So my BG3 playthrough was going smooth until I hit this brick wall boss fight. Tried like twenty times legit, kept getting stomped. Figured screw it, time for the dark side – downloaded one of those all-in-one trainers everyone talks about. Just clicked the .exe, launched it before firing up the game.
Worked… kinda. Toggled god mode and infinite gold with one click each. Felt awesome steamrolling that fight finally. Messed with party size too, added two extra companions just to see. Chaos, but fun chaos. Thing is…
The Crash Monster Showed Up
Started fast traveling around Act 2. Bam. Crash to desktop. Reloaded. Crashed five minutes later near Moonrise Towers. Tried an older save – same disaster. Whole evening wasted troubleshooting mods, verifying files… nada. Pretty sure that trainer borked my saves permanently. Had to restart the whole freaking act. Sucked.
Heard folks praising Cheat Engine forever. Decided to give it a spin next play session. Grabbed the table file someone made for BG3. Booted Cheat Engine first, hooked it to the game process. Copied the table values into the slots manually. Tedious as hell compared to the trainer’s shiny buttons. Gotta find each stat separately – health, spell slots, action points. Clicked checkboxes one by one, typed in numbers myself.
Felt janky at first. But you know what? Zero crashes. Played three hours straight after messing with stats. Toggled off infinite health mid-fight just to test. Game didn’t implode. Saves loaded fine later. Ain’t no plug-and-play magic show like the trainer, but dang… it didn’t melt my game.
Verdict After Burning Hours On Both
- Trainer Pros: Dumb easy for lazy clicking. Instant power trip.
- Trainer Cons: Might nuke your saves. Random instability. Feels like playing Russian roulette.
- Cheat Engine Pros: Actually stable once set up. Precise control over every little cheat.
- Cheat Engine Cons: Hassle city learning curve. Need some tech guts to use right.
Honestly? If you just wanna screw around quick for laughs, roll the dice with a trainer. But if you care about your save file surviving longer than five minutes… suck it up and wrestle with Cheat Engine. Annoying upfront work pays off. My game ain’t exploded yet. Trainer’s basically fireworks – pretty until they burn your house down.