Cheat Engine

realrbn · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:51 am Post subject: Pointer Problem

Ok, so I have a weird problem with Pointers.

I'm able to make Cheat Tables with Pointers, by using Pointer Scan.
They work perfectly fine on my PC every time I try them, even after restarting the Game / PC etc.
However, when I transfer them to my other PC and try to use them on the Game (Same Version, both downloaded over Steam) it doesn't works anymore.

Can anyone help me / give me some tipps?

hhhuut · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:13 am Post subject:

Rescan your pointerlist (copy all PTR files) on the other computer ...

realrbn · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:13 am Post subject:

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:51 am Post subject:

You could try expanding your search settings.

Are both computers running the same OS? Is the game the same exact version on both computers?

realrbn · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 10:52 am Post subject:

ulysse31 · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:03 am Post subject:

Since OS's differ but game versions remain the same I assume those are different OS but all Windows.

what he meant by expanding the research settings is changing the range in bytes and/or changing (increasing) the amount of stacked pointers you are looking for.

Afaik by default it's "max offset value 2047 and max level 5".
probably you should start increasing offset value but note that the searhing time will drastically increase.

Otherwise you can find out what write/accesses this value and hope to find an opcode that only works with this value so that you could use this opcode to give you the value's address everytime.

realrbn · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:04 am Post subject:

@ulysse3131; I guess I'll try that, thanks for the Input!

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:12 am Post subject:

You can expand your search settings by:

Increasing the max level
Increasing the maximum offset value
Including pointers with read-only nodes
Keep traversing a path when a static has been found
Allowing the first few stack addresses of the first few threads to be handled as static
(slightly) increasing the number of threads you're searching through
(slightly) increasing the max stack offset you're searching through

Of course, the more you expand your search settings, the longer it will take and the more disk space it will take. You can try finding the end offset(s) yourself to speed it up; however, that might rule out some valid results.

Having different OSs could make a difference. If they're both windows, you might be able to find a common static base pointer, but I'm not sure. I've always used code injections to do everything as they're easier and more reliable for me.

akumakuja28 · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:45 pm Post subject:

Whats your pointer start point. Does your pointer start in the ????.exe
or does it start in something different. Sounds to me that you have a pointer starting in a dependency.

realrbn · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:15 am Post subject: