dexter3 Newbie cheater Reputation: 0
Joined: 19 Jul 2018 Posts: 10
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Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:40 am Post subject: Track Changes to Cheat Table Addresses with AddressLogger |
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Hello fellow Cheat Engine users! Today I have something for you that has been a long time in the works. Have you ever wanted to save the changes to your Cheat Table addresses? Or just wanted to watch how your addresses change over time? Now you can!
The AddressLogger records changes to all the Addresses in a Cheat Engine Cheat Table and saves them to a CSV file. This extension is particularly useful for graphing values and understanding how Address values change as you play your game or run an application. You can choose how frequently you want to log information, whether it is every 100 milliseconds or 10 minutes. Another option allows you to observe the addresses as they change.
-- INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE --
1. Download AddressLogger from GitHub to get the latest version:
https://github.com/d-e-x-t-e-r/CheatEngine-AddressLogger
2. Extract the contents into the Cheat Engine "autorun" directory. You can probably find this at:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Cheat Engine 6.X.X\autorun\"
3. (Optional) If you'd like, you can move the LICENSE and README.md files into the AddressLogger directory so they don't clog up your autorun directory.
4. Restart Cheat Engine if it is already running. Otherwise run it.
5. Make sure your game or application is opened and connected to Cheat Engine (by clicking the "Select a process to open" icon).
6. Click "Settings" and go down to the "Extra" tab. Here you will find four new options:
1 - "Log Changes to Cheat Table Addresses": Activates the AddressLogger.
2 - "Show Changes On Screen": Select this if you want a form to pop up that will display how the values are changing in real time. This effectively selects option 1 as well. Using this option will impact performance.
3 - "Advanced Options": Check to see advanced options. See the docs for more details.
4 - "Logging Interval (ms)": This is how frequently you want to log changes to your addresses in milliseconds (real time, not game time). 1000 = 1 sec
Type in the interval you want and hit "OK".
Note: The script is not capable of running extremely fast intervals like 5ms. Depending on your hardware and the amount of addresses you are tracking, you may hit a limit on the fastest speed your computer can handle. Be careful with low values and don't rely on the timer to give you precise measurements. You can measure the performance of the script by comparing the "Real Time" column vs the "Log Time" column in the AddressLogs file (note that if you pause while logging these times will become misaligned regardless).
7. A dialog box will pop up asking you to pick the Cheat Table you want to track. Find your Cheat Table and hit "Open".
8. Play your game! You can do your normal work while the AddressLogger is running, like using the memory scanner or writing injection code. The script will run completely in the background.
9. Once you are finished, click the "Stop AddressLogger" button that has appeared next to the "Memory View" button on the main menu. There is also the option to pause and resume. You can click "Start AddressLogger" to restart logging without having to load the file again, and select "Change Table" or "Change Interval" to change the table or interval you want to log. See the Settings again to change the other options.
10. Go into the autorun directory and then click the AddressLogger directory. Your logs will be stored in the "logs" directory. They are saved as CSV files. You can open this file in Excel (which has some nice graphing options) and see a table of your values, or have some other program work with the CSV files.
Note: If you are writing to a very large log file, be sure to let the program finish writing to the file before starting the AddressLogger again, or you will lose any data that was not yet written.
-- END INSTRUCTIONS --
READ the Docs directory for additional information.
Closing Remarks: I would like to thank ParkourPenguin for the help on this project. His/her current address tracking extension significantly helped get the ball rolling on this one (which is a much more feature-rich version).
Github Link: https://github.com/d-e-x-t-e-r/CheatEngine-AddressLogger
Slimer GitHub: https://github.com/d-e-x-t-e-r/slimer
(Slimer is a custom-made high precision timer that allows for 10-20ms intervals, rather than the 100ms or so that was achievable before)
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