-ddcheat

[Alex2405]

Off-Topic, but, i think you will like this!Copy the game file of Abe's Exoddus and past it in the same place, as a shortcut, then, go to prosperties and go to the target press space and write ,,-ddcheat'', then, while you're in game, press TAB and you will be able to move Abe where you want, with the arrow keys!!!

[Jordan]

Off-Topic, but, i think you will like this!Copy the game file of Abe's Exoddus and past it in the same place, as a shortcut, then, go to prosperties and go to the target press space and write ,,-ddcheat'', then, while you're in game, press TAB and you will be able to move Abe where you want, with the arrow keys!!!

I bet.

[Wil]

Actually, searching for ddcheat on Google brings up a fair few results about Abe’s Exoddus.

/me investigates.

[ZaxXx]

Off-Topic, but, i think you will like this!Copy the game file of Abe's Exoddus and past it in the same place, as a shortcut, then, go to prosperties and go to the target press space and write ,,-ddcheat'', then, while you're in game, press TAB and you will be able to move Abe where you want, with the arrow keys!!!

Ahh cool! I knew it will do something if you play the game with -ddcheat (I found it while hexaediting the exoddus.exe) but I was not able to find out what...

If you run game with -ddfps, it shows you frames per second in top left corner
If you run game with -ddskip, the game is REALLY fast

[Wil]

Eh, I can’t get them to work. Maybe I’m not putting them in the right place. Anyone have more detailed instructions?

p.s. Why are all the Google returns in other languages? Is this a trick completely unknown to the English‐speaking world?

[ZaxXx]

http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/01.JPG
1. Right click on AE icon and select copy

http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/02.JPG
2. Right click on your desktop/folder you want to place shortcut in and select paste shortcut

http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/03.JPG
3. Right click your new icon and select properties

http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/04.JPG
4. In shortcut tab add -ddcheat to target textbox
You can add -ddcheat for moving Abe in level, -ddfps for showing frames per second, -ddnoskip (i have a mistake in post above) for extremely fast game, -ddfaster for lower graphic quality or -ddfastest for lowest graphic quality.

I'm sorry, but I have only Czech version of Windows, but I hope it helps.

[Wil]

Argh! That’s what I was doing, but it wasn’t working. It kept saying ‘The name specified in the Target box is not valid. Please make sure the path and file name are correct.’ But it works now. Now to have fun! Thanks Alex and Zax!

[Jordan]

Wow, it really works! Sorry about not believing you, it just seemed so hard to believe. I'm having tonnes of fun doing this, thankyou!

[Wil]

There are so many fun things to do using the -ddcheat cheat! Just now I possessed a Scrab, pressed tab, moved it next to a second Scrab and killed my possessed Scrab killed. You should see the sprite of a half‐killed Scrab! It’s what happens to the loser of a Scrab fight. It’s revolting!

Thank you so much, both of you.

[Jordan]

I like possessing Sligs and putting them where they shouldn't be, it's great!

[Wil]

I killed a Helper Mudokon! I got Abe into the Flying Slig air ducts! There are hidden screens that Abe couldn’t possibly get to through normal gameplay! In Zulag 4, you can get foreground‐sized Abe to walk about in the background.

Also, if you press Ctrl while you’re in Tabbed mode, you can keep a track of the motions and brain states of all the characters the A.L.I.V.E. engine is keeping track of!

You can Tab during several motions, and cause the Abe you fly about to be lying on the ground, half way through a jump, or hanging off a ledge. If you Tab while walking, you can get Abe to do the backslide dance! For some reason, even while Tabbed, characters have trouble getting through a slam door.

p.s. Damn, my first crash. Don’t jump when you’re Tabbed as a Glukkon!

[Jordan]

I keep getting loads of errors, heh. I think it's hilarious when you try to walk through a barrier door. Hey Max, maybe you could make a thread about the TAB cheat and people can post any funny stuff that happens?

[Wil]

A nice idea. I look forward to hearing people’s discoveries.

[Bullet Magnet]

Could you post screenshots? I don't have the PC versions.

[Jordan]

Here you go BM:



Wow, how did Abe get behind that barrier!?


Nice, Sligs can now teleport.


It was like it just jumped through that well...

Here you can see Abe is feebly attempting to jump through the wall... Good luck Abey.

Not much proof whether this is the boiler revisited or the first time you go there...


But Abe is trying very hard to pull this wheel, but nothing happens...


Is this enough proof?

Woah, this saves Abe a trip of going and saving all the blind muds... The selfish bastard.


Ah... It's fun to run around behind the boiler room without that heavy debris falling on you...

Dontcha think this Scrab is a bit... Small?


Okay, when I tried to get out of the boiler room through the back entrance on the first visit there, it teleported me to another area of the mines, and it showed the video of the Muds getting sick after using those wheels... Weird huh?

[Goresplatter]

Excellent find Alex! Awesome!
I'm installing and trying now, I'll post again with some interesting results

[Xavier]

Sounds awesome! I definately have to try this!
How come no one heard of it before?

[Chubfish]

That is awesome, now i need to order Abe's Exoddus of ebay! Anyways, has anyone tryed doing this on Abe's Oddysee? Cause I wanna know...

[ZaxXx]

Im not sure, but I think it will not work in AO... Im too lazy to try it..

[Jordan]

I'd try, but I'm trying to keep my gaming hard drive as clean as possible ready for Tomb Raider Anniversary. But it would be amazing on AO, you might even be able to access the cut areas of Rupture Farms!

[ZaxXx]

http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/ddcheat.jpg

btw I tried it with AO and it doesnt work...

[Jordan]

How do you hex edit Abe's Exoddus? Great find by the way, but why did OWI implement these cheats in AE?

[ZaxXx]

http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php
Install pspad, than you can hex edit every file by right clicking on it and selecting PSPad HEX - http://oddworld.modifikace.com/ddcheat/hex.jpg

You can hex edit AE and for example translate most of texts into different language - I have translated exoddus into Czech - http://oddworld.modifikace.com/czech/

[Jordan]

Nice, do you know any good stuff to edit in it?

[ZaxXx]

Well, I only know how to edit texts and error messages..

[OddjobAbe]

This little trick seems like it could be good fun. Unfortunately, I'm 'lumbered' (I like the PSX version, so I won't put it like that) with the PSX version of the game. If I ever see the PC version of the game, I'll pick it up, though. The sounds are nicer in that.

[Wil]

The -ddcheat cheat could be used for bugtesting, I suppose, Hence why it displays coordinates, frame counts, and enemy AI. -ddfast and -ddfastest and already available as gameplay modes for players with slower computers (which existed ten years ago ).

Abe’s buddies play a little practical joke on their friend. Just for kicks:


It goes horribly wrong:


Abe escapes by learning the ancient Mudokon sport of free running:


He also gets bitten by a radioactive Phlee and becomes Super Abe:

[Alex2405]

Thank you all for using my cheat!

[Alex2405]

OH!By the way, in www.megagames.com i found an incredible legal trainer for Abe's Exoddus!Press F7 and you will get a red exploding ring to destroy chant globes etc., and F8 and you will get an invisibility rind that lasts a long time!

[Alex2405]

Now i gave you 2 cheats, so here is the Third!On many sites (i forgot them all ) you will find a savegame editor and you will be able to cahnge the number of Mudokons saved and Mudokons killed!They are still working for a version for grenades and Shrikull!
P.S.:It's for Abe's Exoddus!