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Is there any cheats for this game, I would really like to upgrade my ship, but it always takes so long to get the funds together in the first instance...
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The only cheat is to edit the savefile manually. This can be found in Oolite/oolite.app/oolite-saves/ and should open in an ordinary text editor. For extra money find the line similar to <key>credits</key>
<integer>724836</integer>. Just edit the number to the amount of money you want. You can also change your ship directly but that takes a bit more work.
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Or if you install the Black Monks OXP, you can take a loan giving you enough cash to fit some basic equipment and capital to trade with. Don't forget to pay it back though!
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As LB said, but of course you will never get the satisfaction of genuinely becoming Elite. I'd be inclined to follow LB's advice and get a loan, and find a really profitable trade route, you can also improve the profitability of your runs by installing Hoopys Casino!
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Thanks guys. I have already attained Elite ranking on the amiga version of Elite, and would dearly love to do it again, but really hate the slow start.. thanks for the help guys...
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I used this cheat to upgrade my ship and weaponry, then dropped myself back down to a more reasonable amount of money. I don't have endless hours to devote to the game, so this lets me get to the good stuff sooner. Thanks for the tip!
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Dragonfire wrote:
I used this cheat to upgrade my ship and weaponry, then dropped myself back down to a more reasonable amount of money. I don't have endless hours to devote to the game, so this lets me get to the good stuff sooner. Thanks for the tip!

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You know, I'd swear there was a reason I wrote ooCheat. Now I wonder what it could have been? :twisted:
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Personally, i have found that cheats tend to make the game far less interesting to me, so I do not use them generally.
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I would like not to cheat. But at the present my Cobra Mark III looses as much value as I gain on each trip with computers from industry to farmland. How do I find a trade rute that actually make a profit?
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Hi Karnach and welcome... if you mean the value of your Cobra III in the shipyard, this will fall gradually until you're offered a [EliteWiki] maintenance overhaul.
This will jump the ship's value right back up, and will happen regularly.
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Ahh. Thank you. I was getting desperate here. Making a lousy 2k credits and seeing the walue of the ship dropping 2,5k credits per run.

Back to hard work then, hauling 35 computers per run :(
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Karnach wrote:
Back to hard work then, hauling 35 computers per run
Heh... it's a longish road, but the numbers do stack-up eventually, even in the Cobra III (which I still fly).
You'll soon have a million or three! Clear lanes, Commander!
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Dear RokChild

If you can kill or scoop-and-sell many thargoid robot fighters, then you will make lots of money. At least if you end up in a situation where there are lots of them in an inactive state, and you've lots of patience. And at least if you have a ship that can repair itself (and getting that capacity does admittedly cost a lot of money). My OXP InterstellarTweaks might help you to scoop/destroy many of those fighters. Might . .
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UK_Eliter wrote:
Dear RokChild …
Please look at the time stamp of posts before typing a direct answer. The post you're reacting to is over five years old, and the poster hasn't visited the board for more than two and a half years. He isn't going to read what you wrote.
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