I have done that in the past, somehow. But now i just cant find the credits value in the save file (using notepad search function). Anyone know what i need to search for to find it ?
I know thats cheating, but i just don't want to farm literally all day to afford a few decent ships... I want to start with more credits, so i can afford a couple of ships right from the start.
Your best bet is probably look it up in-game and search for that value in campaign.xml which will be somewhere in the second half of it.
You are most likely out of luck if the amount of your money is a common value, like zero or a small number, however anything larger than 100k is unique enough to be an easy to find as no game variable will use such a big value.
The block should like this:
<c z="79397">
<value>6282.0</value>
</c>
Change the float according to your in-game money needs.
Do not bother looking for the 'z' value, that ID changes from game to game.
If someone has a better understanding of the save file structure please enlighten me how these reference IDs can be linked to the credits the player possess.