Since maybe v.1.4 - F2 opens the cheat console but you may type in whatever - nothing happens. At least in my German vers. but i heared rumors about any language cheats not working since 1.4?

Somewhere i could read some magic words: in retail vers. rename the cheat name in engine.u and type what you renamed and youre done... mystery, i tried around here how i got it to work:

Load System\Engine.u into some conveniant hexeditor, search ASCII for -> ghost

image1

I renamed all 'tested as working' ones:

image2

by simply changing the last letter to x
worked! BTW, the cheats end automatically at every level change and are NOT saved.

playersonlx (=PlayersOnly) - all persons around freeze - but no weapons usable, nice for walking around stress free...
summox x (=Summon x) - i tested as working for x: xiii.MedPick and xiii.CasquePick but there are much more...

killpawnx (=KillPawns) - all persons around simply vanish, but also those in the dreams (these may never end..)!
setjumpx x (=SetJumpZ x) - 400 is normal, tied up to 1500, no hurt, funny. No passby (jump over walls) of limited areas possible.
slomx x (=SloMo x) - 0 is very slow, possible 0.1, 0.2..., 1 normal, 2 fast running...

gox (=God) - invulnerable, type again, god off
ghosx (=Ghost) - fly through everything
walx (=Walk) - switch off 'ghost' + 'fly' but type only if you are above sth. walkable
flx (=Fly) - fly around. No passby (fly over walls) of limited areas possible
freecamerx 1/0 - nice 3rd person view but how to turn around the person?

KillAll, Avatar and more - do nothing, may be they need some x input?

Remind this is only testing. You may find better words to rename but keep the exact position and number of letters!

I would have uploaded the patched Engine.u here but the forumsoft does not allow zip..?
And how to get images uploaded into the text?

There's a cheat switch which is handled by a variable called bAllowCheat that prevents the original cheat codes to work.
I wrote this a year ago when someone asked how to unlock the skills in singleplayer. You can either enable it per map via map editor (permanently) OR enable it globally (temporarily), which I describe below:

1) Launch XIII.exe as XIII.exe -log
2) Type Set LevelInfo bAllowCheat True into the log window, enter and close it
3) Now start/continue the solo game
4) Use any of the codes below

Weapons/Items
* Summon Package.PickupClass ("Summon XIII.M16Pick") - see XIIIEd class browser for more Pickup classes
* MaxAmmo

Skills
* AmbiDX - Dual weapon skill
* LetMeBreathe - Breath skill
* LetMeHeal - First aid skill
* ImAnAlien - Six sense skill
* LetMeSnipe - Sniper skill
* LetMeStun - Stunning skill
* LetMePickLocks - Pick lock skill
There's one skill left which doesn't appear to have a code.

Instant win/loss
* ImAWinner
* ImALoser

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PlayersOnly actually always works. For FreeCamera you can also use ViewBehind.

You are right, PlayersOnly works without renaming, also ViewBehind.
ViewBehind is much better than FreeCamera - the 3rd person is able to turn around the 2nd.

And yes, your Set LevelInfo bAllowCheat True in the log window activates typing ALL Cheats, not only those you mentioned but also God, Ghost...

I'm no good shooter at all but i liked everything else in the game, graphics, story... But when i came to the 2 endbosses i gave up after ~40 retrys and had to find a way to activate some cheat to see the end of the game.

Couldn't that bAllowCheat=True be written into some ini? Anyway, thanks for all.

I have another Problem. As soon as I add "F2=Console" to the ini and/or the -console to the Launchicon... The Games crashes as soon as I start a new game. (Log-Window says something about display error). Any Idea?

There is no point in binding F2=Console while the game already uses F2 for the console by default. Also, XIII.exe doesn't know a "-console" parameter.

If for some reason the console prompt isn't visible after pressing F2, type a command anyway and press enter.

How do you add God mode in the game. The game won't save right on mission 7 it keeps reloading me to the start of the mission. Now pissing me off.

Sorry for unearthing this Topic :)


I remember this kind of cheat activation from the OG Deus Ex. I fixed the problem by binding the command to a key in some ini file. you should look this up :)