Cheat mode (alternate):
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the
file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "mydefuser.ini" file in
the "\advent rising\system" directory. Scroll down to the area with unallocated
letters. Try using "y" and "u" for this, as you will not accidentally hit them
during combat, and they are together where you can reach them easily. For "y",
enter "Blizzow 1" so the line appears as "y=Blizzow 1". Press Y during game play
to have all of the powers and weapons at level 5, including jump and melee. For
"u", enter "god", so the line appears as "u=god". Press it during game play for
god mode. The message "God mode on" will confirm correct code entry, however
your health will still decrease, but you will not die when it is all gone.
Information in this section was contributed by Randall Kramm.
Hint: Escape pod choice:
After you return to the escape pod bay with Olivia, Ethan tells you to take
Olivia and run to the escape pod while Olivia tells you to take Ethan. At this
point, you may choose either one depending on who you walk towards. If you walk
towards Ethan, you take him to the pod and see Olivia get scanned. If you walk
towards Olivia, you take her to the pod and see Ethan get scanned. Information
in this section was contributed by MARK MILES.
At the end of the first chapter, you will choose who gets to come with you on
the escape pod. This choice only affects the banter between your character and
the one you save. After the credits end, you will play the epilogue, and the
person you left behind in the first chapter is who becomes the final Boss in the
game. Information in this section was contributed by Toristan.
Hint: Bonus Boss battle:
Wait until the credits end to face another Boss in a bonus battle.
Hint: Defeating Ethan:
When facing Ethan in the bonus battle (if you took Oliva), he will start
charging the black ball above his head. Equip the Surge power. When he tosses
it, you can knock it back. He will catch it and throw it back three more times.
After the third time, it will hit him. He will then fall to the ground and three
gold colored rocks will fall from the ceiling. Use Lift to pick them up and
throw them. Repeat this about four or five times to kill him. You and Ethan will
then get sucked into a warp hole and get dumped in a snowstorm. Your health will
drop very quickly. Walk to the top left and a strange figure will find you.
Information in this section was contributed by Hafcafraf.
Hint: Easy kills:
To have easy kills, max out your Aeon Pulse to level 5. After doing so, switch
you Aeon Pulse so that you will be able to do radial flare. Because your pulse
is maxed out, it usually kills in one hit. It will also mostly kill everyone in
the room that you are in . Information in this section was contributed by
Luzfairfield.
Hint: Chapter 1: Secret Super Mario Bros. tunnel:
After Ethan and Gideon are at the escape pods, Ethan will instruct you to find
Olivia. You must first find and use six hidden buttons in this level. To find
the first button, repeatedly hit the locker in the first room until it
disappears. To find the second button, look behind the pillars to the left of
where you start in the first room. To find the third button, exit the first room
in the direction you entered this level. The button is located near the door
with the fire in front of it. To find the fourth button, look behind the left
locker in the second escape pod room. The fifth button is found behind the
pillars in the second escape pod. The final button is located on a door on the
first section of walkway overlooking the large room with people running below
and ships flying in space above. Once the final button is pushed, simply turn
around and follow the now open path to the secret tunnel. Once on the other side
you can find a pipe that resembles those from the Super Mario Bros. Climb into
it to warp to a Mario-style cave, where the music also changes to match that of
a classic game. Jump across the platforms and reach the end of the cave. Once
there you will find three more pipes. Each one of them will warp you ahead to a
farther point in the game. The pipe on the left advances to the intermission
sequence showing Marin, Giddeon, and Olivia taking off from the planet in
Chapter 4. The middle pipe warps you to the top of a building in New Bahn. The
pipe on the right warps you to the escape pod intermission sequence.
Hint: Chapter 4: Secret Super Mario Bros. pipe:
Find and use the six hidden buttons in level B of this chapter. To find the
first button, when you first start destroy the black object in the wall in front
of you. After you pass under a large gun and you will walk into an open area
with three more black objects. Destroy the black object in the corner opposite
the entrance to the area to find the second button. Then, go up the small ramp
and wait until two bridges appear, on one side of another large gun. Use a
charged jump from the bridge to reach a platform above the large gun to access a
hidden room with the third button. Proceed through the level until reaching an
area with three doors that enemies are appearing from. There should be two small
doors to the right and a large door under a turret farther back (which leads to
a tunnel that contains the fourth button). To find the fifth and sixth button,
get to where you must use a switch to create a bridge. Do so and start crossing
it. While walking across the bridge, look to the right to find an alcove with
two large explosive objects in it. Destroy both of them to find the last two
buttons. Note: Use the button closer to the start of the bridge first or the
secret pipe will remain locked. After all six buttons are used in order, the
locked door at the end of the bridge can be opened, leading to the secret Super
Mario Bros. pipe.
