Cheat Engine

DepressedDegen · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 21 Apr 2023 Posts: 5

I'm trying to cheat in this game but since I know nothing about looking for pointers I'm trying to find one thing first in the game before looking at other things. So I'm trying to find the pointer that changes the value of "Energy" in this game. I'm able to find the address by scanning for the value of "Energy" until I see 1 result after decreasing the value multiple times and I'm pretty sure it is the right address since I can change the value in the game. But now looking for the pointer I am struggling a lot. I see lots of old guides showing things like generating pointer maps, then restarting your game, finding the address of the same value again and then comparing with the previous pointer map until you narrow down the pointer. I am trying to do that but sometimes trying that the results don't get narrowed down at all or don't even change sometimes when comparing. I also see things such as noting offsets but I do not understand programming that well to see what the offset would be in my case. Anyone able to help someone that doesn't understand that well?

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:50 am Post subject:

This video shows how to use the pointer scanner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dyIrcx8Z8g

Filter out results by scanning for pointers in different game states. Different instances of the game helps the most: this is why it should be used on the initial scan with multiple pointermaps. After that, you can keep rescanning in different game states until it doesn't narrow down anymore. Changing levels / areas might help filter it down. Maybe create a new character if that isn't too much of a pain and rescan with that address.
After that, just pick one and use it. It doesn't matter which one you pick as long as it works.

Code injection is an alternative. Search for "injection copy" to learn more information.

DepressedDegen · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 21 Apr 2023 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:31 am Post subject:

DepressedDegen · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 21 Apr 2023 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:09 pm Post subject:

The pointer scanner scans for pointer paths to a certain address. If the address didn't change, then yes, just rescan for the same address.

Addresses will usually change when you restart the game. If you don't restart the game, they might change if you load a save, die and respawn, change levels, etc. As long as changing the value of the address does what you want, that's the address you should scan for. If changing the value ever stops working, you'll need to scan for it again and find the new address.

DepressedDegen · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 21 Apr 2023 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 2:06 pm Post subject:

When you can't narrow them down anymore, pick one and use it. If it ever stops working, open the pointer results again and rescan it.

DepressedDegen · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 21 Apr 2023 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:28 pm Post subject:

It's a good option for beginners since you press some buttons and CE does all the work for you.

If you know some assembly, you can use code injection. Search "injection copy" to find some tutorials. It's more resilient to game updates than pointer paths IMO.

If you're pretty familiar with assembly, you can backtrace an access from a value to get the exact pointer path the game uses. Inject code to copy a node in the pointer path or go all the way back to a static base address if you want.