Irritation ensues *spoilers, kinda*

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:14 am

dam annoyed, u know how u can like, cheat to get all the stats b4 u start a game? well, i used to play like that, and after i made my skin as jeanette, i cant do that... its irritating, can u fix that?

since im here, how can u change ur diciplines, if possible, lol

yrthwyndandfyre · Post by **yrthwyndandfyre** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:35 am

The skinning I can't help you with. Sorry. For the disciplines, use the cheat console to sell XP until you lose a discipline, and then buy back another. There are a couple of threads on this forum that describe the procedure in detail. I think the most thorough was posted by Anamixander. He would be the one to ask.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:01 am

i dont really get that but thx, if i dont understand Anamixander ill get back to u

lovely, Anamixander doesnt exist.

helping hand for the lady?

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:16 am

It was not the skin but the Unoffical patch maybe.

All you have to do is after you speak to Jack the first time and before you feed, then add you Disciplines.
Wesp5 added a check to Jack's dialogue the first time you talk to him, to see if you cheat.

First you do, Giftxp # where # is how many xp points you want.

Then do, vstats buy (which ever Disciplines you want) you can have up to 5 Disciplines, if you get 6 or more you HotKeys 1 - 9 will stop working.

yrthwyndandfyre · Post by **yrthwyndandfyre** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:33 pm

Here you go. Look for post number 9:

http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/showt ... isciplines

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:47 pm

wow, i cant belive how much help ive been asking for since, i joined... note all my posts --->
theyre asking for help

anyway, i read that bit in funniest glitches, and i dont know about this console everyone keeps talking about. :| what is it and how fast can i get it? lol

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:42 am

Right click on your desktop shortcut and add a Space and -console after the " (quotation mark) so it looks like this.
vampire.exe" -console
Then once inside the game hit the ` key next to the #1 key to open and close.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:48 am

lol, thanks a heap, im abt to try it

yrthwyndandfyre · Post by **yrthwyndandfyre** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:19 pm

[QUOTE=VelvetVelour]lol, thanks a heap, im abt to try it

[/QUOTE]
Fair warning, Milady, don't change your characteristics until after you have completed the tutorial. If you change them before that, it bungs things up. Wait until you reach your Haven to start tweaking things.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:33 pm

thx for the heads up, but im still having damages tryint to get the console up.

the games been annoying me, so i re-installed it and re-did my skin
that worked out peachy

now with the console.. can we give me a proper rundown how to use it? im new to game-tweaking

thx

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:21 am

Welll remember my list of Custom Skins ansd such?
It has most all the commands and fun things to do.
I suggest you kind just browse maybe the first sentence in each paragraph to see if that paragraph intrest you, if not try the next.

As I mentioned in this thread how to give yourself XP and buy any Discipline, well the same XP works for any skill, too.

Also in my Custom thread is a list of all the books you can buy and people whom teach you skills for free as a reward.
So you can plan out your charater as you build them. i.e. if you can buy 1st and 2nd level of Shooting and Computers and also find the Sneak book accros the hall, which will give you up to 2nd level.
You can skip using any points for Shooting and Computers and put 1 point in Sneaking.
Get the book accross the hall and buy the 4 books from Tripp, you can Threaten the BlueBlood guys for almost more than $200 in cash and jewels with a 2nd level threaten.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:31 am

thx, im sure that'll help, but what i really need it to know how to even get the console up and running... i dunno how to make the console work in the game

Confuzzled · Post by **Confuzzled** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:43 pm

Bringing up the console in-game has been known to cause problems. So the best thing to do is:

1- Esc out of the main game into the in-game menu.

2 - Save your game, in case everything goes pear-shaped.

3 - If you have a US keyboard, hit the key to the left of the number 1 key in the row above the letter keys. If you have a UK keyboard (like me), then you need shift and that key.

4 - If everything is set-up right, that should bring up the console. If not, look at the instructions above.

5 - Enter the code(s) you want.

6 - Do NOT close the console using the "x" button (this also has been reported to cause problems). Instead just minimise the window as you would anything in Windows.

7 - Go back to your game, and all should be well. If you have changed any stats, just go into the character screen to check it has all worked.

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:31 pm

Well did you not read my post on how to open and close it in this thread?

"Right click on your desktop shortcut and add a Space and -console after the " (quotation mark) so it looks like this.
vampire.exe" -console
Then once inside the game hit the ` key next to the #1 key to open and close."

It seems very strait forward.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:02 pm

lol, i tried that and the whole game got rooted, i hadta uninstall, losing all my saved games, and reinstall and stuff....

my destop shortcut sais this, exactly, none of my programs have .exe on them

Vamipre the Masquerade - bloodlines -console

lol, i hate computers

i should also probably tell you that i cant put " into my renaming of things. it doesnt let me

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:38 pm

Well that means you have your .exe's hidden.
It doesn't make since that would cause you to lose your Savegames thou.

I can tell you how to change that setting, if this is your computer and you do not delete things randomly on your computer.
It will expose all files and names correctly but if you are confused by this, wouldn't want you randomly deleting system files on someone elses computers.

It is not complicated, just need to use good judgment about deleting files, if you want to turn on "Show Hidden File Extentions"

Anaximander · Post by **Anaximander** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:26 pm

[QUOTE=Acleacius]Right click on your desktop shortcut and add a Space and -console after the " (quotation mark) so it looks like this.
vampire.exe" -console
Then once inside the game hit the ` key next to the #1 key to open and close.[/QUOTE]

A bit more detail:

Right click on your desktop shortcut and click "Properties" from the list that pops up. In the resulting window, there's a Target box. At very end of the text in the target box, outside the quotation marks, add a space followed
by -console

Click OK at the bottom of the window and start your game by double clicking the desktop shortcut. You should see the console open before you reach the main menu. Close it and start your game.

To open the console once you're in the game, press the ~ key. Enter whatever cheat codes you like, then press ~ again to close the console. Closing it any other way while in game is incorrect and will cause problems.

Oh yes, and I do exist. Just haven't been to these forums in a while.

Acleacius · Post by **Acleacius** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:48 am

Good point I did leave the. Properties, out.

I proabably incorrectly guessed that was common, knowledge, doh!

yrthwyndandfyre · Post by **yrthwyndandfyre** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:28 pm

[QUOTE=VelvetVelour]lol, i tried that and the whole game got rooted, i hadta uninstall, losing all my saved games, and reinstall and stuff....

my destop shortcut sais this, exactly, none of my programs have .exe on them

Vamipre the Masquerade - bloodlines -console

lol, i hate computers

i should also probably tell you that i cant put " into my renaming of things. it doesnt let me[/QUOTE]
OK, I get it, and I've read the responses, but I fear they may not be clear. So, in order:

Right-click on the shortcut you indicate above, and select "Rename" from the drop-down., then change the name to remove the " -console" that you erroneously put there. Press enter. Now the name of your shortcut should be "Vampire the Masquerade - bloodlines".

Then right-click on the shortcut you indicate above, and select "Properties" from the drop-down. Click on the tab labelled "Shortcut". Then click in the text field named "Target". Hit your "End" key and that will take you to the end of that field. It should contain this:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\vampire.exe"

Add a space and -console to the end of that line so that the field reads:

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Vampire - Bloodlines\vampire.exe" -console

Now when you are in the game, the tilde key (~) will bring up the console. You should also note that when the game starts up, the console is over the main menu, so you have to click the 'x' icon at the top-right of it to close it down.

Now, you should be able to raise the console in the game, and do such damage as you deem fit.

VelvetVelour · Post by **VelvetVelour** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:24 pm

sorry if i made u cranky

thanks heaps for the help though

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