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Add value of an address as offset for another address

 
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painpenguiin
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:52 pm    Post subject: Add value of an address as offset for another address Reply with quote
Hi,

Quite new to this and have googled this and can't find a solution. (could be using the wrong search terms and I could just be totally stupid with the answer in my face..)

what I am trying to do is

(address 1) + (value of address 2) = address 3

address 1 being my base address

address 2's value being an offset that changes.

both address 1 and address 2 are static and known.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
local addr1 = getAddress'game.exe+1234'
local val = readInteger'game.exe+5678'

local addr3 = addr1 + val

If you're talking about the address list, CE accepts Lua code in the provided fields. What's accepted is oddly lenient, so play around with it a little.
e.g. could use `game.exe+1234+readInteger'game.exe+5678'` in the "address" field, or use `readInteger'game.exe+5678'` as an offset.
There might be a better way of doing this.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
you can use the [ ] with the ( ) notation for that

e.g memoryrecord with description "address 2" has an address with the value 1000
memoryrecord with description "address 1" has address 00400000
you can then give as address for address 3:
Code:

(address 1)+[(address 2)]

and the address will be 00401000, and updates every 10 seconds when address 2's value changes.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks so much both of you!. i was fiddling around for so long trying to figure it out.
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