Cheat Engine

[klmdb]

hi,

I'm trying to locate an array of string pointers for this game I'm trying to write a bot for. The array should keep the pointers to the chat's strings. I can easily find the addresses of the strings, but I cant seem to find the array that keeps all different string pointers.

From what I know from the game, I suspect there should be a string array of length 255 or 256 that is used to keep chat data.

Anyone could help me out on how to find it please?

regards,
Klmdb

[lucidity]

You probably need to find the top of that structure and iterate over the strings (find the first message and begin reading)

[klmdb]

[lucidity]

[klmdb]

I know what you mean but I can't seem to find the pointer. This is what I tried (I think it's similar to what the tutorial says):

1) search for a chat string
--> this usually results in 3 memory regions, one of which is a region that holds many other chat strings
2) select 2 memory addresses: the first a couple of bytes left of the string's first char, the second a few bytes right of the string's first char
3) search the memory for a 4 byte value between the first and the second value ( = search for the pointer to the string)

This gives 0 results --> the pointer cannot be found

I tried this method for all resulting addresses from step 1 for a bunch of chat lines, but never found a single pointer.

Any hints?

[lucidity]

I would recommend doing the tutorial all the way through a couple times to make sure you're very familiar with CE, it sounds like you have a couple of knowledge gaps you could fill.

[klmdb]

[lucidity]

Well if you knew what I was talking about, you'd know it was not something you read, but something you DO.

The tutorial is a walkthrough of how to use CE's features, it opens automatically the first time you start.