Imperator: Rome Console Commands – Cheats and More in 2022
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Paradox Interactive has a huge history of putting together high-quality 4X strategy games and Imperator: Rome is no exception to that fact. The game puts you in control of building your own Roman empire, though with the potential for you to bring about the fall a few centuries too early. If you’ve been struggling to manage your empire without getting ‘ides of March-ed’, then maybe you should try console commands.
Imperator: Rome console commands can do almost anything, from giving you an incredibly powerful army to making your the eternal dictator of the Roman Empire. Read on to discover the best console commands in the game.
Enable the Console
In the latest version of the game, you’ll have to make a minor change before you can actually use the console. If you’re on Steam, you can right-click the game in your Library, then select properties and put the code below in the Launch Options field. For a standalone version of the game, find the game executable, right-click it and create a shortcut. Now right-click the shortcut and hit properties, then add the code to the end of the ‘target’ field with a line after the last character.
-debug_modeImperator: Rome Useful Console Commands
As well as the cheat commands that you can use, there are a bunch of commands that fall more into the realm of utilities. This first set of commands will probably be a bit destructive to your gameplay experience, but it shouldn’t change it too much. Just remember, you could ruin your saves with any console commands, so back them up before you get started if you want to be safe.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
|---|---|
| Shows all tags and IDs on screen | debug_mode |
| Opens the explorer debug menu | explorer |
| Resets all of your achievements | debug.achievements.resetall |
| Opens up the GUI editor | gui_editor |
| Skips the currently playing musical trap | music.next |
| Puts you in spectator mode | observe(ob) |
| Opens the debug version of the settings menu | settings |
| Opens the portrait editor | portrait_editor |
| Opens the province setup editor, and create a setup file to override the default one | setup_editor |
Imperator: Rome Cheat Console Commands
Now we can move on to the fun part of the guide: cheating. The commands listed below have an even bigger chance of changing your gameplay experience than the ones before, so be prepared for the game to lose all challenge. Bear in mind, even more than before, you need to backup your saves if you want to keep them safe. Some of the more extreme commands below could cause crashes and save corruption, so consider yourself warned.
Also if you’re confused about a specific country or character’s tag to use with the commands below, make sure you utilize the debug_mode command at the top of the list above. This will show you any tags that you need.
| Command Effect | Console Command |
|---|---|
| Toggles fog of war on and off | fow |
| Annexes [countrytag] as long as you share a border with it | annex [countrytag] |
| Gives you [amount] of money | cash [amount] |
| Starts a civil war in [countrytag] | civil_war [countrytag] |
| Destroys all mercenaries on the map | destroy_mercenaries |
| Forces [countrytag] to declare war on [countrytag] | declare_war [countrytag][countrytag] |
| Exiles the currently selected unit | exile |
| Forces [countrytag] to sue for peace | forcepeace [countrytag] |
| Toggles instant-build mode | instantbuild |
| Toggles instant-move mode | instantmove |
| Toggles instant-population-assimilation mode | instantpopassimilation |
| Toggles instant-war-decleration mode | instantwar |
| Toggles instant-seige mode | instantseige |
| Kills [character tag] | kill [charactertag] |
| Gives you [amount] of political influence | political_influence [amount] |
| Gives you [amount] of prestige | prestige [amount] |
| GIves you [amount] of manpower | manpower [amount] |
