Cheat Engine

[Fresco]

I'm back again with some new ideas.
This time I'm sure Dark Byte will implement them without question

1) Hotkey for renaming entries in the code list ( i.e. Advanced Options )
( currently we have to right click and rename ... ) maybe set F2 as default rename key ?

2) CE Ability to tell if a code is already in the code list.
Say I have found the code that writes to health and added it to the codelist. I now try to find the code that writes to ammo. The same code that wrote to the health pops up in the list of codes that wrote to ammo. I now try to add the code ( that wrote to ammo but also to health ) to the codelist ( that already exists in the codelist ) It would be awesome if CE could at least warn you with a message like: " Dude, you've already got this code in the code list named: (code name here), no need to add it again! ".

3) When you click: "Find out what writes/accesses this address" an new window opens up the: "the following opcodes write to (address here) "
It would be awesome if CE Could add the Description (of the address that we right clicked upon) after the ( address here ).
Like: "the following opcodes write to (address here) ; (description here)
e.g. "The following opcodes write to 1DAE9CD0 ; HPAddy

4) The ability for the "The following opcodes write to (address here)" window to tell if an opcode is already in the codelist
in that window you have 2 colons, the first wits ( count ) and the second with
( instruction )
It would be awesome if CE could add a new very small colon to the left of the count colon that indicates if a code already exists
like:

[KéKéCoRe]

Hello!
I like your idea, more information and more accurate.

[Fresco]

Thanks. Let's cross fingers for it's implementation though.

[Rissorr]

These ideas are just great!

I suggest another one:
When you open a "what accesses to ..." window
the founded codes will be colored accordingly to the codes type (read/write)

Also i suggest to open a new forum section "Suggestions & Improvements"
where CE users will be able to post suggestions for the upcoming versions of CE (just like this post)

[jgoemat]

Good ideas I think. It would be useful to me to be able to use other than static addresses too. Maybe an "Add to the code list (AOB)" that will find a unique AOB for the code like the AA template. That way it would work for games that JIT their code and after the game is updated. Is there a window for code list entries? Maybe have one and be able to click on 'Rescan AOB' to find the addresses again.

[ulysse31]

I like 4) and 5).
Usefull when dealing with lots of code reused over and over

[Dark Byte]

in short you want the code list to act like a registered symbol and show symbols in the disassembly of find what xxx routines "more info" windows

[Fresco]

Yes.

In short:
1) Codelist rename hotkey.
2) Codelist doesn't allow 2 codes with the same address.
3) Address list symbols registered everywhere.
4) Codelist symbols registered in find what xxx routines and "more info" windows.
5) Codelist symbols registered in the disassembler.

Thank you so much for listening to us, you're awesome.

[MindCaged]

Uhm, I don't know about the rest, but isn't there already a hotkey for renaming table entries? Just select it and Ctrl+Enter. Or for multiple entries, Ctrl-Alt-Shift+Enter to get the smart edit dialog.

Unless this isn't what you're talking about.

[shakib187]

What about a way to compare numbers in registers?

like in AOB there are wildcards instead it would be like:

cmp ebx,******8D
instead of cmp ebx,8888BB8D
only would check for 8D on the 7th and 8th slot

[Fresco]

[shakib187]

[Fresco]

1C = number of bits to shift/rotate

shl = shift left
(decimal example)
12345678 > shift left 3 decimal positions > 45678000
12344567 > shift left 200 decimal positions > 0000000000
12345678 > shift left 5 decimal positions > 67800000

ror = rotate right
(decimal example)
12345678 > rotate right 3 decimal positions > 67812345
00000002 > rotate right 3 decimal positions > 00200000

shl ebx, 1C = shift left 28 bits ( 0x1C )
( I got that part actually wrong in the other post, it should have been only 0x18 not 0x1C, but you get the idea )

0x1234567A < 1 position here is 4 bits, therefore to cancel 1 positions you need to shift 4 bits

since you wanted to cancel 6 positions, 6 * 4 = 24, 24 in hex = 0x18

[shakib187]

[Zanzer]

Or you could've just used