Europa Universalis 4 Message Board  

This is for those of you who just can't wait for the trainer to come out and want to start cheating right away.

----go to C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\save games
----open your save file in notepad (or another text editor)
----hit Ctrl+F to open the find text menu. type in "Human=yes" without quotes and go to it.
----everything below is your country information, unless you really know what you're doing I suggest only scrolling down and editing your money, prestige etc and nothing else.

Please don't blame me if you screw up your save later, always make backups just in case!

Enjoy.

The file contains indecipherable characters and so you can not edit the file. May depend on what?

Cannot edit the file if you are running ironman-mode, it encrypts the save file.

I don't have iron man mode on yet still can't edit the saves!

Notepad++

when you save the game, in the menu there is a Check box next to its name. It compresses the file. Uncheck it, save game with it off, then you can edit