Ultimate Edition Cheats?

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I just purchased Galactic Civilizations 2 Ultimate Edition and for the life of me I can't figure out how to enable the cheats. The internet pages I've seen regarding the subject and it says you have to alter the shortcut file but I can't seem to find the correct file to alter. I don't know if it's because I have Windows Vista or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

https://www.galciv.wikia.com/wiki/Cheats_and_keyboard_shortcuts

The Wiki has a good explaination on how to do it (updated locations here for GalCiv2 Ultimate locations). I can't think of a better way to explain it. You first have to _create_ the shortcut, then alter it. That's probably why you couldn't find the shortcut.

Copy-Pasted from the link... :
You can enable cheats by creating a shortcut to GalCiv2.exe and use that to start the game.

  1. Use Windows Explorer to find GalCiv2.exe, or right-click the game in Stardock Central and select Open Folder
  2. Right click on GalCiv2.exe (not GC2Launch.exe) and choose create shortcut
  3. Right click on the shortcut and choose properties
  4. Click in the target field and hit end, then hit space followed by the word CHEAT (no switch marks necessary)

For example:

"C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2Ultimate\galciv2.exe" cheat

For Dark Avatar, the shortcut should be:

"C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2Ultimate\DarkAvatar\GC2DarkAvatar.exe" cheat

For Twilight of the Arnor:

"C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2Ultimate\Twilight\GC2TwilightOfTheArnor.exe" cheat
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I tried that and it didn't work! Everybody says the same thing and it NEVER WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Before for my old pc crashed it was working for me I just dont remember how I did it. Unless they modified the files, so it will not except the new command line.

Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Daviddaly82, reply 3
Before for my old pc crashed it was working for me I just dont remember how I did it. Unless they modified the files, so it will not except the new command line.
End of Daviddaly82's quote

Did you properly link the target line to the game exe? The cheat command doesn't work with the launcher. Also, it is CHEATS and not CHEAT. Not sure, though, if all caps is truly necessary.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

well what you do is very simple. Open the folder in which you installed game. If you have ultimate edition you look for the file named Twilight of the Blah and use the game there to create it. If you have dread lords you do the same thing. BASICALLY DO NOT USE the launcher thingy that is in the file once you open up galciv2 go into the next folder named after your version. If you have ultimate then you will have both dread lords and twilight so just make sure your saved progress is in right folder in order for it to work. AND also it is cheat and the end NOT cheats