Cheat Engine

The0neThe0nly · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:18 pm Post subject: Green Text in Assembly?

I have some green text that keeps showing up in memory viewer.

It'll say call [ecx],Ogre::Compositor::`vftable'+76
When I try to Assemble, instead of the text, it shows an address.

What is this text?

Dark Byte · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject:

That is a symbol.
You can turn them off with view->show symbols

they are useful in cases where an address for an instruction has a name, like: player::GetGold since they are more accurate between patches of a game

The0neThe0nly · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject:

Can I use symbols to my advantage?
Ex. Inject my text/code with a symbol

Dark Byte · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:

yes, the addressparser has support for symbols so you can use them in assembler scripts and addresses in the ct

Just make sure the address is actually related, and not just a random leftover.
to me Ogre::Compositor::`vftable'+76 means the 19th function method of the Ogre::Compositor class object. But if it's something else I recommend using another method of finding as it might be unrelated then (Of course, seeing you mention it's use in a CALL instruction, this makes sense)