Heroes 5 Cheats Discovered!

[HodgePodge]

Wrongusername found a way to enable the cheat console & many of the cheats themselves for Heroes 5.

Simply put:

Go to your Heroes 5 Directory.

Open the Profiles Folder.

Inside you'll see file named autoexec.cfg

Make a backup copy of this file & put it in a different, safe place!

Use Notepad to open the autoexec.cfg file.

Then arrow down (or page down) to the bottom of the text in the file.

Type in: setvar dev_console_password = schwinge-des-todes

Save!

Then launch your game, you can bring up the console by hitting the tilde (~) key (the one right next to the number 1 on your keyboard).

The cheats are as follows:

add_army town nTownID, bUpgrade

Will fill all hero army slots with 10 creatures of town id specified. Second param is 0 or 1 which controls whether creatures are from upgraded dwellings or not.

Town ids:
HEAVEN = 0
PRESERVE = 1
ACADEMY = 2
DUNGEON = 3
NECRO = 4
INFERNO = 5

E.g.
add_army 5, 0
Will fill all hero army slots with 10 basic inferno creatures

add_army 4, 1 will fill hero army slots with 10 upgraded Necro creatures
add_all_spells

Gives all spells to currently selected hero. Bypasses all skills reqs, for usage also.

set_hero_luck_morale nLuck nMorale

Sets luck and morale base values for current hero. For ex set_hero_luck_morale 5 3

show_player_money playernumber
Outputs resource quantities of specified player into console. So you can spy on ai. E.g. show_player_money 2

show_hero_mp
Shows detailed movement point stats for currently selected hero - exact quantity, stats for currently plotted path(how many points it'll take).

add_exp quantity
Adds quantity xp to currently selected hero. E.g. add_exp 5000

clear_money
Sets all your resources to 0

add_gold quantity
Sets current gold to quantity and zeroes out other resources.

add_money quantity
Sets all resources except gold to quantity and sets gold to quantity*1000. So add_money 100 gives 100 of everything and 100000 gold.

The add_all_spells, add_money & add_army codes work really great. They will really get you out of most any jam.

Thanks again Wrongusername for finding this information & sharing it with us.

Good Luck & Have Fun!

If you would like to take a look at the original page visit this link:
https://www.celestialheavens.com/1148970204

[reynaert]

Ah, now I finally can get back to my campaigns where I needed a little editing to pass the game... (and editing forces the entire 1 gig data file to rewrite, meaning fragmented disk space, meaning lost performance)

[sisko]

I don't like cheats at first run, unless it's really hard and impossible to get past something important. However, since you need to change the cfg file to enable it, i probably won't. Not until after the campaigns if ever.

[reynaert]

having a challange is one thing, having to repeat a map over and over again because of some evil thing, is a totally different thing

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Uhh, I'm getting really exited now...(Only three days till Friday )

[Xenofex.XVII]

Why put cheats in main page?

i mean that people would get spoiled.

Anyway another cheat is extract the whole maps folder to ./data/ folder

and edit with notepad if needed. No need to import that back to the data.pak file or overwrite it in any way. Anyway this worked in the beta and the demo, haven't tried that in the full game though, but that shouldn't be different.



Anyway this wouldn't help in the "Agrael's decision" map, as it map revieled to be able to sail with that ship, which cannot scout the sea.I would comlete the Iferno campaign if I just had more time, but I'm too busy this week.

[Vitirr]

Nothing to clear the shroud of the map?. That is so usefull to test so many things

[Metathron]

I think I'm gonna wait for the more 'standard' sort of cheats to arrive. You know, the 'nwcavertingoureyes' variety.

[ThunderTitan]

@Metathron

Don't hold your breath.

[Xenofex.XVII]

Thank you for making the cheats display by pressing the lik instead of the main page. Thank you

[Dublex]

Looks like a dev mode standard access option to me. So they did put "cheats" in the game in the form of the dev mode.

[Metathron]

I am not holding my breath, as I have no need for cheats, at least at the moment.



But just for curiosity's sake, why not?

[Hambone]

thanks a lot for this info! its fun to pay HOMM in "sandbox" mode where you can explore all facets of the game quickly and easily. its usually more fun to mess around with the software than most games themselves.

[Vlad976]

Nice reporting work HodgePodge.
Now the only thing standing in the way of complete domination of the Heroes V world, an incapable PC.

[Skullmane]

Ugh, my game crashed after using some cheats, and right after entering the first cheat the game started running slow. I think ill only use these when its critical

[HodgePodge]

Ugh, my game crashed after using some cheats, and right after entering the first cheat the game started running slow. I think ill only use these when its critical

Sorry to hear that. I've only used the add_all_spells, add_army & the add_money ones so far, and I haven't had a single problem … except if I type it in wrong and it doesn't work. No crashes, no slow-downs, only successful cheating!

[asandir]

well it's good to know that it's been tested and works then, cheers hodgepodge

[soupnazii]

does it work for demo?

[HodgePodge]

well it's good to know that it's been tested and works then, cheers hodgepodge

Yes, and add_exp quantity works as well.

does it work for demo?

Well, I don't know; since I didn't download or play the demo, I can only say for sure that the codes:

add_army
add_all_spells
add_money
add_exp

all work perfectly in the released game.

Okay I just found out to win a scenario you open the console and type:

@Win()

This command is case sensitive so type it exactly as written. YEAH!

[LostZeit]

There's also the add skill command, the format for it is 'add_skill #'. To add an ability you have to add the basic skill that it appears under first then add the ability. It also seems like you can add every ability/skill to a hero even though it only list 6 ability and 3 skill per ability on the character information.

1 Logistics
2 War Machines
3 Enlightenment
4 Leadership
5 Luck
6 Attack
7 Defense
8 Sorcery
9 Destructive Magic
10 Dark Magic
11 Light Magic
12 Summoning Magic
13 Counterstrike
14 Gating
15 Necromancy
16 Avenger
17 Artificer
18 Irresistible Magic
19 Pathfinding
20 Scouting
21 Navigation
22 First Aid
23 Ballista
24 Catapult
25 Intelligence
26 Scholar
27 Arcane Intuition
28 Recruitment
29 Estates
30 Diplomacy
31 Magic Resistance
32 Soldier's Luck
33 Resourcefulnes
34 Tactics
35 Archery
36 Battle Frenzy
37 Protection
38 Evasion
39 Vitality
40 Mana Regeneration
41 Magic Insight
42 Arcane Training
43 Master of Ice
44 Master of Fire
45 Master of Storms
46 Master of Curses
47 Master of Mind
48 Master of Pain
49 Master of Blessing
50 Master of Abjuration
51 Mater of Wrath
52 Master of Earthblood
53 Master of Conjuration
54 Mater of Life
55 Retaliation Strike
56 Benediction
57 Expert Trainer
58 Consume Corpse
59 Hellfire
60 Mark of the Damned
61 Skeleton Archers
62 Eternal Servitude
63 Banshee Howl
64 Rain of Arrows
65 Deadeye Shot
66 Imbue Arrow
67 Mark of the Wizard
68 Consume Artifact
69 Magic Mirror
70 Empowered spells
71 Dark Ritual
72 Elemental Vision
73 Familiar Ground
74 Triple Ballista
75 Divine Guidance
76 Retribution
77 Stand Your Ground
78 Guardian Angel
79 Gradute
80 Tears of Asha Vision
81 Arcane Excellence
82 Fiery Wrath
83 Fallen Knight
84 Elemental Balance
85 Unstoppable Charge
86 Swift Gating
87 Arcane Exaltation
88 Brimstone Rain
89 Gate Master
90 Swarming Gate
91 Excruciating Strike
92 Hellwrath
93 Soulfire
94 Searing Fires
95 Weakening Strike
96 Fire Resistance
97 Fire Warriors
98 Urgash's Call
99 Death March
100 Plague Tent
101 Lord of the Undead
102 Herald of Death
103 Dead Man's Curse
104 Cold Steel
105 Chilling Bone
106 Boneward
107 Cold Death
108 Spirit Link
109 Twilight
110 Haunted Mines
111 Howl of Terror
112 Silent Stalker
113 Imbue Ballista
114 Know Your Enemy
115 Battle Commander
116 Elven Luck
117 Nature's Wrath
118 Last Stand
119 Arcane Brillance
120 Mana Burst
121 Corrupted Soil
122 Storm Wind
123 Wall of Fog
124 Nature's Luck
125 March of the Golems
126 Remote Control
127 Wizard's Reward
128 Artifical Glory
129 Spoils of War
130 Flaming Arrows
131 Resistance
132 Counterspell
133 Sap Magic
134 Seal of Darkness
135 Suppress Light
136 Banish
137 Arcane Omniscience
138 Teleport Assault
139 Tremors
140 Dark Revelation
141 Aura of Swiftness
142 Warlock's Luck
143 Power of Speed
144 Power of Endurance
145 Erratic Mana
146 Secrets of destruction
147 Dark Renewal
148 Refined Mana
149 Exorcism
150 Rage of the Elements