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Problem with offset value 0

 
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tetsuken
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:05 am    Post subject: Problem with offset value 0 Reply with quote

I am new to cheat engine, and with alot of enforce manage to make a small memory reader in python ... but i have a big problem and would like some help, if anyone knows.
The pointer found on CE have many offsets ... but when of then are 0 i get a problem, when adding offsets and this 0 (on CE list of offsets) happens my python program just do nothing and go for next offset (and this make alot of sense).
When i compare the address offset by offset from the CE offset list, i saw the address has changes, and then add normally the next offset point.
How i can manage this on python? any one have an idea? Plz help me.
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JohnathanSweeney
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It your pointer is not always pointing to the correct thing 100% of the time, then you do not want to use this pointer. You should find a new one.

If you are having trouble finding a reliable pointer, maybe you just need more practice.

If you still cannot find a reliable pointer then you may be forced to hook an instruction and grab the value out of register, possibly in combination with a conditional to make sure you only grab the correct one.

In python you need to check if each level of the pointer points to a valid memory address. The Windows API function IsBadReadPtr() is useful for this, although not perfect. I would first try this on every level of the pointer, only continue walking the pointer chain if it returns false. The WinApi python libs should have this function available
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