103 - Warzone 2100 Manhattan Cheat Challenge

103 - Warzone 2100 Manhattan Cheat Challenge
==== [written 2011.10.01 by JCPMA]

This article discusses setting up a single player game against the computer which may be challenging especially to Warzone 2100 newbies.
I came up with this challenge to take on the 7 computer opponents. Why I had to incorporate a cheat was to even the odds. The other 7 will form alliances and share weapons research at, relative to you, an exponential rate. Without a cheat, they will quickly attack you with superior weapons.
This is how you set it up. You only have to do this once. After downloading the game Warzone 2100 Portable 2.3.3 (from Portableapps.com), start a multi-player game with the 8 player map "Manhattan" against the computer. For the game settings, allow Alliances.
Enable cheats by going into debug mode (Shift+Backspace). Use the cheat "research all". This will give you all the research available. Press Escape and save this game and give it a name you can remember. Exit. Restart the game by loading what you have just saved. Now the other 7 will gradually grow in weaponry sophistication and will form alliances to get you. You already have everything researched and can concentrate on total annihilation.
(You can play this map without the cheat, and without allowing alliances, but what fun is that?)