Comments on: How To Cheat at Robo Defense on Android http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android Whatever's tugging at my brain handles Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: william http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9897 william Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:12:26 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9897 I have no idea you mean by hex editor.I'm playing this on my moms phone. I have no idea you mean by hex editor.I'm playing this on my moms phone.

]]> By: Chris http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9843 Chris Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:31:48 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9843 what line did you edit to have enough money to get back to where you where thanks what line did you edit to have enough money to get back to where you where thanks

]]> By: Debo http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9815 Debo Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:18:59 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9815 How do you do your return path for courtyard??? I tried it on basic ruins and kind of on factory and it work out magnificently, I just don't have the slightest clue on where to start on the courtyard, and let me know when you get that video of the titan posted, I would like to see that, thanks How do you do your return path for courtyard??? I tried it on basic ruins and kind of on factory and it work out magnificently, I just don't have the slightest clue on where to start on the courtyard, and let me know when you get that video of the titan posted, I would like to see that, thanks

]]> By: Debo http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9814 Debo Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:09:47 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9814 My encounter with the titan was on vr training A, I set it to level thirty so I could complete the 30 30 achievment, I started with 35 lives and lost 5 by the end so I was perfectly at level 30, round 30, with 30 lives, I'm not sure if it was just coincidence that he appeared then but it was really cool, tried multiple times after and I could not make him appear again, I never got a good look at him though. I had to many rockets so he was covered up the whole time and died before I could even see him My encounter with the titan was on vr training A, I set it to level thirty so I could complete the 30 30 achievment, I started with 35 lives and lost 5 by the end so I was perfectly at level 30, round 30, with 30 lives, I'm not sure if it was just coincidence that he appeared then but it was really cool, tried multiple times after and I could not make him appear again, I never got a good look at him though. I had to many rockets so he was covered up the whole time and died before I could even see him

]]> By: Dick Macgurn http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9809 Dick Macgurn Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:38:19 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9809 Yeah, Titan is worth 1000 instant points and so far for me he only comes out when my health is either perfect or one shy of perfect and between waves 73 and wave 97 of Ruins or Basic, I want to see if he comes out in VR Training, Factory and Courtyard, I'm pretty sure he will. The last time he came out I sold all my rocket launchers and built a harmless maze for him to walk around in and shot a couple of short videos of him walking around with no towers to make him translucent. I'll post those videos soon. I really can't wait till they make this game in 3D! Yeah, Titan is worth 1000 instant points and so far for me he only comes out when my health is either perfect or one shy of perfect and between waves 73 and wave 97 of Ruins or Basic, I want to see if he comes out in VR Training, Factory and Courtyard, I'm pretty sure he will. The last time he came out I sold all my rocket launchers and built a harmless maze for him to walk around in and shot a couple of short videos of him walking around with no towers to make him translucent. I'll post those videos soon.

I really can't wait till they make this game in 3D!

]]> By: Random_comment_Guy http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9800 Random_comment_Guy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:42:17 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9800 @Dick Macgurn: You were asking about Titan above. I've seen him about half a dozen times, but never more than once on a single level. I'm not sure what triggers him, but its always been on the basic level for me. I never saw him before I implemented my cheats He's about 3x times taller than the other bots and significantly stronger. @Dick Macgurn:

You were asking about Titan above. I've seen him about half a dozen times, but never more than once on a single level. I'm not sure what triggers him, but its always been on the basic level for me. I never saw him before I implemented my cheats He's about 3x times taller than the other bots and significantly stronger.

]]> By: Random_comment_Guy http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9798 Random_comment_Guy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:36:10 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9798 Ha! I don't know what happened. I was saying that I could never beat level 60. I was also legitimately addicted to the game, but that's been cured now with all my powerups at 93. I played it up to about lvl 220 and then got quite bored with it because all I had to do was build a couple of rocket launchers. Anyway, this is a seriously great game ... until you intentionally ruin it by cheating :-) Ha! I don't know what happened. I was saying that I could never beat level 60. I was also legitimately addicted to the game, but that's been cured now with all my powerups at 93.

I played it up to about lvl 220 and then got quite bored with it because all I had to do was build a couple of rocket launchers.

Anyway, this is a seriously great game ... until you intentionally ruin it by cheating :-)

]]> By: Dick Macgurn http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9774 Dick Macgurn Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:19:47 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9774 lol, you got cutt off dude, "lvl...." ?? lol, you got cutt off dude, "lvl...." ??

]]> By: Random_comment_Guy http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9769 Random_comment_Guy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:05:09 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9769 Well, I messed with this quite a while tonight. I've been addicted to the paid version of the game for a solid week now, so I figured I'll kill the addition with cheating. It's a good way to ruin a good game after a bit of fun, so off I went. I used to edit hex files of computer games back 15+ years ago, so this made perfect sense. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the backup to ever restore for some reason. Anyway, pulling the XML, making edits, and pushing it back definitely works. I found that going to a billion dollars will crash the program, so $999,999,999 is the limit. Also, setting some of the upgrades to too high of levels causes a negative reading interestingly enough, but when I played the game with negative starting cash, I actually started with $490 using a "93" value in the XML, so not sure why it shows negative. Other than that, I had trouble editing the file on the phone itself. I could make the edits, but they didn't seem to take. Had the same problem when pushing a revised file onto the phone with anything but a basic starting file on the phone. So in the end, after several hours, it seems that this is the magic recipie that works for me: [] pull a valid game file (e.g., adb pull /data/data/com.Magicwach.rdefense/shared_prefs/AndroidDefense.xml . [] Edit the xml file on the pc [] THESE NEXT STEPS SEEMED TO BE REQUIRED SOMETIMES, NOT SURE WHY: [] Uninstall the program [] Remove the /sdcard/*.bak hex file [] Reinstall the program [] Open, and play a game, and save some changed settings, forcing the xml file to be created. [] Kill the program [] push the file to /data/local (e.g., adb push AndroidDefense.xml /data/local/) [] su - on the phone [] To be careful with ownship and permissions, I catted the contents to the actual file, and that seemed to work for me (e.g., cd to the shared_prefs directory, then cat /data/local > AndroidDefense.xml) [] I rebooted for good measure. Then played the new file. Now I got things to work several other times, but the above procedure was repeatable like clock work. Its an overkill, but when I didn't do some of the above steps, I either got a crash, or the program would bring up my old data, seemingly from no where, given that the xml and the bak file was gone. Anyway, that's what I did. Now off to ruin the game for myself. I just won lvl 10 while typing this with just a handful of rocket launchers which fired hilariously fast. Essentially a stream of rockets at lvl 94 (value 93). Pretty funny. I think I'll finish up the achievements that I couldn't get before (e.g. I never could beat lvl Well, I messed with this quite a while tonight. I've been addicted to the paid version of the game for a solid week now, so I figured I'll kill the addition with cheating. It's a good way to ruin a good game after a bit of fun, so off I went.

I used to edit hex files of computer games back 15+ years ago, so this made perfect sense.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get the backup to ever restore for some reason.

Anyway, pulling the XML, making edits, and pushing it back definitely works. I found that going to a billion dollars will crash the program, so $999,999,999 is the limit. Also, setting some of the upgrades to too high of levels causes a negative reading interestingly enough, but when I played the game with negative starting cash, I actually started with $490 using a "93" value in the XML, so not sure why it shows negative.

Other than that, I had trouble editing the file on the phone itself. I could make the edits, but they didn't seem to take. Had the same problem when pushing a revised file onto the phone with anything but a basic starting file on the phone.

So in the end, after several hours, it seems that this is the magic recipie that works for me:

[] pull a valid game file (e.g., adb pull /data/data/com.Magicwach.rdefense/shared_prefs/AndroidDefense.xml .

[] Edit the xml file on the pc

[] THESE NEXT STEPS SEEMED TO BE REQUIRED SOMETIMES, NOT SURE WHY:

[] Uninstall the program

[] Remove the /sdcard/*.bak hex file

[] Reinstall the program

[] Open, and play a game, and save some changed settings, forcing the xml file to be created.

[] Kill the program

[] push the file to /data/local (e.g., adb push AndroidDefense.xml /data/local/)

[] su - on the phone

[] To be careful with ownship and permissions, I catted the contents to the actual file, and that seemed to work for me (e.g., cd to the shared_prefs directory, then cat /data/local > AndroidDefense.xml)

[] I rebooted for good measure.

Then played the new file.

Now I got things to work several other times, but the above procedure was repeatable like clock work. Its an overkill, but when I didn't do some of the above steps, I either got a crash, or the program would bring up my old data, seemingly from no where, given that the xml and the bak file was gone.

Anyway, that's what I did. Now off to ruin the game for myself. I just won lvl 10 while typing this with just a handful of rocket launchers which fired hilariously fast. Essentially a stream of rockets at lvl 94 (value 93). Pretty funny.

I think I'll finish up the achievements that I couldn't get before (e.g. I never could beat lvl

]]> By: Droiddefense http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9742 Droiddefense Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:17:11 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9742 ps above method works great because you don't have to move .xml file around and you can edit values up or down to suit preferences. Also won't tank game (on a Sprint hero anyway) ps above method works great because you don't have to move .xml file around and you can edit values up or down to suit preferences. Also won't tank game (on a Sprint hero anyway)

]]> By: Droiddefense http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9741 Droiddefense Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:15:13 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9741 Found an easier way 1. you have to root your phone http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/07/how-to-root-your-cdma-htc-hero-sprint-verizon/ (You may have to search unlockr.com for your phone. This is for my sprint hero) 2. Download root explorer from market place on your phone 3. Download SUFBS root file manager from market place on your phone 4. Use root explorer to navigate to /data/data/com.magicwach.rdefense/shared_prefs 5. Now change the permissions on AndroidDefense.xml on a hero this is done by a long click on the file until a dialogue box pops up with permissions as one of the choices your phone may be slightly different 6. click on permissions then make sure all boxes are checked in the permissions dialogue box 7. close root explorer 8. Open SUFBS root file manager and navigate back to the AndroidDefense.xml file. open it up. Choose page editor from menu options in SUFBS you can now edit the xml file by changing the "adreward" values. The will be the number in quotes after adreward antiari reload "39" etc.. 9. You will have to reset permissions after every time you run the game because game changes xml back to read only. note....there is probably a root file manager that both changes permissions and edits xml file. Just haven't found one that works for both yet. Found an easier way
1. you have to root your phone
http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/07/how-to-root-your-cdma-htc-hero-sprint-verizon/ (You may have to search unlockr.com for your phone. This is for my sprint hero)

2. Download root explorer from market place on your phone

3. Download SUFBS root file manager from market place on your phone

4. Use root explorer to navigate to /data/data/com.magicwach.rdefense/shared_prefs

5. Now change the permissions on AndroidDefense.xml on a hero this is done by a long click on the file until a dialogue box pops up with permissions as one of the choices your phone may be slightly different

6. click on permissions then make sure all boxes are checked in the permissions dialogue box

7. close root explorer

8. Open SUFBS root file manager and navigate back to the AndroidDefense.xml file. open it up. Choose page editor from menu options in SUFBS you can now edit the xml file by changing the "adreward" values. The will be the number in quotes after adreward antiari reload "39" etc..

9. You will have to reset permissions after every time you run the game because game changes xml back to read only.

note....there is probably a root file manager that both changes permissions and edits xml file. Just haven't found one that works for both yet.

]]> By: pattont http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9718 pattont Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:57:13 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9718 Everytime I try to push the .xml file back to the shared_prefs dir I get a permission denied.... Any idea? Everytime I try to push the .xml file back to the shared_prefs dir I get a permission denied.... Any idea?

]]> By: smiley http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9690 smiley Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:14:02 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9690 can anyone send me the file? i tried doing with hex editor n its getting me confused =S i dunno how to do it can anyone send me the file? i tried doing with hex editor n its getting me confused =S i dunno how to do it

]]> By: Dick Macgurn http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9677 Dick Macgurn Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:33:40 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9677 It seems to me that the Titan is "triggered" to come out only under certain conditions. I killed him on Basic Level 70-93 with 35 health and I believe I started with 35 if not 36. Others killed him in The Ruins around level 25 or 30. I tried to keep him alive long enough to get a screen shot of him but I had too much firepower on the ground and my slow towers kept him translucent and I didn't have time to sell off my weaponry and towers to get a clear shot before he died. He was approximately 8 to 10 times stronger than a "hulk" because he got the same distance through my snake maze as 8 to 10 hulks did. I didn't see how much he was worth. I'm guessing he was worth quite a bit but unfortunately I wasn't really paying attention since I had it on fast forward and was watching Jon Stewart, only glancing at my phone once in a while to see if I needed to recharge a teleport-pad or not. Where did y'all have your Titan experience? Have you ever seen him twice or do you only get to kill him once? My theory is that once he's dead, he's dead and you don't get a second shot at him. I also believe that it doesn't matter what screen you're playing for him to show up. You're not really looking for him so much as waiting for your stats to trigger him to come out. Hopefully I'll see him again... If I was tasked with making the next version of this game I'd make at least a few simple improvements: 1) Add at least 1 more achievement that proves you are a true master of the game: "KILL 100 TITANS IN THE COURTYARD ON LEVEL 100-100 WHILE HAVING NO INDIVIDUAL UPGRADE CATEGORIES EXCEEDING 30 REWARDS POINTS AND WITHOUT USING ANY TELEPORT-PADS". I know I could pull this off if they would let me. (Think: "Return paths") 2) User defined levels (Think: "Lode Runner") 3) More sound effects and the ability to change volume levels on each. 4) Bigger screens of course and more different types of upgrades and different enemies, etc... It seems to me that the Titan is "triggered" to come out only under certain conditions. I killed him on Basic Level 70-93 with 35 health and I believe I started with 35 if not 36. Others killed him in The Ruins around level 25 or 30. I tried to keep him alive long enough to get a screen shot of him but I had too much firepower on the ground and my slow towers kept him translucent and I didn't have time to sell off my weaponry and towers to get a clear shot before he died. He was approximately 8 to 10 times stronger than a "hulk" because he got the same distance through my snake maze as 8 to 10 hulks did. I didn't see how much he was worth. I'm guessing he was worth quite a bit but unfortunately I wasn't really paying attention since I had it on fast forward and was watching Jon Stewart, only glancing at my phone once in a while to see if I needed to recharge a teleport-pad or not.

Where did y'all have your Titan experience? Have you ever seen him twice or do you only get to kill him once? My theory is that once he's dead, he's dead and you don't get a second shot at him. I also believe that it doesn't matter what screen you're playing for him to show up. You're not really looking for him so much as waiting for your stats to trigger him to come out. Hopefully I'll see him again...

If I was tasked with making the next version of this game I'd make at least a few simple improvements:

1) Add at least 1 more achievement that proves you are a true master of the game: "KILL 100 TITANS IN THE COURTYARD ON LEVEL 100-100 WHILE HAVING NO INDIVIDUAL UPGRADE CATEGORIES EXCEEDING 30 REWARDS POINTS AND WITHOUT USING ANY TELEPORT-PADS". I know I could pull this off if they would let me. (Think: "Return paths")

2) User defined levels (Think: "Lode Runner")

3) More sound effects and the ability to change volume levels on each.

4) Bigger screens of course and more different types of upgrades and different enemies, etc...

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.brainhandles.com/techno-thoughts/how-to-cheat-at-robo-defense-on-android/comment-page-1#comment-9675 Greg Bulmash Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:13:52 +0000 http://www.brainhandles.com/?p=2388#comment-9675 Usually, if you can't spend reward points, it means you don't have enough points to buy anything. Any item that costs more than you have gets its button greyed out. Usually, if you can't spend reward points, it means you don't have enough points to buy anything. Any item that costs more than you have gets its button greyed out.

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