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Reclaimer Shawn
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 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:39 pm Post subject: Using Cheat Engine to Make a Hex Editor? |
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| Alright, so I know how to make executable trainers and I've noticed that Cheat Engine can open files as memory and write to them. Knowing this, I have files for a video game I'd like to hex edit. Instead of hex editing myself in HxD, I'd like to make a program to do it automatically for me as the addresses in these physical files never change and they aren't encrypted. The value I'd need to write is also always the same. So, I'd need to make a tool (preferably with Cheat Engine) that opens a file, replaces hex values in said file at certain addresses, and then either saves those changes to the file or exports a new file with the hex edited changes. How would I go about doing that with a Cheat Engine UI?
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ParkourPenguin
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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The easiest way to do this with CE is probably to just use the Lua IO library.
Relevant section of the manual; search for examples anywhere (CE's API is unrelated).
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openFileAsProcess
then aobscan or whatever, edit
and when done saveOpenedFile
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Reclaimer Shawn
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Dark Byte wrote: | openFileAsProcess
then aobscan or whatever, edit
and when done saveOpenedFile |
Thanks Dark Byte! What you told me has worked. The code that I'd use to modify the file is below:
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function CEButton1Click(sender)
local path = "D:/Desktop Files/Gaming/Halo CE Stuff/maps/bloodgulch.map"
openFileAsProcess(path, r)
writeBytes ("00000004", 7, 0)
saveOpenedFile(path)
end
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That works for me considering I've set the path in the code and I'll never move my directory for modifying my files. Now, the only problem is I want the user to be able to set the path themselves without modifying the code. It'd basically be opening a windows prompt to open the file, and after selecting said file, the path becomes the path of the file selected. How would I go about doing that?[/code]
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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Check out the celua.txt file that comes with Cheat Engine, it has all the info on what's available to the Lua state.
You would want to look into:
- OpenDialog
- FileDialog
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| atom0s wrote: | Check out the celua.txt file that comes with Cheat Engine, it has all the info on what's available to the Lua state.
You would want to look into:
- OpenDialog
- FileDialog |
Thanks atom0s! That got it working for me. Here's the finished code:
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function CEButton1Click(sender)
load_dialog = createOpenDialog(self)
load_dialog.InitalDir = os.getenv('%USERPROFILE%')
load_dialog.execute()
local path = load_dialog.FileName
openFileAsProcess(path, r)
writeBytes ("00000004", 7, 0)
saveOpenedFile(path)
end
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