Cheat Engine

[danrevella]

Hi,
I will pay €. 10 (ten Euros) to the first person who wanna solve my problem with the Win95-cd version of the game Tie-fighter.
The game is trainable, but what I need is not a trainer, but a solution to my problem:
- after switching game/CE a few times, the keyboard INSIDE the game no longer works (mouse and joystick instead regoulary work).
- I don't want a patch for the game, but a general solution of this type of problem.
- I may pay with paypal.
- If who will solve my problem don't want my money I'll donate the same amount to the CE project.

For info you may also contact me in PM.

Many thanks to all.

[Gniarf]

If you have at least 2 computers:
-Grab TSearch and see if you can get the scan over lan to work.
-Otherwise this should do. If you are on win7 instead of winxp, google up "multiple remote desktop client win7". Basically the idea is to play on Computer1, remotely log on to Computer1 from Computer2, run CE on Computer1 but operate it from Computer2 via remote desktop connection.


BTW out of curiosity: if you have an usb keyboard, what happens if you unplug+replug you keyboard just after launching the game? Same question after the keyboard stopped working ingame.

[atom0s]

Sounds more like the input handler of the game itself is bugged and not reaquiring the keyboard.

[danrevella]

Thanks for your answer...
As I told you, I have just trained the game, but my purpose is not trained it...
@Gniarf
I wanna solve this problem in CE... I don't like the idea that CE is not usable in some games....
I know very well Tsearch (I was a beta tester for Olivier, all those years ago..)
I no longer got two computer.....
Keyboard usb----> not work, after a few time you have used CE/game the keyboard id dead, but only in the game, inside all other program the keyboard continue to work.
@atom0s
It's a game from Lucasart, it use all keyboard key + mouse +joypad.
I don't think it is crappled coded...

I have used DxWND last version and Windows 8.1

Cyao!!!

[Gniarf]

[danrevella]

@Gniarf
the lua code you have sent is really interest, but I need a few time to realizing it (see you later about..)
While I've got a lot of difficulty in understanding about scanning with 2 computers:

> Basically the idea is to play on Computer1,
so in computer 1 the game run and also CE is running, but it is not managed by computer 1, but so have we to run a special "server" edition of CE?

> remotely log on to Computer1 from Computer2,
computer1 is the server, and i log on it by computer2, but I don't understand in wich way I must to log? via remote desktop so from computer2 I may take control of video, mouse, keyboard of computer1? In the same way as f.e. teamsession or Ultravnc does perform?
Please excuse, I have try to read all the post, but there's somethingh I don't understand...

> run CE on Computer1 but operate it from Computer2 via remote desktop connection.
At this point I don't understand, why do we need to patch termserv.dll if we only need a single remote session? The patch doesn't is needed only for multiple concurrent remote sessions?

Thanks for your patience, I'm a little confuse, but also now I remember I have got somewhere.. an old unutilized notebook that I may try to recover....

p.s. I have try this:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101
is what I need?
Seems to be a legit version of RDCMan

[Gniarf]

[danrevella]

@Gniarf
Ok, as soon as I'll retrieve my old notebook I'll try.
But for the moment, may I simulate this situation f.e. with a VirtualMachine I run from my single computer?
F.e. my host:192.168.1.10 VM:192.168.1.150 on the same WORKGROUP?
I run the game on the VM and access from my host?
Uhmmm... It's only a waste of time or may work?
With another simple game, only to get a lot of trial....
What do you think?

Many thanks.

[Gniarf]

I don't see why it wouldn't work on a VM. As long as both host and VM run on Windows and can communicate via LAN (virtual or not) it should work.

[danrevella]

[Gniarf]

So if I understand correctly the problem is currently solved.

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However as we briefly discussed in PMs, there is another way to hack a game without alt-tabbing, which is to run the game in windowed mode and operate CE with hotkeys. You wanted me to continue this discussion publicly, so here goes:
-In CE's settings set it to auto attach to your game.exe (activate "Even autoattach when..."). That way you won't need to tab out to attach CE to a process.
-Then in CE's settings->hotkeys, set hotkeys for "new scan-unknown initial value", "next scan-increased value", "next scan-decreased value", next scan-unchanged value", all "change type to ***" (all those you plan to use), and maybe "undo last scan". Also set a big delay (500+) for "Delay between reactivating" otherwise a careless fat keypress could cause 2 scans in a row. That way you should be able to do your scans without alt+tabbing.
-Sadly you'll run into a not-that-fun issue: once you finally have found the one address you're looking for, you can't add it to the cheat table. So you'll have to create a hotkey for that in lua script. I've posted above how to add the first result to the cheat table, you just have to create a hotkey for it.
-If you want to do exact value scans, set a hotkey for "next scan-exact value", and create lua hotkeys to set the value to look for (refer to "set the new value to look for in exact value mode" above).

OK, so far you can perform scans, and add results to your table, so now you'll want to perform a pointerscan or find out what *** your address. I'm not sure running a pointerscan with hotkey is possible because I don't know if you can set a hotkey to click on its "ok" button, and I don't know how to bring its dialog. But finding out what reads/writes on that address is possible. Here is an example that will output in the lua console all addresses that accessed the first entry in your cheat table (press F2 to activate):

[danrevella]

I'm fully satisfied, CE is a spendid example of full proof concept.
The LUA exstension let us to perform an infinite numeber of task and personalizazion, IMO every user of CE should study Lua!!

[Nemexia55]

i want to learn it (LUA) but don't know how please help me