop playing I think I need to adjust that timescale again. I deleted specific references (the value) in my last posts yet linked to this topic.

Right now I think it's not timescale 1.5 but 1.3 - I'm not sure if the time is instable (background activities, CPU focus) or if it is the value itself. I know that integer 1 and 2 were either too slow or too fast, easily noticeable after like 15/20 minutes real time. Now with "1.3" it looks better... in the end, it's not that your real life depends on game time precision, but I'd like to have it as close as possible to real time :)

Anyone know the parameter for the "zombie" cheat?

Add -zombieai to your game shortcut

thanks, I didn't know it worked without "gameprofile..."

I just tried it. It didn't w@&k when I loaded a save where I already was in Sefapane, but the second save I loaded worked (no AI around, drove to Sefapane, and there they were... not moving... I shot a few, but my weapon went up innocently as if nothing had happened) :)

btw, added D_B's comment to the first post.

Quote from: Dweller_Benthos on May 31, 2009, 06:21:18 AM
Add -zombieai to your game shortcut

Thanks D_B, worked like a charm, but like Art, I did not think it was working initially.  Went through a guard post and they nearly killed me.  Then went to Sefapane and the mercs were just standing there like good little kids...

hahaha! same here, nearly got killed when I shot the first "zombie" who actually only dozed off a little. Until I shot him  ;D

I'm never satisfied... made some slight modifications about the first post again. Especially regarding ZombieAI and dke58's save games. :)

Re: TimeScale

Man, I'm through with real-time testing "real time" LOL

Updated first post.

Is there a way to open the command window (tilde) and turn on/off the IgnorePlayer cheat?

My thought is to have IgnorePlayer turned on while I drive to a location - simulating more closely "real life" - the mercs don't know what I'm up to yet so they leave me alone.  Then when I reach my destination, turn off the IgnorePlayer cheat to do the mission.  This would create more "immersion" because I can travel the countryside left alone, can watch the mercs at their activities, and then turn on the attack mode to finish the mission.

the button to the left of number 1, above TAB opens up the console and some things in profile are in there, just type help for a list (know bod all beyond that, sorry)

also what is the default time ratio ? (looked thru posts but didnt see it, apologies if missed it but got a convoy to blow up ???)

PZ, I wish there was (as in other games), but not that I know of.

The console allows for "auto-complete" (as in unix, I hear), meaning if you type in one letter, say "e", and hit [TAB] (tabulator key), the console automatically completes "e" to "evict_resources". The console does not recognise those cheat codes... but the next command starting with "e" is "exec" as in execute a file (you can see that if you keep hitting [TAB] after "e".

If you type exec (or "e" followed by two times [TAB]) and complete the line like "exec GamerProfile.xml", the game reports that it does not know certain elements that you can read in GamerProfile.xml, but apparently it computed that file. So there is a chance to create a file containing cheat codes, but I have no idea regarding specifications.

Quote from: dke58 on June 01, 2009, 05:25:59 PMalso what is the default time ratio ? (looked thru posts but didnt see it, apologies if missed it

It's 6

you find it in the first post under "timescale" :)

if anyone finds out something useful about "exec" in the console, please let us know :)

You use it to run batches of commands, more useful goodies;
http://fc2m3rc3r.wordpress.com/commands/

thanks for the quick reply, DKM2 :)

All it says there is that you can use it to run batch files. What I need to know is, what are the commands inside that batch file...

more specifically, can we use command line cheats in a batch so we could for example switch ignorePlayer on and off, by exec'ing "ignore-on.batch" or "ignore-off.batch"?

and, what is the syntax?

:)

You make a file containing all the console commands you want to run.
I assume the file needs to be in the FC2 executable folder.

Open console type "exec quikmess" enter

quikmess file contains;
say "you suck"
say "you're gay"
say "losers"


;D

apart from I need "command line" (not console commands), didn't you say you'd ban players from your servers for swearing? so, if you used this, would you get kicked by your own server?...

Please people, respect and maintain good language here  :-X

Command line?
you mean you want to use it on the command line when starting the game?

I would think it would w@&k the same way
just run something like FC2xxxx.exe -exec mycmds
and mycmds file would contain all the commands you want to run when when starting the game.

The server has a special launcher that automatically has a list of watch words. Banning happens automatically.
I did get myself banned, but luckily I'm the admin and can remove myself from the list.
all in the name of testing of coarse.  ;)  I was alone anyways.

Ok,

I created a file "newtimescale" with one command "GameProfile_timescale 2000"

in FC2 I typed "exec newtimescale" in the console

the game reported in the console it did not know the command GameProfile_timescale 2000

By the way, as a command line it works.

Then I changed the file, I used "timescale 2000"

again, the game exec'ed the batch, but didn't know the command "timescale 2000".

I'd like to find out, how or IF we could use some of those command line cheats inside a batch so we could exec the batch from inside the game, allowing us to toggle cheats. The only way to do so right now is to quit the game and start a shortcut that contains command line cheats.

So, unfortunately, your idea didn't w@&k. Still thanks for the thoughts :)

ya, doesn't seem like it.

Meanwhile, I checked the link D_B posted far above in the topic. There is also a section about the XML file (GamerProfile.xml).

After testing quite a bit with different combinations and syntax, it became quite clear that the xml file cannot be processed during game using "exec". In the end, if you manipulate that xml file, it works on starting the game, in other words, same as command line.

No luck so far... anyone?  :)

Again: The goal is to use / toggle cheats DURING game :)

I've not had any luck - would like to figure out how to toggle the cheats while in the game.  Without knowing how the console interacts with the code and how the executable loads the profiles, it might be a daunting task.

I used your line on the front page now... better we keep it open (toggle cheats) rather than specific (exec) :)  :-X

ummm, isn't there a Trainer around that does what your trying to do?
I used to have one for the 1.01 version, and turned cheats on and off all the time while playing.

There's a thought - I've not ever used a trainer so I guess that's my next project!

updated 1.02 version of the one I had, D_B had a different one thou.
http://www.cheathappens.com/show_download.asp?ID=24890

Indeed :)

But: the trainer D_B gave me (RADiANCE) has some weaknesses (it is a little buggy) that you might accidently keep when saving your games, happened to me. The command line cheats, however, do not affect your savegames (apart from unlock weapons).

So, if you use the trainer, best not save your game (except all you do is cheat diamonds with it, save, exit, disable trainer, restart game)

Careful again, don't exceed 900 diamonds, ever. The trainer does not register cheated diamonds properly. If you had currently say 100 diamonds, and cheated 400 extra, you would expect to see 500 in your journal (statistics). Although you have 500, it still shows 100. That might confuse both you and the game, once you get close to 900, not knowing... crash.

It is fun though, but I strongly recommend you don't save when using the trainer. There is only one secure way to get your game back to normal after using the trainer: don't reload, but quit and restart.

also guys note that if your FC2 is v1.01 you can only use trainer v1.01, for 1.02 use trainer 1.02.. you lot probably already knew but i spent hours messing about trying to get trainer to w@&k but it was wrong version (Doh!!!)

I expected nothing less from you, dke58. Than to use the proper trainer, that is  ;D

Yes, I tried several ways to get command line stuff to w@&k in game, had no joy. You have to restart the game. Console commands are only of limited usefulness, the most useful being the FPS commands to show your FPS and the graphics commands to increase/decrease graphics quality so you can fine tune your display to your vid card to get the best quality while still having a decent frame rate.

I'll try that other trainer, see how it works. The only problem I had saving a game while using the trainer was that with high jump enabled, you still had one high jump left after loading the game, and that can kill you if you don't land in water. Though I never actually tried it with god mode turned on now that I think of it. Not sure what the other trainer cheats will do, so it's probably best to turn them all off before saving. Turn off the high jump and do a couple jumps to drain the tank as it were, then turn off god mode, save the game.

i used it with Arts saves and only used ammo/reload/recoil/condition ones on weapons. very good with USAS-12 (it makes it better than the real in the vid on OFP2 boards
;D :-X ;D

the USAS is incredible with rapid fire, isn't it :)  even the weak MP5 mows through mercs then  ;D

First post edited - I have added a link to the merc war topic (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=617.msg7444#msg7444), with savegame download. Check this out   ;)

removed the fullbright help request line from the first post. After 6 weeks no one had an idea of how to toggle cheats in the game, probably there is no way.

Just stick to a couple of different desktop shortcuts, works easy enough ;)

Quote from: Art Blade on April 18, 2009, 02:04:59 PM
Hello FC2 fans,

here you find PC cheats for Far Cry 2...

Command Line Cheats: Best do it like this:

- Create a desktop shortcut to FC2 and then make copies of it, like 2 or 3 or more...
- rename them to "FC2 god mode" etc
- insert command line parameters in the properties of respective shortcuts as follows

"X:games\Far Cry 2\bin\farcry2.exe" -GameProfile_UnlimitedReliability 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1 -GameProfile_GodMode 1 -GameProfile_AllWeaponsUnlock 1 -GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1 -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1 -GameProfile_timescale 0

those commands can be used in random order, try combine them for different situations, use all or leave out what you don't need. Like that you can create different desktop shortcuts and simply choose how to play today :)

hi every one , i did find something interesting with that finding i think there is umm...no need for a many shortcut icons , we can open the File GamerProfileXML  with a Notepad , Location :My Documents\My Games\Far Cry 2 . and add this cheats in it : AllWeaponsUnlock="1" UnlimitedReliability="1" IgnorePlayer="1" GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" SkipIntroMovies="1" TimeScale="0" , for ex : find  the line it says Machete="0" and add those cheats beside it , just make sure there is space between the lines , like this :  Machete="0" AllWeaponsUnlock="1" UnlimitedReliability="1" IgnorePlayer="1" GodMode="1" UnlimitedAmmo="1" SkipIntroMovies="1" TimeScale="0" then save , and remember back up your GamerProfileXML File first before any change , also if you change the setting from the game itself , like the MouseSensitivity , Sound , Gamma , Brightness , Fire , RealTree , Physic Config Quality , the cheats will be lost! ::) so to avoid this , change your settings the way you like before adding those cheats , then add the cheats to the file manually like how it shown above , also you can turn the cheats off before starting ,  New Game or at Mike's Bar attack like that :       GodMode="0" UnlimitedAmmo="0"  ,,, so you dont get stuck ,   also you can make 2 different : GamerProfileXML Files 1: with the cheat on , 2: with the cheat off , All cheats been tested and working , anyway i thought i would share this finding , Thanx for reading  :)

Excellent Trinity, and welcome to OWG!  It is always great to find a new way to manipulate the game  :-X

Looking forward to you posting your adventures.

Thx PZ , i will try to find more [ ihope ] when i have the time to play the game  :) btw i love the site .

Hello and thank you for your info, Trinity. Welcome aboard :)

The reason why I did not place that info in the main post is as follows:

People who want to cheat get a simple way of preparing their individual set of cheats using command line parameters in one or more desktop shortcuts that will always w@&k, regardless of any changes caused by the in-game setup. Shortcuts specifically allow such command lines.

The freedom to choose from a set of different shortcuts on your desktop (you could "hide" a number of them inside a FC2 Cheats folder on your desktop) allows for quick changes: in the game just use ALT+F4 to instantly quit to desktop and pick a specific shortcut to continue playing. Easy to handle. Example: Finish the tutorial on "no cheats + skip intro," save game, hit alt+f4, double-click on "all cheats" shortcut, and continue playing. A matter of seconds.

The XML file however is not meant to sustain manual changes and will be overwritten easily and unexpectedly. If you decide to play without cheats, you will need to do some w@&k on the files (copy, edit, etc) and again if you change your mind and decide to play with cheats.

Also, it does look rather complicated to many people when they open the XML file, and if you change or delete the wrong entry by accident, you might cause the game to do something unwanted or even crash. I don't say you can't do what you're suggesting, but I would not recommend it unless you know exactly what you are doing :)

just added something I completely forgot: Unlimited "Ammo" also provides you with unlimited supply of syrettes. Well, I did mention it in the warning about the tutorial, though.

Quote from: Art Blade on September 07, 2009, 11:36:45 AM
Hello and thank you for your info, Trinity. Welcome aboard :)

The reason why I did not place that info in the main post is as follows:

People who want to cheat get a simple way of preparing their individual set of cheats using command line parameters in one or more desktop shortcuts that will always w@&k, regardless of any changes caused by the in-game setup. Shortcuts specifically allow such command lines.

The freedom to choose from a set of different shortcuts on your desktop (you could "hide" a number of them inside a FC2 Cheats folder on your desktop) allows for quick changes: in the game just use ALT+F4 to instantly quit to desktop and pick a specific shortcut to continue playing. Easy to handle. Example: Finish the tutorial on "no cheats + skip intro," save game, hit alt+f4, double-click on "all cheats" shortcut, and continue playing. A matter of seconds.

The XML file however is not meant to sustain manual changes and will be overwritten easily and unexpectedly. If you decide to play without cheats, you will need to do some w@&k on the files (copy, edit, etc) and again if you change your mind and decide to play with cheats.

Also, it does look rather complicated to many people when they open the XML file, and if you change or delete the wrong entry by accident, you might cause the game to do something unwanted or even crash. I don't say you can't do what you're suggesting, but I would not recommend it unless you know exactly what you are doing :)

hi Art Blade , it is so true what you said on the shortcut cheats subject , its easy and not complicated , 1 thing did confuse me is the "all cheats" shortcut , do you mean i can just have 1 shortcut with all the cheats ? exp: "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Far Cry 2\bin\FarCry2.exe" -GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1 -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1 -GameProfile_GodMode 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedReliability 1 -GameProfile_AllWeaponsUnlock 1 ,,, so can i add them all or just add only 1 of them ? and if so should i leave "space" beside every cheat code in the shortcut ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   anyway the reason i mention the GamerProfile XML File becouse i didnt seen it before anywhere and no one talked about it so i thought i just add this , other reason i really wanted to play with all the cheats on not just 1 of them and i guess iam used to edit Files and stuff in the game if ican and i love editing game Files ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   btw since istarted editing the GamerProfile XML File i never crashed to desktop , just 1 time when i put 2 of the same cheats beside each other and it didnt crash , just the SkipIntroMovies cheat didnt w@&k on the starting of the game so i knew something was wrong and the File were overwritten! lol , other than that nothing weird happen at all ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     other question i meant to ask but not related to this subject ,well the sniper rifles zoom , can it be changed ? it is so so so weak!!! like adding more zoom , i really dont like it the way it is right now , it is an open world game and they shouldnt make the zoom so weak like this! , i want to see the AI faces from far away lol , and beside the bugs in the game and other things which all okay with me and it doesnt bother me at all , just this is the only issue that i most hate in this game the "zoom", i did hear there is no SDK for this game so there is no Files to mode! , i think this is so bad...but what else can we do!

Because Art is not online, I thought I'd answer at least some of your questions - yes, you can add multiple cheats to the command line leaving a space between each as you have shown in your post.  You might also consider trying the Radiance trainer (available at many places (like megagames,com) because it wllows you to do so much more than cheats alone.  the trainer will w@&k with the cheats as well.

As to the sniper (and any other item in the game) I am not aware that you can mod anything - have never seen such, which is too bad.  I'm enjoying ARMA2 right now specifically because you can mod to your heart's content - shame that it is not the same for FC2 else I'd probably be playing the game for years to come.

Thx for your reply PZ  :) ,                                                                              i will give the shortcut cheat a try and see how it go ,                                                                                                                                                                                                                             i did try 2 trainers which were good , Deviated . and other one by kelsat , i find the save postion and teleport was helpfull and the One hit kill thing too lol  ::) also the unlimited Diamond cheat and strength and the superspeed since i dont use cars at all! but other than that noting intersting , to bad they didnt make a superZoom option  :(

I have problems driving in games on the PC so I really enjoy the super speed running that the trainer allows - I can travel even faster than a car sometimes, and because  you "steer" your body with the mouse, the movement is completely smooth.  The wsad keys never result in smooth driving for me!  It's a good thing I don't nave to use wsad to steer my real car  ;D

steering a real car with the "wasd" section of a keyboard instead of the wheel, omg, LOL ;D

Trinity, thanks to PZ you got the answers, and like you and PZ I never heard of a mod or a way of changing the zoom level.

Creating shortcuts, I use various combinations with a "default" cheat setup that always starts with skipintro and timescale "0" and reliability and unlimited ammo and weaponsunlock - some sound cheating :)

then one that adds god mode, and one more adding ignoreplayer. Then I have one without godmode but ignoreplayer (to hurt myself so I get to see a rescue buddy, whom I might want to kill without attracting other mercs) and also some of the previously mentioned versions but without timescale (so the game speed is "normal").

You see, there are various reasons to combine various cheats - every one of them only a few seconds away (f5, alt-f4, double-click on one of the shortcuts) :)

Quote from: PZ on September 08, 2009, 12:27:05 PM
I have problems driving in games on the PC so I really enjoy the super speed running that the trainer allows - I can travel even faster than a car sometimes, and because  you "steer" your body with the mouse, the movement is completely smooth.  The wsad keys never result in smooth driving for me!  It's a good thing I don't nave to use wsad to steer my real car  ;D

me too , i have problems with driving in any games! and in real life as well :( lol             i do too use the SuperSpeed cheat in the Trainer i find it so usefull and smooth using the mouse , " It's a good thing I don't have to use wsad to steer my real car  " LOOOL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Quote from: Art Blade on September 08, 2009, 03:12:46 PM
Then I have one without godmode but ignoreplayer (to hurt myself so I get to see a rescue buddy, whom I might want to kill without attracting other mercs) and also some of the previously mentioned versions but without timescale (so the game speed is "normal").

You see, there are various reasons to combine various cheats - every one of them only a few seconds away (f5, alt-f4, double-click on one of the shortcuts) :)

for me the only reason i take a side mission from a Buddy is to get rid of them completely ihate them alot and ihate the way they want to use me in every mission!    also they dont pay Diamonds >:( , last time when i did this there was no Buddy's Left inside mike's Bar when the attack happen , just only 1 was there , so i take out the PKM and...it was over :) and iam happy i did this and i will do it every Time they are around                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       btw i always make TimeScale set to "0" becouse in game i play at day Time when the sun is up and i can see the "mercs" , at night i dont like it! so scary and creepy , i sometimes cant see the "mercs" hiding in the shadows! , so i turn the Shadow Quality option off  :D , i also didnt know i can Quit the game using the "Alt+F4" it help alot thx ,   i always press ~ and write "Quit"  ::) lol

I completely forgot about the timescale setting - that's another fun way to control how you interact with the game that I need to try  :-X

Oh but folks you gotta try some stuff at night. I did almost the entire first playthru. I learned the off headlights by accident and did every night mission that way. It was fun to be driving and the opponents didn't know you were there until you "lit" them up. I did a lot of off road stuff also. As for the scared and creepy feeling...it just immerses you in the game even more. Sure the scenery is subdued but and more appreciated in the daylight, but what fun you can have . Try one or two sometime.  I don't have cheats so the immersion in the game for me is really incredible.

retiredgord is right... night time is very funny.
I managed to sneak upon lots of those wandering mercs while they are sleeping. Slice one with the machete and headshot the other one... or vice versa and watch as the last one wakes up to realise he'll die  ;D ;D ;D ;D

I can control the day/night time with that cheat, so I play how I like it, depending on my mood. Sometimes I use a timescale "250" which is fast enough to watch the weather change, but slow enought to hit F5 and save the exact weather condition. This is particularly useful if you want it to be night AND rainy. The rain periods are quite short (apart from RedRaven aka dke58 who once seemed to have a rainy streak lol) so you might miss the right moment if you sit in a safehouse and set the alarm clock. Did that, saw the rain "pass" but couldn't stop the progression, and had to try again... no need for that with timescale 250. Just watch until "the time is right" and save it :) Sometimes I play at night - that lasts forever - and have fun waking up GPs and other places across the map... :) And playing with timescale to get halfways real time is fun too.

Quote from: retiredgord on September 09, 2009, 06:10:55 AM
As for the scared and creepy feeling...it just immerses you in the game even more. Sure the scenery is subdued but and more appreciated in the daylight, but what fun you can have . Try one or two sometime.  I don't have cheats so the immersion in the game for me is really incredible.

i tryied the night time before and i couldnt stand it! dont know why , so i went to a safe house and set the time to morning and it felt great watching everying thing clear ,      the environment , the mercs , the road , also weird feeling happen when you play at morning time ....feels like a hot weather and i can actually feel it :o  , at night for me i dont feel okay moving around , i remember the most scary and creepy game i came across and i didnt complete it becouse of the night time was "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl" that one was totally  :D scary for me ! , as for the cheats umm...i never play a game without cheating! ever :) i know its easy this way and simple and fun , the character dont loose health and it keep me going till the end without any complicated matters or the frustration  :)                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Quote from: Art Blade on September 09, 2009, 11:07:59 AM
I can control the day/night time with that cheat, so I play how I like it, depending on my mood. Sometimes I use a timescale "250" which is fast enough to watch the weather change, but slow enought to hit F5 and save the exact weather condition. This is particularly useful if you want it to be night AND rainy. The rain periods are quite short.

i did try TimeScale set to "3000" that was weird! but amazing seeing the day time completely change infront of you , some one in the Forum said it looks like the movie TimeMachine loool , it does :)  , as for the rain i never play while it rain at all , in the game  "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl" i edit the files so it dont rain and i removed the fog completely  " i hate the fog "  i wish i can remove it from Far Cry2 as well , by the way is there any cheat for that ? to remove the fog ? like in game press "~"  and write a cheat for it ? also is there a cheat for the NoRecoil , i know there is 1 in the Trainer , i mean like the cheat code exp: -GameProfile_NoRecoil 1  ?                              other Question   , what does the cheat  " GatherEntitiesForMap " do exactally ? and why does the " ShowAIInMap "   dont w@&k ?    thx and sorry for all this questions! ::)
                                   

Unfortunately I am not aware of any console (~) cheat to change the weather, not any command line parameter to eliminate the recoil.  There are many other command line parameters that are listed in various places on the web and no one seems to know what they do.  Correct me if I'm just unaware anyone, and post what you know.  ;)

Quote from: PZ on September 09, 2009, 09:01:14 PM
Unfortunately I am not aware of any console (~) cheat to change the weather, not any command line parameter to eliminate the recoil.  There are many other command line parameters that are listed in various places on the web and no one seems to know what they do.  Correct me if I'm just unaware anyone, and post what you know.  ;)

thx for your reply PZ , and its okay , i guess i have to live with the "fog" thing on  :)

My pleasure - Just to be sure you've thought of all the angles, you might check Art's Cheats post here (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=274.msg2192#msg2192).  I think that he's done a great job covering most everything.

that is a great link (to the start of the topic we are actually posting in)  ;D

To answer all questions at once: All I know that actually works is in the first post, where PZ linked to.

so i finished the game finially :) , for the 3rd time now on "infamous" Difficulty, dont know what now should i play other round or leave the game :D , the crouch tip was helpfull they cant hear anything lool , also throwing "molotov" up tip was perfect too for making them look into the sky and not moving , the AI are so stupied : \                                                                                                                                                                                                                                anyway i have a question about the "Teleport" cheat in the Trainer ,,,              when iam at town i "save postion" and go to the other side of the map to finish a mission then after iam done with the mission i "load postion teleport" and i find the character Player back in town but "stucked" like i cant move , everything else working , using map , shooting mercs , load the map gps but the character Player cant move " right , left , back , forward " and i have to quick save "F5" then     quick load "F9" and everything okay , is this usuall ? the stuck issue ?

the trainer is known for "problems" with the teleport function. May w@&k, may not w@&k :)

What I'd recommend is, play the game again, only this time on easy, that way you won't need to cheat that much. If you read across the forum, there are many ways to have fun with mercs and how to play little games inside FC2. I think you're missing a great deal of a game if you cheat all the time, because you're likely to not think about solutions you would have to think about if you hadn't got any cheats. You can always go back to cheating if something seems to be too difficult. The teleport cheat is something I never use (basically I only "tested" the trainer so I knew how it worked) because one of the best features of the game is the environment and landscape. Driving around, or even walking around, lets you see details, that sort of immersion some of us like can't be achived if you zip through the area... However, don't get me wrong, it's ok whatever you do as long as you enjoy yourself and the game :)

Quote from: Art Blade on September 11, 2009, 09:39:52 PM
the trainer is known for "problems" with the teleport function. May w@&k, may not w@&k :)

What I'd recommend is, play the game again, only this time on easy, that way you won't need to cheat that much. If you read across the forum, there are many ways to have fun with mercs and how to play little games inside FC2. I think you're missing a great deal of a game if you cheat all the time, because you're likely to not think about solutions you would have to think about if you hadn't got any cheats. You can always go back to cheating if something seems to be too difficult. The teleport cheat is something I never use (basically I only "tested" the trainer so I knew how it worked) because one of the best features of the game is the environment and landscape. Driving around, or even walking around, lets you see details, that sort of immersion some of us like can't be achived if you zip through the area... However, don't get me wrong, it's ok whatever you do as long as you enjoy yourself and the game :)

thx for your reply Art Blade , you are totally right about what you said , just iam used on the easy way to win while playing games [ i know it is cheap kind of a win ] lol , but i always have this feeling of fear that i dont get to survive 1 min without "cheats" !! ididnt ever try Playing any games before without "cheating"  ::) , so this time i will take your word and try it on "easy" and see how it go and definitely No "cheats" this time  :'(  ,   the reason i used this "Teleport cheat" becouse i dont use cars in this game or any other at all Never  :D , true the environment so amazing thats why 60% i walk in the game and not using a car and 10% swimming in the river to reach a mission and the rest of the % "Teleport cheat" i also try to avoid "Bus travel" becouse the "TimeScale" change if i used the "Bus" :o    btw 'ihate the Ending of the game' i wish they made a different ending , and i find my self loving the first "Map part 1" the other "Map part 2" ididnt like it! only 1 area was cool in the "Map part 2" the  " tourist Camp " or "tourist outpost" i forget the right name  :)

maybe you can allow yourself a little cheating, just add the reliability and unlimited ammo cheat to make life a lot more enjoyable. If things get too tough, perhaps switch to godmode once and then or ignoreplayer once and then. Just keep changing back and forth every other time, and you'll see there are times you actually start enjoying it with less cheats and then you might want to have fun and add all cheats. If you go all the time on full cheats, that's what might kill the love for the game :)

Enjoy, and let us know how it goes - perhaps in the "memorable moments" department of this FC2 forum :)

Trinity, I forgot to mention, get the weapons unlock cheat to w@&k, plus unlimited ammo and reliability. Like that you should be able to enjoy the game very much: The first time you do a convoy (arms dealer) mission in "map part 1" (Leboa) you will get all weapons and upgrades for the first part of the game, the ammo cheat provides you with syrettes and a bottle of water will heal you up completely on easy level. When you get to "part 2" (Bowa) you will automatically unlock all weapons after the barge mission is over (once you enter the main city, Mosate Selao) - a tip: don't go to rescue your new best buddy who urges you to hurry up so you save him/her at the Marina/Mike's. Instead, drive to an arms dealer and bing! you get all the new weapons, in case you have enough diamonds.

Regarding diamonds, I think it is easier to use the trainer for it (the artmoney tool is a little tricky to use for that purpose). Keep in mind that exceeding 900 diamonds will cause the game to crash, and you will be earning a lot of diamonds simply by accomplishing main story missions, let alone assassination jobs or diamond cases.

When you are satisfied with your new loadout (MGL perhaps? :) ) you can go "back" to finally rescue your buddy and game on. Have fun :)

lol, I play on easy and I still use the cheats - mostly because I really don't care to "win" the game in a competitive sense - just basically stay alive long enough to complete it and enjoy all it has to offer.  When a game is too difficult to easily complete, I usually bore of it quite quickly and move on to something else.  I admire the skills of you guys that can play on hard core and infamous - have tried it several times and my skills will never be good enough to do those levels, however, in the scheme of things, it doesn't really matter because I enjoy the game as much as everyone else!  ;)

I play on easy because it is not that stressful and I can have more hand grenades ;) Actually has this exchange with Trinity made up my mind too, I now do the same as I recommended: only weaps unlock, reliability and ammo. Like that, on my third round, I nearly go back to where I started: no cheats. But only nearly :) And I use the skip intro, which I don't consider a cheat, as well as timescale 0 because it makes me happy when the sun shines or when I can drive in the mists of dawn... things that make one happy are always welcome :)

Quote from: Art Blade on September 12, 2009, 02:00:26 AM
Trinity, I forgot to mention, get the weapons unlock cheat to w@&k, plus unlimited ammo and reliability. Like that you should be able to enjoy the game very much: The first time you do a convoy (arms dealer) mission in "map part 1" (Leboa) you will get all weapons and upgrades for the first part of the game, the ammo cheat provides you with syrettes and a bottle of water will heal you up completely on easy level. When you get to "part 2" (Bowa) you will automatically unlock all weapons after the barge mission is over (once you enter the main city, Mosate Selao) - a tip: don't go to rescue your new best buddy who urges you to hurry up so you save him/her at the Marina/Mike's. Instead, drive to an arms dealer and bing! you get all the new weapons, in case you have enough diamonds.

Regarding diamonds, I think it is easier to use the trainer for it (the artmoney tool is a little tricky to use for that purpose). Keep in mind that exceeding 900 diamonds will cause the game to crash, and you will be earning a lot of diamonds simply by accomplishing main story missions, let alone assassination jobs or diamond cases.

When you are satisfied with your new loadout (MGL perhaps? :) ) you can go "back" to finally rescue your buddy and game on. Have fun :)

so i tried the No "cheats" and i mean No "cheats" at all yesterday on the afternoon so here is what happen :)                                                                                        1: i started with the "g36" AutoMachineGun and the "RPG-7" and the handgun after wakeing up in the "FreshFish" camp then i went to unlock the save house and all that first missions , after couple of fighting with the "mercs" the weapon jams!!! so i press "R" to unjam and it works for a little time then jams again! lol so i used the other weapons also jam in a middle of a fight and off course "i lost the fight" and i used alot of bullets and i couldnt find more clips right away while am in fight also using the "RPG-7" was not so good! it burn everything behind me! and the "character Player" didnt move fast enough so i died!  ::) so the result i need the " UnlimitedAmmo="1" "  and the " UnlimitedReliability="1" " and the " GodMode="1" " cheat  to be on  :D                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2: i noticed the "character Player" moves soooooo slow!!! and when i use the sprint the "character Player" get tired so fast! and the screen go werid for couple of seconds and so on and i dont use cars at all! , also i cant climb anything and i cant jump at all :o and go to the other high sides or a high hill to snipe ::) so the result i need the "SuperSpeed" and the "SuperJump"  "Trainer" cheat to be on!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3: shooting "mercs" and Targeting them was not easy at all , they spot me so easy!! and i cant aim to their heads so fast enough! they alert every one and they move so fast and i cant get the right aim on them and when i did take an aim on couple of "mercs" they didnt go down easy! they kept firing and they didnt die but i did and again "i lost the fight" ::) so the result i need the "1 HiT Kill"  "Trainer" and the " IgnorePlayer="1" "cheat to be on  lol  - that is so far what i have seen without using any "cheats"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 idont know maybe i just cant Play the game right or iam so bad in it anyway i will keep trying and ihope things will be different  :)  btw i did before exceed 900 diamonds actually every time when using the "Trainer" and it didnt crash at all!  in the "Statistics"      "GAME STATS"  it says: "Current diamonds" 1059  :o

sounds like that was a brutal surprise for you. You did the right thing for you, play how you like it :)

What you experienced with that screen going weird is your stamina was down to zero -  you lost your breath and were going to faint due to running exceedingly. If you walk for a couple of moments you recover and can run again (but not immediately, it's like gee, give him a break :) ) The trainer can preserve your stamina which you were obviously used to.

And indeed, the jumps are a sorry excuse of a jump. And climbing is mostly impossible, that is due to how the developers designed the environment - if you climb where you are not supposed to, the graphic engine gets into trouble because you see too far and too much stuff has to be calculated. So that is a precaution in order to maintain a proper view. You surely have seen parts of the area float in the air, or looking weird in a way, if you jump on high places and check the horizon all around you.

Mercs being hard to hit and not dying instantly is something that usually is helping realism and suspense. It is balanced though: Mercs can't kill you with a single shot either. Basically what you are going to love is the ignoreplayer cheat. You're going to have a stress-free life, since they'll never get close to posing a threat to you. No need to run and to jump or to dodge bullets (much).

The 1000+ diamonds you stated is not the true value the game has stored internally. I noticed that the trainer did not make the game count them right in the prior versions (haven't tested the 1.03 trainer version with diamonds) but the readme of prior trainers explicitly warned about the 900+ barrier. I once exceeded that barrier without trainer, using artmoney (with which I can control three different diamond counters and make the game count and show it right) and the game crashed. The problem is, if you don't know the correct amount you might run into problems later in the game... Hope you don't.

I don't think you're not playing the game right or that you are generally bad at it - but I am sure you are quite inexperienced at it because you never had a chance to practice how to play it the way it was supposed to. You would be playing better if you had training and practice, but that comes with a price you'll have to pay: fear :) Fear leads to caution and caution to tactical decisions, gaining experience. ;) Console players will have more to fear because they can't save everywhere and at any time whereas a PC player can. So, I recommend you save a lot, and I mean it - I have like over a thousand saves per playthrough. If you screw up, you can always go back to an earlier save and start from there or simply retry the same situation.

Anyway, this is only meant to inform you, not to teach you a lesson :) If any of the above helps, great - in the end it is you and you alone who decides how to play, and the main goal of a game is to have fun. As long as you enjoy yourself and the game, do whatever you want :)

Quote from: Art Blade on September 13, 2009, 05:56:53 AM


I don't think you're not playing the game right or that you are generally bad at it - but I am sure you are quite inexperienced at it because you never had a chance to practice how to play it the way it was supposed to. You would be playing better if you had training and practice, but that comes with a price you'll have to pay: fear :) Fear leads to caution and caution to tactical decisions, gaining experience. ;) Console players will have more to fear because they can't save everywhere and at any time whereas a PC player can. So, I recommend you save a lot, and I mean it - I have like over a thousand saves per playthrough. If you screw up, you can always go back to an earlier save and start from there or simply retry the same situation.

thx for your reply Art Blade  :) , it is so true that iam inexperienced in this game umm...actually in all other games iam sure becouse i used to play with "cheats" on lol , so iam giving the "No Cheats" a go to practice and see something different than my usuall Play out , also the "IgnorePlayer"  "cheat" can be good & helpfull since it dont cause so much stress and frustration and its fun to do so many things like::sneaking around , Recon the area , Targeting mercs , and planting IED'S  ;) ,,, in my first play through the game i had alot of "save game files" then i notice some slow down and loading issue's ::) and i did read about that before but i dont remember where exactally ...some one mention that having alot of "save game files" can cause this "slow , loading" so right now i only have 3 "save game files" when i finish the mission and go back into town i replace the old save "number 3" with a new one :) and since i installed the game from about 2months now i never ever had any "crash" at all "thank GOD"  , my game version is 1.00 ididnt patch it or anything , actually i never patch any game i Play with ::) the only issue that i noticed was some "stuttering" issues with the "AA" thing so i turn it off  :( but everything else on "ultrahigh" and "shadows" turned off , still it looks great on "1920x1080" resolution .

ah, alright :)

The savegames don't necessarily slow you down, right now I have 491 savegame files in my folder. It does take a little to refresh the list if you want to look at it, and deleting a save from within the game causes a refresh as well, taking time again. What you can do is, save until you think it slows you down, then move all but say the last 5 savegames to a backup folder. By the way, you can rename those savegames - if you have a cool point to save, do it and bail out (alt-tab), open the savegame folder and rename the latest file to say "Bowa - golden Ak47.sav" :)

If you feel like replaying from an early stage or a specific savegame, just move them back to your original savegame folder, done.

If your game stutters (regardless of savegames) you can try the tilde key "~" to open the console and type "e" and hit TAB (that causes an auto-complete, making your "e" turn into "evict_resources") then ENTER. Now you should have a smooth gameplay again.

Quote from: Art Blade on September 13, 2009, 01:37:02 PM
ah, alright :)

The savegames don't necessarily slow you down, right now I have 491 savegame files in my folder. It does take a little to refresh the list if you want to look at it, and deleting a save from within the game causes a refresh as well, taking time again. What you can do is, save until you think it slows you down, then move all but say the last 5 savegames to a backup folder. By the way, you can rename those savegames - if you have a cool point to save, do it and bail out (alt-tab), open the savegame folder and rename the latest file to say "Bowa - golden Ak47.sav" :)

If you feel like replaying from an early stage or a specific savegame, just move them back to your original savegame folder, done.

If your game stutters (regardless of savegames) you can try the tilde key "~" to open the console and type "e" and hit TAB (that causes an auto-complete, making your "e" turn into "evict_resources") then ENTER. Now you should have a smooth gameplay again.

:o "491 save game files"  ::) that is so many! lol , i will definitely try the "~" tip for sure :) but i dont think the "stuttering" issue becouse of the "save game files" itself  , maybe becouse of the GPU Card ihave which is "Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO" i hear its not capable of running AA from "4x to 8x" on high resolution :D

I never use AA myself. So little improvement, so much performance loss. The evict_resources helps me when I bail out, like now, to do stuff that fills the RAM. FC2 is now running in the background (taskbar). When I load pages, vids, pics and all the stuff from my browser, maybe have one or more other applications running, it will most likely use up memory and CPU power. So, when I go back to FC2, I often notice a stutter. "e+TAB, Enter" - done with it  ;D

cool , i will try this for sure  :) thx

the fist post needed a little edit, since dke58 is now known as RedRaven. ;)

Somewhere, not this thread but I can't find it again, either you Art or PZ suggested that I tried running the command line cheats as Administrator on my 64bit Vista system when I commented that I couldn't get a shortcut to accept the Target line changes to accept the additional code.

It worked like a charm.  :-X

I set up Reliability, Unlimited ammo and God mode and went on a three hour rampage.  :-*

Thanks guys for the great info and first hand player support. While I'm not making any saves while using the cheats it does add a really amusing side to the game for me.

Find a CP surrounded by tall grass, with flamethrower run around and create a ring of fire and then walk out of the flames with a machete while they are pinned - Priceless!

it was PZ who suggested using admin rights, I suggested checking those quotation marks. Glad it worked :)

Quote from: mandru on October 02, 2009, 07:45:28 AM
Somewhere, not this thread but I can't find it again...

This is a regular routine of mine - looking for something but not recalling exactly where I saw it.  Unfortunately, searching rarely helps me because so many of the threads have common terms.  Typically I throw up my hands in defeat and post anyway comforted in the knowledge that Art will point me in the correct direction - Art remembers everything  ;)

did you mean this post (http://openworldgames.org/owg/forums/index.php?topic=212.msg14926#msg14926)?  ;D

 :-X   :-X   :-X

LOL!

BINGO!

hehe  :)

I need to tell you now so you know, and perhaps someone could help me/us out:

I use the unlimited ammo cheat. For some reason, this current new playthrough, for the first time I have unlimited grenades and molotovs.

As a side effect, I have only four syrettes (used to have them maxed out with the unlimited ammo cheat). Usually the cheat gave me ammo and syrettes, but never grenades and molotovs.

I think it may have to do with the fact that I started the new career on normal, while the other playthroughs I used easy. However, I changed to easy but still, the syrettes are limited in number (they do reset all the time I use them, so in fact they are still unlimited) but the grenades and molotovs stay unlimited. I am not sure what exactly caused the effect. Right now I don't want to play around testing the possible reasons, but should you want to try it, please let me/us know if you got the same result and, if possible, why. :)

Interesting effect - I'll be sure to try it one of these days.  :-X

I've started another playthrough and it happened again, unlimited grens and molotovs.

You know the recommendation to not use cheats until the tutorial is over? I think that's nonsense. Here is what I do to start a new career:

• 
  Start the game with "all cheats"
  

  Quote"HD:\yourgamefolder\Far Cry 2\bin\farcry2.exe" -GameProfile_AllWeaponsUnlock 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedReliability 1 -GameProfile_UnlimitedAmmo 1 -GameProfile_GodMode 1 -GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1 -GameProfile_SkipIntroMovies 1 -GameProfile_timescale 0

• Get rescued and taken to your first base (Slaughterhouse, Cock-Fights etc)
• When you wake up there and asked to save the game, do it.
• Quit game, start the game without cheats, so you can heal yourself (syrette)
• Whenever you like, before scouting the safehouse, save again and quit FC2
• Start FC2 again, with all cheats enabled
• Continue with the tutorial

My guess is that starting the game with all cheats, especially the unlimited ammo cheat, makes the game "remember" from there on that you cheated ammo. You can disable any cheat at any time and the effect will be immediate, and also, enable any cheat at any time, no matter if a single cheat or combined cheats are used. However, when you use the unlimited ammo cheat again, it will give you grenades and molotovs that never run out (always the amount of grenades and molotovs you picked up, until maximum is reached).

Should you encounter problems (different result, like "doesn't w@&k!") please refer to the cheat order how I used them in the quote given above. It may have to do with which cheat is in which position, like what cheat comes before or after it. I'd call that a "load order" for the cheats. The order given above does w@&k fine, I've just now tested it just to make sure it really works :)

Enjoy.

Good one!  :-X

okay can someone explain to me how to do the ai ignore one iv tried it and i didnt w@&k for me i changed the shortcut name to ai_ignore but it didnt w@&k help would be much appreciated

- Create a desktop shortcut to FC2
- rename it to "FC2 ignore player" (so you know it is a cheat version)
- insert command line parameters in the properties of respective shortcut as follows, while X is your game hard drive, probably "C" in your case.
- Check the path to FC2 so you get the correct path for your game's command line

Please pay extra attention to where the quotation marks are:

"X:games\Far Cry 2\bin\farcry2.exe" -GameProfile_IgnorePlayer 1

You forgot the -DEVMODE command. What this commond does/enable:

Spoiler

Cheat Codes
Start the game with the "-DEVMODE" command line parameter. Then while playing the game, press one of the following keys to activate the corresponding cheat function. Note: All levels will also be unlocked.

Result   Key
Toggle invincibility   [Backspace] (Toggle Godmode on/off)
All weapons   P
999 ammunition   O
Toggle no clipping   [F4] (Fly around with no weapons, useful for taking pics) :-D
Spawn point   [F3]
Advance to next checkpoint   [F2]
Save current position   [F9]
Load current position   [F10]
Toggle extra information   [F11]
Toggle first and third views   [F1]
Increase speed   [Equals]
Decrease speed   [Minus]
Return to default speed   [F5]

 ??? ??? ???

Dang, GKID, I'm going to try that today  :-X

Well, DON'T DO IT ON A LAPTOP! :D Some of the  Fx buttons are hotkeys for certain functions (turning on/off the touchpad/closing windows, etc)