ld when attempting to buy things.

type player.additem f 999999999999 and cheat says it adds the max amount,but when i try to buy anything it says i do not have enough gold?

also there is a - before the gold amount.

any ideas what's wrong?

I think you might have overdone the amount, a little. Counters do reset if you go too far, afaik.

Try smaller amounts; player.additem f 450000

for example. You could do the smaller amounts several times if you want.

If you try to go too far over 1,000,000 it gets weird.

You don't need to add it all at once, you can keep repeating the line over and over again. Use the up arrow and you don't even have to type it again.

ah thanks a lot (just following the banker ideology with regards to money

Too big numbers make computers do funny things.