Cheats for Rome Total War

1. Rome Total War Cheats

While playing the game, press ~ to display the console window/RomeShell to enter cheats.

Toggle view modes: [Tab]
Reset mode: [Right Shift] + [Tab]
Go back modes: [Left Shift] + [Tab]
Damages building under pointer: G
Display plaza: P

Creating units examples Note: You can only do this once per game session and the codes are case-sensitive:
Create_unit "Arretium" "roman arcani" 5 units max 8 offense max 8 defense max 8 experience points max:

create_unit "Arretium" "roman arcani" 5 8 8 8
create_unit "Kotais" "greek silver shield pikemen" 5 8 8 8 8
create_unit "Kotais" "east hoplite brazen shield" 5 8 8 8 8

An example of the earlier incorrect cheat for Oliphant:

Create_unit "Arretium" cheat oliphants" 5 8 8 8 8 Yubtseb Elephants (or replace it with merc elephants)

An example of a city with two names:

create_unit "Campus_Iazyges" "roman heavy onager" 5 8 8 8 8
create_unit "Campus_Alanni" "roman praetorian cohort urban i" "Urban Cohort"

Create population examples Note: You can only do this once per game session and the codes are case-sensitive.
Example:

add_population Arretium 5000

An example of a city with two names:

add_population Campus_Sarmatae 5000

Completing building example The same principle holds true for completing building under construction: Note: You can only do this once per game session and the codes are case-sensitive.

process_cq Arretium
process_cq Campus_Sarmatae

Result	Cheat Code
Increase money by 20,000 [Note]	add_money 20000
10% cheaper units in campaign mode	gamestop or bestbuy
40% bigger elephants in campaign mode	oliphaunt
Walls fall down in siege in battle map mode	jericho
Add / Decrease population to indicated city	add_population [city name] [-/number]
Toggle fog of war	toggle_fow
Give character the trait at indicated level	give_trait [character] [trait] [number]
Complete all building in construction queue; can only be used once	process_cq [city name]
Complete all military units in recruitment queue; can only be used once	process_rq [city name]
Display help for desired command	[command]?
Attacker or defender automatically wins next auto resolved battle	auto_win [attacker|defender]
Creates a unit in the selected settlement or characters army with the stats you input	create_unit [settlement or character] [unit ID] [amount] [exp or armor or weapon]
Lists all traits	list_traits
Move indicated character to desired coordinates	move_character [name] [x,y]
Give points for indicated character's trait	give_trait_points [character] [trait] [number]
Force opponent to accept diplomatic proposal	force_diplomacy [accept|decline|off]
General invincibile in combat	invulnerable_general [character]
Changes date	date [year]
Kill indicated character	kill_character [character]
Change season	season [summer|winter]
Capture indicated city	capture_settlement [city name]
Toggle strategy map coastline display	toggle_coastlines
Toggle tabbed output window display	toggle_tow
Toggle camera restrictions	toggle_restrictcam
Toggle underlay	toggle_underlay
Toggle overlay	toggle_overlay
Toggle everyone's spying ability to perfect and infinite range	toggle_perfect_spy
Toggle building debug mode	building_debug
Toggle display of simple performance times of game update vs. display	perf_times
Toggle message collation (sets all factions)	message_collation_set
Toggle show all messages to all factions	show_all_messages
Toggle display of campaign map flowing water	toggle_flowing_water
Toggle display of network stats	nw_stats
Toggle pr mode	toggle_pr
Give character an ancillary	give_ancillary
Reset character to start of turn settings	character_reset
Show cursor position and region ID	show_cursorstat
Toggle the terrain to display various data sets; no parameter resets to normal	toggle_terrain
Give character points for trait	give_trait_points
List all available ancillaries	list_ancillaries
Give the character movement points	mp [value]
List all characters in the world or those belonging to a faction	list_characters
Show landing positions available to the AI from a given region; default hides them	show_landings
Apply filter to world map coastlines	filter_coastlines
Set health of building of the specified type in a settlement	set_building_health [value]
Set maximum speed of turn processing during AI round	ai_turn_speed [value]
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for minimum zoom	amdb_min [value]
Set aerial map overlay depth bias for maximum zoom	amdb_max [value]
Set aerial map overlay offset towards camera	amdb_offset [value]
Zoom to specified aerial map zoom	zoom [value]
Set denominator of the faction ranking graph interval (calculated as number_of_turns divided by denominator); if 0, then denominator will be set to number_of_turns for an interval of 1	set_ranking_interval [value]
Regenerate radar	regenerate_radar
Adjust sea bed to specified height	adjust_sea_bed [value]
Reload all vertex shaders	reload_shaders
Reload all textures	reload_textures
Fire	toggle_game_update [mt|toggle|reload|int]
Force display reset cycle	reset_display
Set diplomatic stance between the two factions	diplomatic_stance [value]
Add all ancillary to the character info display	test_ancillary_localisation
Ignite all piggy winks	burn_piggies_burn
Test the event message specified in descr_event_enums.txt	test_message
Display defensive terrain features	show_terrain_lines
Clear all stacked messages	clear_messages
List all units in an army	list_units
Show victory message for faction for short or long campaign	victory
Trigger advice	trigger_advice
Damage wall of settlement	damage_wall [none|gate|breach]
Open victory scroll declaring that the given faction is the victor	test_victory_scroll
Trigger unit upgrade effect	upgrade_effect
Force local player's alliance to win the battle	force_battle_victory
Force local player's alliance to lose the battle	force_battle_defeat
Output positions of all units in the battle to the specified file	output_unit_positions [filename]
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder	show_battle_paths
Show all valid processed paths in pathfinder for specific unit given a unit ID	show_battle_paths_for_unit [value]
Show the street plan for the settlement	show_battle_street_plan
Display a marker at x, y for t seconds	show_battle_marker [value]
Display a circle at x, y of r radius for t seconds	show_battle_circle [value]
Remove faction from the game	kill_faction [value]
Create diplomacy mission	diplomacy_mission
create event at position	event [value]
Switch player control to specified faction; old faction may not act correctly as AI faction	control [value]
Create building of the specified type in a settlement	create_building [value]
Disable AI	disable_ai
Halts turn sequence just before the start of the specified faction's turn, or the current faction if no faction given	halt_ai [value]
Restarts an AI turn sequence	run_ai

Note: You must do this on the campaign map, and can only be done once per game. After the first time, you must save, quit, and restart the game to use it again.

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