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[Marble]

Hi iv been searching for the static pointer for a game
I finaly found the pointer 5 levels from the Address i needed to find but
one of the offsets is a Multiply not an Add like the rest and i dunno how to add this value in the Change Address window when setting up pointers.

Start address (Static Pointer) is 0088BF98 then the offsets are

+4a4
+5c
*4 <-------- How To Add this into an Offset (Hex) box
+74
+720

[me]

*4 is just used to add 4 bytes

so if the offset reg is holding 1 , the offset is 4x 1 = 4 bytes (32bits)

so 0088BF98+4 = 0088BF9c

if the offset reg is holding 2, the offset is 4x 2 = 88BFA4


its just a shorthand way of adding, instead of manually adding the offsets 4,8,c,01
it multiplies 1,2,3,4 ect by 4 to make up multiples of 4 bytes...




now that has made it as clear as mud eh

[Marble]

If by Clear as Mud you mean Not Clear at all then yes.


The actual code that reads the address i require is


$Address = 0x0088BF98

$v_Read = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address, 4)
$location = HEX($v_Read)
$Address2 = Int('0x' & $location) + 0x000004A4

$v_Read2 = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address2, 4)
$location2 = HEX($v_Read2)
$Address3 = Int('0x' & $location2) + 0x0000005C

$v_Read3 = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address3, 4)
$location3 = HEX($v_Read3)
$Address4 = Int('0x' & $location3) * 0x00000004 ( This messes up the location and + 0x00000004 doesnt work either what should it be???)

$v_Read4 = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address4, 4)
$location4 = HEX($v_Read4)
$Address5 = Int('0x' & $location4) + 0x00000074

$v_Read5 = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address5, 4)
$location5 = HEX($v_Read5)
$Address6 = Int('0x' & $location5) + 0x00000720

$ValueNeeded = _MemRead($OpenProcess, $Address6, 4)


what is - offset reg

[me]

well thats not assembly language at all is it, its a high level interperated language ,no wonder you cant see the offset register I was on about


lets say you was using asm and EAX is a register being used at that instant for holding an offset

dec [0088BF98 +EAX*4]

so if [EAX] = 0 then you have ..........0088BF98

if [EAX] = 1...............then you have ..........0088BF9c.........cos its your address plus 1X4

get the idea of what I thought you needed ..

but your using a higher level language that is working the registers for you under the bonnet as they say..

try the general programming section, there might be someone who can tell you what to do there

[Marble]

Bud Thank You

I didnt understand what you meant untill i just Redid finding the Static pointer.

The found result for what is accesing the address that gives the *4 is

ecx + edi * 4
01A45D60 + 00000009 * 4

00000009 * 4 = 24 so the result ends up 01A45D60 + 24

So when i change the line : $Address4 = Int('0x' & $location3) * 0x00000004

to $Address4 = Int('0x' & $location3) + 24

Everything works and i end up with the result i wanted.



But just to confirm is what i just said correct?

[me]

yup you got it

[Marble]

Excellent Cheers for your help