Frostpunk - Cheat / Developer Mode

README.md

Developer Mode

1. Start the game with -devconsole launch argument (Steam Guide / Epic Games Guide)
2. Press the Backtick (Grave Accent) to toggle console

Commands

Command	Description
SetGameTime(Day)	Changes the day
SetResource("Id", Amount)	Changes the resource amount. Quotes are required for the resource id
ShowDebugButtonsPanel	Cheats / Debugging buttons

Resources

Id	Name
Coal	Coal
Wood	Wood
Steel	Steel
Steam Cores	Steam Cores
Raw Food	Raw Food
Food Rations	Food Rations
Bodies	Bodies
Wooden Materials	Structural Profiles
Steam Tools	Steam Exchangers
Steel Plates	Steel Composites

Functions

Frostpunk v1.6.1 Dump or run the following (Source):

local a={}function dump(b,c)a[b]=true;local d={}local e=0;for f in pairs(b)do e=e+1;d[e]=f end;table.sort(d)for f,g in ipairs(d)do print(c,g)g=b[g]if type(g)=="table"and not a[g]then dump(g,c.."-")end end end;dump(_G,"-")

Open ConsoleOutput.html located in the root of the game directory to view them all.

Epic Games Guide

1. Open Library
2. Click ... for Frostpunk
3. Click Manage
4. Enable Launch Options
5. Add -devconsole to the Launch Options field

Additional Resources

This War of Mine - Cheat / Developer Mode

For Epic Games you might be able to do the following:

1. Click your profile icon in the top right corner
2. Click Settings
3. Scroll down to the Manage Games section, find and click on Frostpunk
4. Check Additional Command Line Arguments

Hello @LXGaming, I would like to ask you for little help here with dev console activation on Epic game launcher. I did as you wrote and wrote -devconsole into empty field under "Additional Command Line Arguments" but without success with summon the comand line. Also I tried to -allowconsole, -console and its different variation.
Please when you have some time have a look onto this. I will very appreciate your help here.

Many thanks in advance.

Hello @LXGaming, thanks for you work and explanations. Do you know how FreeCam command works, or any that involves manipulating the game camera ? Do you know if there is a more complete documentation on how to use each Lua functions they are supposed to ? (i'm getting a ton of error messages, so i guess i'm doing something wrong).

Thanks in advance for your help. Take care !

@HELLOIAMCATBUG It's just a program argument, open a terminal in the game folder and run Frostpunk.exe -devconsole.

@Zewling I re-tested Epic Games and it worked fine, double check you're pressing the correct key, if you don't have a US Keyboard layout then I suggest pressing every key and if you have a laptop with a function key try holding it down while pressing the Backtick (Grave Accent) key.

@Moriac1 No sorry, I only ever figured out the Time and Resource commands.

@LXGaming how did you figure out how to use the commands ?

@Moriac1 Basically bruteforce and luck, I put the commands in the console, hit enter then looked at the output.

ShowDebugButtonsPanel was easy cause it worked instantly, a giant button panel popped up on the screen.

SetGameTime and SetResource check the input and provide feedback to the console, for example SetResource will respond with "The resource "INPUT" does not exist.", these messages helped with understanding which parameters the command required.

It gets significantly more difficult / impossible when commands provide no feedback, even worse is when the command crashes the game. Part of the issue is wondering if the command you're trying to run has actually been removed from the production build of the game. At that point you'd be better off deciphering the game files and reverse engineering the logic instead of attempting to do it through a limited console.

But what about the Lua commands ? Are you fluent in Lua to know what condition to type or how is structure the command you're trying to use ? If for example the feedback of the command does not give you what to enter.
I found the commands in the memory via cheat engine but i'm quite new at manipulating memory, if you got tips on how to progress on the matter of reverse engineering (especially for this technical wall that is frostpunk), i would be grateful.
Anyway thanks for your quick responses, it's really helpful :)

Udpdate : i tested some camera commands, but either it does nothing or it crashes the game. I don't know if the game is unstable or if my input is wrong, but yep.. i got better results through cheat engine so far. Is reverse engineering really worth it to deactivate an image and the border fog ?

I'm not fluent in Lua, most of what I've figured out is just guess work and Google. I don't know enough about reverse engineering games to be of any help.

I think something changed between 1.6.1 and 1.6.2. Running the command to dump functions returns an error:

(there's nothing in the ConsoleOutput.html either)
Only noticed this as another command also seems to have broken, as per this thread InvokeEvent 'xxx' should provide a list but also returns an error. I'm tempted to find a 1.6.1 version and test this for myself.

@Mr-8k Looking at the error the command doesn't look like it was entered correctly, I've been using Logitech G HUB to create a macro which types the command for me with a press of a button, If you don't have Logitech peripherals then something like AutoHotkey may work.

Funny you should say that, I'm using an AHK script to type the contents of my clipboard. No way I'm entering that manually. Worth noting that frostpunk really loves screwing over all my inputs, logitech macros don't work and neither does something as simple as ctrl+esc to open the windows menu, only alt+tab works.

Make sure you're using SendRaw in AHK so that the {} characters aren't interpreted as keys by AHK

Much appreciated, my digging can resume.

I've figured out how to load Lua scripts into Frostpunk.

Create the file %APPDATA%\11bitstudios\Frostpunk\script.lua with the following contents:

print("Hello, World!")

Then run gLua:ExecuteFile("script", "project") in the in-game console.

Technicals

When analyzing the ConsoleOutput.html there are several directories getting mounted to what appears to be a virtual filesystem.

• %APPDATA%: user
• %APPDATA%\11bitstudios\Frostpunk: project
• %USERPROFILE%\Pictures\Frostpunk: screens

The ExecuteFile syntax appears to be ExecuteFile(<File Name>, [FileSystem Name]) (<> is required and [] is optional).

I'm doing the developer mode in frostpunk but when I get the red command panel up and try a code it either says error while using chunks or end of stack level 1 or 2

@Deanmartain The commands are case sensitive, please make sure you are entering them correctly, if it's still not working please provide a screenshot of the error.

Example of the commands:
ShowDebugButtonsPanel
SetResource("Coal", 1000)
SetResource("Wooden Materials", 1000)

How to increase HOPE guys? Couldn't find it in the cheat menu

Accidently found the answer:

To make hope rise (without any other consequences), open "All dilemma list" and use the dilemma in "Faith - Consequences" named "Rightful denunciation, a lying child"

Anyone found a way to get thi sto work for the MS store/gamepass version? I treid adding command line arguements using the below powershell command, but it didnt seem to take:

Start-Process "shell:AppsFolder\11bitstudios.Frostpunk_gwy9gn5q9j1y6!App" -ArgumentList "-devconsole"

What is that?

@manconotfromtf2 TrySetResource("Steel", 291)
It’s SetResource instead of SetResources and there is no space before (