Cheat Engine

[mercman]

Hi

I was going to ask how to get the code list window back, but that had already been answered.

So, here's my question.

I am hacking a program I wrote, it's very simple.

Here's the C++ Win32 console code, extremely simplified.
do
waiting for keyboard input
If keyboard=+ and this < 9 then this=this + 1
if keyboard=- and this > 0 then this=this - 1
if keyboard=escape key then quit program
print this
loop

so, i get "this" displayed to me with each update. I can press keyboard + or - to increase/decrease the value by one. If the value is less than 9, it won't go above. Or maybe that code says 8, but it is, that if it's not greater than 9 already, then increase by one, and conversely, if not less than 0 already, decrease by one. You get the picture, I hope.

Let's say that I wanted to disable the check for that number 9. Roughly, what code would I be looking for inside of the debugger for CE 5.2? That is, after I find out what addresses modify it. I still want the add/subtract to take place, of course, but I just want the add to happen unconditionally, so that even if it's 11, it will still add one.

i'm thinking,
compare for 9
jump if not equal

Am I close?

[Dark Byte]

find the address of "this".
then find what WRITES to "this".
then use the keyboard, and it will show the address of your routine that does the checking and editing of "this"

in that region (probably above) should be some conditional jumps.
and it doesnt have to be a jump if not equal, it is more likely a "jump if above/below"

e.g
cmp eax,9
jnb check_above0 //if not smaller than 9 (so above) then skip the increase
this=this+1
checkabove0:
cmp eax,0
jna check_escape
this=this-1
etc...

[mercman]