Cheat Engine

Archezuli

Hi!

I've been trying for days to improve the old Cheat Table made for Xenoblade X by some in the community years ago, both for myself and to be able to give something back to the community for this amazing Cheat Table...

Making progress but slowly learning Cheat Engine and the game. but I cannot for the life of me progress on a few things, and it's been making me go insane for a few days now. If anyone could help me out (Preferably through Discord, because to actually have someone to help me in real time would be a huge lifesaver...), I would be immensely grateful...

The Addresses I find for the game are always changing between sessions. So it doesn't matter if I find anything, by the next session its address will do nothing again... (With enough time passed, even in the same session). And I tried absolutely every single method and variable and tutorial I found out there, with no success whatsoever.

Pointer Scans with or without saved scans, with values, with address, and even figured on my own, through some snooping around and trial and error, how to convert the Addresses I find to be relative to a certain tag that the script to activate the Cheat Table uses to find all values (Every address is "_player+something"), but absolutely NONE of these methods worked... not even the last one, for some ungodly reason...

Please, somebody help me... I really wanted to make this work, but I'm borderline giving up by now...

Thank you everyone, and have a great day...

DanyDollaro · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:51 am Post subject:

A script I do to find addresses is:
1) see what it writes / accesses on that value
2) There should be a register named in square brackets, consequently through a Code Injection I would move the value of that register to a memory region with a symbol
3) I add any offsets by the script
4) I added the memory region to the cheat table and if I needed that address I just need to enable the script

Machine Code:

Archezuli · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:43 am Post subject:

Thank you so much for the reply! um... I'm trying to understand what you said, but I get a bit lost in that coding part... ^^" (I'm still quite amateur to it... sorry!)

Could you maybe break it down a little more into a "for dummies" version? Much of what you said is a bit lost on me... on step 2 I'm already lost on what you mean... (I think I might be a bit unfamiliar with some of the terms you use...) ^^"

Also, I've been trying my absolute best to locate the pointer Address for the values I want to change because apparently (after more searching) that can also "fix" them to work between sessions...

But the thing is, Automated Pointer Search is worthless no matter what I try. And after a lot of effort rn, I'm trying to understand and work with all this weird gibberish in the "Extra Info" window that comes from the "Find what Accesses this Adress" command.

I'm using this super helpful Tutorial from Fresco I found on the first reply to this thread (On this same Forum!):

/viewtopic.php?t=552974 (Posting cropped link 'cause I apparently still can't post URLs here... Sad

)

But alas... it gets me stuck on the very same part as all else... finding results for the "Guessed" pointer scan...

Here's a screenshot to show ya. Not a single result, green or not... same as automated Pointer Scanner... What do I do?!? Sad

DanyDollaro · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:30 pm Post subject:

Just choose one of those codes (I usually choose the one with the highest refresh rate).
I create a script for you:

Archezuli · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:20 am Post subject:

Omg thank you so much for your help so far!!! You are the best and I love you! 💙

But I tried your script and it didn't work... It says "Module not found"... did I do something wrong...? :'(

(I can pass you the emulator and game file in a zip if it helps? ^~^")

DanyDollaro · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:10 am Post subject:

It doesn't find the module because I don't know what it's called, so you have to replace the comment in braces with the name of the module.
Just open the CE disassembler on the code "mov ebx,[r13 + rdx + 00000084]" open the "Code Injection" template and replace the lines where the module is written and the offset.
I could help but for now you should just replace the module name and the offset

Archezuli · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:48 am Post subject:

I tried using the Assembly Scan on the Memory Browser to find the OPcode you said (mov ebx,[r13 + rdx + 00000084]) and couldn't find a single resut... after 3 days scanning!!! ;~;

This scanner takes too long, I don't think I'm gonna be able to use it again... is there any better|faster way to do it...? Did I do something wrong...? ;~;

DanyDollaro · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:43 pm Post subject:

"Assembly Scan" ?? it's the first time I've heard of it, I didn't think CE had this feature.
However what I was saying is that you have to replace my comment the one in braces with the name of the module on which is the instruction mov ebx, [r13 + rdx + 00000084].
If you go to the OP Code "mov ebx, [r13 + rdx + 00000084]" and open the disassembler and select "AOB Injection" and copy all the contents I could complete it for you

Archezuli · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 6:20 pm Post subject:

Yes, that's my point!

I made a google search before and found out that that "Assembly Scan" in CE apparently searches OP codes... But alas, 2 scans so far (I managed to find a way to make it go much faster) but still no results...

Is there any other way I could find where that OP code is?

DanyDollaro · Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:00 pm Post subject:

I think there was a misunderstanding, I meant the code that appeared in the debugger (in the first image you sent in the discussion), you have to find that value, reopen the debugger and find that code, select it and click on "Show Disassembler" and on the window which will appear on the disassembler press "Crtl + A" so you will open the assembler car on that address, from there press the "Shift + Crtl + A" combination and click on the "Ok" item twice, a piece of code should appear , copy and paste it here so I can help you with scripting

Archezuli · Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:52 pm Post subject:

Holy fudge I feel like an idiot now... and holy damn this feels like magic... I press some combinations and suddenly code... >-<"""

Anyway, here's the Code!

DanyDollaro · Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:28 pm Post subject:

I tell you that in the first image the code is "mov ebx, [r13 + rdx + 00000084]" while in the code you sended me is "mov r8d, [r13 + rsi + 00000554]" so I'll make you the following script works on "mov r8d, [r13 + rsi + 00000554]" ":

Archezuli · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:19 am Post subject:

I tried it and... the game crashed... ;w;

(Sorry, the code keeps changing each session... so I had to change it again in your code... was this right?)

DanyDollaro · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:03 pm Post subject:

try these others:

Archezuli · Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:19 pm Post subject:

I'm gonna try them, thanks!