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;Cheat lookup table
;Cheat lookup table
:When you type characters in the Pause screen, the text you enter is progressively compared with all the strings in the cheat table.
:When you type characters on the Data Comlink screen (the F1 pause screen), the text you enter is progressively compared with all the strings in the cheat table.
:When and if there is a match, the corresponding confirmation message is displayed for enablement/confirmation, or for disablement if the cheat was already on, and the corresponding cheat event takes effect when the Pause screen is closed.
:When and if there is a match, the corresponding confirmation message is displayed – for activation, for recognition (when the cheat is not an on/off state but an action to perform), or for deactivation if the cheat was already on and the cheat event takes effect when the Data Comlink is closed.
:In full, each row of the cheat table consists of:
:In full, each row of the cheat table consists of:
:*a pointer to the cheat code string
:*a pointer to the cheat code string
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where the ## are joker characters (wildcard bytes). Once you've found that data (make sure it occurs only once in the file), replace the '''14''' with a '''0B'''.
where the ## are joker characters (wildcard bytes). Once you've found that data (make sure it occurs only once in the file), replace the '''14''' with a '''0B'''.


Developer Mode will now be enabled/disabled every time you type '''killmequick''' at the Pause screen; you'll get "Ultra Mode Enabled" and "Ultra Mode Disabled" as confirmation messages.
Developer Mode will now be enabled/disabled every time you type '''killmequick''' on the Data Comlink (pause) screen; you'll get "Ultra Mode Enabled" and "Ultra Mode Disabled" as confirmation messages.
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===Enter the cheat code===
===Enter the cheat code===
Enter the Pause screen (default key F1) and look for a confirmation message after typing the Developer Mode cheat '''thedayismine''' (or '''killmequick''' if you followed the DIY tutorial above). You can also just type '''x''' when the Daodan DLL or Mac Intel build is being used.
Enter the Data Comlink (default key F1) and look for a confirmation message after typing the Developer Mode cheat '''thedayismine''' (or '''killmequick''' if you followed the DIY tutorial above). You can also just type '''x''' when the Daodan DLL or Mac Intel build is being used.


==Using the console==
==Using the console==