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C++ AOB scan speed

 
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:44 am    Post subject: C++ AOB scan speed Reply with quote

Hi, I just implemented a multithread AOB scan using c++.

When I do it scan on DS3, it take almost 10s to get the result, but CE at do it in 1 or 2s.

I just wonder how CE achieve that.

Thanks

P.S.
I do use memory region cache:
Code:

void MemScanner::build_page_cache() {
  page_cache_.clear();

  MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION mem_info{};

  for (uintptr_t addr = 0;
       VirtualQueryEx(handle_, reinterpret_cast<LPVOID>(addr), &mem_info,
                      sizeof(MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION));
       addr += mem_info.RegionSize) {
    if ((mem_info.State == MEM_COMMIT) &&
        (mem_info.Protect & PAGE_GUARD) == 0 &&
        (mem_info.Protect & PAGE_NOACCESS) == 0 &&
        (mem_info.Type == MEM_IMAGE || mem_info.Type == MEM_PRIVATE) &&
        mem_info.RegionSize < 0x2ffffffff) {
      // follow cheat engine's logic
      bool writable = ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_READWRITE) > 0) ||
                      ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_WRITECOPY) > 0) ||
                      ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE) > 0) ||
                      ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY) > 0);

// ignore it now
      bool executable = ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE) > 0) ||
                        ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE_READ) > 0) ||
                        ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE) > 0) ||
                        ((mem_info.Protect & PAGE_EXECUTE_WRITECOPY) > 0);

      if (writable) {
        page_cache_.emplace_back(
            reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(mem_info.BaseAddress),
            mem_info.RegionSize);
      }
    }
  }
}


Just a simple scan
Code:

      uintptr_t addr{};
      std::vector<uintptr_t> address_list{};
      // pm.aob_scan("48 8B 05 * * * * 48 85 C0 * * 48 8b 40 * C3",
      // address_list); addr = address_list[0]; context.BaseA = addr +
      // pm.read<int>(addr + 3) + 7;

      // aobscanmodule(Findit2,DarkSoulsIII.exe,48 8B 1D ?? ?? ?? 04 48 8B F9 48
      // 85 DB ?? ?? 8B 11 85 D2 ?? ?? 8D)
      address_list.clear();
      pm.aob_scan("48 8B 1D * * * 04 48 8B F9 48 85 DB * * 8B 11 85 D2 * * 8D",
                  address_list);
      addr = address_list[0];
      addr = addr + pm.read<int>(addr + 3) + 7;
      addr = pm.read<uintptr_t>(addr);
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

perhaps your aobscan check is parsing the aob string every time ?
Or it doesn't stop comparing all the bytes until the whole string has been scanned ?

You're creating more threads than there are processors ?

You're not splitting up the memory blocks evenly by the number of CPU's and leave one CPU to do 90% of the work ?
You have critical sections around readonly blocks of data ?
You're constantly allocating and freeing memory ?

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your reply!
I should have done the profiling after ask the stupid question, sorry.

And I found out my issues are, scan address range too big, and memory allocation frequency.

Thanks!
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