Cheat Engine

[sumone4life]

i have a question about the second level of the tutorial included with the new version of CE. I can figure it out just fine but in the description of the task it says that we know the value is from 0 - 500...How do we know that? is it just because the tutorial is telling us it is or is there a specific way to narrow the possibilities down to 0 - 500?

[Labyrnth]

For this particular one yes the tutorial is telling you this,

But allot of health bars have a range of 0 - 500, So it is teaching you to hack health bars.

It could very well be coded to be in a larger range as well, But this gives you a starting point. On what you are trying to hack.
A plan of attack, Know Basic starting point.

[sumone4life]

oh ok, just checking...

I do have a specific question though... if your searching for a value in a game, lets say its an unknown initial value. How do you know what data type it is.

An example would be:
If i was looking for the amount and item increased my attack, what data type would i search for? (Float, Double, 4 byte) And how would i know so i can apply it to future problems

[Hans Henrik]

well.. thats always a problem, u cant really know


(u cud use Art Money, as it has option to scan string & text & float & integer & macro media flash values all at once)

[Labyrnth]

[Davethewave]

Float is used allot for x,y,z coordinates also

[stanoja]

Check this out:
Whole numbers are byte, 2, 4, 8 bytes..
Decimals are float and double.
byte 0-255
2b 0-65535
4b 0-4millon
8b 0-too much..
The easiest way to search for a (health)bar is to start an unknown initial value , and then just see if it's increasing or decreasing(alot easier if you know how much it's decreased by)
You'll figure it out by practicing