Cheat Engine

[Autem]

Can someone give me a rundown or a link to an explanation of when/why each of the various AA templates might be used?

So far I've noticed that if I know a game is going to get updates in the future, it's a good idea to use AOB injection or Full Injection because then the updated game still usually has the same or very similar AOBs.

But is one of those BETTER than the other? My guess is Full Injection is better since it's going straight to an address and not needing to do an AOB scan? Is that correct?

When would be a preferred time to use some of the other options, such as Code Injection, etc...? When I've used code injection it seems to be the smoothest running (not sure if just my imagination) but then is less likely to keep working on an updated game like an AOB scan would.

Thanks to anyone who can help me get a solid grasp of when/why for each of the items in the AA Templates.

[ParkourPenguin]

"AOB Injection" is the most commonly used template. It's useful if the injection point isn't in a module (e.g. JIT-compiled code), and even if it is in a module, it's likely to still work even if the game gets updated. The only bad thing is that it takes time to perform the AOB scan.

"Full Injection" should be the next most commonly used. Only use it if the code is in a module (e.g. game.exe+1234). It will enable immediately as it doesn't have to do any aobscan, but it might break on a game update.

"Code Injection" should be rarely used. It's pretty much the "full injection" template but without any safety guards: if the game updates, this will silently stop working at best and crash the game at worst. Maybe it could be useful for quick code injections during testing / development that don't get disabled.

The others aren't really used. "API hook" just looks like a weird "code injection" template. "code relocation" just copies some code into allocated memory. "call CE Lua function" is mostly replaced by {$luacode}. "cheat table framework code" is already included in the "AOB Injection" and "Full Injection" templates by default.

[Autem]

Ok that's awesome, most of mine are AOB or Full so thank you for confirming they're pretty good bets. Glad I don't need to change a bunch of scripts now. :D