Cheating for bored me.

[Joe Friday]

Ok, I have recently gotten just a little bored playing the ol'original way. So, I have taken myself up to cheating just a bit.

Ok, I have looked @ many sites about the console cheats but all of them say the same thing. I am still having trouble with some of the cheats, especially the create_unit types.

Now, sometimes I have no trouble with certain units, but most of the time I do have trouble.

Example: If I want to create a unit with say... the greek firethrower... what exactly do I type in? And also I have no trouble creating the Ritterbruder ((sp) The knights with the horns on their heads) for the teutons but the dismounted ones it won't let me create. How come this is?

Anyone have a unique list with ALL the units and characters and how they are to be typed in the console window?

Thanks!!

Joe Friday

[Gray Beard]

You have to type the name in as it appears in the program file. I've forgotten the actual name but it is the really long file that is hard to edit. Find the actual name of the unit and type that.

One cheat to not use too often, at least so I have been told, not that I've ever experienced this myself, being a player who would never lower himself to desire a little extra money for my empire, is the "add_money 40000" because I think it adds money to EVERY Faction including those owned by the AI. That means if you are having a hard time defending against an attack you've just given the computer more cash to kill you with. Because the AI will build lots of units with this cash it has to keep attacking to support its huge army through plunder. Adding cash like that makes the AI very aggressive. Like I said, not that I know first hand

[ReiseReise]

Not sure about add_money giving to every faction, but just to be safe you can
add_money denmark 50000 for whatever faction you are playing.

[PBI]

In my opinion the most interesting way to "cheat" is to muck about with modding. It takes a bit more work than just typing in cheat commands but the results are much more fun.

Why not mod your cannons to fire exploding rotten-cow cluster bombs? That's always a good laugh.

Though it might be interesting if add_money does give money to all factions; might make factions with interesting unit rosters, but terrible starting positions, such as the Moors or Russians, more interesting to fight.

[Ferret]

Not sure about add_money giving to every faction, but just to be safe you can
add_money denmark 50000 for whatever faction you are playing.

no when adding money you can only give a maximum of 40,000 each time you hit enter otherwise it takes money away.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

add_money cheat adds money only to you ...
if you add there a faction name "add_money france 40000" then it will add extra money for the specific faction

To use the creat_unit cheat properly then you should look the export_units.txt file ...

Not that I know anything about cheating ...

[Yoyoma1910]

This site has pretty much everything you're probably looking for:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

http://www.cheatmasters.com/cheats/2...ar_cheats.html

[Monsieur Alphonse]

To use the creat_unit cheat properly then you should look the export_units.txt file ...

It is export_descr_unit.txt

[Joe Friday]

Oh yea... and the process_rq. I can't get it to work. I type it in the way all the web pages tell me to do and it gives me an error message. Suggestions?

[Paradox]

It might be because the patch you're using isn't compatible with the cheat, it works with mine since I'm not using any patches.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

It is export_descr_unit.txt

Yes it is ..

[Eikon the Magistrate]

you can add any amount you wish (up to 40000) `add_money Idk what the total limit is that you can have but its most likely 9999999 the same amount that is a maximum tribute or gift. Increments would have to be in 99999 tho there is a max that can be given at once. save game after and amount will stay.

disclaimer: the AI will "steal" your money occasionally and give it to the papacy and/or mongols idk how/why

Unfortuantely havent found a way to add money to all factions or AI specific factions yet

[Joe Friday]

add_money cheat adds money only to you ...
if you add there a faction name "add_money france 40000" then it will add extra money for the specific faction

To use the creat_unit cheat properly then you should look the export_units.txt file ...

Not that I know anything about cheating ...

Unfortunately I have been unable to find this file. I look in the MTW2 files... I just must be blind ;-)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Unfortunately I have been unable to find this file. I look in the MTW2 files... I just must be blind ;-)

I forgat to add descr in it
It's real name is export_descr_unit.txt and it is in your data folder

[Korlon]

Note that the add_money Denmark 40000 thing doesn't really work. You can, in fact, put anything you want in the space where you wrote Denmark and it'd still give you money.

Try using add_money factionname, 40000 instead. Note the comma.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Note that the add_money Denmark 40000 thing doesn't really work. You can, in fact, put anything you want in the space where you wrote Denmark and it'd still give you money.

Try using add_money factionname, 40000 instead. Note the comma.

weird .. i have never put a comma there and the faction I wanted to give money allways got it

[Joe Friday]

I forgat to add descr in it
It's real name is export_descr_unit.txt and it is in your data folder

Sorry, I have looked for it and can't find it. Anyone know the exact path I take to get there?

[Gray Beard]

I hope this does not sound condescending

To find the "export_descr_unit.txt"

You have to have run the unpacker utility first. If you don't know what that is then see the threads on modding.

Then use the "Search" option in Windows to find it