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I have been trying to get the cheats to work in wing commander. Several webpages say that you should edit the starting command by doing the following:
"When you type in the startup command for either game (WC or WC2) add a space then type Origin -k. Make sure you use a capital 'O' or the cheat won't work. You'll be able to fly against wave after wave of Kilrathi without taking damage. You'll also destroy any targeted ship (including the big capital ships) at will by pressing ctrl and delete at the same time."

I have tried doing that in dosboxWC.conf as well as the WC.exe file - any help on this matter would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
The Wing Commander CIC had a special "Wing Commander 1-2 Day" on Thursday and ran a front page update on how to enable cheats.

Here's the link.
this is all well and good but the link explains how to cheat in dos. I'm wondering if we can go into the properties and change it in there. "C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe" -conf dosboxWC2.conf -noconsole -c "exit"
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spiderlotus7681: this is all well and good but the link explains how to cheat in dos. I'm wondering if we can go into the properties and change it in there. "C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe" -conf dosboxWC2.conf -noconsole -c "exit"
You can add the command line commands in the DOSBox config file to enable the cheats.
im sorry but i dont understand what you mean. can you clarify for me please:(
What you do is modify the line in the .CONF file's [AUTOEXEC] heading (at the bottom of the file) to include the cheat enabling.
so i would go into the WC file, go to dosboxWC and add in the cheat? cause i tried that and it would not let me save it
That would most likely have occurred if you installed it to Program Files under Windows Vista or Windows 7; those two OSes are set by default to not let you change anything in Program Files. I don't know how to disable it; I still use Windows XP.
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spiderlotus7681: so i would go into the WC file, go to dosboxWC and add in the cheat? cause i tried that and it would not let me save it
If you have UAC enabled then open your text editor (e.g. Notepad2 like me) with Administrator privileges ("Run as..."). It will allow you to save edited file which is placed in "Program Files" directory. And don't forget to run WC1-2 with such privileges too...
Go to the Start menu and right click on Notepad and choose "Run as Administrator"

File > Open > Set it to open All files then Locate the dosboxWC.conf file. On my machine this was in C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\WC

Scroll to the bottom of the text and there is a command that says

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
c:
loadfix -1 wc
exit

Add Origin -k after wc so it looks like this

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
c:
loadfix -1 wc Origin -k
exit

Save the file.

Run the game and you will now be invincible and Alt-Del will destroy the targeted ship.

This worked for me - hope it helps.
Post edited August 28, 2011 by alburl
Thanks alburl your description made it work. I don't know what I did wrong before but I swear I tried the same thing previously and it didn't work. Anyway thanks for your post.
YES!!!!!

it works! thank you so much. now just one last quick question, does this same method work for WC2 and PRIVATEER???
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spiderlotus7681: YES!!!!!

it works! thank you so much. now just one last quick question, does this same method work for WC2 and PRIVATEER???
Glad I could help.

Yes, the same Origin -k parameter works for WC2. I don't know what it is for Privateer though, but if you find out what the parameter is, it should be able to be activated the same way.
Post edited August 28, 2011 by alburl
Unfortunately there's no command line cheat for Privateer -- they replaced it with the 'invulnerable' option in the menu, which also makes it so you can't complete any missions.

(The obscure one is Wing Commander Academy, which has the same command line cheat... but "Origin" is replaced by "ERTS"!)
Thank you alburl!! ;)

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alburl: Go to the Start menu and right click on Notepad and choose "Run as Administrator"

File > Open > Set it to open All files then Locate the dosboxWC.conf file. On my machine this was in C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Wing Commander 1 and 2\WC

Scroll to the bottom of the text and there is a command that says

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
c:
loadfix -1 wc
exit

Add Origin -k after wc so it looks like this

@ECHO OFF
mount C "."
c:
loadfix -1 wc Origin -k
exit

Save the file.

Run the game and you will now be invincible and Alt-Del will destroy the targeted ship.

This worked for me - hope it helps.