Cheat Engine

[Zaladine]

Hello...

In an Strategy-RPG game, i have this pointers trail for my char's HP Regen address:
[[["GameModule.exe"+AB7788]+0xC]+0x2FB94]+0x7C

The 0x2FB94 offset, by debugging, was actually got from (eax*8 )+4 of which eax = 0x5F72, so the pointer was in fact:
[[["GameModule.exe"+AB7788]+0xC]+(0x5F72*0x8)+0x4]+0x7C

This 0x5F72 variable, however, was obtainable by another following pointers trail:
[["GameModule.exe"+A9A858]+0x238]+0xA0

.......

So, in conclusion, the Multi-level Pointers Trail to point to my HP Regen address is:
[[["GameModule.exe"+AB7788]+0xC]+([[["GameModule.exe"+A9A858]+0x238]+0xA0]*0x8)+0x4]+0x7C

My question is: how do i put that multi-level pointers trail in CE table?

FYI, I'm using CE 6.3 and have never had difficulties to make a pointer-based table entry. However, i only know very
limited ASM and scripting. So, i prefer and expect simple CE table solution if possible.

Thank you very much in advance for any helps...

[Dark Byte]

It doesn't really fit in a cheat table entry

What you can do is use a code injection, or lua script

for lua script something like this could work in a timer:

[Zaladine]

Thanks for fast reply, Dark Byte.

Though limited, I'm quite familiar with code-injection that i may be able to
resolve it. Yet, i know next to nothing about LUA and its integration to CE.

So could you or anyone please point me to the right direction for newbies?
I mean: where do i start scripting, and what the output would be? A table
entry constructed using LUA or else? Any link to its tutorial will do...

I guess this is a good time to start learning about LUA scripting with CE.

Again, thank you very much in advance.

[mgr.inz.Player]

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html
http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewforum.php?f=125
http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewforum.php?f=126
http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=566876 (simple Lua debugger, very limited debugger)

Advise, always test your Lua script with "print" function.

[Zaladine]

Alright... Gonna visit those link soon... Thanks a lot.
For now my problem can be considered as solved.

[mgr.inz.Player]

I forgot to mention, open main.lua file inside CheatEngine, it is a document file (list of CE specific functions and variables).

Don't hesitate to ask questions, me, DaSpamer and others surely can help.

[Dark Byte]

here's a small example I put together. It can be made nicer, but I hope you get the idea.

When the table loads, and you execute the lua code in it, it will launch a timer that will evaluate the pointers and update the address of the entry named "bla" (if the address is valid)

The script can be found in table->show cheat table lua script

There is currently a bug in ce where setting the address will have a delay of up to 10 seconds before it takes effect

[Zaladine]