I'm moments away from finishing my download from Direct2Drive and I was wondering if anyone else got theirs from D2D and has tried the 1.0 trainer with it?
Doesn't work.
Im getting the error with unlimited abilities as well. Booted up the game, initiated the option, all seemed fine, assigned the points. However, when I go in-game, it randomly chose what abilities I would have.
All my guys were already level 20 (legitly), and now some of my most important abilities have just disappeared. No more Battle Cry with my Commander and Stun with my Dreadnaught Ancient attack, even though I had both of those before I used the cheat option!
Also, like others have said, some of the abilities unlocked using the unlimited attribute points are not working either, as I unlocked the swing with Avitus and the Dual Orbital Strikes with Commander, and neither of those are present.
Strangely, it shows me as having all the abilities in the Squad screen correctly.
I tried rearranging my gear amongst my squads, but that had no effect on what abilities it chose to give them.
Worst part is since I started a mission to check out if the options worked, it auto-saved and now all my stuff is permenently bugged!
I am rather far into the game, too. Have to do the mission to defend the Angel Forge Gate on Meridian, and have already completed the DNA sample and Astronomicon objectives. This is rather soul-crushing due to my progression in the game and how much I've enjoyed the game so far ... oh well, suppose i'll remember to make a copy of my savegame beforehand next time ....
[Edited by SoM, 2/19/2009 12:43:16 AM]
I have the exact same problem as you do. My save game is pretty much f***ed from adding the ability points.