Cheat Engine

[justa_dude]

So, Easter weekend seems like a good time to play with something called Lazarus. I decided to download 1.0.8 w/ FPC 2.6.2 and checkout the SVN. To my amazement, Lazarus installed painlessly and all I had to do to build CE was double-click the project icon and click build. Great job, DB and conspirators. I don't recall ever seeing a project this big compile so fast and painlessly.

So, before I try to actually tinker with anything I guess I have to figure out what exactly it is that I've compiled. I'm afraid that I have no idea what the difference is between the CheatEngine, cheatengine-i386, and cheatengine-x86_64 executables is or how to build the other two (I downloaded the 32-bit Lazarus because it seemed to indicate that it could build 32-bit and 64-bit packages, but I don't see additional project files or a makefile or anything in the SVN). What do I need to do to build a drop-in replacement for working on 32-bit apps from within a 64-bit OS? Am I correct in assuming that it is possible to make small modifications and drop them into my CE folder without building the low-level stuff (is dbk still a requirement?). Is there an up-to-date build guide that already answers all my questions (and probably many that I haven't come up with yet)?

Thanks,
JD

[mgr.inz.Player]

Cheat Engine.exe is a launcher. It will choose cheatengine-i386.exe on 32bit systems, and cheatengine-x86_64.exe on 64bit systems.


http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?p=5526013#5526013
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Steps:
- uninstall any existing Lazarus

- download lazarus-1.0.14-fpc-2.6.2-win32.exe
- download fpc-2.6.2.x86_64-win64.exe

- install lazarus-1.0.14-fpc-2.6.2-win32.exe into C:\CrossLazarus
- choose "Delete all user configuration ...." option
- install fpc-2.6.2.x86_64-win64.exe into C:\CrossLazarus\fpc\2.6.2

- add "C:\CrossLazarus" to your system variable PATH
- done


You can use lazarus-1.2.0-fpc-2.6.2-win32.exe instead of lazarus-1.0.14-fpc-2.6.2-win32.exe



Now, in project options there should be "config and target" options. If you set
- target OS: win32, target CPU family: i386
Lazarus will compile 32bit binary


- target OS: win64, target CPU family: x86_x64
Lazarus will compile 32bit binary


Also, don't forget to choose "release" build mode for "cheatengine" project.

[justa_dude]

Wicked! Thank you for patiently explaining it to me, despite obviously having said it at least once before - sorry I missed that. I chose 1.0.8 w/ FPC 2.6.2 because DB said a month ago that's what he's using. When I added the fpc-2.6.2.x86_64-win64 package, everything worked just as expected (though the menu options were named slightly different). Everything seems to work just fine after copying the new executables over - I guess I was extra confused by my impression that the 32-bit executable was spawned for 32-bit processes even on 64-bit operating systems.

The first thing I had in mind to take a look at was the autoassembler template, but the new one is already /amazing/. The extra space under newmem, the huge comment blocks that make future updates easier... everything is just really well thought out. It's amazing to me that the more I see of CE the more impressed I am.

Thanks again,
JD

[mgr.inz.Player]

There is more:
- improved pointerscanner (speed, smaller ptr files, etc)
- Lua script inside AA scripts
- etc.


If you are interested, here are my builds:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwMAnE6mjogMNXNjdHgxY1NqcEU


And check this topic too:
http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=561767
(you have to apply to CE Beta tester usergroups)