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Alex2405 05-06-2007 09:05 AM

-ddcheat
 
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 05-06-2007 10:07 AM

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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. :rolleyes:

Wil 05-06-2007 11:20 AM

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

/me investigates.

ZaxXx 05-06-2007 11:44 AM

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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 05-06-2007 12:26 PM

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 05-06-2007 12:53 PM

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 05-06-2007 01:08 PM

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 05-06-2007 02:09 PM

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

Wil 05-06-2007 02:12 PM

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. :D

Jordan 05-06-2007 03:02 PM

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

Wil 05-06-2007 03:14 PM

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 05-06-2007 03:42 PM

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

Wil 05-06-2007 05:02 PM

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

Bullet Magnet 05-06-2007 05:07 PM

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

Jordan 05-07-2007 02:24 AM

Here you go BM:

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...bebackwalk.png

Wow, how did Abe get behind that barrier!?

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...wrongplace.png
Nice, Sligs can now teleport.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rongplace2.png
It was like it just jumped through that well...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...oi/AbeTAB1.png Here you can see Abe is feebly attempting to jump through the wall... Good luck Abey.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...i/Abeearly.png Not much proof whether this is the boiler revisited or the first time you go there...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...n_Boi/Abe4.png
But Abe is trying very hard to pull this wheel, but nothing happens...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...oi/HiSlogs.png
Is this enough proof?

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ewrongtime.png Woah, this saves Abe a trip of going and saving all the blind muds... The selfish bastard.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...wrongtime2.png
Ah... It's fun to run around behind the boiler room without that heavy debris falling on you...

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../TinyScrab.png 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? :D

Goresplatter 05-07-2007 02:59 AM

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

Xavier 05-07-2007 03:59 AM

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

Chubfish 05-07-2007 05:12 AM

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 05-07-2007 05:55 AM

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

Jordan 05-07-2007 06:29 AM

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 05-07-2007 06:42 AM

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

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

Jordan 05-07-2007 07:13 AM

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

ZaxXx 05-07-2007 07:23 AM

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 05-07-2007 07:45 AM

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

ZaxXx 05-07-2007 07:54 AM

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

OddjobAbe 05-07-2007 07:58 AM

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 05-07-2007 08:02 AM

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 :p).

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 05-07-2007 09:02 AM

Thank you all for using my cheat!

Alex2405 05-07-2007 09:08 AM

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 05-07-2007 09:10 AM

Now i gave you 2 cheats, so here is the Third!On many sites (i forgot them all :D) 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!