Cheat Engine

ThermalSloth · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 4

Hi guys,

I have a question for you.
I've been successfully finding values and freezing them in Alien Swarm,
(health, ammo, etc.)
but every time the map changes or we restart,
the addresses change(?) too, so I have to find everything all over again.
This is annoying, as you will probably know.

So I was wondering,
do I get around this with pointers or something?
Because I tried the CE Tutorial, and at step 6 I got stuck.. (pointers)
(Instead of getting 1 line, I got 4, and they made no sense to me with the tutorial)

If somebody would be so kind to please help me,
I'd greatly appreciate that.

noko_112 · Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:46 pm Post subject:

Yes, this is most probaly solved with pointes, but Might also be done with ASM

ThermalSloth · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 4

Thanks for replying,
but.. what is ASM?

Geri · Moderator Reputation: 111 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 5636

If You are at step 6, You know already how to find the code which is writing to Your health/ammo etc, save these codes. When You start a new game, click on the code and "find out what addresses this code writes to" then take damage or shoot, and You will have the address where the health/ammo value is stored.

If this is done, You can try to use the pointer scanner in CE. Right-click on the address and choose "Pointer scan for this address". Then it will list the pointers that are pointing to that address. You will need to filter these pointers even further similarly as You search for values. When the address is changed and You have found it again, You click on Pointer scanner->Rescan memory and it will remove the pointers which are not pointing to the correct address.
I guess You will find out how to do it.

CE tutorial step 7 is about ASM (assembly) and code injection. If You reach that step, You can make a better trainer/cheat table.

ThermalSloth · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 4

Thanks Geri,

I'll go try that right now!

edit;
I've managed to get a large list of pointers Very Happy

edit;
Alright, so I managed to filter it all and now have 2 pointers left.

..What do I do with them?

Geri · Moderator Reputation: 111 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 5636

Just double-click on them and they will be added to Your cheatlist. These pointers should always point to the correct address. If not, then the pointer You have found is wrong, or as You will see, pointers are not always reliable.
Code injection is a better way to make cheats which are always working. Keep the codes which are writing to the address that You want to find and if You need, You can search for new pointers again anytime.

Don't know what will happen if You try to nop the code, it may happen that You will get unlimited ammo, or Your game will crash or whatever weird effects may happen.

ThermalSloth · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 4

Alright, thanks for the info on that Very Happy