Item cheat not working

[Jonathon White]

When you press shift and ~ key (which for european keyboards is the top left key below the escape key and above the tab key)
a box will open up, but what I found was that a character was already in the box if you press the back space or just delete whats in the box you will then be able to enter the cheats you want.
I hope this helps and you enjoy the game as much as I do.