Arcania: Gothic 4 Hints

PC Cheats

• In order to get the PC cheat feature to work, you'll have to add some lines to the input.xml file that's in the Arcania - Gothic 4 directory in your Documents folder. Load it up in Microsoft Notepad and go down to the bottom of the file. The last line will be </Inputs>, and the line right above it will be </Input>. Between those two lines, insert these four lines:
  
  <Input command="cheat menu">
  <Key code="41" />
  <Activation type="first active" />
  </Input>
  
  You can optionally insert tabs in front of those lines to get them to line up with the other input entries in the file. Save the file and exit Notepad, then exit and rerun the game (if it's running) to get it to load up your edited version of input.xml. While playing, you can press the ~ key (the key to the left of the 1 key) to pause the game and bring up the first of three tab menus. To switch to another tab menu, click on "Tab 2" or "Tab 3" above the currently displayed menu.
  
  Each menu has several items on it, and the Tab 2 menu has the most cheat-related things. One item that's of particular use is "Life Energy Increase." Any time your health drops low in battle, hit the ~ key, click on "Tab 2," then click on "Life Energy Increase" until your life energy is completely restored. It's kind of hard to see your life energy bar since the time-of-day selector bar partly covers it up, but you should be able to tell when your life energy is back to max.
  
  When you're done with the tab menus, press ESC to close them and unpause the game.
  
  If you want to be able to press and hold the LEFT SHIFT key to sprint, insert these four lines at the bottom of the input.xml file:
  
  <Input command="sprint" set="1">
  <Key name="shift left" />
  <Activation type="active" />
  </Input>
  

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