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Explore maps to train for PvP

Olden Era includes a developer panel that lets you reveal an entire map. It's an excellent training tool: you can study a template at your own pace, understand how it's built, spot the resources and key points, then prepare your strategies before facing it in PvP. No mod required.

A training tool, to use solo
The idea isn't to cheat in a match, but to learn maps ahead of time. You explore quietly solo or against the AI, you memorize a template's structure, and you reuse that knowledge where it really counts: in multiplayer, on a level playing field. It's preparation, not an advantage in a ranked game (the panel only works in offline play).
1

Activate the tool in the main menu

From the main menu screen, simply type the studio's name on your keyboard: Unfrozen. There's no text field to click, you type the letters directly. When it registers, the "cheat" label appears next to the game's version number (at the bottom of the screen): that's the sign the tool is armed.

On an AZERTY (French) keyboard
Type unfrowen instead of "unfrozen". Because the Z and W keys are swapped between QWERTY and AZERTY keyboards, this is the input that triggers activation for French players. If one spelling doesn't work, try the other.
2

Start a training game

Start a game solo or against the computer (PvE), preferably on the template you want to learn. The tool stays active as long as the "cheat" label is shown.

3

Open the panel with F2

Once in game (on the adventure map), press F2 to open the developer panel. That's where you enable map exploration.

4

Study the map

The goal here is to learn the terrain. The panel gives you everything you need for that:

  • ›Reveal the whole map (remove the fog of war): you see the template's full structure at a glance.
  • ›Spot the resources, mines, buildings and objectives: where the strong points, paths and zones to control are.
  • ›Move freely (unlimited movement) to inspect every corner and measure distances between key zones.
  • ›Replay a situation as many times as you want to test an opening or a route before applying it in PvP.

The exact options and their layout may vary from one update to another.

If the native method no longer works
On some versions, the native panel may be disabled. In that case, the CheatPanel mod (on Nexus Mods) restores the same exploration panel; it opens by default with the / key (forward slash). It installs via BepInEx, exactly as explained in the Legacy Audio Mod guide (same BepInEx steps, then you drop the mod file into the plugins folder).
The developer panel is built into the game and confirmed by the community (descriptions of related mods on Nexus Mods, player forums). It's an officially undocumented feature, liable to change in early access. Designed for solo exploration and training.