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[StarfireTBT]

How can a person tell if a value needs to be multiplied or divided? I had some trouble with a game where I couldn't find the value because I didn't know I had to divide the number by 100. I know Flash games sometimes need to be multiplied by 8 to work. Is there a way to tell?

[Dark Byte]

find it using unknown initial value scans and then figure out how it's stored. (play with the value in a calculator and look at the bytes)

e.g if the value is 12345 and ingame it's 123 then you can assume it's stored multiplied by 100 and ignore tbe last 2 digits, so scan between for 12300 and 12399

same for *8 which is just a bitshift of 3. (you actually have to do a rangescan for these as well, as the 3 bits don't have to be zero)

[StarfireTBT]

So if I can't find a value play with a calculator to guess if it's multiplied or divided? Sounds like I'm shooting in the dark.

By searching for a range you mean

unknown initial value > changed by 3 (search for 3-30 total change as in 3*1-10) > if I find a value that changed by 24 then it's 3*8 and now I know to multiply by 8?