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iPromise · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 7:18 pm Post subject: [URGENT] Static Addresses

I'm currently coding a memory scanner, my question is while i'm scanning through the addresses, how do I know which address is static and if it is, its equation, for example; GAME.exe + 0x00400000?

lurc · Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:35 pm Post subject:

Uhh I think it was like if the memory is located within any of the headers (eg. .code) it would be static?

Can't remember... gotta start reversing again.

Slugsnack · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:19 am Post subject:

telling if it's static >> http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=469510

also find what module that address is in, then get a pointer to that module's base. then the difference is your offset. at first glance i might traverse the modules using system snapshots but i think there is a function for the lookup of an address in a module.. forgotten what it is for the time though

one way in the past that i identified static or not was a heapalloc + malloc + virtualalloc, etc. etc. etc. hook.

dark byte's way is a lot better for the purpose you're going for though. i did my method because i also needed the base of allocation for each dynamic address i had

iPromise · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:13 pm Post subject:

So, for example: