PC Gamer 8/1995-07_Disc_8.iso/cheats/cheats.txt

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CHEAT FILES!

Here on The CD we have the luxury to bring you each of the cheat
programs written about in our Extended Play column this month.

Here are the Filenames for each cheat. All cheats are located in
the \CHEATS directory on this CD.

PANZEDT.ZIP - Panzer General
PGVW2.ZIP  - Panzer General
XCMALT.ZIP - X-COM
XCOMAT.ZIP - X-COM: Terror from the Deep
TIENWT.ZIP - Tie Fighter
TME.ZIP - Tie Fighter
WAREDIT.ZIP - Warcraft

You'll need a copy of PKUNZIP to unzip these files. If you don't have
a copy of PKUNZIP, the unzipped versions are located in subdirectories
off of the \CHEATS directory.

Below is a detailed list of what each of these utilities can do. You can
also just read about it in the magazine.

                          Extended Play
                                by
                         T. Liam McDonald
                      If You Can't Win, Cheat

Having problems with the Norway scenario in Panzer General? (Oh Bill?)
Your men bitin' the dust in X-COM?  Want to re-equip your aquanauts
from Terror from the Deep?  Or change a particularly prickly mission
in TIE Fighter?  No problem. Hackers and other game hobbyists have the
tools for you to solve all these problems, with just a little effort
(and maybe a little guilt).
     When I started writing this column, I knew I wanted to cover anything
that added to gameplay, not just patches and add-ons, but cheat programs,
editors, and "trainers."  These are programs that allow you to hack into a
game and actually change the game parameters for your benefit. You can
change missions, give yourself extra money, add strength to depleted units,
and change dozens of other things about your game. I've pulled a few
shareware cheat utilities for some of the bigger games down from CompuServe,
and they're right here on the CD-ROM version of the PC Gamer disk, in the
CHEATS subdirectory, just waiting for you to crack into them and cheat your
little hearts out. If you don't get the CD-ROM version of Gamer, you can
find all of these programs in the GAMERS forum of CompuServe, and most
likely in similar forums in other online services.
     And, time for the obvious, don't edit a file without backing it up
first!  None of these are guaranteed, and hex editing can cause crashes
and other unpleasantries.  Just practice safe hex, okay? And register your
shareware.

     Panzer General: There are two good unit editors for the best wargame
of 1994.  Mark Edwards' Panzer General Save File Editor 2.0 was the first
I picked up, and works by editing the parameters of a particular save game.
It features a simple yet powerful interface for changing prestige points,
the current turn number, and all unit numbers from strength to experience,
kills, entrenchment, and everything else. You can print statistics or save
them as a file: a useful feature for tracking your units. You'll find it in
the PANZEDT subdirectory, and can run it by typing PANZEDT and following
the instructions. (The save game being edited should be in the same
directory as the PANZEDT.EXE file).  Registration is $4.
     PGVIEW 2.0 (by Peter Donnelly and Stuart Gillespie) is a more powerful
program in many ways, and features a mouse-drive Turbo Vision front end and
some more features. A nifty equipment search and browse utility allows you
to scan for data on all unit and equipment types. You have control over a
few less statistics (such as "kills") than in PANZEDT, but the added
features make it a very useful and well-executed tool. It's located in the
PGVW2 subdirectory, and is run by typing PGVIEW.  Registration is $10.

      X-COM: There are a mess of X-COM editors, but I picked the one that
looked to be the most powerful and easiest to use. XALTER: XCOM Soldier
Attribute Customizer 1.01, from Rod Hillis, allows you to change stamina,
health, bravery, reactions, firing, throwing, strength, and other statistics
for each of your men. Even psi ratings can be mucked about with. It's
located in the XCMALT directory, and is run by typing XALTER.

     X-COM: Terror from the Deep:  The XCOM2: Aquanaut Editor for Windows
is a handy little tool for maxing out each man's stats. Aside from maxing
them, you can generate new random values until you get what you like, or
you can set them each individually with slider bars. Change ranks, missions,
kills, and armor as well. A clean Windows interface make it a snap to use.
It's located in the XCOM2 subdirectory and is executed by running XCOMCHT
in Windows.  It's even got it's own program icon.  Nifty.

     TIE Fighter: Hacker David Jury has turned his attention towards TIE
Fighter with his excellent pop-up cheat TIE Fighter Trainer. Placed in the
same directory as the TIE Fighter executable, the TIENWT.EXE gives you hot
keys which you can use in-flight to affect mission parameters such as
weapons, shields, and damages, give full damage or full protection to any
target, and does a host of other useful options.  Found in the TIEN
subdirectory. Just type TIENWT when starting a TIE Fighter sessions. Looks
pretty clean, but may cause some crashes. Registration is $10.
     Sean Baker's TIE Fighter Mission Editor is not an in-game
utility, but a mission editor that allows you to change
individual missions by altering weapons loadout, craft, and other
useful gob. (ed note: It's named TME.ZIP, it's located in the TME directory).

     Warcraft: Waredit is a command line executable that should be put in
your save directory.  The command line cheats it gives you are /GOLD
(for 900 million gold), /LUMBER (for 900 million lumber), /MAP (to reveal
the entire map), and /NET (to modify net games). Just type WAREDIT
<saveslot #> /GOLF /LUMBER, and so on. There's also a complete list of
cheats included. You'll find it in the WAREDIT subdirectory.