Problem using cheats function

[L1Qu1D]

I'm sure most of you will be cursing the title of this thread, since there are hundreds of "cheat" topics choking pcsx2 forums yet this one is different! Honestly..

I've made a cheat file for FFXII (SLUS 20963), fully converted etc and i've placed the file into a directory i made myself in the \\program files\pcsx2 0.9.7, which i called "cheats" . So I fire up PCSX2, enable cheats within the file menu then I should be good to go, right? It doesn't work. I tested as I have added a cheat for max gil yet my gil doesn't change when I load up the game. I also went looking for a fight, took a cactaur down yet my LP stays exactly the same. What could be wrong? I've included the pnach file..

0779FBDB.pnach

gametitle=Final Fantasy XII [SLUS 20963] (U) [0779FBDB]
comment=some cheats

max gil
patch=1,EE,8ACAC439,extended,2C681F04

Quick LP
patch=1,EE,203B404C,extended,00031140
patch=1,EE,203B4054,extended,00031140

Increased Steal Rate
patch=1,EE,203CB680,extended,00000000
patch=1,EE,203CB6A8,extended,00000000
patch=1,EE,203CB6E8,extended,00000000
patch=1,EE,203CB724,extended,00000000

would be really cool if somebody could help, since it seems i have everything correct yet it isn't working as intended.

[Shadow Lady]

Check in the titlebar of the Console window says [Cheats = 7] when running the game.

Your max gil code looks wrong to me however, what's the original code?


Edit:
Nevermind found it. You did a bad conversion of it, it should be like this:

max gil
patch=1,EE,20547F08,extended,05F5E0FF

[L1Qu1D]

ah thankyou very much Shadow Lady, i will test that out! The last time I tried to convert these cheats from codebreaker etc there wasn't very much documentation at all, i searched and searched through google. I only just found out that the cheats have to be in RAW format lol.. i actually "borrowed" the cheats from another forum so after they had the same version and claimed to have tested them i just assumed..

[L1Qu1D]

Cheats are definitely on with a 7 in the status window.. weird, my save file has become corrupted !

Hmm.. seems my save is corrupted only if I load it with the cheats enabled, if i escape and tick the cheats after it loads then everything is fine i think.. i'll make a backup JUST in case. But u were spot on, it was a bad conversion.. lesson learned, in future, convert them myself, or ask Shadow Lady !

[Shadow Lady]

Try the cheats one by one, maybe one of them is interfering with the memcards.


There's also a guide to convert the codes and some tools to make them easier to use as well as a FFXII save game editor (I haven't tried that one myself tho ), anyway try making a search next time.

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-redlof-s-...-for-newbs
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-PCSX2CE-P...eat-Editor
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Making-ch...hes-easier
http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-Ivalice-S...ame-Editor

[L1Qu1D]

That Ivalice is exceptional.. a FFXII save game editor . Looking forward to trying that one. Thanks again.. Shadow Lady..