Cheat Engine

relentlesstech

Is there any (n00b-friendly) way to have Cheat Engine use the second address that it finds, not the first? I have tried everything to get a unique AoB, but the first address it finds the routine is exactly the same as the second, but does not change the values - I tried finding different points in the first one to change the values, but it seems that one is for display only. I have been stumped by this for the past 3 days, and finally admitted defeat, and decided to ask in here if there is an easy solution - Can anyone help me out?

P.S. Game is Dead Island 2 (Offline Single Player)

Dark Byte · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 3:20 pm Post subject:

are both in the same module? as you could try aobscanmodule

or in memory view look at them and tick view->show section addresses perhaps there are in different sections, and you can then use aobscanregion to filter the section you need

relentlesstech · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 7:35 pm Post subject:

The first one it finds is just a basic address, the one I need is listed as 'DeadIsland-Win64-Shipping.exe+xxxx'

I'll look up how to do an 'aobscanmodule', and give that a try, thanks for responding!

EDIT 2:
They are both in the same section - There's no difference between the two in memory view, and I compared the bytes 15 lines down from the start (40 per line)

EDIT:

Turns out I was already doing an aobscanmodule from the template, so that doesn't work for me - I attached a screenshot of the 2 addresses I get when I scan the aob I need (The 2nd in the list is the one I need to manipulate)

I don't know if it matters, but I am using an undetectable version of CE that I compiled, but has worked perfectly fine with all other games so far.

LeFiXER · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 8:41 pm Post subject:

You can use Lua to achieve this:

relentlesstech · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:12 pm Post subject:

LeFiXER · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:46 pm Post subject:

I've compacted it a little bit for this specific scenario. The function I posted can be used more globally

To use Lua in the same script just use {$LUA}/{$ASM} pre-processors:

relentlesstech · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:02 pm Post subject:

Seems to be working (So far)! Thank you!

LeFiXER · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:08 pm Post subject:

You're welcome Smile

ParkourPenguin · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:13 pm Post subject:

The lower word of the address is the same... is there a copy of the entire module in memory?

If you're using aobscanmodule, CE shouldn't find the first one. If you go to "Memory View -> View -> Enumerate DLLs and Symbols" do you see multiple copies of the exe?

relentlesstech · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:39 pm Post subject: Found a better AoB to work with

I ended up scrolling up through the routine until I found differences, and managed to get a unique AoB - The LUA method did work, but for my ease-of-use taking the extra time to check more of the routine paid off - Thanks again to all who took the time to help me out!

++METHOS

Dark Byte · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 1:53 pm Post subject:

when doing the lua AOBScan, don't forget to do as.destroy()

relentlesstech

++METHOS · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:49 am Post subject:

No need to compare with generator. Take care.

Csimbi · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 4:38 am Post subject:

I think this is exactly what mgr.inz.Player's LUA extension does.