Begin a game in skirmish or multiplayer mode. Press [Enter] to display the message box. Press [Plus] and enter one of the following codes.
| Code: | Result: |
| treedeath | All trees killed off |
| shootall | Also shoot buildings |
| light | Black structures |
| nanolathing | Building occurs at twice normal speed |
| logo <1-9> | Change opponent color in skirmish |
| gamma <0-20> | Change screen gamma |
| scrollspeed <number> | Change scroll speed; 100 is fast |
| musicmode | Change type of CD music |
| control<0-3> | Control skirmish AI |
| mapping | Cover the screen in black |
| light 1000 | Darker structures |
| noenergy | Decrease energy |
| nometal | Decrease metal |
| noshake | Disable explosion screen effect |
| bps | Display data transfer in multi-player mode |
| clock | Display game clock |
| showranges | Display ranges by holding [Shift] when pointer is over unit. |
| dither | Dithering replaces gray line of sight |
| doubleshot | Double weapon damage |
| zipper | Faster unit building |
| dr | Full health |
| nowisee or los | Full map, disable line of sight. |
| radar | Full radar |
| halfshot | Half weapon damage |
| atm | Increase metal and energy by 1000 |
| combustion | Kill all enemy units |
| kill | Kill all units |
| lushee | Limited resource increase |
| ilose | Lost game |
| makeposter | Map screen shot in .BMP format |
| meteor | Meteor shower at random map location |
| setshareenergy <number> | Minimum energy sharing level |
| setsharemetal <number> | Minimum metal sharing level |
| cdstart or cdplay | Play CD music |
| switchalt | Press [Alt] + <number> to switch units |
| fshadow | Remove feature shadows |
| share all | Share all resources |
| share energy | Share energy |
| share metal | Share metal |
| share radar | Share radar |
| cdstop | Stop CD music |
| sound3d | Toggle 3D sound |
| antialias | Toggle anti-aliasing |
| screenchat | Toggle chat text in multi-player mode |
| shareenergy | Toggle energy sharing with allies |
| sharemapping | Toggle map info sharing with allies |
| sharemetal | Toggle metal sharing with allies |
| shadow | Toggle object shadowing |
| seti | Toggle radar mini-map |
| sfx | Toggle sound effects |
| compressionturns | Toggles multiplayer compression |
| bigbrother | Traces unit/structures in order that they were built |
| honk | Units honk when they stop. |
| sing | Units sing when highlighted |
| contour<1-15> | View 3D contour mesh |
| view <0-3> | View opponent's energy, metal |
| iwin | Win game |
Type [Asterisk]X at the opponent/ally selection screen. To specify another number of players substitute "X" with a roman numeral from 3 to 10. For example, [Asterisk]III will result in a three player skirmish.
Campaign mode mission selectClick on the "Single Player" icon. Type drdeath at the single player game screen. A Cavedog Entertainment bone symbol will appear between the "Load Game" and "Previous Menu" icons on the right side of the screen. Click on the bone will to enter the mission select screen.
Hints, Tips & TricksKiller Construction VehiclesYour Construction Vehicles are not useless after your base is built. When a fleet of enemies is at your base's door, include the Construction Vehicles to meet them. They can help eliminate Core or Arm Vermin if needed. Set a Construction Vehicle to "Reclaim", then target an enemy. Your vehicle will suck the life out of it, kill it, then add some metal to your gauge.
Program CommanderUse the following trick to allow your Commander to build more things than normal. You can program a Commander or Construction Vehicle to do the job of another Construction Vehicle or Advanced Vehicle with one easy step. Click on the vehicle that you want to take the abilities from, then press [Enter]. The bar will appear at the bottom of your screen. Then, click on the vehicle which you want the abilities on, then press [Enter] again to disable the bar. Your vehicle has now been programmed. The abilities may disappear when clicking on another vehicle, but you can program it again.
Select all unitsPress [Ctrl] + A to select all units for a full scale attack.
Self-destructPress [Ctrl] + D during game play.
