Cheat Engine

[JavaCoder]

I am currently searching for addresses/pointers for a new game I've been playing. It is not a game listed on the forum.

I have successfully located the pointer for move speed and feel very excited since this is my first time hacking a game personally without using others' premade hacks.

I would like some advice on how to go about finding an address for damage, stats, or hp.

What I have done so far in search of a damage address:

I casted a spell and wrote down the damage for example 1215 damage.
Then, I scanned for that damage and found a bunch of address with 1215 values.

After that I casted the spell again and scanned the list of addresses for the new damage value. And I find nothing. Does this mean the damage being displayed on the screen is a String of characters and not integers?

Also I try again scanning, this time for unknown initial value and compare damages and search for increased or decreased damage in correlation to what I see on the screen.

When looking at my characters stats it is all displayed on a Stat window.
I have located these addresses for armor, damage, health, etc.
But when I change the values the damage does not increase.

How do I takes these addresses that display my attack power on a stat window and find something that will allow me to increase damage?

Do I need to scan for what writes to these addresses?

Thanks in advance!