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cheat codes for Baldur's Gate Enhanced edition?

gorris75gorris75 Member Posts: 60
in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
are the cheat codes and the process for accessing the console the same for BGEE and the old version?
Where could I find the BGEE codes/

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  • KuronaKurona Member Posts: 881
    No it's slightly different. First, you enable the console by writing this in your Baldur.lua file, which should be located in your Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition folder:
    SetPrivateProfileString('Program Options','Debug Mode','1')
    Then, where you would have used CLUAConsole in the original, you only use C now. Such as...
    C:CreateItem('SHLD20')
    ...which puts Kiel's Buckler in your inventory. The cheat keys like Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+J are unchanged.
  • Surat01Surat01 Member Posts: 11
    What program do you use to open the Baldur.lua file?
  • TressetTresset Member, Moderator Posts: 8,268
    @Surat01 The quickest, if perhaps not the most convenient, way to edit it is with a simple text editor like notepad.
  • ZaghoulZaghoul Member, Moderator Posts: 3,938
    Nasty ol cheat codes. 'It trys to trick us' :)
  • DanStantonDanStanton Member Posts: 2
    I don't have a baldur.lua file, only an engine.lua file. Is it the same? There are only two lines when I open it.
  • PaulaMigratePaulaMigrate Member Posts: 1,201
    edited June 2017
    DanStanton said:

    I don't have a baldur.lua file, only an engine.lua file. Is it the same? There are only two lines when I open it.

    No, those files as well as your saves etc are NOT in your game directory
    Look into user/YourID/documents/Baldur's Gate (or 2)
  • GallowglassGallowglass Member Posts: 3,356
    edited June 2017
    DanStanton said:

    I don't have a baldur.lua file, only an engine.lua file. Is it the same? There are only two lines when I open it.

    No, engine.lua is different file stored in a different location (with the game executable), and shouldn't be changed. Your baldur.lua should be in your user directories (typically somewhere like ~\(Your Username)\Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, but this varies according to o/s) with the various folders of saves, characters, etc.

    I think you need to run (and exit) the game executable at least once to create baldur.lua, it's not created simply by installing the game.

    Edit: ah, I see I've been ninjaed!
  • DanStantonDanStanton Member Posts: 2
    Thank you
  • helimoenhelimoen Member Posts: 3
    Hi ! I have a MACBOOK and I was thrilled to play to BG1 again after so long... (I played it during my childhood)

    I wanted to enter a cheat code to get more money, so I read your instructions and found the baldur.lua file, opened it in Text Edit, added the line as you said, saved it. I checked the file by opening it again and there it was (the new line).
    So I opened the game and tried to activate the cheat console but nothing (I tried different things)... I quit the game and checked the baldur.lua file and surprise, the new line that enabled the cheat codes is gone !
    Help please !
  • MonotremataMonotremata Member Posts: 78
    Not sure why the line disappeared (it works fine on my Mac here) but to open the console now you have to hit CTRL+SPACE. I think it was the tilde key in the original one that opened it.
  • AlphaRinoAlphaRino Member Posts: 1
    I don't have a baldur.lua file only baldur.ini file and if I edit it the game crashes before loading
  • NoloirNoloir Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 380
    AlphaRino wrote: »
    I don't have a baldur.lua file only baldur.ini file and if I edit it the game crashes before loading

    Copy and paste your present baldur.ini to a secure location and try this one. In multiplayer be sure to add your own custom name or it may possibly show as my own by default.
  • NoloirNoloir Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 380
    AlphaRino wrote: »
    I don't have a baldur.lua file only baldur.ini file and if I edit it the game crashes before loading

    Copy and paste your present baldur.ini to a secure location and try this. Rename to ("baldur.ini"). In multiplayer be sure to add your own custom name or it may possibly show as my own by default.
  • NoloirNoloir Member, Mobile Tester Posts: 380
    AlphaRino wrote: »
    I don't have a baldur.lua file only baldur.ini file and if I edit it the game crashes before loading

    I'd give you a copy of my own but apparently forum rules changed for some arbirtrary reason. It won't upload.
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