"Hidden" Cheats

[keith.lamothe]

If you actually use cheat codes, I don't care how cheesy it gets, it's fair game

[Aklyon]

Cheats are good. People are far too interested in achievements and I hardly hear of many cheats in anything recent, so with that I like this thread.

[chemical_art]

*Stupid honor kicking in*

The catch with the omni cheat is that if you activate it in one game, then load or start another game the omni tab and behavior still works, even if the new game has cheats disabled.

The only way to avoid it is to quit ai wars altogether.

[keith.lamothe]

*Stupid honor kicking in*

The catch with the omni cheat is that if you activate it in one game, then load or start another game the omni tab and behavior still works, even if the new game has cheats disabled.

The only way to avoid it is to quit ai wars altogether.

Ah, gotcha.  Well, I think anyone doing that knows what they're getting into

Pretty much guaranteed to cause desyncs if you use it in MP or use it and then start a new game in MP; for that reason I might fix the part where it stays between games.

[Lancefighter]

Wait. Are we discussing how the beam starship needs a buff? I think it needs a buff. I think we should make it a bonus ship type. Why dont we have starship bonus ships yet?

[Toranth]

Wait. Are we discussing how the beam starship needs a buff? I think it needs a buff. I think we should make it a bonus ship type. Why dont we have starship bonus ships yet?

As much as I like the idea, wouldn't being able to build Beam Starships from the beginning count as a 'cheat'?

[keith.lamothe]

Wait. Are we discussing how the beam starship needs a buff? I think it needs a buff. I think we should make it a bonus ship type. Why dont we have starship bonus ships yet?

Partly because you keep asking

[Lancefighter]

Wait. Are we discussing how the beam starship needs a buff? I think it needs a buff. I think we should make it a bonus ship type. Why dont we have starship bonus ships yet?

As much as I like the idea, wouldn't being able to build Beam Starships from the beginning count as a 'cheat'?

Well I mean more rebalanced mk1/2/3 versions. The idea being that you could have a new starship type instead of a new fleet ship type.
 

And keith, youre mean

[LaughingThesaurus]

I've been looking for something almost-relevant to screwing around with the game.
There was some discussion about editing saves to change the difficulty of the AI to things that are beyond difficulty 10. Where was that thread again? And, Keith, could you implement a cheat to do THAT?
One of those questions is significantly more of a joke than the other.