Thanks CJB for your help. We went to Cheatscapes and found something that worked!!! Finally. Thanks so much for your help.
woot another happy customer.
found this some where
Step 1
Download Mafia 2 Dev Console.
just google it i found it right off
Step 2
Extract m2dev console in the same folder as “Mafia2.exe”.
Step 3
Start the game, ALTTAB
back to where you extracted m2dev console, run
“m2dev.exe” and go back to the game.
Step 4
Press F12, and the console will pop up.
You can tweak the console key by editing m2dev.ini. All keys must be enter in
DEC value, HEX will not work!
cg_ammoinclip
cg_ammo
cg_waterhover
cg_police
cg_showhud
cg_health
cg_drawfps
cg_fightmode
cg_pedsfightback
cg_carhorns
cg_missionstatus
cg_time
cg_weather
cg_money
crash
quit
#lua
#execlua
Got it to work! Download the m2dev.zip file extract it and copy the contents of that file to the same folder as mafia2.exe, it should be something like C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Mafia II\pc, then use the file m2dev.exe to start the game. Press F12 in the game to bring up the console. There ya go have fun and happy tweaking!