Man, today was supposed to be easy – jump back into Saints Row 1 and unlock everything using a cheat I found online. Felt like a simple cut-and-paste job, right? Totally useless. Let me tell you how it actually went down.
The Frustration Starts
First off, booted up the game on my dusty old rig. Heard this legendary cheat floating around for years about unlocking all islands and weapons instantly. Found the exact line I needed: something like “UnlockEverythingPlease” or whatever. Typed that sucker into the cheats menu during gameplay… all I got was shit. Error message city. Did nothing. Zilch. Nada.
Digging Deeper (Like An Idiot)
Okay, fine. Maybe my game version is weird? Wasted my time finding legit sources for cheats specific to my copy. Tried different variations people swore worked:
- Typed it super slow.
- Hit enter like it owed me money.
- Even downloaded a damn autohotkey script to spam it.
Still totally locked out. Game laughed in my face. Left me super pissed off. Why hype a cheat if it just bricks?
The “Brilliant” Workaround (Spoiler: It’s Annoying)
Finally figured this crap out wasn’t gonna work normally. Resigned myself to the dirty method – messing with the actual game files. Here’s what finally unlocked everything:
- Shut the game down COMPLETELY.
- Crawled through the install directory (felt like navigating a dumpster).
- Found the config file, something like or similar.
- Opened it in Notepad like some hacker wannabe.
- Scrolled forever, searching for lines like “UnlockedIslands” or “WeaponCheatFlag”.
- Spotted stuff set to “0” or “False”. Changed every damn one I could find to “1” or “True”. Saved it.
Fingers crossed, rebooted the game… Boom! All islands on the map lit up. Full arsenal magically appeared. No fancy cheat code needed. Just brute-force file editing.
So What’s The Deal?
Honestly? The “Unlock All” cheat code everyone talks about? Feels like pure legend to me. Didn’t work worth a damn. Either my copy’s bugged, or the code itself is misremembered BS. Had to crack open the backend like a mechanic to hotwire the thing. Got the job done, yeah, but it wasn’t the smooth experience they promised online. Classic example of internet advice needing a serious grain of salt. Just grunt work in disguise.
