Cheat Engine

luvspeanut · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject: wildcat searches

I know that when I search by string, it is not possible to do a wildcat search. Is it possible to run a string map and then search through the string map results for a particular set of characters? If so, how?

Zanzer · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:38 pm Post subject:

Build something in LUA?

luvspeanut · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:50 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the response. I'm not a programmer, where do I enter my wildcat string I want to search for?

Zanzer · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:52 pm Post subject:

Well, you need to be a programmer. Smile

Show me the wildcard you're trying to run.

luvspeanut · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:47 pm Post subject:

I guess I'm screwed. Thanks anyway.

atom0s · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:17 pm Post subject:

Convert the characters of the string you want to their hex codes then use wildcards when needed.

Such as:
weapon_0001_gun

This would be:
77 65 61 70 6f 6e 5f 30 30 30 31 5f 67 75 6e

Lets remove the 0001 and look for:
weapon_????_gun

So you'd use:
77 65 61 70 6f 6e 5f ?? ?? ?? ?? 5f 67 75 6e

You can use a site like the following to convert text to hex easily:
http://www.asciitohex.com/

Dark Byte · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:44 am Post subject:

i don't rememberand can't check, byt doesn't cheat engine have this anoying feature where when you switch the type from string to array of byte, it converts the string into an aob?

Zanzer · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject:

Too bad it's not smart enough to add the 00 bytes when you have Unicode checked!

panraven · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:48 pm Post subject: