Cheat Engine

[Flameberger]

So I'm trying to use scans to get consistent pointers for some memory values of a game (Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone.) I've successfully done it for an HP memory value using the procedure described in the basic tutorials: Find address, pointer scan / rescan, repeat until sufficiently narrowed down. No problems there.

My problem is that for a specific value I want to work with I am getting odd behavior from the pointers. I can find the address, do a pointer scan and get many results but they are all lost when I go for a rescan, even if I don't restart the game or do anything else that would cause the address to change. I can pointer scan the address and then immediately, without letting the game run at all (it pauses when out of focus), rescan that same address and all the pointers are gone. When I try this for other memory addresses an immediate rescan does not lose pointers, which is what I would expect considering that the game state isn't changing.

I tried it numerous times, with or without letting the game run between scans, restarting the game and re-finding the address or game-overing and re-finding the address all had the same result: all pointers gone on the 2nd scan.

Here's some details about the address specifically I am trying to work with: In this game you can have up to 3 characters in your party at a time, if their HP drops to 0 they enter a fainted state where they are uncontrollable until healed. The memory value I am working with is one of the party member's fainted state: 0 = active, 1 = fainted. From when I load a save file until I game over the address of the value, and which party member it corresponds to, do not change.

[Zanzer]

When you rescan, are you scanning for the address (not the value)?
Is this address close to that unit's health address? Or any other address within the pointer chain?
Could you simply modify the health pointer slightly to find the fainted state address?

[Flameberger]