Cheat Engine

[Geri]

I know how to use the Dissector for data/structures, but I am also curious how is it guessing the value types. How does it know if a value is a pointer, float or 4 byte value for example. I know it is depending on the value itself I just don't know what is the rule to guess the value types. How can it identify a pointer in bunch of other data etc?

Anybody knows that? Maybe DB if You have some spare time for a few words?

[Dark Byte]

It's based on the address it's on and some other checks

it first checks if it's a string


if not, then if it's a float
it checks if it's a floating point in a human readable region
It first checks if the notation requires the Exponential character to be shown. If so, not a float

It then checks if the value is in the range of -100000 and 100000, if outside, not a float

same for double

If it's not a float or double it checks if it's a pointer:
If the value represents an address that is actually allocated at the time of the check, it's marked as a pointer


added in ce 6:
If it's not a pointer, float,double or string:
check if the 4 byte value is in a human readable region:
Less than 10000
If it is above 10000 it only marks it as a 4 byte if it's dividable by 100
If not, it marks it as a 1 byte value
Which causes the next one to be a 1 byte value as well

Then it checks if it's a word
if the value is bigger 255 and dividable by 10 then mark it as a word
else mark it as a byte

unit: byteinterpreter.pas

[Geri]

I was curious about it this since I have first seen this amazing feature. I didn't even hope for a long explanation like this.

Thank You very much for Your time and answer.

This option is one of my favorites in CE.