Burden of Command

[The Mogician]

Game Name: Burden of Command
Game Engine: Python (seems like Python based on the files)
Game Version: 0.101.233 Demo
Options Required: Infinite orders, loyalty, prestige

[The Mogician]

So far, I tried using Cheat Engine and save editing. Cheat Engine is not working properly. While save files can be found in the installation folder of the game (in a folder named "saved games"), I tried both plaintext and hex, neither seem to be right.

[Justtheretoseelinks]

Hey there, I fiddled with the game a bit.
Everything is 4 bytes, the values are spaced 32 apart, so 1 of any unit (orders, replenishment, prestige, loyalty) is reduced by 32 for every 1 of said unit.
I utterly lack the technical skill to utilize this information however, but I hope this will save you some hassle.
Cheers.

[Afghanicus]

Hey there, I fiddled with the game a bit.
Everything is 4 bytes, the values are spaced 32 apart, so 1 of any unit (orders, replenishment, prestige, loyalty) is reduced by 32 for every 1 of said unit.
I utterly lack the technical skill to utilize this information however, but I hope this will save you some hassle.
Cheers.

Can you clarify this a bit? Are you saying if i have loyalty of 35 the value is 35 as 4byte ? Or it's altered in some way?

[teknova]

Hey there, I fiddled with the game a bit.
Everything is 4 bytes, the values are spaced 32 apart, so 1 of any unit (orders, replenishment, prestige, loyalty) is reduced by 32 for every 1 of said unit.
I utterly lack the technical skill to utilize this information however, but I hope this will save you some hassle.
Cheers.

Can you clarify this a bit? Are you saying if i have loyalty of 35 the value is 35 as 4byte ? Or it's altered in some way?

No so basically if you reduce loyalty, it reduces by loyalty * 32 in the memory

I'm not sure what set the initial value, but in short, if you just start with unknown initial value for 4 bytes, spend 2 loyalty+prestige on platoon XP, scan for reduced by 2*32=64, you should find both loyalty and prestige eventually. And according to him, this applies for anything in the game (although I've only bothered trying loyalty and prestige)

[Afghanicus]

Thank you guys for the help, well done.

[The Mogician]

The best way to approach this is to attach a leader to a unit, start unknown initial search, move a square or creep a square, then search for decreased value. 32 for a regular move, 64 for creep. Once you find out the values, you can find out the "base" value, so for example, you have 2 commands left, you decrease 64 from the value to see what the base is. The way you wanna set up the search box is x+32*y. x being the "base value" and y being the number shown on screen. Unit commands persist across scenario.

[renoraider]

So I managed to find the prestige and loyalty values in the Aid Your Men section just after the first part of the tutorial. As mentioned, just use initial value then search depending on how much you spent. You dont need to finalize the changes either so you can simply reset values.

Be advised that for me, 0 loyalty and prestige is 1047061256. If I want 1 loyalty and prestige, I just add 32 to both values.

Also I tried getting 999 of loyalty and prestige each which meant adding 31968 to the base value, and the game crashed. Setting it to just 99 is fine though which is 1047064424. I don't know if the base value is consistent over time or among different values but for now I'll assume it is.

Edit: At the end of it all, I did get everyone to 500 experience (I had to change XP for some of the units because if a unit is at 480 XP you cant add any more outside of battle as you can only do so when at 475 XP or less). This meant my regulars now had 4 order points and my officers all had 6.

Edit 2: Some further testing done. For infinite orders, check how many order points you have. multiply by 32 then add to the base value 1047061256 to get the value for the order points. Move the unit or use an action, then multiply the number of orders used by 32 then subtract than from the original value. You can freeze it to move the unit continuously but other wise I recommend doing it one at a time to avoid breaking the game.

As previously mentioned, the values for order points persist. So if you find Lt. Unnamed's address for his order points, you'll be keeping it for the rest of the game.

Edit 3: Disregard the base value thing. There's a new base value for every time you open the game.

[teknova]

So I managed to find the prestige and loyalty values in the Aid Your Men section just after the first part of the tutorial. As mentioned, just use initial value then search depending on how much you spent. You dont need to finalize the changes either so you can simply reset values.

Be advised that for me, 0 loyalty and prestige is 1047061256. If I want 1 loyalty and prestige, I just add 32 to both values.

Also I tried getting 999 of loyalty and prestige each which meant adding 31968 to the base value, and the game crashed. Setting it to just 99 is fine though which is 1047064424. I don't know if the base value is consistent over time or among different values but for now I'll assume it is.

Edit: At the end of it all, I did get everyone to 500 experience (I had to change XP for some of the units because if a unit is at 480 XP you cant add any more outside of battle as you can only do so when at 475 XP or less). This meant my regulars now had 4 order points and my officers all had 6.

Edit 2: Some further testing done. For infinite orders, check how many order points you have. multiply by 32 then add to the base value 1047061256 to get the value for the order points. Move the unit or use an action, then multiply the number of orders used by 32 then subtract than from the original value. You can freeze it to move the unit continuously but other wise I recommend doing it one at a time to avoid breaking the game.

As previously mentioned, the values for order points persist. So if you find Lt. Unnamed's address for his order points, you'll be keeping it for the rest of the game.

The base value does not appear to be the same for everyone, my base is 1827660552

But the greater point does stand that the value does persist so its useful to know it

[teknova]

I just found a pretty big thing I think, in the game root is a user.ini file with a bunch of settings, including unlimited_actions_f which does exactly what it says

There are some others too, like AI off, disable fog of war

don't use always crit, it applies to enemies too

no god mode or anything as far as I can tell

So all those should give you guys more than enough to get through the game

[renoraider]

So I managed to find the prestige and loyalty values in the Aid Your Men section just after the first part of the tutorial. As mentioned, just use initial value then search depending on how much you spent. You dont need to finalize the changes either so you can simply reset values.

Be advised that for me, 0 loyalty and prestige is 1047061256. If I want 1 loyalty and prestige, I just add 32 to both values.

Also I tried getting 999 of loyalty and prestige each which meant adding 31968 to the base value, and the game crashed. Setting it to just 99 is fine though which is 1047064424. I don't know if the base value is consistent over time or among different values but for now I'll assume it is.

Edit: At the end of it all, I did get everyone to 500 experience (I had to change XP for some of the units because if a unit is at 480 XP you cant add any more outside of battle as you can only do so when at 475 XP or less). This meant my regulars now had 4 order points and my officers all had 6.

Edit 2: Some further testing done. For infinite orders, check how many order points you have. multiply by 32 then add to the base value 1047061256 to get the value for the order points. Move the unit or use an action, then multiply the number of orders used by 32 then subtract than from the original value. You can freeze it to move the unit continuously but other wise I recommend doing it one at a time to avoid breaking the game.

As previously mentioned, the values for order points persist. So if you find Lt. Unnamed's address for his order points, you'll be keeping it for the rest of the game.

The base value does not appear to be the same for everyone, my base is 1827660552

But the greater point does stand that the value does persist so its useful to know it

Yup. Also, it seems to renew every time you close and open the game. Thankfully it stays consistent for that same game session.

Another thing, the address seems to have the same first 5 or 6 characters so you dont necessarily have to narrow the search to just one engine.

So if your captain's address is 280D5C7B608, then to find your lieutenants', look for anything with 280D5 or 280D5C at the start.

[CaesarCzech]

Honestly i was searching for difficulty because it gives you extra 100xp and trust and i figured if we could edit it then we could edit story difficulty to max out your units.

[CaesarCzech]

Also anybody can tell me how does the zoom and scrolling in the section aid your men, what with historical documents and so on work ? i cant seem to get game to zoom in on the historical material tried nunpad + etc

[The Mogician]

Honestly i was searching for difficulty because it gives you extra 100xp and trust and i figured if we could edit it then we could edit story difficulty to max out your units.

The loyalty and prestige in aid your men is easily doable as long as you have the "base value" to work with. Doesn't take long in terms of clicking to max everything out.

[renoraider]

Btw, the upgrades to XP and loyalty only goes in multiples. You cant max XP out to 500 in the Aid Your Men screen if the value is somewhere between 476 and 499 for example. At that point you have to get it to 500 manually in battle.

The solution is to change it to a multiple of 25 like 475 or 425, etc. Just get the value by searching for:

BASE VALUE + ((VALUE OF XP/Loyalty) * 32) = Cheat Engine Value of XP/Loyalty

Then change that to the value you want (in multiples of 32, of course)

Take note that the base values I get all seem to be 8 to 10 digits. But it seems to ALWAYS be an even number. If it ends in 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9, then that's not the value you're looking for.