Cheats

Cheat Kill Without Gaining Infamy

You need an anti-material rifle with incendiary ammo for this cheat. Equip your rifle and change the ammo type to incendiary. Use VATS on a target and quit the VATS after targeting. Now the target is on fire without you gaining infamy or agroing anyone. You may use this trick several times on stronger targets. Note: This cheat worked before later updates; it may be patched.


Cheat Infinite Magazines

In Freeside, go to the Old Mormon Fort. Seek out Julie Farkes inside the Fort. Choose the dialogue option to help them get medical supplies. Click through the dialogue options to hear one that tells you that she just got a shipment of magazines. After all this you will need to choose the option "I have some medical supplies to drop off." There are three options; choose the Rad-Away as this is the easiest one of the three to find. You only need to leave one thing if you don't care about fame. Every time you give them something you will gain more fame.

After you give them the supplies choose the option "I'd like to buy medical supplies." There are a few aid supplies here that you can get if you want although they will not regenerate. In the supply list you can find the Magazines. Buy up what you want and then exit. After that, choose the option to give med supplies again. This time you need not give them anything just choose the "Never mind" option. Go back to "Buy medical supplies" and you can repeat teh process for more magazines. You can do it infinitely as long as you choose to drop off supplies first. You can even come back to at a later time. Here are the magazines you can score:

Fix-in' Things - Repair +10
Load's Life - Survival +10
Meeting People - Speech +10
Programmer's Digest - Science +10
Salesman Weekly - Barter +10
Today's Physician - Medical -10

Hint Deckard's Gun from Blade Runner

The store in Novac has "That Gun," a gun that resembles Deckard's Gun from Blade Runner. This is also the name of a gun in previous Fallout games.

Easter Egg Fun with Fisto the Sexbot

In Fallout 3 there was a upgraded power fist called "Fisto!" Fisto makes a return in Fallout New Vegas as a sexbot that you must find for the quest "Wang Dang Automatic Tango." In the quest, you find Fisto in cerulean robotics. Once you release him from his tube, he gives you the option to test him out.

After completing the side quest to find a sex robot for the silver rush Fisto will make his way to the Silver Rush Casino. Inside next to the roulette table when you speak to him he'll offer his services but if you reply "No thanks" it will give you ten caps. This can provide an unlimited supply of caps if you're willing to activate the chat over and over again.


Hint: Unique Weapons

Each weapon type in Fallout 3 has a unique weapon with special capabilities. Here is a list of where you can find these unique weapons.

The Rat Slayer: In Freeside, go to The Atomic Wrangler Bar and talk to the female bartender. Ask about getting a room, but instead of paying the 10 caps, ask if you could work out a deal. She will give you a quest in which you have to collect the debt of 3 people throughout Freeside. One the them is named Lady Jane and can be found by the entrance to New Vegas in the day. When you question her about her debt she will say she doesn't have the money, but a carvan of her's in a place called Broc Flower Cave does.

If your Speech/Barter is high enough you can convince her to cough the money up, but for the sake of the weapon you will want to go to the cave. She will warn you about the Rodents of Unusual Size (A Princess Bride refrence). Once you arrive at the cave go down the path to the right. A dead Brahmin on the left of the irradiated dead end has the money. To the right is a semi-hidden passageway upward to to 2 or 3 R.O.U.Ses and a stockpile of supplies including The Rat Slayer, an unique Varmint Rifle.

Thump Thump: At Nelson, after you get into the base, help the leader with the ant problem. Once your down there, look for two generators. Don't go to them, but go right to the other side to find a skeleton with the Thump Thump and around 20 or 30 rounds.

Unique Armor

T-51b Power Armor. Armor or to be precise armors are located near HELIOS 1 . From there head west towards the cliffs. From the cliffs turn left and head to a small canyon, which by the way is full of scorpions, that leads to a "Scorpion gulch". There you have 2 options up left or up right. Up left is Brotherhood of Steels camp, but we head up right. When you detect small amounts of radiation you're close. Kill a few centaurs that are leaching the radiation and you see a possible meteor crater with large amounts of radiation. At the bottom you see two(2) dead Brotherhood of Steel Paladins who wear T-51b Power Armors. Armors are in pretty bad shape, but after repairing them you own possibly best armor of the game.

Easter Egg: Indiana Jones Reference

If you head south on the road out of Goodsprings (about 100 yds) you will come across a refrigerator at the base of a hill with a skeleton inside. On the skeletons head? A fedora. This is a reference to the latest (lamest?) Indiana Jones movie The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Achievement/Trophy Hint: Snow Globes

The Globe Trotter Achievement / Trophy requires you to collect seven Snow Globes in New Vegas. Here are the locations of all seven:
Mt. Charleston Snow Globe - Jacobstown / In the lodge, search the entrance and reception area. This Snow Globe is sitting on a curved desk by some terminals.

Mormon Fort - Old Mormon Fort / Julie Farkas has an office inside a tower at the fort. The Snow Globe is on top of a bookcase here.

Test Site - Lucky 38 Casino / Head to the cocktail lounge and look for the cash register. It's across from the entrance. The Snow Globe is behind the register.

The Strip - Vault 21 / After you access Sarah's locked bedroom, grab this Snow Globe off of the table between the two beds.

Nellis AFB - Nellis Air Force Base / Pete's makeshift museum holds this Snow Globe. It's on a table in the corner under a mural.

Hoover Dam - Hoover Dam / Search the visitor center for a terminal near two curved desks. The Snow Globe can be found on a desk here.

Goodsprings - Goodsprings Cemetery / Near the water tower is a patch of upturned soil by a small, rectangular grave marker. The Snow Globe is sitting in front of the marker.


Cheat: Free and Unlimited Caps, Items and More

Like Fallout 3, you can use this trading exploit to earn essentially infinite amounts of caps, items, repairs and ammunition. Here's how:

1) Find any shop-based trader and sell him any stuff in your inventory that you don't need and complete the transaction. This will boost the amount of money he has.

2) Find something in your inventory that you have two of or something that you and the shop keeper both have. Sell an item or two to the trader so he has two of them.

3) Check that the two identical items are of different values once they are in the trader's inventory. The bigger the difference in value, the better.

4) Now buy the cheaper of the two identical items and complete the transaction, but do not leave the trade session. Look for the item in your inventory. The item should have gone up in value dramatically and should be 100% repaired, even though when you sold the item initially it wasn't! If it isn't 100% repaired for whatever reason, sell the item back to him anyway and repeat steps 3-4, trying a different item if necessary.

5) Now you will be able to sell the same item for a high price and buy it back at a low price until you have drained his money completely. If you want, you can hold onto the item as it will be fully repaired -- simply keep it on the final round which will leave him with a small amount of money. Either sell the item back to him again once he is out of money, or if you are keeping it, sell him something else of high value and he will owe you that amount. The transaction price will go dim and remain at whatever amount of money he has left.

6) Search through the trader's inventory and find stuff you need. Stimpaks, ammo, miscellaneous item, weapons and armor are all fair game. Eventually, the transaction price will light up again and you may owe him a few caps depending on how much of his stuff you added to the deal. Complete the transaction.

7) If you wait three days he will have new stock and around 650 caps. The longer you wait, the more robust his inventory will become and the more caps he'll have for you to take when you're ready to do this all over again.

Note: Be sure to save while using this method since the game is prone to crashing during the transaction.


Easter Egg: Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen from Star Wars?

A scene resembling the burned corpses of Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen can be found within the town of Nipton out front of a burned down building (Moisture Farm?). It's a short walk to the right of the town hall's front entrance.

Cheat: Infinite XP

There are several ways to get XP through "devious means," here's a list of some of the most effective methods. Note: These methods are based on game bugs that may not be reproduce-able in every version of the game.

1)You'll need to have a speech skill level of 50 or higher before attempting this trick. Approach Old Ben who sits by a fire near the King headquarters in Freeside. Persuade him to escort you to the local bar. For beating the Speech Challenge you'll get 61 XP. Follow him back to the bar and let him sit down. Speak to him again and you can do the Speech Challenge infinitely for unlimited XP.

2) This trick requires 30 Speech skill or the Confirmed Bachelor perk and you must be friendly with NCR. Go to HELIOS One and the woman should automatically talk to you. Once she allows you access to HELIOS One, you should be able to start the "That Lucky Old Sun" mission. Proceed with the mission and talk to Fantastic and Ignacio Rivas. While talking to Rivas, make sure you get him to reveal that he is a Follower of the Apocalypse by using Speech or Confirmed Bachelor and agree with his ideals about peace or say you are neutral. Complete the mission regularly until you get to the point where you activate the Mainframe Terminal. Configure the Power Grid to "5 Full Region (Emergency Output Level)." Finish the mission by hitting the Reflector Control Panel outside on top of the tower. Go back to Ignacio Rivas, and choose the "I overloaded the plant. No one ..." option. That option will never disappear. Keep selecting that option to get 350 XP, 3 Stimpacks, and 2 Doctor's Bags.

3) Go to Vault 11 and you will get a small quest to find out what happened there. Once you get the overseer's passcode and enter it into her computer you will be led to the "sacrifical chamber." Use a stealthboy to get past everyone and when the walls on the left open (as you walk in) go into the door and access the computer mainframe. You will be given 3 options, "Override" and "Download" for 2 conversations. Click on the second download and you get 500 XP. DO NOT EXIT THE MAINFRAME. Simply click it again... another 500 XP. You can do this repeatedly to max out your character.

4) You will need a Barter skill of 35 or higher for this. In the southeast corner of the map you will find Cottonwood Cove (alongside the river) you will meet a man named Aurelius of Phoenix (he sometimes wanders off out of the camp). Speak to him and choose to barter with his camp for ammo and supplies. Clicking on this nets you 35 XP but it does not stop conversation and can be continuously clicked for rapid XP gain. Even if you have Vilified yourself with The Legion this exploit still works.

Hint: Don't Get Caught Stealing.

1.You have to be somewhere where there is a spot out of the line of sight of all the surounding NPC's.

2.Figure out a good spot to hide in and save your game.

3.Click the right stick while you have selected the item you want to steal, but do not press the A button to steal it.

4.This will allow you to safely carry the item to your designated hiding spot.

5.Now crouch and when it says [HIDDEN] you can steal it without losing reputation, or having an NPC attack you.

You may lose karma so try it once to make sure you won't have an undesired karma effect. A great place for this trick would be the Van Graff energy weapon shop.You can do this with any of the items on the counter and there is a hiding spot on the back side of the room.Enjoy!

At the main menu, select the "Extras" option. Choose the "Modify Game" 
selection and then input the following code. All codes disable saving.

Cheat	                                                             Effect
Yellow, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Orange     Awesome
Detection.

Blue, Yellow, Red, Blue, Yellow, Red, Blue, Yellow, Red	 -         Stage Mode

Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue -   Unlock all songs

Blue, Orange, Orange, Blue, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Orange, Blue, Yellow - Unlock 
all venues
Blue, Blue, Red, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Blue, Blue - Play the game without a track

Red, Red, Red, Red, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow, Yellow	       New Venues Only

Rock Band 2 Unlockables 

Unlockable Instruments and Clothes.

Unlockable	     How to Unlock
Bomb Bass	     Beat the impossible bass challenge.
Bone Microphone	     Beat Impossible Marathon 2 Challenge.


Clear Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS	  "Join the "Rolling 
Stone Rock Immortals list"

Clear Microphone	Beat Rock Immortal Setlist in World Tour 
as Vocal.

Glowing Drum Set	Join the "Rolling Stone Rock Immortals" 
list

Gold Drum Set	        Beat the impossible drum challenge
Gold Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS	 "Beat the "Impossible 
Guitar Challenge"

Gold Microphone	Beat Impossible Vocal Challenge

Ultimate Metal Outfit	Beat Impossible Vocal Challenge
Silver Bass     	Beat "The Final Band Challenge" on Bass
Silver Drums    	Beat "The Final Band Challenge" on Drums
Silver Guitar   	Beat "The Final Band Challenge" on Guitar
Silver Microphone	Beat "The Final Band Challenge" on Vocals

The Goat Head guitar	Beat the Impossible Marathon 2 challenge on guitar on 
any difficulty level.

Ultimate Goth Outfit	Beat the Impossible Drum Challenge

Ultimate Metal Outfit	Complete the Vocals Impossible Challenge 
on any difficulty.

Ultimate Punk Outfit	Beat the Impossible Bass Challenge on 
any difficulty.

Ultimate Rock Outfit	Beat the Impossible Guitar Challenge on 
any difficulty.

Pokemon SoulSilver Version Unlockables

National Dex

Unlockable	How to Unlock

National Dex	Beat the Elite Four once and go to the S.S Aqua ship in Olivine 
City to get the National dex.

Unlockable Pokewalker Routes

With regular usage of the Pokewalker included with SoulSilver, you can obtain 
Watts that can be used to unlock special courses that hold unobtainable pokemon 
in both HeartGold and SoulSilver versions. Watts are not total obtained, but 
collected in the game after returning from a stroll or sending gifts back to your 
game. There are also several routes unlocked by Nintendo Wifi Events and specific 
pokemon.

Unlockable	How to Unlock
Rugged Road	Collect 50 Watts.
Beautiful Beach	Collect 200 Watts.
Suburban Area	Collect 500 Watts.
Dim Cave	Collect 1,000 Watts.
Blue Lake	Collect 2,000 Watts.
Town Outskirts	Collect 3,000 Watts.
Hoenn Field	Collect 5,000 Watts + National Dex.
Warm Beach	Collect 7,500 Watts + National Dex.
Volcano Path	Collect 10,000 Watts + National Dex.
Treehouse	Collect 15,000 Watts + National Dex.
Scary Cave	Collect 20,000 Watts + National Dex.
Sinnoh Field	Collect 25,000 Watts + National Dex.
Icy Mountain Road	Collect 30,000 Watts + National Dex.
Big Forest	Collect 40,000 Watts + National Dex.
White Lake	Collect 50,000 Watts + National Dex.
Stormy Beach	Collect 65,000 Watts + National Dex.
The Resort	Collect 80,000 Watts + National Dex.
Quiet Cave	Collect 100,000 Watts + National Dex.
Beyond the Sea	Trade for an International Pokemon in the GTS in Goldenrod City.
Night Skys Edge	Obtain the PokeDex Data for Jirachi.
Yellow Forest	Nintendo Wifi Mystery Gift from 04/01/10 to 05/05/10
Winner's Path	Nintendo Wifi Mystery Gift from 05/06/10 to 06/25/10
Rally	        Unreleased to U.S. versions.
Sightseeing	Unreleased to U.S. versions.
Amity Meadow	Unreleased to all versions.

Pokemon HeartGold DS Cheats.

National Dex

Unlockable	How to Unlock
National Dex	Beat the Elite Four once and go to the S.S Aqua ship in Olivine 
City to get the National dex.

Unlockable Pokewalker Maps
There are over 20 Pokewalker maps currently available to anyone and 
everyone who owns them. The trick is obtaining Watts and getting the
 National Dex. Note that some of the following are event-only, so the
 Yellow Forest (for example), is unattainable right now.

Unlockable	         How to Unlock
Refreshing Field         Available from the start
Noisy Forest             Available from the start
Rugged Road              Obtain 50 Watts
Beautiful Beach 	 Obtain 200 Watts
Suburban Area   	 Obtain 500 Watts
Dim Cave        	 Obtain 1,000 Watts
Blue Lake       	 Obtain 2,000 Watts
Town Outskirts   	Obtain 3,000 Watts
Hoenn Field	  Obtain 5,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Warm Beach	  Obtain 7,500 Watts and own the National Dex
Volcano Path  	  Obtain 10,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Tree House	  Obtain 15,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Scary Cave	  Obtain 20,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Sinnoh Field	  Obtain 25,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Icy Mountain Rd.  Obtain 30,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Big Forest	  Obtain 40,000 Watts and own the National Dex
White Lake   	  Obtain 50,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Stormy Beach	  Obtain 65,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Resort	          Obtain 80,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Quiet Cave   	  Obtain 100,000 Watts and own the National Dex
Beyond the Sea	  Obtain a foreign pokemon via use of the GTS
Night Sky's Edge  Trade a fateful-encounter Jirachi onto your HG or SS
Yellow Forest	  Wifi Event from April 1st to May 5th, 2010
Rally	          Wifi Event from January 29th to February 28th, 2010 (Japan)

Sightseeing	  Wifi Event from November 14th (2009) to to January 11th (2010) 
                  in  Japan and from April 17th to May 31st, 2010 in Korea.

Winner's Path     Wifi Event from May 6th to June 25th, 2010

New Super Mario Bros DS Cheats

Play as Luigi in single player mode

At the "select a file" screen, keep pressed L and R buttons and choose one of your saved game files with the A button.
Now you'll play in the game as Luigi instead of Mario!

Secret Challenge Mode

While paused on the map, press L R L R X X Y Y to enter the secret Challenge mode. You will now be unable to go back to an area that has scrolled off the screen while playing a level. This cheat only works after you finish the game.


Unlock Worlds

Unlockable How to Unlock

World 4 --- Defeat the boss in the last castle of World 2 as Mini Mario
World 7 ---Defeat the boss in the last castle of World 5 as Mini Mario
Special ---BG Patterns & Unlimited Toad House Items

Unlimited Toad-House Items - Clear Every Level, including lettered
bonus levels.

Save Anywhere

To save your game anywhere on the map screen, beat the final castle in World 8. When you restart, you will have a star next to your save and you'll get the "Save" option added to your menu in the map screen.

Unlockable -----How to Unlock
Save Anywhere --Beat the game

New Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs

Original Mario Bros theme and fireworks


If you beat a level with a time left of x11, x22, x33, x44 etc you get fireworks and the original mario level completion song will play.

Mushroom houses at start of each world


The mushroom houses at the start of each world (the point with an arrow at the start) differ determining on the time you get on a stage. 
If you get x11, x22, x33 on the timer, a Red Mushroom house appears, which generates items.
If you get x44, x55, x66 on the timer, a Green Mushroom house appears, which is a 1up minigame.
If you get x77, x88, x99 on the timer, a Orange Mushroom house appears, which lets you gain a Mega Mushroom into your inventory, thus overriding anything in it.

New Super Mario Bros. Secrets

Extra Lives at Flagpoles


As you may know, jumping onto the flagpole at the stage's end will net you some points (up to 8000). In this game, if you somehow manage to jump high enough and land on the very top of the flagpole, you will automatically receive a 1-Up.

Warp Zone Cannons


In some worlds, there are cannons you can access (usually through taking secret exits). When you enter the cannon area, there will be a large cannon in the area, and a world number written below it. If you want to warp, simply drop into the cannon and off you go! Here is a list of the known warp zones thus far:
World 5 Warp #1: Take the secret exit from the World 1 Tower.
World 5 Warp #2: Take the secret exit from Stage 2-A.
World 6 Warp: Take the secret exit from the World 3 Ghost House.
World 7 Warp: Take the secret exit from the World 4 Ghost House.
World 8 Warp: Take the secret exit from the World 5 Ghost House.

Zombies:

As with most zombies they aren’t that dangerous individually, but get enough of them in one place and you can be in real trouble. And wouldn’t you know it, Dead Rising’s locations are jam packed with the living dead. And they also get a little tougher at
night. So here’s a few tips about dealing with them.Run - you don’t have to fight them, and unless you’re in a difficult area, such as a narrow hall or the North Plaza, you should be able to weave around them. Watch out - not all zombies behave the same. Some will ignore you, others will shamble in your direction. The occasional one will actually half-sprint at you. And some have knives which they can stab you with, although the ones with guns never fire them. Nowhere is safe - as above, the zombies behave differently. Standing behind a counter will give you a breather for moment, but eventually some of the zombies will, by trial and error, climb up and flop over the counter to attack you. You’re not the only food source - they will go after survivors, and since survivors don’t generally have the brains to duck around you, they will need watching out for. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to go after cultists. Keep on walking - getting surrounded is leathal, so once you have it, the zombie walk is an invaluable skill. Use it to clamber over the tops of zombies heads if they’re getting too close. Lure them away - if you find the dead lurking around the entrance to one of the mall sections, and you don’t want to waste a weapon on them, lure them away by moving away from the gate, then nip left and run into the gate.

Other Enemies:

Cultists:

These are the guys in yellow raincoats, and they’re absolute swines. Not as bad as the soldiers, but they will slash you with their knives, and will also sometimes rush you with a stick of dynamite in their hands. If the latter happens, either shoot them or run the hell away, because they’ll cause you major damage if they blow up. The best way to deal with them is by using a chainsaw if you have to get through them. Or failing that, you can just avoid them. They’ll go away if you defeat their leader later.

Soldiers:

Oh boy. These are worse than the cultists - they have guns and will blast the living daylights out of you. Run away from them if you can, and if you have to take them down, use a chainsaw, katana or axe.

Psychopaths:

Aside from the zombies, soldiers and cultists, there are severalpsychopaths - effectively boss characters - you’ll run into. You’ll only encounter a few of these by going through the regular cases in the games - the others are usually encountered as part of scoops. Most can be defeated fairly easily as long as you load up on health-restoring items such as milk. Most have patterns that can be recognized and used, too. But here’s how to deal with some of the trickier ones.

Adam The Clown:

Adam isn’t part of the main case, but it’s worth fighting him just to get the small chainsaws he drops. This guy will cut you to pieces with his chainsaws so stay away. He can also use them to deflect bullets, so what do you do? Easy - shoot him when he breathes fire. Also, shoot the balloon when he blows one up and it’ll stun him, giving you the chance to deal some more damage. Cletus, the gun store owner. Again, this guy isn’t part of the main case, but you need to deal with him? Why? Because his shot in the North Mall is where you get shotguns and sniper rifles, essential for dealing with most other psychopaths. There’s an easy way to deal with him - as soon as the fight starts, back out of the store. Then using the uzi or machine gun, shoot at him through the opened door. He’ll die easily.

Carlito (2nd time):

Give him a taste of his own medicine and snipe at him from a long distance. If you don’t have a rifle, get up close and hit him - use a powerful weapon such as a chainsaw because once you hit him a couple of times, he’ll whack you back for serious damage.

Store Manager:

Keep out of the way of this guy’s trolley. Even if he hits you once, he can back up again and run over you another time, damaging your energy. On the plus side, you’re in a place which has an infinite supply of health in the shape of the milk cartons. You can also clamber on the shelves, if you have a firearm, and shoot the guy in the head. If you don’t, then let him charge past you, then when he turns, get in close and whack him.

Convicts:

The best way to deal with these loonies who drive around the leisure park in their jeep is to hit them with a car. Get a car from the car park area of the leisure park, mow it into them and stop their jeep. Then back off, and take the convicts out with a gun. Once you’ve done this, you can the mounted machine gun which is one of the most powerful weapons in the game. The downside is that they will keep on coming back.

Be aware, you might not play the game all the way through on the first go, but if you miss a scoop, you can restart the game and retain your skills. Hence the more you play, the easier it’ll get.

HACKING LOCKS AND COMPUTERS:

When hacking a lock or a computer you are given 4 columns of numbers all randomly scrolling through numbers. You need to select a number from each column that is fixed and no longer scrolling through random numbers. Easy once you get the hang of what needs to be done.

PICKING LOCKS:

When picking locks you need to move the left stick in a specific direction that will unlock the door. Some locks require you to move the left stick in a few different directions to unlock the lock. You will feel the control pad vibrate when You are pushing in the right direction and the lock pick will move to the next part of the lock when You have found the right direction.

CRACKING SAFES:

To crack a safe rotate the left stick until the first disk turns green, then rotate the left stick until the next disk also turns green. Then turn the left stick in the opposite direction until the last disk also turns green. Going slowly helps a lot when cracking the safes.

Weapons – There are a lot of nasty folk out there, best to always have a weapon to hand just in case, never know when someone might jump out at you!

Walk the grid! - If you want to get all of the achievements such as finding all the birds/metal pieces and using all the weapons then you need to be pretty thorough and explore all areas. Like any forensic investigator you'll want to check everywhere around you including up high and down low. Remember the crime scenes are 3D - Walls, floors and roofs. Note that you can also move some objects.

Use the Taser - The taser is a pretty great way of disarming the bad guys so use it to your advantage to steal their weapons or to get in a few good hits before they recover. For some enemies the taser will be enough to finish them off.

Use the torch - Seems like common sense but for most of the game the torch is going to always be on. Not sure if switching it off will stop enemies from spotting you but either way it is a key piece of kit so use it.

Forensic tools - Most of the forensic tools are easy to use, you are shown how to use each one to begin with so just remember how they work and what each one is designed to identify or capture. At the bottom right a message will appear telling you to press X whenever you need to use your forensic tools.

Block – With all melee weapons you can block attacks from the enemy, it is very useful as it stops them taking away your life and also allows you to quickly counter attack. You need to get your timing right but this shouldn't be too hard to get used to.

Birds & Metal Pieces – If you are looking to collect all of these then your going to have to be quite thorough when searching levels. Most metal pieces are found near walls with eyes on them so that should help a bit. As for the birds listen out for the alive ones – you should be able to hear them. Also some of the others have flies around them which you can also hear when you are close.

EASY MONEY:

Start writing novels on your computer. Its best to write novels as they take the least amount of time. When you write, your skill will automatically advance and if your skill is high enough, you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most money can be made from "Romance Novels". You will get royalties for six weeks once you finish a book. With the "Writing" skill maxed out, you can make approximately 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than the 34,800 Simoleons you can get by purchasing all neighborhood businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you should have a very high speed of writing, 9 or 10 best selling novels and 100,000 Simoleons.

SAVING MONEY:

No matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it on the same day that you obtained it you can get all your money back. If your Sim is poor and needs body points or something else, buy a body machine and keep selling it back to get a refund of all your money.

EASY COOKING, FISHING AND GARDENING SKILLS:

This trick requires a TV with a Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening channel and a video game system. Have a Sim sit down and watch television. Switch the TV over to one of the previously mentioned channels so that the Sim can start earning his or her skill points. Then, have a second Sim go over and start playing video games. Notice that although the TV is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above their head. Allow this Sim to sit there for as long as they please until they decide to do another activity of their own. After that, the skill meter should stay above their head until you start another Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train two skill points at once. For example, work out and both the Athletic and Cooking skills will continue to rise. If you keep repeating the steps until each skill channel has been viewed, the Sim will keep learning the three skills as he or she goes about their daily business, and four when doing skill activities.