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Damein · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 12

Alright, so I want to make a program that reads the memory of a game, and if the memory has a value of anything other then 0 I want to be able to close the game. But I don't know how to approach this, any help would be nice, thanks Smile

AhMunRa · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject:

If you know a specific address it would be easier, assuming your game is not using dynamic memory allocation. Otherwise with the known address something like.

This is psuedo code
C# method

Geri · Moderator Reputation: 112 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 5627

In a CE script, it would look like this:

atom0s · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:32 pm Post subject:

Obtain the main thread of the application and kill it (TerminateThread). You can use CreateToolhelp32Snapshot with Thread32First/Thread32Next to loop the applications thread list and such.

A better / more proper way of closing the application would be to find the function inside the application responsible for properly closing the game normally and calling that, if you are able to find it.

Forcing the app to close can cause leaks / data loss depending on how the game / application is designed. So find which method works for your instance.

Damein · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 12

I do have the address, and it doesn't change.

Question: Are these scripts I can send to someone without CE and they can still run it?

I will look into CE scripts ASAP

Geri · Moderator Reputation: 112 Joined: 05 Feb 2010 Posts: 5627

If You write a script in CE, You can create a trainer from it with CE's built-in trainer maker. But seriously don't use the method that I have posted. It will really work and it will probaly really cause a giant crash but not a proper process termination. It is just a way to mess up register values which accidently happens if someone doesn't careful but shouldn't be used on purpose.

Damein · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 12

AhMunRa's script looks simple and effect.. but I don't know the commands of CE scripts.

Here is what I want to happen, just to test and then when I know how to create a trainer and make sure its working I'll focus on it doing exactly what I want to do.

justa_dude · Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:15 am Post subject:

You won't be able to access the memory in the fashion you're prototyping. Polling it constantly is also a mistake - it's going to consume huge CPU.

-cheers

Jani · Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:21 am Post subject:

Hook some the code accessing the value and do eg.

AhMunRa · Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:50 am Post subject:

That code I posted is just one way of attempting to do this. This code would not run from CE it would be a stand alone exe build in C#. There would be a ton of other stuff you would have to learn to get it to work properly. For instance, accessing memory of another process for the actual monitoring part. C# should handle proper shut down of the app to prevent memory leaks, but I wouldn't count on it.

Wiccan is a much better coder than I am. What he says you can pretty much take as code gospel.