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zm0d · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject: Finding difficult values...

Hi all,

i came back to gamehacking for a few days now and im still familiar with CE... i "just" wanted to create a tiny trainer for ARMA 3 Twisted Evil

well... i started ARMA 3, attached CE and started scanning for my ammo...
hey immediatly found 1 address that matches. changed value of it and freezed it to test if it's working. But it didnt Sad

The value always write back itself..
So i thought that there could be another "secret" value that is totally different from the displayed one... i started scanning again with the select type "All"... and look... after a few "Decreased value" i found one of this... 8 byte and the direct neightbour of my first found address...
well, i freezed this one too but my problem is going on... my ammo is running out :O

so, how can i handle this now?

i already found a way to fix my ammo with code injection, but i'd prefer to find a base address that gives me what i need Smile

another thought of me was, that they maybe use something like an incrementing "secret" value if i shoot... so if people start scannig for decreasing value, which would be logically correct, they wont find what they need... but is this even common, that game dev's use such "stupid" things to avoid finding addresses easily?

faithfully and hopefully,
zm0d Smile

TsTg · Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 7:55 pm Post subject:

zm0d · Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:52 am Post subject:

yeah... i'll take a closer look to this code area Wink

is there a way in cheat engine to check which addresses are getting changed when a specific part of code became executed?
if i remeber right, there was one, but cant take a look at the moment cause im on work Confused

Edit:
The CE pointer scanner would make sense if a have the real address of my ammo, wouldnt it? Smile

Zaladine · Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:03 am Post subject:

zm0d · Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2013 7:23 am Post subject:

yes thats the feature i mean Smile

i should be able to get the real ammo address with this Razz

thanks man Cool

zm0d · Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:41 am Post subject:

okay i found it Smile

the real address is 4 bytes further than the address from the displayed value... it has a very large number starting with 37xxxxxxxx, which represents the real ammo value... well if i shoot and have an even number of bullets left it decreases and if i have an uneven number of bullets left it increases so it would be nearly impossible to find with a memory scanner if you dont know whats going on...

for everyone who wants to now ARMA3 Ammo Address (main gun):
Base: "arma3.exe"+00005338
Off1: c8
Off2: 578
Off3: c
Off4: 58

Edit:
Gameversion: 1.04.111668 RELOADED

TsTg · Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:07 pm Post subject:

did you try setting the type as FLOAT or something else like 1 BYTE or 2 ?, perhaps the value is not processed as DWORD integer

zm0d · Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:57 am Post subject:

i use "All" in the datatype combobox untill i find my value/address of interest.. Smile

when i found it i write down the datatype to save time for future scanning Razz

in this case it is a dword Razz

BTW: my base address posted before is not correct at all... its just for the gun you hold in your hands when the game starts... but if you gonna pick up another the address changes.. :'( in my opinion i've to go for a deeper pointer level...

eugeneb · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2013 Posts: 5

Is there any news?
Current ARMA 3 version:

File: 1.6.112.613
Product: 1.06.0.112613 Exclamation

I would like to know how to hack it too. Confused

zm0d · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:02 am Post subject:

I'll make a trainer for ARMA3 soon... Smile

I had less time the last days Smile

But I've the RELOADED version (1.04.xxxxx) :/

eugeneb · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 30 Nov 2013 Posts: 5

Raposa · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 09 Mar 2014 Posts: 1

hey, i cant use your trainer on the actual ver of the steam game, and how u made for the life at all, when i try to find the codes with CE the game crashes