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Show the number of executions per second?

 
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 3:42 pm    Post subject: Show the number of executions per second? Reply with quote

Hello everyone!

Is there a way to make a lua script to show the number of executions of a particular line of assembly code per second?

I mean, suppose I disassemble a program and I see an instruction that appears to be in a loop, e.g. xor eax,eax. But there may be something limiting the number of executions of that loop, such as a sleep().

I have the idea. Set a breakpoint on the address of the instruction and increase an integer variable each time the breakpoint is hit (but letting the program flow, "unbreakpointing" it as soon as possible), and then, when another "thread" of lua tells us 1 second has passed, we simply print the value of the variable, effectively printing the number of executions per second.

However, I have no knowledge of lua whatsoever. Where do I begin?
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

instead of breakpoints you can do a code injection that increases the value.
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could you give me an example, Dark Byte?
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i can't post a full script atm as i'm on a phone, but in short:

record the current time (getTickCount())
do a normal codeinjection where you allocate a counter, register the countersymbol and each time the injection runs increase the counter
then in lua start a timer to take the current time and read out the counter. then count/timedifference is executions per ms

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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just need a quick solution... I'm trying to do it via threads right now, but, as my lua script has an infinite loop, it executes "forever", and I have to reopen Cheat Engine in order to make it stop...

How do I stop a lua script execution?

(p.s. this per second thing is an useful thing and I think you should consider, in future editions of Cheat Engine, adding such a functionality)
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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 4:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

in your lua thread check for a variable you define that says it should terminate or not. (timers are a lot easier and safer, since you can't just access gui objects in threads without crashing unless you encapsule them using synchronize.)

once your thread returns it exits

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