Cheat Engine

[Bosparan]

Hi Guys,

I've been trying to figure out the two techniques described in the subject for some time now:

- How can I assign multiple values while having the user change a single one within CE?
- How can I perform conditional actions in the same context?

Example:
There are 80 Character slots in the RPG-H-Game Daibanchou. Not all of them are filled however - you may have any number of characters. Furthermore, this game has the nasty tendency to store enemies in some of the unused slots.
In this game your characters have a loyalty stat and maintaining it is a bit of a bother, so ... why not cheat it?
However, if I bulk set it to all 80 values (using the group option I could do that already) I assign values to unused character slots and increase the enemies' loyalty. That may not be all that harmful, but it ain't exactly tidy either.
So basically, In this example I want a way to check for each of these 80 entries, whether they are
a) 0
b) Belong to a hostile character
And only if neither is true, change the stat to the specified amount.

In the next step I'd really like to also freeze the values at the specified amount for each entry where conditions match, similar to how it is possible to do so for an individual (pointer-)address by checking it.

Is it possible to incorporate this into a CT file? If yes: How?

Cheers and thanks,
Bosparan

Ps.: Massive typing overhead for each of those 80 entries doesn't bother me much - I automate my CT-File generation using Windows PowerShell, so 10 or 80 doesn't make a difference, effortwise.

[Geri]

Check out tutorials about the data dissector and conditional jumps.

[Bosparan]

Hi Geri,

thanks for the swift reply

Data Dissector
Thanks, but I already know where my data lies and what it represents.

Conditional Jumps
I tried it and probably could use them, however I have not found a way around two limitations:
a) Freeze or unfreeze values (Might be doable by (un-)toggling a replacement of the routines that write to the value, but especially in Daibanchou that can be very risky, I'd prefer not to).
b) It would be one fixed value (or at least I know no way how to pass a value the same way I can set the value of an address in CE). That would be acceptable in the specific example I used (by always specifying max loyalty), but in a general sense I really want to allow the user to choose the value to set to (without needing any of the skills that went into creating the table).

Cheers,
Bosparan

[Gniarf]

Now that we can put a lua script inside an auto assembler script it allows using lua in on/off toggle-able scripts. So you can have a script that when toggled on will display a message box asking the user for a value, then walk over all cheat records in your table and conditionally set the to a value. Something like that:

[Bosparan]

Hi Gniarf,

Awesome!
Thanks for the example, just what I was looking for. With that I can take it from there and get it done.

Cheers,
Bosparan