cheatmode not working in downloadable Daggerfall : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Tue May 17, 2011 2:51 pm

Stuck in a dungeon, so I added cheatmode 1 to the z.cfg file. Still can't use the alt-f11 cheat. Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong?

» Tue May 17, 2011 9:16 am

Stuck in a dungeon, so I added cheatmode 1 to the z.cfg file. Still can't use the alt-f11 cheat. Any thoughts on what I could be doing wrong?

You use [ and ] to port through the dungeon but I can't get ~~Alt-f11~~ (Wrong cheat) to work either I think. Not positive though.

» Tue May 17, 2011 10:41 am

You use [ and ] to port through the dungeon but I can't get Alt-f11 to work either I think. Not positive though.

thanks for trying to help. truth is, none of the cheats seem to work. are you using the free downloadable version? super stuck inside this dungeon.

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:04 am

I have the downloadable version, and cheats as well as alt+f11 are working.

» Tue May 17, 2011 7:25 am

The download includes the last patch to daggerfall which is required to use the cheat keys and alt-f11. It will be called dag213 and be in the daggerfall folder, just run it to in dosbox to start the patch.

» Tue May 17, 2011 1:42 am

The download includes the last patch to daggerfall which is required to use the cheat keys and alt-f11. It will be called dag213 and be in the daggerfall folder, just run it to in dosbox to start the patch.

again, thank you all for the suggestions. i followed the installation instructions, which included installing dag213. someone else said that their cheats were working. did you add cheatmode to the z.cfg file like i did? i can't figure out for the life of me what's missing.

» Tue May 17, 2011 12:54 am

Same thing happened to me last year. It never did get resolved either. So I installed it on another pc and it worked.

Here is my old topic, maybe some old post in there will be helpful http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=814242&hl=

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:40 am

Same thing happened to me last year. It never did get resolved either. So I installed it on another pc and it worked.

Here is my old topic, maybe some old post in there will be helpful http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=814242&hl=

wow, what a nightmare. i don't have another pc on hand, i'm afraid. i wonder why an apparently simple feature would be such a crap shoot to implement.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:38 am

Did you add the line to the very end of "z.cfg", after the line containing "maps mapsave.sav"?

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:08 am

Maske sure "CheatMode 1" is the lastb line of the z.cfg with a blank line between it and whatever the previous line is.

» Tue May 17, 2011 11:27 am

Did you add the line to the very end of "z.cfg", after the line containing "maps mapsave.sav"?

yes. is cheatmode working for you?

» Tue May 17, 2011 6:35 am

Maske sure "CheatMode 1" is the lastb line of the z.cfg with a blank line between it and whatever the previous line is.

Thanks for the tip. I just tried it, but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

» Tue May 17, 2011 3:30 am

If you aren't already, try starting the game by typing "fall.exe z.cfg"

» Tue May 17, 2011 5:51 am

If you aren't already, try starting the game by typing "fall.exe z.cfg"

this is the first thing anyone has suggested that changed anything. unfortunately, what it changed was that daggerfall doesn't detect the mouse after it starts up. i can get a game going using keyboard commands, but the cheats still won't work.

i'm glad so many people are willing to offer fixes, though. if anyone else thinks of something, please let me know.

» Tue May 17, 2011 8:58 am

Do you mean this trick: http://uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Cheats#Teleporting_to_Dungeon_Exits ?
Did you reload your savegame without moving before applying Alt-F11?

Also make sure Alt-F11 is not occupied by the DOSBox itself (if you changed key bindings).