Author Topic: New cheat code request  (Read 1251 times)

Offline LintMan

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New cheat code request
« on: May 01, 2010, 02:09:12 am »
What I'd like to do is be able to start the game with more than one bonus ship type, but without doing a multiple-homeworld start.  I like the multi-home start option, but as noted in another thread, it's a different sort of challenge.  I'd just like to play the normal 1 home start, but with the fun and variety of some extra starting types.

That said, adding this to the game creation option screen seems potentially awkward/confusing with the multi-home stuff already there.  So what I'm actually suggesting is for a cheat code that will give you one random bonus ship technology every time you use it.  (These would be independent of those bonus ship techs you get from capturing the ARS's).  This would do the trick, and should be far easier to implement, I'd guess.

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Offline Aegis

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 02:36:33 am »
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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2010, 05:28:26 pm »
cheat = fail

Offline RogueThunder

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2010, 08:24:24 pm »
XD I got a good idea for this one...

R&D is for chimps - Spawns a ARS

<.< I know. Bad multi-pun... but...
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Offline LintMan

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2010, 10:22:27 am »
My timing was a bit bad asking about this right when the release was getting worked on, but is there any chance of getting this?  Aside from the lame troll, it seems like there is some interest besides myself...

Offline Winter Born

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2010, 01:50:31 pm »
XD I got a good idea for this one...

R&D is for chimps - Spawns a ARS

<.< I know. Bad multi-pun... but...


Spawns the ARS in a human controled system would be nice. ;D
Use multiple times to get all the bonus ships possible plus a fleet of ARS as a bonus.

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Offline keith.lamothe

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2010, 02:03:35 pm »
Well a cheat to spawn an ARS is easy enough (I'm actually surprised there isn't one yet), but bear in mind that you can only get up to 8 bonus types (iirc) and this would not change that.  Changing that would be more involved.
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Offline Winter Born

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Re: New cheat code request
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2010, 02:08:34 pm »
Well a cheat to spawn an ARS is easy enough (I'm actually surprised there isn't one yet), but bear in mind that you can only get up to 8 bonus types (iirc) and this would not change that.  Changing that would be more involved.


Well 8 sounds like at least a "bucket of monkeys" :D and a lot of fun.