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Advance Wars: Dual Strike (Europe) Cheats!

Jul 27th, 2020 (edited)
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  1. Please make sure you only copy the hex code, it's the weird numbers and letters. Make sure you leave the code exactly how it looks, this is important. Letter case is not important. Don't type them out, just copy-paste them, it's quicker.
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  3. THESE CODES ARE FOR THE PAL VERSION OF ADVANCE WARS: DUAL STRIKE. PAL VERSION IS STANDARD IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. THEY WILL NOT WORK ON THE JAPANESE OR NA VERSIONS!
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  5. THE SPACES IN BETWEEN THE STRINGS ARE IMPORTANT, YOU MUST LEAVE THEM OR THE CHEAT WILL NOT FUNCTION!
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  7. Comments are for what character it's for. I'm not doing Von Bolt yet as even if I cheat through the hard campaign it will take too long.
  8. If you'd rather a version without my ramblings, use the following link for a pure list:
  9. https://pastebin.com/Ya9PbGYT
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  11. Some forward explanations:
  12. // I already had the codes for Jake and Rachel, so I needed to learn how the XP system works. Turns out it's a simple integer
  13. // between 0 and 100000. But I was worried it was an integer with modulo 1000. I needed to see how XP worked to prove whether
  14. // or not that was how XP worked, and I figured a character with 0 XP was the best way to start. I did some games to nail
  15. // down his number and checked what would happen if I made the integer 1000. He hit level 1. I did some more experimenting
  16. // and yes, AW-DS levels are just a number between 0 and 100000. Hence why the final string is the same characters every
  17. // time. The first string identifies the character, and the second string identifies the XP value. The first strings tend to use
  18. // the same-ish look if you get what I mean, there's a pattern, they all start with 022BE.
  19. // Although you can't trust this too much, it helps in nailing it down.
  20. // In order to nail down exactly what value is which, I used DeSmuMe's "search" system. Obviously, most of my characters had 0 XP.
  21. // This is useless for searching because there are nearly 50,000 strings with a value of 0. Hence why I played a few games in the
  22. // War Room with a CO before even attempting it. I cheated to create a grunt and move it to instantly capture the enemy base to get
  23. // to 500 XP (since I used 2.5x bonus). Then I'd play a game and let them create a unit so I could kill it. This is because if you
  24. // kill 0 units, your power score will be 0! It's useful if you can have at least 2 non-0 digits since that makes nailing down what
  25. // value is who the XP easier. Overall, each character takes ~5-10 minutes. I hope you enjoy my codes! This was my first time ever
  26. // trying to create Action Replay codes, and it's honestly kinda relaxing! PLEASE ENJOY!
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  28. CHARACTER LEVEL CHEATS:
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  30. 1:
  31. 022BEE14 000186A0
  32. // Jake max XP
  33.  
  34. 2:
  35. 022BEE30 000186A0
  36. // Rachel max XP
  37.  
  38. 3:
  39. 022BEC54 000186A0
  40. // Olaf max XP
  41. // First CO I actually searched for since I needed to know how XP worked in AW-DS.
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  43. 4:
  44. 022BEE84 000186A0
  45. // Grimm max XP
  46.  
  47. 5:
  48. 022BECA8 000186A0
  49. // Kanbei max XP
  50.  
  51. 6:
  52. 022BEEA0 000186A0
  53. // Candy/Kindle max XP
  54. // One of the hardest to figure out because instead of getting max XP her sprite would glitch. Which isn't useful.
  55.  
  56. 7:
  57. 022BEE68 000186A0
  58. // Javier max XP
  59.  
  60. 8:
  61. 022BEC00 000186A0
  62. // Nell max XP
  63.  
  64. 9:
  65. 022BEDA4 000186A0
  66. // Hachi max XP
  67. // Probably the 2nd most annoying to find, due to an annoying false-herring. I located it whilst looking for Nell's value and
  68. // managed to accidentally set his XP to 900. However, much like what happened with Kindle, when trying to turn the value to max it
  69. // glitched out. I eventually realised I'd need an easier value to find. I played a game to get a nice non-0 ending value and when I
  70. // searched for it it crashed DeSmuMe. So I had to try again and eventually was able to find his value after playing a full game.
  71. // If you know what 022CE69A 000003E8 is used for f*cking let me know.
  72.  
  73. 10:
  74. 022BEC1C 000186A0
  75. // Andy max XP
  76. // This kid's XP value wouldn't show up for ages. I managed to get 4 non-0 digits and the little shit refused to show himself.
  77. // I ended up loading a super old save-state so I could set his XP down to 0 and try again from the start. I managed to get him
  78. // to a clean 700 and once I searched he f*cking decided to crash DeSmuMe. I'm glad I used a copy of my game to f*ck around
  79. // with these values, since I'm fairly sure that this file is broken forever. I ended up having to get him to 900 and
  80. //sifting through 32 strings to see which one resembled the previously established pattern. Luckily, there were
  81. // only 2 options that resembled a character and I got it first try. Not as bad as Hachi and Kindle,
  82. // but definitely up there as being a shit. F*cker must be pissed he's not the main character any more.
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  84. 11:
  85. 022BEC38 000186A0
  86. // Max max XP
  87. // Max was really hard to do since I'd played with him and got his value to be 4 non-0 digits. It seems like DeSmuMe sucks at finding
  88. // strings with values that are 4 non-0 digits. Eventually though I found it by getting his XP to 1681...except there were 16 values.
  89. // Less than Andy, but annoying. Again though, only 1 resembles a CO. So it was got in 1!
  90.  
  91. 12:
  92. 022BEC70 000186A0
  93. // Sami max XP
  94. // Same as Max, DeSmuMe sucks at finding 4 non-0 digits. I could never end up finding Sami though, so I wanted to try something else.
  95. // I figured if I went to an old save-state where I'd never used Sami, I'd be able to get her with 0 XP and ergo more cleanly look
  96. // for her values. Turns out my only save-state from when I hadn't used Sami was right after beating Crystal Calamity... and I ended
  97. // up accidentally saving and saving my save-state over it. So that's not good! I accidentally erased my good save-file because of
  98. // this bitch. So now I not only have to do Dark Ambition, but I have to do Pincer Strike again because of this bitch.
  99. // Congrats me. This was easily the worst one to find so far. Good news though, I managed to get her code!
  100. // It only took accidentally nuking my save file! At least she's cute though!
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  102. 12:
  103. 022BEC8C 000186A0
  104. // Grit max XP
  105. // After dealing with horrors like Max, Sami and Hachi, a CO who only crashes DeSmuMe once is a blessing.
  106.  
  107. 13:
  108. 022BEDC0 000186A0
  109. // Colin max XP
  110. // Easiest one yet. One game, one search, found result instantly.
  111.  
  112. 13:
  113. 022BEE4C 000186A0
  114. // Sasha max XP
  115. // Relatively painless, but a quick false-alarm annoyed me.
  116.  
  117. 14:
  118. 022BECFC 000186A0
  119. // Drake max XP
  120. // I got a bit cocky and thought I could find it on 200. I couldn't, need to wait for 400. Knowing that they all follow the
  121. // same pattern makes it easier to sift through huge chunks though.
  122.  
  123. 15:
  124. 022BECE0 000186A0
  125. // Eagle max XP
  126. // I didn't think Eagle could be found. I've tried searching for ages and got nothing. Whenever I looked up his XP I received
  127. // nothing back, 0 results, it was honestly honestly bizarre. I'm not sure if I broke Eagle. I THOUGHT I've found his character
  128. // string (022BECE0) but it didn't seem to do anything when I edited it.
  129. // After every few games, Eagle's XP ends up turning into something ending
  130. // in 96. This leads me to believe I've accidentally screwed up his values somehow. A string that shows up often is 222CE69A.
  131. // This shows up sometimes when I put in his XP. I really don't think this is CO string, and even when I edit it nothing happens.
  132. // Just to test, I went and made both Drake and Eagle have 500 XP. There were 2 CO strings, one was Drake and the other, as it
  133. // turned out, was Eagle. He must be a critically endangered Philippine eagle because he was so f*cking hard to find. Easily
  134. // the most boring slog out of all characters. But I got a code for him!
  135.  
  136. 16:
  137. 022BEDDC 000186A0
  138. // Jess max XP
  139. // Took a few tries, but managed to get it! Jess's theme is easily one of my favourites.
  140.  
  141. 17:
  142. 022BECC4 000186A0
  143. // Sonja max XP
  144. // Sonja's good at hiding her units' HP, but not as good at hiding her XP!
  145.  
  146. 18:
  147. 022BEDF8 000186A0
  148. // Sensei max XP.
  149.  
  150. 19:
  151. 022BED88 000186A0
  152. // Hawke max XP
  153. // By this point, I realised if you just selected restart and searched again it would usually find the values. So
  154. // it was mostly a breeze at this point.
  155.  
  156. 20:
  157. 022BEEBC 000186A0
  158. // Flak max XP
  159. // Sometimes the string it will give you starts with a 2 instead of a 0 but otherwise resembles a CO string. In this case,
  160. // simply changing the 2 to a 0 will work! That's what I did here.
  161.  
  162. 21:
  163. 022BED50 000186A0
  164. // Lash max XP
  165. // Lash had a glow up between Black Hole Rising and Dual Strike. Same as Flak, swap a 2 for a 0 if it looks like a CO string.
  166.  
  167. 22:
  168. 022BEED8 000186A0
  169. // Adder max XP
  170.  
  171. 23:
  172. 022BED34 000186A0
  173. // Jugger max XP
  174. // Jugger caused our first glitch in a while. Fitting.
  175.  
  176. 24:
  177. 022BED6C 000186A0
  178. // Zak/Koal max XP
  179.  
  180. And just like that, that's every CO except Von Bolt with a working code to get them to max level and XP! I'll do Von Bolt once I clear the hard campaign. Please enjoy! It took about 4 hours to make these in total, so I really hope you guys appreciate them.
  181.  
  182. 25:
  183. 022BED18 000186A0
  184. // Von Bolt max XP
  185. // Welp, it took me 2 years, but I finally got the Von Bolt code on the 2nd of October, 2022AD. It didn't take ages
  186. // because it was super hard to find, but because I didn't play the game for ages to unlock him because the hard campaign
  187. // is notoriously brutal. I had to re-learn how to make the cheat codes, and it took a while because I was searching
  188. // using the hex value, not the decimal value. Once I searched with the decimal, I immediately found his string
  189. // and got a working code. Enjoy! The game's max XP can finally be considered done. Also, I had to remove
  190. // all my f-bombs when re-editing this, which is absolute shit. I'm Australian, swearing is in my nature!
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