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                  Your Guide to Cheating at Colonization

                              January 17, 2005
                                Version 1.61

                       Written by:  Dan Simpson
                            Email:  [email protected]

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 The most recent version of this FAQ can be found at:

    http://www.gamefaqs.com/

 I've known about these cheats almost as long as the game has been out.  Yet
 when I looked around the internet for them, I was unable to get all but the
 basics.  So here it is, the best Cheat Guide there is (that I know about
 anyway) for Colonization!

 If you are a webmaster and wish to post this on your web page, please email
 me first.  And if you do post this FAQ on your site, please make an attempt
 to keep it up to date.  There is nothing worse than getting emails from
 people who saw an old version asking about things that are already in the
 newer versions.  Well, maybe there are worse things, but it IS annoying!

 There is an update to Colonization if you don't already have it:
     ftp://www.microprose.com/pub/mps-online/new-versions/colv30.zip

 This FAQ looks best in Courier New at about 9 points.

 This Document is Copyright 1999-2005 by Dan Simpson
 Colonization is Copyright by MicroProse

 I am not affiliated with MicroProse, Sid Meier, or anyone who had anything
 to do with the creation of this game.  This FAQ may be posted on any site so
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 it.  You may not charge for, or in any way profit from this FAQ.
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What's New in 1.61:
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 For a complete Version History, check out the Final Words Section at the end
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Table of Contents:
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 Cheat Method #1, The In Game Cheat
   Commands at the Colony Screen
   At the European Screen
   At Map Screen
   Other Map Cheats in the Cheat Menu:
   Not a Cheat, but...
 Cheat Method #2, Edit Game from Without:

 Final Words...


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Cheat Method #1, The In Game Cheat:
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Press the following to activate the Cheat Mode:
 ALT- W I N
 That is, press and hold ALT, then press W, I, and N.  (They don't need to be
 capitalized)
Press the following to De-activate the Cheat Mode:
 ALT-W

Commands at the Colony Screen:
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 ! - Build all Buildings in colony (don't be concerned when your Town Hall
     seemingly vanishes, it's still there!)
 $ - Get $1000
 % (when a cargo is selected) - get 100 of the cargo
 @ - Does some really weird things to your Town Hall (makes it vanish!)
 S (when colonist selected) - colonist becomes an expert at what he was
     currently doing

   Note:  If you put a colonist on a schoolhouse/college/university and press
          'S' he will become an Expert Teacher, something which was removed
          from the game!  By the way... if you take him off of the college and
          try to put him back on the college, you won't be able to... he has
          no skills!

 T - Create new colonist

   Warning:  Don't create more than 31 in a colony, as that causes the game to
             hang indefinitely.

 SPACE - the colony will reap the benefits of a whole turn, without any time
         passing at all

   Trick:  I'm not quite sure how this works or why, but it sometimes does.
           What happens is that you will somehow (with the cheat mode
           activated of course) get colonists to work "offscreen".  That is,
           you can't find them in the colony, or out in the field, yet they
           manage to bring in resources.  Strange!  It doesn't work in all
           colonies, but it did work in quite a few.  Here's How to do it:

             - Create a new colonist with the 'T' command until all the field
               slots are taken.
             - If at any time you create a colonist, and you cannot find him
               either on the map or in the colony then you have succeeded!  If
               not, keep trying, but don't exceed the 31 colonist rule.

           To find these new invisible colonists, use the colonist listing at
           the lower left portion of the screen, and just move the arrows left
           or right until you find a colonist who doesn't show up either in
           the colony or on the map.  May as well press 'S' and make him an
           expert!  If you want to change what he is doing, hit enter while
           the box is over him to get the listing.

           My theory on this is that this is remnant of what the game was like
           in its early stage of development.  I think that as your colony
           grew, its colony radius expanded outward to match, but they decided
           to remove this feature leaving only this remnant behind.


At the European Screen:
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 $ - Get $1000 in gold
 [ - Lower the tax rate by 1%
 ] - Raise the tax rate by 1%


At Map Screen:
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 For any of the following F keys to work, you must use SHIFT, like SHIFT F12.

 F1 - Create Colonist
      You can create:
        Colonists
        Pioneers
        Militia
        Missionary
        Scout
        Artillery
        Wagon Train                   __
        Treasure                     |  Caravel
        Ship ------------------------'  Merchantman
        Indian Braves                   Galleon
        Indian Armed Braves             Privateer
        Indian Horse                    Frigate
        Indian Armed Horse              Man-O-War
        Foreign Unit

      When you declare independence, in place of the Indian Units are:

        Cont. Militia
        Cont. Cavalry
        Tory Militia
        Tory Cavalry

 F2 - Debug Info Flags
      This shows you some other neat information on the map screen, like the
      amount that any tribe hates you.
 F4 - Reveal Map
      Choose which map you want to see.  To go back to the normal map, select
      "No Special View"
 F5 - Set Human Player
 F6 - Kill Indians
 F7 - Advance Revolution Status
      First time you do this, the War of Spanish Succession ends, and one
      country leaves the new world, do it again and you declare independence!
 F8 - Show Strategy
 F9 - Show Colony Sites
      Shows where it would be good to build colonies.  The higher the number,
      the better!
 F10  Test Routine

 Trick:  Here's something to try.  With the cheat code activated, do a reveal
         map, and choose either "Complete Map" or the map of one of your
         enemies.  Then click on an enemy city.  You are now looking into
         their city, and you can change anything you want, as though it was
         your own city!  You could either help them (yeah, right) or you could
         delete their military units, and remove the skills from all their
         units.  Of course, you could just disband the whole town... (see
         below, "Disbanding Anything")


Other Map Cheats in the Cheat Menu:
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 Sound Test
 Memory Check


Other Map Cheats not mentioned in the Cheat Menu:
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 Disbanding Anything:

   - Do the view thing (press 'V') so that the flashing box appears.
   - Put that box over the thing that you wish to destroy
   - Press SHIFT-D, and it is gone!

   When disbanding a colony, you must disband all the units guarding it, or
   who are just outside of it first.  You can disband ANYTHING, including
   native villages, and other European towns.  In this fashion you could
   finally disband that annoying city with a stockade that you couldn't get
   rid of before.  However, this is most useful in getting rid of native
   villages without taking the point reduction in your final score.


Not a Cheat, But...
-------------------

 This is just a little trick to try if you are ever unsatisfied with the list
 of Founding Fathers that the game gives you to choose from.  Just hit ESC to
 bring up a new list.  And sometimes, you'll get some different (better)
 Founding Fathers.


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Cheat Method #2, Edit Game from Without:
===============================================================================

The second method involves some monkeying around in text files.  If you are
going to edit any/all of these, you really should back up these files first.
The following is a list of all the text files in the COLONIZE Directory, and a
brief description of what is inside:

 readme.txt*
 autoexec.txt*
 closing.txt   -- contains info on the closing animation
 colony.txt    -- has the names of all the colonies for the 4 nations
 config.txt*
 debug.txt     -- contains MOTD plus the menu information for the cheat menu
 game.txt      -- containts all the messages plus the menus as well
 labels.txt    -- has the labels of the game, which is pretty much every word
                  used by the game!
 memory.txt*
 memory2.txt*
 menu.txt      -- containts nothing but game menus
 names.txt     -- discussed in depth below...
 opening.txt   -- the opening information, what it says and how it animates
 pedia.txt     -- has ALL the Encyclopedia information
 tribe.txt     -- only used on America maps, for historical purposes
 woodcut.txt   -- has the Picture Messages (Creating a Colony, Discovering the
                  Pacific, etc.)

* - nothing editable here

The names.txt has the best information in that it effects what you want it to
effect, the land, units, etc.  Editing it isn't so hard, merely look for what
you want to change (terrain, units) and look at its "Key" which is usually
above the information.  Here is a small sample:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; Buildings in Colonies
;
;       name, cost, tools(*10), size, min_colony, upkeep
;
;       (Cost guidelines: If <= 52, should be divisible by 13.  Otherwise,
;        should be divisible by 8).
;
@BUILDING
Stockade,            64,     0, 3, 3, 0
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                        -- from NAMES.TXT --

The key tells you what corresponds to what.  In this case name=Stockade,
cost=64, etc.  To change the cost to say... 13, you would replace the 64 with a
13.  If there is a note like "Cost guidelines" be sure to follow it!  If you
changed it and saved it, the next time you play, a stockade will cost only 13
hammer units rather than 64!  Cool!


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                                Final Words...
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Some information is from the Colonization Code page at GameSages:
 http://sages.ign.com/codes/14/6732.html

ASCII Art created using SigZag by James Dill:   (freeware!)
 http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/marina/4942/sigzag.htm

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Version History:
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Original Version (6-2-99, 7k)
Changes in Version 1.1 (6-3-99, 8k)
 Added a new Trick
 Added RCT to Shameless Self-Promotion (don't know why it wasn't already
 there)
Changes in Version 1.2 (8-3-99, 9k)
 Edited a few things
 Added Aerobiz Supersonic and Underworld 2 to the SSP
 Also added my web page link
Changes in Version 1.3 (8-27-99, 10k)
 Added a new trick
 Updated the SSP
 Some small format changes
 Some other small changes
Changes in Version 1.4 (2-29-00, 14k)
 Added a Table of Contents
 Small Changes
 Some Small Format Changes
Changes in Version 1.41 (4-26-00, 15k)
 Updated the format
 Small changes
Changes in Version 1.5 (5-2-00, 16k)
 Added the 'At the European Screen' cheats
 Also added the 'Not a cheat, but...'
 Other Small Changes

 Version 1.6  September 28, 2002  17k

   Updated the format a bit.

 Version 1.61  January 17, 2005  17k

   Changed the email address and updated the format a bit.



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This Document is Copyright 1999-2005 by Dan Simpson
Colonization is Copyright 1994 by MicroProse

I am not affiliated with MicroProse, Sid Meier, or anyone who had anything to
do with the creation of this game. This FAQ may be posted on any site so long
as NOTHING IS CHANGED and you EMAIL ME telling me that you are posting it.  You
may not charge for, or in any way profit from this FAQ.