Cheat Engine

Jorvalt · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Posts: 5

I know this game has a built-in cheats system, but that's apparently going to go away once the game is actually fully finished. I just want to try and get a head start.
I'm trying to do something simple: Changing the swirlies (the currency). I know that this game apparently uses the same formula for all its values which is (X*2)+1 (with X being the actual value) and am able to find this value with ease but when I try to change it, the game just kills itself. Just closes. I'm almost certain this is the correct value because it changes consistently. There are two values but one appears to be the visual value as it changes after exiting a menu, so I just leave that alone.
Not sure why this is happening and not sure if it's circumvent-able. Thoughts?

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:03 pm Post subject:

Probably some cheap attempt by a naive developer to deter people from hacking their game. Various forms of obfuscation and redundancy checks (i.e. checksum, xor keys, hashes, etc.) were occasionally seen in flash games years ago.

Look at the code that accesses the value and figure out what's going on. If you don't know how to read assembly, there are probably other values you can find via unknown initial value and changed/unchanged scans that might help you learn what's going on.

Or just ask someone else to do it for you. Try a third party site:
https://forum.cheatengine.org/thirdparty.php

Jorvalt · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:00 pm Post subject:

I haven't looked at rpgmaker in a long time. Last I did, it was a mess, and if it's anything like it was previously, I wouldn't be surprised if this were a product of the game engine itself.

Search for "rpgmaker decompiler" or something- a tool made specifically for rpgmaker games would likely be better than CE.

Jorvalt · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 12 Sep 2015 Posts: 5

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:01 am Post subject:

Decompiling the game allows you to see exactly what the game is doing at a much higher level. You can even change the source code to suit your needs.

If you can't figure out why the game is crashing after looking at the decompiled code, it could be a property of the engine itself. Assuming the engine isn't open source, it would then be a good idea to look through assembly.

JohnathanSweeney · Newbie cheater Reputation: 1 Joined: 04 Apr 2016 Posts: 20

They are doing an integrity check of the variable you are trying to change. You will have to change the "source" variable first and then the variable you are currently changing before the integrity check occurs. Decompile the game and check the source for more info