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guernica · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:02 am Post subject: Can't find a few time addresses.

In a game I play, I'm trying to find the time addresses that hold the values of buffs in the game. You buff yourself, or someone buffs you, an icon will appear at the top of the screen for each buff you received. upon hovering over one of these icons, a time becomes visible in #m ##s format.

I've tried searching for the minutes and seconds separately on all value types. I've tried searching Unknown>Decreased until the timer runs out on all value types. I've tried searching Unknown>Increased until the timer runs out on all value types.

I have managed to find an address that shows how many buffs you currently have. While this can be useful, it's not ideal for what i want to use it for.

I'm out of ideas, how can I find these addresses?

Dark Byte · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:07 am Post subject:

If it's online make sure you run Cheat engine on the server of the game

guernica · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 11:45 am Post subject:

I don't need to edit the values at all. I'm just reading memory a little for a bot I'm making. Client sided info works just fine here.

SpikeSkull · Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:54 pm Post subject:

Have you had any information about this buffs? For instance, invulnerability, doesn't it displays how long it'll stay or a tooltip at least that gives data about the buff. Might as well check for the game's website for further infos. Cool

guernica · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:31 am Post subject:

SpikeSkull · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:38 am Post subject:

Oh,

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Ok, try converting those timer and try scanning a fix value. Ex. 1min 15sec = 60+15 = 75

guernica · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:51 am Post subject:

The seconds change too fast and the scan takes too long to do a fixed value scan. I tried decreased value scans though, with no luck.

guernica · Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:34 pm Post subject:

Can anyone help me with this?

distrustfulness · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 27 Oct 2010 Posts: 2

what comes to mind:
time could be stored as seconds or milliseconds
it could be counting up rather than down
could be a negative value
could be multiplied by a scalar (45 sec * 8 for example)
it is most likely NOT stored as minutes and seconds

first id scan Unknown initial value & 4 bytes then just stand there and keep scanning decreased value. then when you get a reasonable amount of possibilities look at how the numbers are changing. add prospective ones to the list. then start freezing them and see if one works.

if there are none, try 2 byte values, if that fails try All(byte to double)

**edit**
if this is an online multiplayer game the server will still remove the buff even if you freeze the timer.