Cheat mode Right click on a well and press [Ctrl] + K or [Alt] + [Ctrl] or [Alt] + K to activate cheat mode. Instant victory Enable Cheat mode. Then press [Ctrl] + V or [Alt] + V during game. More money Enable Cheat mode. Then press [Alt] + C during game. (Note: Cheat only works if you have less than 5,000 denarii.) Customize game Open the C3MODEL.TXT file in a text editor. The file contains easy to follow instructions on how to change the game. By editing the file, you can change the economy (and make construction free), improve desirability, evolve tents into palaces, etc. For free constuction, open c3_model.txt and beside the building name the 1st # is the cost of building: EXAMPlE: 31,Theatre,{,2000,2,1,-1,2,8,0,0,}, SO 2000 IS THE PRICE Extra Cheat Codes Use this cheat when you get the option of going into the Senate: Click the Emperor icon in the Senate. Give yourself a wage of 500 denarii (Caesar's wage). After a few months, when you accumulate about 3000, go to the same screen and press the "Give to city button". Click the "all" button in the dialog. Then press the "give" button. Notice, now you don't have any savings at all. Nevermind ;) Press the "Give to city" button again. WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "ALL" BUTTON AGAIN OR YOU'll GET YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE!! The quantity of money to give to the city is the money you gave before. So you just press "give" button again, and your savings go in minus, but who cares 'bout them anyway :) So just keep repeating this and you'll have a fortune. And yes, don't be afraid to turn off the Senate screen. You can turn it off, and return to it later to give yourself more money The Barrack Cheat The computer won't recognize the existence of your barracks until it has employees. This means you can create as many as you want, until one of them gets an employee, which can be easily prevented by not connecting the barracks to the road grid. This is very useful if you're recruiting troops for more than one legion at a time. Faster Academy-Training For Troops Train a legion of javelin troops until they're two or three troopers short. Next build a fort for a legion of heavy infantry. Providing troops for this fort will take priority over the javelin troops (if you have stocked enough weapons). Train them until your two troopers short. Now build your military academy. The last troopers in each legion will bring them up to full Academy-trained status ? without running each of the 32 men through the Academy individually Note: This also works when you build an academy after having received losses and are re-supplying the forts with troops. Importing Buildings When you want to add a building that is not available in a certain scenario, say a hippodrome, you can do the following. Save your game and open a game where you can build this particular building. Select it for building and load your previous game. The building will stick to your cursor and you can now place it on your map. Note: Rumour has it this was actually fixed with the patch. 1999.05.16: The rumour has been confirmed... Instant Victory To use this cheat you have to have a well somewhere on your map. 1. Enable cheats by clicking on a well (bringing up its short description) and pressing ALT-K. 2. Press ALT-V and you will have won the level. Undiscovered Resources Remember those immigrant entry and emigrant exit markers? Well, I've been reliably informed that you can use them to mine for iron and marble. Just put your mines next to them and start digging. Unlimited Funds To use this cheat you have to have a well somewhere on your map. 1. Enable cheats by clicking on a well (bringing up its short description) and pressing ALT-K. 2. Press ALT-C and you will get a 1000 denarii. Note: This can't get more than 5000 denarii this way. If you already have more than 5000 denarii, it will not work. Trigger Invasion To use this cheat you have to have a well somewhere on your map. 1. Enable cheats by clicking on a well (bringing up its short description) and pressing ALT-K. 2. Click on the button (in the well's short description) with the question mark ("?"). 3. When the well's long information window shows, press ALT-K one or more times. 4. When you close the window you will be immediately attacked. The invading force is proportionate to the number of times you press ALT-K in step 3. If any of you can think up another trick or finds another cheat please let me know and I'll add it to these pages.