Cheat Engine

Bayum · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 31 Oct 2023 Posts: 3

I’m trying to use Cheat Engine in Crystal Legacy. I know the game runs slightly different to the base game due to the improvements that have been made. Whenever I use Cheat Engine in the Rom, it fails to complete the second scan - just gives 0 results. No search bar.

I’ve got it set to search ‘all’ and the first scan works but I don’t get anything with the second.
Any ideas?

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:37 am Post subject:

It means you aren't scanning for the correct value. There's literally an infinite number of ways this could happen.
Maybe it's a bitfield (see pokemon gen II data structure on bulbapedia). Maybe the value you're scanning for gets calculated from other values and doesn't live for long.

Try an unknown initial value and changed / unchanged next value scans.

Bayum · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 31 Oct 2023 Posts: 3

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 11:17 am Post subject:

One byte of memory can only be in 256 unique states. i.e. it can only store integers between 0 and 255.

Perhaps you should be using big endian types? See Edit -> Settings -> Extra custom types

luigimud · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 04 Jul 2024 Posts: 10

I am starting to revist older gen rom hacks. This information is highly appreciated. Your response to check the data structurs from bulbapedia is the go-to starting point in hacking any of these roms.

I will continue trial and error, and see how CTs can be developed for some rom hacks from those gens. feel free to reach out if interesetd.