Cheat Engine

someonedude · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

hi.

i have been using ce with geat pleasure so far, but now i need help. the game is "pirates of the caribbean", and yes, i know how to "cheat" in this game (there is a post about this on this forum, cant post the link yet). thats not the point, i just want to know why ce cant find the health stats or whatever, no matter what value type and which method you choose. i would appreaciate any attempt at explaining this problem to me Smile

Freiza · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:09 pm Post subject:

game must be encrypted try unknown value.
in 4 byte or float

vladan899 · Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:04 pm Post subject:

Hi i did was able to found money and exp values .
But i was only able to change gold.
Exp somehow won't work ....i need to re download entire game i will update tables as soon i re download...if i ever do that >.>
I will look for attributes values and ability points address ..
I am not sure if i get it right ....sorry for that.

To change gold go to some vendor and sell it ...look for new value and buy new thing until you found 2 or 3 addresses ....when you found it ..DO NOT LEAVE SHOP..
Just go to buy and sell it will show how much gold you have (if you did make change )

Look 2 bytes if value is lower than 65535 if is higher than that look in 4 bytes and so on.

mmavipc · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Oct 2008 Posts: 4

pirates of the carrbian online is coded in python, if you would like to hack it, create a python injector

someonedude · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

first of all, thanks for the replies.
secondly, its not about pirates of the caribbean online (i dont try to hack online games), but about the simple potc from bethesda softworks from 2003.
thirdly, i also found money and xp... those values are not of interest to me though. it simply bugs me that i cannot seem to find health values. i tried 4 byte and float with unknown value, but without success. i also tried double. how can the game encrypt the value? there has to be some place in the memory where the value comes from, no matter in what format - or am i not getting the concept right?

justa_dude · Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:56 pm Post subject:

You've got the concept, but you must remember that the way the health is stored internally may not mirror what you see on-screen. For example, although your health bar decrease when you take damage, the health may be stored as a number that indicates how much damage you've taken rather than how much life you have (increasing instead of decreasing). There could be multiple values - one for "health units" and another for "partial units". It's even possible that it's stored in some more esoteric fashion, such as an array of "health units" which can each vary (AssCreed2 does it this way).

Cheers,
adude

someonedude · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 11 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

nice one, dude Very Happy

good point with the partial values, i noticed the health bar change but the numeric value in your personal stats screen not switching to the next value. since float values are somewhat like that (like, integer + some more stuff after the comma) i thought that would fit. i am going to try the exact opposite (damage increase instead of health decrease) tomorrow or sometime soon, thanks for the idea.

just a basic thought though: if there is a numeric value displayed on my stats screen (like 40/55 for 40 out of a max of 55), then this value has to be written from somewhere, right? even if i can only find the memory adress for the value that is displayed (sometimes you find the value to display, if you change it, it only changes the display but the next time the actual value changes your display updates and you didnt really change anything), i might find out what writes to this adress, right?