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Introduction
The Alt Cheats are a debugging tool used in the Ultima 6 engine (i.e. they exist in Ultima 6, The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams). In Ultima 6 they were left in the game, so they became a popular cheat. However, they were disabled in the Worlds of Ultima Series.
F-15 Dragon later wrote a program called MDHack to enable the Alt Cheats in Martian Dreams. It also works for The Savage Empire. MDHack can be downloaded from:
- Here at Dino's Ultima Page.
- Here at the Ultima Web Archive's FTP archive.
- Here at The Other Codex.
Known Alt Cheats
You can activate a cheat by pressing Alt and typing the 3 numbers corresponding to that cheat, on the keypad. You need MDHack to be able to use them. The following links tell you which cheats exist:
- "Savage Empire and Martian Dreams cheats", a post to rec.games.misc by Arthur Johnson on 11th June 1991 - describes 10 cheats.
- The Other Codex's Savage Empire cheats page and Savage Empire cheats [TXT] file - describe 9 cheats.
The following are the debugging commands (cheats) you can use:
- Alt+213 - gives you a bird's eye view as well as your coordinates and the current time.
- Alt+214 - teleports to the location you specify with (x,y,z) coordinates.
- Alt+215 - passes an hour.
- Alt+222 - toggles Avatar solidity, allowing you to walk through obstacles (e.g. trees).
- Alt+224 - teleports to a specific NPC (specified by NPC number).
- Alt+232 - views portrait of a specific NPC (specified by NPC number).
- Alt+233 - plays sound effects (specified by a 2-digit number).
- Alt+242 - toggles specific bits/flags for an NPC.
- Alt+244 - toggles introspection mode (which does what...?).
- Alt+252 - displays memory free for tiles.
I have also investigated the nature of these Alt codes and wrote a text file about Alt codes [TXT] which describes what Alt codes really are, and lists all the existing ones.
Character List
Character lists can be found:
- At "Savage Empire and Martian Dreams cheats" (important characters only).
- At the Other Codex's Savage Empire cheats page (important characters only).
- At Paulon Dragon's Savage Empire cheats [TXT] page (important characters only).
- Here [TXT] at Dino's Ultima Page (complete list)
Item Creation
Note: this section is here thanks to Paulon Dragon's Savage Empire cheats [TXT] file.
Talk to Triolo and say "cheat". This will allow you to generate specific quest items, any other item, and edit flags. See Paulon Dragon's Savage Empire cheats [TXT] file for a list of items you can create.
© by Daniel D'Agostino 2002-2006
