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The entire point of this CVAR is to block cheats. If you could just disable it, it'd be useless. This is primarily a multiplayer option, plus, of course settable per skill.

One thing that I couldn't figure out is why you need to restart the map to enable them.

It's a server CVAR, which means it is game state. All current server CVARs are part of the savegame.

But why is it stored in savegames? I don't remember how it worked in Quake engine games.
Edit: now that i think of it cheats can be used anyway in single player games.

Graf Zahl wrote:Do not load a save. This variable is being stored in there and overrides your local setting when reloading.

Does that mean the only way to enable it, after typing sv_cheats true in the console, is to start a new game?

Do not load a save. This variable is being stored in there and overrides your local setting when reloading.

Hey folks,

Regardless of whether I type "sv_cheats 1" or "sv_cheats true" into the console whilst in-game and receiving the message that said command will be active for the next game, nothing changes. After typing in the command and restarting my last save, then typing in a Doom cheat code, the game still says, "sv_cheats must be true to enable this command".

How the heck do I solve this problem?