Some games are dripping with atmosphere and its truly enjoyable to just absorb the finely crafted world you're surrounded by for hours on end. Plenty of other games have filler or just needless portions that steal time better spent doing other things. In those cases, a fast forward function is a wonderful thing.
Cheat engine has a fast forward function.
Some recent examples of my uses with this:
Rocksmith 2014 | This game has a hellishly long boot sequence that isn't hiding a load or anything, it's just long for longs sake. I launch the game, set it to 50x speed, and the sequence is over - saving something like 25 seconds every time I boot the game. I use it to not just play the game, but also practice guitar and its a great pick up and play game to kill 10 minutes so skipping that boot helps a lot.
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain | After over 100 hours in the game, I don't want to deal with that helicopter entrance anymore. When entering a mission I just fast forward by 50x until the helicopter lands - assuming theres nothing for me to do in the helicopter that mission. Alongside that, I don't want to wait 2 literal in game hours until that dope new item I want is finished developing. I'll just sit in the copter, set the time to 500x, and let everything develop now so I can just enjoy the game.
Undertale | Undertale is capped at 30fps. Alongside that, a large portion of the game is just walking at an unnecessarily slow pace. I play the game at 2x speed so the visuals are 60fps, and I get to do less of the parts I don't enjoy (slow walking) and more of the stuff I do (battles and dialogue, which I set back to 1x speed for).
Ys The Oath in Felghana | I heard great things about the games combat so I wanted to check it out really quick to potentially come back to later. The game opens with a BUNCH of story before you can get to a save point which I at the time was not at all interested in. You had to button through a lot of text. To aid that process, set the game speed to 4x to skip the dialogue I didn't need at that point.
These are just a few examples - now that I've got you interested, lets do the how to.
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Download Cheat Engine here.
Set up hot keys:
You can set specific keys to specific speeds to allow for adjustability.
My set up is:
M: 1.0
N: 2.0
Alt+M: 50.0
Alt+N: 200.0
You could also just use the increase speed, and toggle hotkeys instead.
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Auto attach to process:
Add the executable name to the list so that all you need to do is launch Cheat Engine, launch the game, and it'll automatically hook in. Now, you can simply hit your hot key and the game will proceed at whatever speed you desire.
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Emulators have this feature and it already helps there, start integrating it into other games to use your time more effectively how you want it.
Cheat engine has a fast forward function.
Some recent examples of my uses with this:
Rocksmith 2014 | This game has a hellishly long boot sequence that isn't hiding a load or anything, it's just long for longs sake. I launch the game, set it to 50x speed, and the sequence is over - saving something like 25 seconds every time I boot the game. I use it to not just play the game, but also practice guitar and its a great pick up and play game to kill 10 minutes so skipping that boot helps a lot.
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain | After over 100 hours in the game, I don't want to deal with that helicopter entrance anymore. When entering a mission I just fast forward by 50x until the helicopter lands - assuming theres nothing for me to do in the helicopter that mission. Alongside that, I don't want to wait 2 literal in game hours until that dope new item I want is finished developing. I'll just sit in the copter, set the time to 500x, and let everything develop now so I can just enjoy the game.
Undertale | Undertale is capped at 30fps. Alongside that, a large portion of the game is just walking at an unnecessarily slow pace. I play the game at 2x speed so the visuals are 60fps, and I get to do less of the parts I don't enjoy (slow walking) and more of the stuff I do (battles and dialogue, which I set back to 1x speed for).
Ys The Oath in Felghana | I heard great things about the games combat so I wanted to check it out really quick to potentially come back to later. The game opens with a BUNCH of story before you can get to a save point which I at the time was not at all interested in. You had to button through a lot of text. To aid that process, set the game speed to 4x to skip the dialogue I didn't need at that point.
These are just a few examples - now that I've got you interested, lets do the how to.
_________________________________________________________________________
Download Cheat Engine here.
Set up hot keys:
You can set specific keys to specific speeds to allow for adjustability.
My set up is:
M: 1.0
N: 2.0
Alt+M: 50.0
Alt+N: 200.0
You could also just use the increase speed, and toggle hotkeys instead.
_________________________________________________________________________
Auto attach to process:
Add the executable name to the list so that all you need to do is launch Cheat Engine, launch the game, and it'll automatically hook in. Now, you can simply hit your hot key and the game will proceed at whatever speed you desire.
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Emulators have this feature and it already helps there, start integrating it into other games to use your time more effectively how you want it.
