I'm wondering how I can enable the console to, therefore, enable cheats. This is what everyone posts on every thread looking for cheats (please skip to bottom to see the rest of my thread):



Found a way to enable console in release version.
To do so for all game profiles go to gamedir\profiles\autoexec.cfg
Put this as last line
setvar dev_console_password = schwinge-des-todes
So it will look like this
...
//============================================================================
// Startup
mainmenu
setvar dev_console_password = schwinge-des-todes

Or you can enable console for only select profile by appending same line at end of user.cfg in
C:\Documents and Settings\YourWinAcc\My Documents\My Games\Heroes of Might and Magic V\Profiles\YourProfile

Then you can use some cheats ingame. Press tilde key("`") to bring down console. If it doesn't work for you because you don't have the key on your keyboard, can't find it because of foreign layout, whatever, you can always edit input.cfg in your user profile dir
//debug keys
bind show_console '`'
Edit this to something suitable for you then.

Basic thing console does is tell you what ai has been doing last turn.

Now, to cheats themselves.

Most complex 1 is add_skill

add_skill takes skill-id or name as parameter, you can find list of all 150 skills/perks/abilities names and their ids in data\data.pak\scripts\advmap-startup.lua
HoMM 5 pak files are pkzip archives and as such you can access that lua scipt file using winrar/winzip etc(btw unpacking all packs will speed things up since game will access uncompressed data instead of looking in archives. You can even delete packs after that, but better move them somewhere else and keep them since we don\'t know if upcoming patches will modify archives or use overrides system).
So, for example:
add_skill Necromancy
Pretty self-explanatory.
or
add_skill 19
Will give perk pathfinding
You can add skills over limit it seems. E.g. more than 6 skills etc. Though you won't see them in ui, but will get benefits.

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.



Or something of the sort. I don't even understand the first step. I go to My Documents, My Games, Heroes of Might and Magic V, Profiles, Mildus (My Profile). Then I see a Saves folder, input.cfg, and user.cfg. Am I doing it incorrectly?

Can someone give me a walkthrough of how to enable this? If you have an xfire, I'd love to get some step-by-step help. I'm also wondering what patch I need. I'm trying to get as far as I can without patches becuase they made my game crash a lot last time I downloaded them. Thanks for all the help.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: BornToBeMild,

Patch version doesn't matter. Yes, the file with Saves, input and user is correct. Open up Input.cfg with Notepad or such and throw in the line "bind show_console'`'" somewhere in there.

Then go to the other folder and if you are playing ToTE, go to the Start.cfg folder and just add the "setvar..." line. If not, you'll have to add the same line to autoexec.cfg instead. In both cases, but the "setvar..." command after a line that reads:
mainmenu

I put in " bind show_console '`' " but I don't see anything named "autoexec.cfg". So, I don't know where to put in the "setvar..." line. Is it the "user.cfg" one?

No, go to the actual location of the game (Default: C\Program Files\Ubisoft\Heroes...) and find a folder named Profiles. Go to your profile and there should be a few .cfg files there, one of which will be the on you're looking for.

Ohh, okay. Thanks so much, Inferno015. Been trying to get this for a while now.

where abouts in Input.cfg is it that you put " bind show_console '`' "

I put it as the last one, under the console section. Looks like this:

// console
bind console_run_cmd 'ENTER'
bind console_run_cmd 'NUM_ENTER'
bind console_next_cmd 'DOWN'
bind console_prev_cmd 'UP'
bind console_next_string 'HOME'
bind console_prev_string 'END'
bind console_first_string 'LCTRL' + 'HOME'
bind console_last_string 'LCTRL' + 'END'
bind show_console '`'

can't save autoexc.cfg. when i put the setvar dev_console_password = schwinge-des-todes in. game work tried numerous times and says the path is incorrect

I think it may be patch 1.3 or 1.4 that disables the console. Maybe that's your problem.

I can't edit my autoexec_a2.cfg, saying Hero5 acess denied. Any helps or advises???? Thanks You

I hope, i really hope for the guys that can't save the autoexec that you are out of the game.....

They didn't work for me I followed the instructions perfectly and the console never came up in game.. its frustrating because I wanted to see the end of the dwarf expansion its the only mission I can't finish I only have to capture Tor Hrall but I just can't get it done

The console no longer exist since 1.3, if you own a previous version but updated, you can always reinstall the game and enable the console (though I am unsure the save files are gonna work).

If you bought the complete edition (HoMM I to V) then you are out of luck since the games come patched.

if you are in the later part their is still the "savefile cheat" you can do: simply find a complete save game (from a friend or some major fansite) and copy it over yours (don't forget to make a backup copy if you want to try it on ure own after!).

once the file has been overwritten, start the game and you will be able to replay all the dialogs from the options (except for the final one that you must load the last autosave).

For some reason Ubi believed they could replace a good AI by some lame patrolling invincible army, It is a shame...nonetheless the story is somewhat interesting. Good luck for those who are still trying to see it through!