Hitman Absolution cheats

In the aftermath of Hitman: Blood Money Diana Burnwood, Agent 47's handler with the International Contract Agency, suddenly goes rogue, carrying out a catastrophic sabotage that includes publicly exposing the Agency. The Agency reforms under agent Benjamin Travis; Travis contracts a kill order on Diana, assigning 47 to make the hit and bring Victoria, a teenage girl in her care, to the Agency. Shooting and wounding Diana in her home, 47 hesitates before killing her, and she asks 47 to take a letter she wrote and keep Victoria from the Agency.^[7]

47 hides Victoria at a Catholic orphanage and contacts an informant named Birdie; 47 is told of Blake Dexter, head of Dexter Industries, who may have more information on Victoria. Eavesdropping on Dexter, 47 learns that he plans to kidnap and auction Victoria to the highest bidder. Sanchez, Dexter's enormous associate, then proceeds to knock him unconscious. Framed by Dexter for the murder of an innocent bystander, 47 evades the police, only to learn Birdie is being hunted by Dexter's ally, Wade; despite 47's intervention, Birdie still sells Victoria's location to Wade.

How many Hitman games were there?

Including Hitman Absolution, five. They are:

• Hitman Codename 47 (PC only)
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (PC, Playstation 2, Xbox, Gamecube)
• Hitman: Contracts (PC, Playstation 2, Xbox)
• Hitman: Blood Money (PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360)
• Hitman: Absolution (PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360)

There are 20 chapters in Hitman Absolution's campaign. Note for the Absolution trophy (where you complete the game on Hard, Expert or Purist), you need to start a New Game on those difficulties (and not a "New Game Plus").

Checkpoints

Mother-effing Checkpoints - How Do They Work?

Checkpoints in Hitman Absolution only record objectives completed, the items (and ammo) currently carried by 47, his disguise, and his starting location.

Nothing else is saved, due to the plasticity in the A.I. routes (targets speed up / slow down their paths as 47 is far / near a spot where they perform a specific task).

Use checkpoints to your advantage for completing challenges. Sneak to a checkpoint and "start" the mission closer to a target (for example, Death Factory's Testing Facility) or a spot where you can complete several challenges quickly without having to travel all the way across the map.

Note that checkpoints do not work if enemies are fully alerted to 47's presence.

Restart Checkpoint vs. Restart Mission

For the most part, player activated checkpoints are handy if you are running through the game and want to explore and test each level's limits before completing it on Hard, Expert or Purist.

The most hardcore Hitman players will have no need for checkpoints, as they've conditioned themselves to do the perfect run.

However, for the Absolution achievement, you may find that player activated checkpoints for Hard difficulty to be the way to go if you don't want to keep dying and retrying a particularly tough mission.

Scoring in Hitman Absolution is determined by your actions, and modified by the challenges completed for that chapter (note that this makes the values of your score change as more challenges are completed).

Negative Actions

• Being spotted. The first time 47 is spotted, the score is docked. This nullifies the evidence collected bonus.

• Pacify or subdue a non-target hostile. Nullify this penalty by hiding the body.

• Killing an unarmed person (civilian). There is no means to recover from this penalty.

Positive Actions

• Objective(s) completed. The more objectives a chapter's area has, the greater the score.

• Target(s) neutralized. More targets, greater score. Also breaking news:2+2=4 

• Evidence collected. This nullifies the discovery penalty.

• Body hidden. This nullifies the difference between non-target pacification and stealth kill bonus.

• Stealth kill accomplished.

• Head shot accomplished with firearm or thrown piercing weapon.

• Signature kill accomplished. Signature kills are fiber wire kills and certain other challenge or accident kills.

Ice cream truck assassination

In the "End Of The Road - The Desert" mission, when Agent 47 must kill his target in the arid desert, there is an alternate way to kill him. Instead of shooting him, walk toward the five vultures nearby to scare them off. They will then be near or on the rusty old car and the fallen dead tree, as well as one right beside the grave. All five birds should then fly into the sky and circle the area. Grab the sniper rifle from Agent 47's car trunk, and shoot the three vultures in the sky to your right (from the car, looking toward the grave), then shoot the next bird slightly to the left (about the center of the screen), and finally shoot the last bird on the left. If done correctly, the target will slowly walk to a certain spot, and an ice cream truck will speed by, hitting and killing the target.

Easy "Silent Assassin" achievement

Start the "Fight Night" mission, which requires you to kill a fighter in the ring. Look for a fighter called "The Patriot", take his outfit, and use it as a disguise. Then, meet Sanchez in the ring, kill him with your bare-hands, and escape the level to get a "Silent Assassin" rank on the mission, and the "Silent Assassin" achievement. Even if you are caught or make mistakes, you will still get the "Silent Assassin" rank as long as you kill Sanchez with your bare-hands dressed as "The Patriot".

Mortal Kombat Easter Egg

Load the "Dexter Industries - Old Mill" mission. At the beginning of the chapter, you will see two soldiers playing a video game and arguing about one of them using cheat codes. Kill the soldiers, and look at the TV to see they were playing a game very similar to Mortal Kombat

Assassin's Creed cheats

Assassin's Creed

Assassin's Creed is a sandbox style action-adventure-stealth video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published byUbisoft. The game was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in November 2007 and for PC in April 2008.

The game centers around the use of a machine dubbed "The Animus", which allows its user to view the genetic memories of his or her ancestors, specifically a bartender named Desmond Miles. As Desmond relives the memories of one of his ancestors, the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad who lived in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade, details of a battle between two ancient sects, theKnights Templar and the Assassins, emerge as both scour for an artifact known only as a "Piece of Eden".

The game received primarily positive reviews, for both its story and its gameplay, and received several awards at the 2006 E3. In November 2009, Assassin's Creed II was released as a sequel.

Assassin's Creed Unlockables

Xbox 360

Achievements

The Eagle and The Apple - 1191 (100) - Complete Assassin's Creed.
Personal Vendetta (40) - Kill every Templar.
Keeper of the Lions Passant (25) - Find All of Richard's Flags in the Kingdom.
Keeper of the Creed (10) - Find All Flags in Masyaf.
Keeper of the Four Gospels (20) - Find All Flags in Jerusalem.
Keeper of the Crescent (20) - Find All Flags in Damascus.
Absolute Symbiosis (45) - Have a complete Synchronization bar.
Fearless (25) - Complete all Reach High Points.
Hungerer of Knowledge (20) - See 85% of all the memory glitches.
Defender of the People: Acre (20) - Complete every free mission in Acre.
Defender of the People:Jerusalem (20) - Complete every free mission in Jerusalem.
Defender of the People: Damascus (20) - Complete every free mission in Damascus.
Conversationalist (20) - Go through every dialog with Lucy.
Disciple of the Creed (30) - Assassinate all your targets with a full DNA bar.
Eagle's Will (20) - Defeat 100 opponents without dying.
Eagle's Flight (20) - Last 10 minutes in open conflict.
Eagle's Prey (20) - Assassinate 100 guards.
Blade in the Crowd (30) - Kill one of your main targets like a true assassin.
Eagle's Challenge (20) - Defeat 25 guards in a single fight.
Eagle's Swiftness (20) - Perform 100 Counter Kill in Fights.
Eagle's Dive (20) - Perform 50 Combo Kills in Fights.
Eagle's Talon (15) - Perform 50 stealth assassinations.
Eagle's Dance (10) - Perform 50 leaps of faith.
The hands of a Thief (15) - Pickpocket 200 throwing knives.
March of the Pious (5) - Use Scholar blending 20 times.
Eagle's Eye (15) - Kill 75 guards by throwing knives.
Enemy of the Poor (5) - Grab and Throw 25 Harassers.
Gifted Escapist (5) - Jump through 20 merchant stands.
Keeper of the Black Cross (10) - Find All Teutonic Flags in Acre.
Keeper of the Order (10) - Find all Templar Flags in Acre.
Keeper of the 8 Virtues (10) - Find All Hospitalier Flags in Acre.

Additionally, there are thirteen secret achievements.

Xbox 360

Secret Acheivements

Visions of the Future (50) - A strange vision has appeared to you. What could it mean?
The Blood of a Corrupt Merchant (25) - Slay Tamir, Black Market Merchant in Damascus.
The Blood of a Slave Trader (25) - Slay Talal, Slave Trader of Jerusalem.
The Blood of a Doctor (25) - Slay Garnier de Naplouse, Hospitlier Leader in Acre.
The Blood of a Regent (25) - Slay Majd Addin, Regent of Jerusalem.
The Blood of the Merchant King (25) - Slay Abul Nuqoud, Merchant King of Damascus.
The Blood of a Liege-Lord (25) - Slay William of Montferrat, Liege-Lord of Acre.
The Blood of a Nemesis (25) - Slay Robert de Sable, but there is one more...
The Blood of a Teutonic Leader (25) - Slay Sibrand, the Teutonic Leader of Acre.
The Blood of a Scribe (25) - Slay Jubair, the Scribe of Damascus.
Welcome to the Animus (20) - Successfully complete the Animus tutorial.
Hero of Masyaf (20) - Protect Masyaf from the Templar invasion.
The Punishment for Treason (20) - Find the traitor and bring him before Al Mualim.

Killing Without Penalty

After beating the game, you can kill anyone inside the Animus at any time, without losing health (Synchronization).

Unlimited Eagle Vision

After beating the game, you can use Eagle Vision inside the Animus at any time, regardless of your health level (Synchronization).

Achievements

Easy 'Conversationalist' Achievement/Trophy

At the end of memory block one -- Robert's Attack on Masyaf -- talk with Lucy twice. 

At the end of memory block two -- Death of Tamir -- talk with Lucy thrice. 

At the end of memory block three -- Death of Talal -- talk with Lucy twice. 

At the end of memory block four -- after the next people have fallen -- talk with Lucy once (automatic). 

At the end of memory block five -- after the next two have died -- talk with Lucy thrice. 

At the end of memory block six -- Death of Robert -- talk with Lucy once. 

If you miss a single conversation, you will unforunately have to delete your current save file and begin anew for the achievement/trophy.

Special Features...

Hidden messages

After killing Al Muaiam and returning to the real world, listen to the conversation about how they going to kill you. Turn on your Eagle Vision, and look at the floor. There are some mixed up letters on both sides of the Amnius. You should see on the side closest to the main door:

M O R Y M N O E S

E N C E O L C H T

H O N B T L O T C

T D E O S A T O A

P E D S N L S T F

L D D U O O E T E

E A I E I R I N T

H S H K T T K E R

T U A A A N S S A

To decode this, start reading at the bottom right hand corner to the top right hand corner, so you will start at "A" and stop at "S". It will spell a real word. Do this for all of the columns and it will read:

ARTEFACTS SENT TO THE SKIES TO CONTROL ALL NATIONS TO MAKE US OBEY A HIDDEN CRUSADE DO NOT HELP THEM

Next, do the same thing to the mixed letters on the other side of the Amnius:

A

D R H

O O D T M

W H B I T D O

E U S Y S I N S E

A R O O M R E A Y N R

I S E Y T N I D L M I D E

T W I H W Y I E A U D A Y H T

It will spell out:

THEY DRAINED MY SOUL AND MADE IT THEIRS I DRAINED MY BODY TO SHOW YOU WHERE I SAW IT

  Assassinations

Loud assassination: Hold LT + RT and press X. You can do this while running up to a guard, and it almost always works from any angle. However, it is noisy and causes civilians to run for guards.

Silent assassination: Hold LT and press X. It has less of a chance of working, and works best when used behind guards so no one hears you.

  Assassination in Jerusalem

When you go to Jerusalem and do the assassination with the guards surrounding you, do not try to fight them off. Instead, turn around and run up the ladder to get to the second floor. A short intermission sequence will show your target running away and up another ladder. Hold RT + A and run across the chandeliers. The ladder will be to the right. Run up the ladder, and another short intermission sequence will show your target on top of another building. Chase him down, and have your wrist blade enabled (press Up). Then, press LT to lock onto your target while still chasing him down. When you get close enough, the word "Assassinate" will appear for X in the upper right of the screen. Press it to complete your task. After another intermission sequence, evade the guards by jumping onto building roofs, hiding, etc. Make your way over to the bureau to complete the memory.

  Defeating Al Mualim

When fighting the Master, he will take away your ability to use radar and make it difficult to see. This also allows him to hit you once and kill you. Lock on to him, and use a throwing knife against him. This will take away his power to blind you and make him easier to kill.

The first part is simple. Take out your sword, as you will be fighting all your previous assassination targets. They are fairly easy to kill. Only one counter is required to kill each of them. For the second part, as soon as Al Mualim releases you, use your Eagle Vision. The real Al Mualim is the one in yellow. Focus your attacks on him. In the third part, Al Mualim takes away your synchronization bar and radar, allowing him to kill you in one hit. Take out your throwing knives. Look for the Piece of Eden in his hand. Once you see him, throw a knife at him. Then, just counterattack/grab break him. Keep repeating this until he says, "Damn you Altair!" Finish him off with your hidden blade or keep attacking him with your sword until he is dead.

  Defeating Templars

When initiating combat against a Templar, press LT to lock on to him. Then, quickly equip the hidden blade. Wait for him to attack you so that you can counter attack, killing him in one blow. This is better than the sword fight. If you counter with the sword, you will only knock him down and not kill the Templar.

  Defeating William of Montferrat in Acre

After the guards (or most of them) leave William, drop down from the castle, and slay William. Then, "de-target" or deselect, and run up into the castle buildings and battlement to get away. This is the fastest way of completing the mission.

  Easy "Eagle's Challenge" achievement

In Memory Block 1, after Al Mualim sends you to defend the fortress against the Templar attack, wait at the intersection/fork that is about 135 feet from the destination, just after the hill/path that leads to the Creed building. Guards will continuously respawn down the right fork. You can just stand still and kill 25 guards as your status will never leave "exposed" until you go to the destination.

Go to the entrance of Acre, but go through Kingdom. There is a base of soldiers. Start killing them, but do not finish all of them. Start running to gather more. Kill a few, then run again. Do this until you get the achievement. If you take long time, you may also unlock the "Eagle's Flight" achievement.

  Easy "Eagle's Dive" achievement

In Masyaf, go to the castle. Enter the training arena, and choose the option for combo kill. When you succeed three times, the match will end. Select it again, and continue until you get the achievement.

  Easy "Eagle's Flight" achievement

When you first reach Damascus and must save the citizen, kill two of the three guards. Back yourself into a stall or a corner that you cannot be pushed out of, then hold RT to guard. In ten minutes you will get the achievement. You can also put a rubber band around your controller and RT, and allow the game to idle.

  Easy "Eagle's Will" achievement

In the area after you first start the game, just after you see the Knights Templar, enter the room containing the Ark Of The Covenant. Move towards the ladder in front, and jump to the left of it, as if to grab onto the ledge on the wall. You should fly through the wall and land behind it on a square outline. Walk towards the middle of this square, and you will fall through, dying shortly afterwards. After you die, you should get the "Eagle's Will" achievement.

  Easy "Gifted Escapist" achievement

Go into any of the main cities. It is probably easiest to go to Damascus, Poor District. Find a merchant stand, and start hopping through it. If you can find two that are next to each other, it saves time. Keep jumping through the merchant stand(s) until you get the achievement.

  Easy "March of the Pious" achievement

This achievement is probably easiest to unlock in Damascus. Save the citizen in front of the main gates if you have not already done so. If you have already done that, go to the scholars. Blend in with them. As they get past the main array of guards, start pressing Deblend continuously. You should be going in and out of blend mode continuously. After a short time, you should get the achievement.

  Easy "Visions of the Future" achievement

After you complete the game, walk to your bedroom, and use Eagle Vision on the wall behind your bed. Scan it from left to right, and then the credits will begin. Once they end, you will get the achievement. -From: kodiak4wheelin

  Transformers reference

Go to the southwestern-most vigilantes in the poor district of Damascus. On one of the buildings around them, you should see an outcropping in the wall, climb on it to see it looks exactly like G1 Optimus Prime in vehicle mode. Note: There may be more than one outcropping in the area, so look carefully. If you lose sight of the vigilantes, you have gone too far.

  Achievements

Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:

The Eagle and The Apple - 1191 (100 points): Complete Assassin's Creed.

Personal Vendetta (40 points): Kill every Templar.

Keeper of the Lions Passant (25 points): Find All of Richard's Flags in the Kingdom.

Keeper of the Creed (10 points): Find All Flags in Masyaf.

Keeper of the Four Gospels (20 points): Find All Flags in Jerusalem.

Keeper of the Crescent (20 points): Find All Flags in Damascus.

Absolute Symbiosis (45 points): Have a complete Synchronization bar.

Fearless (25 points): Complete all Reach High Points.

Hungerer of Knowledge (20 points): See 85% of all the memory glitches.

Defender of the People: Acre (20 points): Complete every free mission in Acre.

Defender of the People:Jerusalem (20 points): Complete every free mission in Jerusalem.

Defender of the People: Damascus (20 points): Complete every free mission in Damascus.

Conversationalist (20 points): Go through every dialog with Lucy.

Disciple of the Creed (30 points): Assassinate all your targets with a full DNA bar.

Eagle's Will (20 points): Defeat 100 opponents without dying.

Eagle's Flight (20 points): Last 10 minutes in open conflict.

Eagle's Prey (20 points): Assassinate 100 guards.

Blade in the Crowd (30 points): Kill one of your main targets like a true assassin.

Eagle's Challenge (20 points): Defeat 25 guards in a single fight.

Eagle's Swiftness (20 points): Perform 100 Counter Kill in Fights.

Eagle's Dive (20 points): Perform 50 Combo Kills in Fights.

Eagle's Talon (15 points): Perform 50 stealth assassinations.

Eagle's Dance (10 points): Perform 50 leap of faith.

The hands of a Thief (15 points): Pickpocket 200 throwing knives.

March of the Pious (5 points): Use Scholar blending 20 times.

Eagle's Eye (15 points): Kill 75 guards by throwing knives.

Enemy of the Poor (5 points): Grab and Throw 25 Harassers.

Gifted Escapist (5 points): Jump through 20 merchant stands.

Keeper of the Black Cross (10 points): Find All Teutonic Flags in Acre.

Keeper of the Order (10 points): Find all Templar Flags in Acre.

Keeper of the 8 Virtues (10 points): Find All Hospitalier Flags in Acre.

Grand Theft Auto III Cheats

GTA III is set in modern Liberty City, a fictional metropolitan city based on New York City. The game follows the story of a criminal named Claude^[a] who was betrayed by his girlfriend in a bank heist and is required to work his way up the crime ladder of the city before confronting her. GTA lll is composed of elements from driving games and third-person shooters.

The game's concept and gameplay, coupled with the use of a 3D game engine for the first time in the series, contributed to Grand Theft Auto III's positive reception upon its release; it became 2001's top-selling video game^[6] and is cited as a landmark in video games for its far-reaching influence within the industry.^[7] GTA III's success was a significant factor in the series' subsequent popularity; as of 2008, five GTA prequels set before events in GTA III have been released, particularly Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories which revisits GTA III'ssetting just three years prior. GTA III's violent and sexual content has also been the source of public concern and controversy. According to Metacritic, GTA III and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 both hold an average critic score of 97 out of 100, making them the highest-rated PlayStation 2 games of all time.

General Game Play Cheat:
boooooring - speed up game play
gesundherit - full health
ifiwerearichman - more money
ilikedressingup - change clothes
ilikescotland - cloudy weather
ilovescotland - rain
itsallgoingmaad - crazy pedstrians
madweather - speedy game clock
morepoliceplease - level up
nastylimbscheat - more violence/gore
nobodylikesme - pedestrians attack
nopoliceplease - level down
peasoup - fog
skincancerforme - sunny weather
timeflieswhenyou - speed up game
tortoise - armor

Weapon Cheats:gunsgunsguns - all weapons
weaponsforall - pedestrians fight

Vehicle Cheats:anicesetofwheels - invisible car
bangbangbang - destroy cars around you
chittychittybb - flying car
cornerslikemad - better handling car
giveusatank - tank appears

Black & White 2

In this sequel to Black & White, you reprise your role as a powerful deity in search of a following and return to the once-idyllic world of Eden, where the discovery of weaponry and warfare has tainted the beautiful landscape.

Creatures

The creature choices include the ape, lion, tiger, wolf, and cow. All of these are available to play, except for the tiger which is only included with the pre-ordered or collector's/special edition of the game. The tiger is also available in the Battle of the Gods expansion pack, as well as the new armour-plated turtle.

Each tribe, like the player, owns creatures at some stage. As the game progresses, the enemies' creatures increase in strength, and their size correlates with that of your creature. The Norse tribe own a wolf, the Japanese a tiger and the Aztecs a gorilla. In the expansion, Battle of the Gods, the gorilla is pulled from its resting place, albeit with decomposing flesh.

The creature is usually referred to as "he" by fans and the game itself. This may indicate that the creature is a male, despite the presence of a cow with udders, or may be chosen to prevent needing a male/female version of voice recordings referring to the creature. The Lion grows a mane. There was an idea to sculpt the gorilla with a sagittal crest and a Silverback, as seen in the original Black & White. The reason for dropping the idea is unknown.

Unlike Black & White, in which the creature had to be taught miracles through repetition, this sequel allows the player to 'buy' Creature Miracles with 'Tribute' currency. Along with this, Black & White 2 allows the player to revisit everything they've taught their creature in order to alter and fine-tune it at any time, while the original Black & White simulated a more realistic teaching by only allowing changes to be made as the creature repeated an action.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_2

Black & White 2 Walkthrough

Black & White was a very ambitious game when it hit shelves way back in 2001. Melding god games, city-building, and a virtual pet simulator, it had a unique blend of cerebral strategy and moral dilemmas, as you were asked to choose between being either a benevolent god that helped its beloved population achieve their goals, or an evil god that existed merely to extract servitude through fear and pain.

Now, over four years later, Black & White 2 has finally arrived, and it has some significant changes from the first game. Your creature is a bit easier to train this time around, there's a more straightforward, story-based plot, and the combat system involves a bit more of an RTS influence. That said, if you played the first one, you'll feel right at home with Black & White 2, and if you didn't play the first one, then you should feel equally comfortable with the game; it's very accessible and has a lengthy set of tutorial missions to get you started.

If you're interested in learning about stuff not covered in the tutorials, though, then we're happy to present GameSpot's Game Guide to Black & White 2. In it, you'll find a listing of major quests in the game, tips on beating each of the seven main lands that you'll be passing through, and plenty of general tips for getting yourself off to a good start. Enjoy!

By: Matthew Rorie

Cheats & Codes

More People

Be sure to make a backup copy of files before altering them. Sollow these steps to raise your population:

1. Find the folder: Data/Balance
2. Open the file: PlacementData
3. Find the line: abode" name="greek_abode_creche"
4. Then look 4 lines down that says: basevalue birthrate="0.06"
5. Change 0.06 to 10.00

Creature Hack

Edits a critical game file and not tested or verified. Perform software surgery at your own risk.

To make your creature invincible, go to the directory:

...lionhead studiosBlack and White 2databalance

Click on the file creture_physio.* and open it in a text editor, like Notepad. Search for the line value SecondsPerYear = 3600.000000.

You can change it to SecondsPerYear = 60.000000 so every minute your creature will grow a year (you can adjust the value further if you like). You can also scroll down to the bottom and change the lines

PainFromForce = 0.000200 
DamageFromForce = 0.000100 
PainFromBeingOnFire = 0.300000 
DamageFromBeingOnFire = 0.001000 
PainFromEachStuckObject = 0.001000 
DamageFromEachStuckObject = 0.001000 
PainFromStarvation = 0.000000 
DamageFromStarvation = 0.000020

to have values of absolute zero (the above values are listed if you want to change things back). Once you do that, your creature will be invulnerable, allowing you to wreak havoc with impunity.

Submitted by joshyboy99999 (ahuge6)

Hint - Reduce Your Opponents Buildings

Purchase the Fireball miracle from the tribute menu, then have your Worshipers start getting you some mana points.

When you have enough mana to cast the fireball miracle, select it and find a very large tree. Cast the miracle so that the tree sets on fire.

Now pick up the tree and move over to a opposing town and hold the burning tree over a building. You should see that it starts to get damaged and that villagers have to start rebuilding it again.

This is very useful for getting rid of an opponent's Epic Miracles so that they cannot cast them. It can also cause similar chaos when used to remove Armouries, creature pens and other buildings.

Submitted by Ben Brown (bendragonbrown47)

Hack - Ore Hack

Edits the critical BWE files. Back them up or fail in life. That is all.

Go into ...Program FilesLionhead Studios Black & White 2DatalandscapeBW2 and

Open one of the Land[numer].BWE files with notepad. Scroll down until you see something like:

CREATE_ORE_LODE("912.90,514.99", "Ore Lode Normal", 2914, 1000, 0.000000)

Change normal to infinite, and repeat in every Land file. Changes won't take effect until you move to the next land, however. You can also do this and start a new game.

Hack - Artifacts For Nuthin'

This can be a complicated but nifty little trick that not everyone will know. This will not work on pre-saved games. You need to start a new game (or mission select to reload the campaign) to get the changes you want. Plan ahead.

Go to the game directory and find the file GameBalanceArtefact.txt in ...dataBalance.... Back it up in case you mess it up during the edit. Open the file using Notepad.exe. You will see the values for everything on the tribute menu.

Look for a string similar to ARTEFACT_EPIC_WONDER_NUMBER_VOLCANO 100000 and disregard the other numbers. Change the value directly to the right of any artefact and you will change its tribute cost in the game. Safe range of values are 1000 (or there abouts), but be sure that the new sum value is reflected in the total cost at the end of the file. Save it and you can start buying stuff you only dreamt about before.

Values less than 1000 may cause your game to crash.

Increase Impressiveness

Find the game folder and go to DataBalance. Open the file PlacementData.xml in Wordpad. Go to the third paragraph, which starts