Cheat Issues on Mac

[Kardas]

I can't figure out how to cheat on Mac OSX 10.4.8, the big problem I see is not knowing how to enter command line entries when starting the game.  The topic this was part of before seems to have disappeared, but I was told to contact Ari (iamtheari), which I did through email and PM, but he has not replied to either and I'm very stuck in campaign mode.  If someone could walk me through this I'd be very grateful.

[lav_coyote25]

well - i am going to assume that the mac can utilize desktop shortcuts...

go here  and click on the first image... will show you how and where to place the string.

your folder tree may be different but the stings involved shouldnt be...

mine = 

"C:\Warzone 2100_205_rc2\warzone2100.exe"  --mod grim.wz --fullscreen --viewport 1280x1024 --cheat

note the spaces and the double dashes - also ensure the punctuation is also correct... seems for some reason that is missed at times. ;D

also check out this page on the wiki.

[Kardas]

This is the information window for the "alias" file (same concept as a shortcut) but I don't think I can change the file path (select new original has no text input)

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w273 ... 00Info.jpg

[lav_coyote25]

no matter how i put it into the search on google... nothing usefull came up. >:(

dunno where else one would look.  unless there is a mac forum specifically for getting windows like stuff into the mac... ???

i can see the yelling now... "what!! omg your kidding!!! ;D

[DevUrandom]

Just asked ##mac on FreeNode... The answer was not very satisfying, but that's what they said:
"Create a wrapper shell script."

Contents could probably look like this:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
/path/to/warzone2100.app --option1 ... --optionn

[Kamaze]

Kurdas, are we allowed to use/save that image?

[Kardas]

Just asked ##mac on FreeNode... The answer was not very satisfying, but that's what they said:
"Create a wrapper shell script."

Contents could probably look like this:

Code: Select all

#!/bin/sh
/path/to/warzone2100.app --option1 ... --optionn

Thanks, I'll try that in a bit and let you know what happens.

Edit: Didn't work said something like the event couldn't be found.

Kurdas, are we allowed to use/save that image?

Sure, go for it

[DevUrandom]

They also said that firefox uses something like this... Maybe you want to look into the firefox app if you have it installed.

[shishkebab]

I have the same problem! I think you should be able to add the option cheat to the config file to cheat. It would make things a lot easyer.

[Giel]

I have the same problem! I think you should be able to add the option cheat to the config file to cheat. It would make things a lot easyer.

In SVN trunk r1244.

[Kyor]

"Select new Original" ?

[Kardas]

Tried that, there's no text entry it just allows you to choose a new application to go with that alias.

Would it be out of the question for the devs to make cheat mode simpler and easier to use on different platforms?  Maybe just an options menu item?  Just a thought.

[Giel]

Tried that, there's no text entry it just allows you to choose a new application to go with that alias.

Would it be out of the question for the devs to make cheat mode simpler and easier to use on different platforms?  Maybe just an options menu item?  Just a thought.

Instead we've added this as an option to the config file, this is likely to appear in the next release.

[Kardas]

Sounds good, I guess I'll just wait for the next release then.

[iMac]

Is this what you want???

First you have to find the Warzone2100 application.
Should be in your "Applications" folder

Right click on the Warzone 2100 icon and select "Show Package Contents".

Navigate the folders till you find "warzone2100.sh".
Should be in these folders "Contents/MacOS --> warzone2100.sh"

I made a backup copy of the file at this point.

Open warzone2100.sh in TextEdit.
You might have to right click on the file and go to "Open With --> Other".
Then select TextEdit from the Applications folder and click on "Open"

You should see this in the file:

#!/bin/sh

MYDIR=`dirname "$0"`
cd "$MYDIR"
pwd
exec ./warzone2100 --datadir ../Resources/data

Now add " --cheat" after "exec ./warzone2100 --datadir ../Resources/data"
Don't forget to include the space after the "/data".

It should now look like this.

#!/bin/sh

MYDIR=`dirname "$0"`
cd "$MYDIR"
pwd
exec ./warzone2100 --datadir ../Resources/data --cheat

Now save the file and start the game.

When playing hit "shift" and "delete" at the same time to go into debug/cheat mode

Then hit "t" on the keyboard and type in the cheats. Some cheats don't work.

Hope this is what you are looking for.

I included a picture to visually help show where and what it should look like.