Cheat Engine

[Synban]

I've been trying to get Cheat Engine to work with my Elden Ring game.
I've gotten both Elden Ring and Cheat Engine to run individually and at the same time, but Cheat Engine doesn't recognize that Elden Ring is running or even exists when running Elden Ring through Steam and then starting Cheat Engine through normal system means or through Steam by selecting it as a "non-steam game".
I've tried running Elden Ring with ProtonHax, which also doesn't recognize Elden Ring is running and says "no program found with magic number 1245620" upon trying to launch Cheat Engine with the protonhax run path/to/engine command. The number we used should be the steam app ID of the app and is listed as such in the file directory. This is consistent even with "protonhax init %COMMAND%" in the launch options section like is directed.
I next tried steamtinkerlaunch. It can launch Elden Ring like its supposed to through the compatibility options in steam and can go to the "Main Menu" of steamtinkerlaunch. But now I can't figure out how to run Cheat Engine either through steamtinkerlaunch or through system means in a way that it recognizes that Elden Ring is running after being launched through steam with the steamtinkerlaunch compatibility option chosen.




Solution found:
Turns out protonhax works as needed, but the github page we got it from did not specify we needed envload to make it work. Once I found i needed it and got it, protonhax works perfectly. Thank you everyone

[ParkourPenguin]

You have to run both CE and the game using the same wine binary in the same wineprefix.

This is a wrapper script I use for protonhax:

[CheaterNinja]

Yes I needed this, thank you man, it worked

[Grinder4life123]

Are you using the cheat engine server for Linux ? I had this issue but after running the server and connection to it in the process window it sees all my Linux applications

Video on how to set up youtu.be/QtRq_5uxY8s?si=LcJLhZxb7__elATH

Let me know if this fixes your issue bro

[jacks0n12]

[quote="ParkourPenguin"]You have to run both CE and the game using the same wine binary in the same wineprefix.

This is a wrapper script I use for protonhax:
[code]#!/usr/bin/bash
set -o errexit
set -o pipefail
set -o nounset
#set -o xtrace

readarray -t appids < <(protonhax ls)

num=${#appids[@]}
app=""

if [ "$num" -eq 0 ]; then
echo 'No games running.'
echo 'Did you remember to use launch options `protonhax init %COMMAND%`?'
exit 1
elif [ "$num" -gt 1 ]; then
echo 'Appid:'
select _app in "${appids[@]}"; do
if [ -z "$_app" ]; then
echo 'Invalid selection.'
exit 1
fi
app="${_app}"
done
else
app="${appids[0]}"
fi

protonhax run "${app}" "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/Cheat Engine 7.5/Cheat Engine.exe"
[/code]Note that the var "$WINEPREFIX" here is where CE is installed[/quote]

Do I paste this anywhere within the protonhax bash file? I'm sorry I don't know much of anything about scripting, so please may you help?

[ParkourPenguin]

1. Edit a new file (e.g. "ce-proton.sh")
   
2. Copy/paste that code in
   
3. If needed, change the location of the CE binary in the last line
   
4. Save the file
   
5. Make the file executable (`chmod a+x ce-proton.sh`)
   
6. Optionally move the file to somewhere in your $PATH (e.g. some people add ~/.local/bin to their path and put stuff there)
   
7. Modify the game's launch options in steam (right click in library -> Properties -> General -> Launch Options) and set it to "protonhax init %COMMAND%" (no quotes)
   
8. Launch the game
   
9. Run the script (either via a terminal or a capable launcher- e.g. krunner)