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:''This page's text comes from an old revision of a wiki article mostly written a few weeks after Dev Mode was first found, and makes for a fun (albeit technical) read about what may be the single most important discovery made so far in Oni. Warning: breathless enthusiasm ahead, those prone to vicarious hyperventilation advised to bring paper bags. [[User:Iritscen|:-3]]''
:''This page's text comes from an old revision of a wiki article mostly written a few weeks after Dev Mode was first found, and makes for a fun (albeit technical) read about what may be the single most important discovery made so far in Oni. I have inserted a few notes in brackets to correct and update information. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]]''
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Below is a slightly reformatted version of his [http://geyser.oni2.net/Developer_Mode/DevMode.txt "dev diary"]
Below is a slightly reformatted version of his [http://geyser.oni2.net/Developer_Mode/DevMode.txt "dev diary"]
''[Editor's note: Please note that more understandable instructions for unlocking Dev Mode are found on the [[Dev Mode]] page, for anyone who wants to do it manually for some reason.]''
;Enabling Developer Mode (console):22-01-2006
;Enabling Developer Mode (console):22-01-2006
It is so simple, that I'm wondering why it wasn't done yet.
It is so simple, that I'm wondering why it wasn't done yet.
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That's when we all say W.O.W. and hurry to our PCs.
That's when we all say W.O.W. and hurry to our PCs.


Yeah, it's a sorry thing for Mac users, but Dev Mode was completely [[PC vs Mac|cut from the Mac build]] ''[Editor's note: not actually true, as it turned out (much to Mac users' collective relief); see [[AE:FERAL|here]]]''.
Yeah, it's a sorry thing for Mac users, but Dev Mode was completely [[PC vs Mac|cut from the Mac build]] ''[Editor's note: this turned out not to be true, much to Mac users' collective relief; see [[AE:FERAL|here]]]''.
===Enabling the cheat===
===Enabling the cheat===
Get the patched executable here (English version, patched with Ian's patch, then patched by [[User:Geyser|myself]] according to SFeli's instructions) :
Get the patched executable here (English version, patched with Ian's patch, then patched by [[User:Geyser|myself]] according to SFeli's instructions) :
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/proggies/OniDev.zip OniDev.zip]
*[http://geyser.oni2.net/proggies/OniDev.zip OniDev.zip] ''[Editor's note: Nowadays you just want to install the [[Daodan DLL]] to unlock Dev Mode. Don't download this old executable.]''
(I've packed the cheat-code strings together, so that they don't take any extra space)
(I've packed the cheat-code strings together, so that they don't take any extra space)