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Enabling Cheat Mode

Enabling Cheats Mode on Clients

To enable debug/cheats, the client must be launched with the -EnableCheats commandline argument:

Nightingale's Properties window in Steam, with -enablecheats typed into the Launch Options field.

Once the game is launched, in single player offline mode cheats will always be available through the in game menus, no password required.

If you are hosting a listen server, you also do not need to enter a password to enable debug. Connecting clients will not be able to use debug.

See Dedicated Servers for instructions on enabling cheats on a dedicated server as well as where to set the admin password.

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