User blog:Gracchus Mccarthe/Cheatboxing.

Yes, the title of this post is a play-on-words of "beatboxing".

Anyway, Cheatboxing is cheating when you open strongboxes. It's not hacking, since you don't change SAS 4's coding in any way, shape, or form. It's more like exploiting a glitch. It makes it more likely that you'll get loot that you actually want.

Now that we've gone over what Cheatboxing is, let's look at how you Cheatbox.

For Black Strongboxes (unless you're opening a Black Strongbox so you won't exceed the limit):
1. Disconnect from the internet and wait about 30 seconds.

2. Open the box.

3. Decide whether or not you want the equipment the box contained.

4-A. If you like it, reconnect to the internet.

4-B. If you don't like what you got, exit out of SAS 4 BEFORE you reconnect to the internet. This will make the game unable to save your progress, so you'll have the Black Strongbox still, even though you technically already opened it. (Of course, you won't still have the gear you got.)

For Augmentation Progress Rewards:
1. Get close to the next level of Aug Prog Rewards.

2. Disconnect from the internet and wait about 30 seconds.

3. Open the boxes.

4. Decide whether or not you want the equipment the boxes contained.

5-A. If you like your reward, reconnect to the internet.

5-B. If you don't like what you got, exit out of SAS 4 BEFORE you reconnect to the internet. This will make the game unable to save your progress, so you'll be able to spend the money and get the strongboxes again.

You may have already known how to do this, but there are people who don't know about it. This post was made specifically for them.

This method got me my Black Hardplate Helm and Leg Protection, Hornet and T40, and various other pieces of gear. I've been told many times in MP that I have OP stuff, and some people request that I not leave the game. So try Cheatboxing out. You can get OP gear at lower levels without hacks, and this method is proof.