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There are lots of interesting things inside those files, including in-built debug cheats, yet i guess there is no way to turn debug mode itself in release build. Theres even universe editor mentioned, but the game just wont start if you try to run in with specified command line. Apart from few funny programmers comments theres nothing really useful.

I can start just fine with the command lines but i cant figure out how to use the cheats thay go with it, such as the unlock everthing cheat

did you found this one:
# check for local startup cheats to run
sinclude "LocalStartup.txt"
(SP-_CHT-024A0E52-00000000-96D01090.txt)
The questions *where* does this file need to be...maybe this with combination of some prop cheats could make thinks easier.. sadly the prop cheat only seems to work with boolean values. but maybe there is something similar for int/float and so on.

hmmm interesting find but indeed where does it need to go and where do we find it.

What are you guys using to read the *.text files? Its all gibberish to me. I've tried notepad and Wordpad. Maybe its a Direct2Drive version issue?

[Edited by Gavinhawk, 9/8/2008 2:17:47 PM]

Only the ones that have the beginning SP-_CHT are readable. The rest seem to be binary and encoded. The xml files do not seem to relate, could be core game content that shouldn't be changed anyhow.

Ive killed off my other saves and started a new one, but so far even with the higher numbers things still seem to occur on the reg basis. Ill push up the numbers even higher, and see ..its just a toy after all

i tried changing some of the other values like starting money, or the value you get from the money cheat, but it wasn't used in any new or old game.

Yep those are the files I was referring to. I believe its something to do with Direct2Drive.