Cheat Engine

angz123 · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 04 Aug 2011 Posts: 1

Hi,

Sorry for the really basic question, but I'm stuck and don't know what to do.

Basically there's a number in a game, I want to show this number in an external program that I've made.

- I've scanned for the value and found it's address and have seen it update.

When I reload the game, the address changes. This makes me think I need to store a pointer (am I correct?)

So I checked which addresses write to that address. I went into game and made that number increment and an address popped up. I clicked more information and got the address that I thought I needed. I think it's just ESI+10

If you look at this screenshot you will see my problem:
i.imgur[DOT]com/kJzK4.png

If I add the address as a pointer it just points to 00000000.

It's probably a really basic problem, any help would be great. I want to be able to have one address stored that will show the number whenever I load a new game. Thanks.

atom0s · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

ESI holds the current stack pointer, you can't really use it reliably as a pointer. Instead set a breakpoint on that line and step into the return and see if you can find where ESI is being set when that function is called.

gaming04 · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 12:51 am Post subject:

Better yet, right click the address you found the value in, and left on click: Pointer Scan for this Address. This method yields a less flexible pointer, however.