I agree with the excellent response from
SiJa, and would just add that the only cheat for HotShots of which I'm aware is to increase the "heat" score using
g_hotshots.heat = # (where
# is between 0 - 100; I've been known to start HotShots games against tough opponents by "tweaking" the heat score to 35...).
My personal "cheat" for HotShots is less of a cheat (with the exception of the aforementioned heat=35 tweak) and more of a strategy:
- I save the game at the screen where Yumiko says, "Let's spin the wheel!" (or something like that) just before she spins the wheel
- When we spin the wheel, I'm shooting for Hard Question on the wheel, which results in the maximum increase to the heat score if answered correctly. If it doesn't stop on Hard Question, I reload the save just prior to the wheel-spin and try again (I sometimes end up doing this several times, as I apparently lack the hand-eye coordination to successfully hit Hard Question every time)
- I use Puppet Master's Holiday Island FAQ for the answers to the hard questions. If my opponent seems determined to pass out drunk instead of losing articles of clothing, I will intentionally answer the question wrong and hope that my opponent asks me to take off some clothes (which would cause the heat score to go up).
- At the end of each round, I save again at the point just before Yumiko spins the wheel to capture my progress to 100+ heat ("The heat is high!"), then "lather, rinse, and repeat".
Using this strategy, I win HotShots
every time.