Uplink
Cheat Codes:
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by Blackclaw :
The latest patch for the Uplink game has a lot of nice new features in it.
However, at the same time, it disables many of the common cheats out there.
Heres a way to take advantage of both worlds!
Install Uplink from the CD, and download the patch from the Introversion site,
but DO NOT install it yet. Create a user named TooManySecrets and hit F1 in the
game to bring up the cheats menu. Click on Max Rating (but DO NOT click on Next
Rating after this otherwise youll crash it), then click on the extra money option
until you have over 1,000,000 credits. Dont forget to click All Software and
Hardware as well.
Once you are done, exit the game and go into C:\Program Files\Uplink\users
(or wherever you installed Uplink to). Make a copy of TooManySecrets.usr,
rename it as New User.usr and set the attributes to Read Only. Make another
copy and rename it to the username you would like to use in the game, making
sure you append .usr at the end of the filename. Now install the latest patch
and you will find that it has backwards compatibility with your user accounts.
Do this, and you will have all hardware, all software, outrageous sum of money,
and most of the new features of the latest patch. Pretty cool huh!
Saving your software:
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Note: This is only really useful once you have got the Gateway Motion Sensor and
Gateway Nuke. Get a Copy and secure database mission of any kind (corporate,
research, software, customer, etc.) and your employer will give the address of
the fileserver to upload all of the database files to. After you complete the
mission and get paid, do not delete the fileserver link. Your password and username
will work on that system indefinitely; after they pay you, go back to the server
and upload all your software. Do not bother with Motion Sensor or Gateway Nuke,
since you have to have hardware installed to use them. If the machine stops letting
you copy files, you can delete the database files, as long as you have already been
paid and keep uploading your software. Then, if you have to nuke your gateway you
can connect again as soon as you get a new gateway. You do not need a Trace Tracker,
and can get all your software back. You need to have the Connection Analysis, and
LAN View upgrades before you can use LAN software or bypassers.
Avoid getting caught by the sysadmin:
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When you get to the main server on a LAN, the sysadmin will start tracing you as
soon as you connect. The trace tracker starts going off and the LAN map starts
showing the sysadmins progress in tracing you. However, the two are not the same.
On missions where you have to destroy the targets systems files, go into the
console and type:
cd usr [press enter]
delete [press enter]
Then while it is deleting files type:
disconnect [press enter]
You can now switch to the LAN view and watch the admin, because the machine will
not run the disconnect command until after it is done deleting. When the files
finish deleting, you will be automatically disconnected, and since your watching
the sysadmin you can hit the Disconnect button when he gets too close or the
trace tracker runs low on time.
Bank Robbing:
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Not really a cheat but still a great way to get money easily. Youll need a Log
Deleter version 4, A HUD Connection Analyzer, a Proxy Bypass version 5, a dictionary
hacker is useful, and a rank of intermediate. Get a mission to trace a balance
transfer. After you complete the mission to find out where the money went go back
into the account and set up a transfer for the money to your bank account. Youll
need to turn on the Proxy Bypass to finalize it. Then go into view statement and
erase the log of the transfer (top one). Leave and immediately go to wherever you
wipe your tracks at and do so. Then go into your bank account, bypass the proxy,
delete the record in the statement saying you received the money, and leave and
wipe your tracks again. This is an easy way to make hundreds of thousands of
credits
No Evidence:
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You will first need a password breaker. Connect directly to InterNic, select admin
and then crack the password (They will not trace you!). Then with a Lvl 4 or above
Log Deleter, you can delete everything in the list (if any) to cover your tracks.
In order for this to work you will have to re-route your connection through InterNic
when doing missions. Preferably make it your third or fourth connection.
Then once youve finished the mission follow the steps as above.
