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[pilgrams]

Ok, I found infinite health for a game, I changed it and went and played in the game. While in the game they would hit you and you don't lose health. Then this is what happens sometimes when I get hit it kills me even if I have a full health bar. So what did I do wrong here?

[Dark Byte]

what do you mean with infinite health?
The code that decreases health and you removed it?
or
The address that holds health and you froze it ?


If it's freezing then perhaps you got too much damage within the freeze update interval and died (try a smaller freeze interval)
Or else you just got hit by a 1-hit killer

if it's a code replacement then perhaps a check if you're dead is done before your health is decreased. See if you can find that check

[pilgrams]

I found the value for health change it, I froze it to see if it was the right address, so when I tried it in the game I had infinite health, I was getting hit alot so I thought ok this is it. Then I get hit even with a full bar of health and I die.

Thanks for your advise I will try that.

[Dark Byte]

Also, could be you just found the healthbar value and not the actual health
Instead of freezing it change the value to the supposedly max value and then get hit by something that hardly does any damage

The healthbar should then update to the max value minus the small damage you just took

If you are already at max, then just set it to half and get damaged for an equally visible change

[pilgrams]

I don't know what the max health value is, so do I take a guess at it? Also when doing this I have alot of addresses, and when you get the address it still wasn't the address.

[me]

lots of games reallocate the addresses each time you lose a life or load a new level or map in as you progress..

also lots off addresses can mean you have the actual graphic health bar addresses in your address list..

also look for repeating address patterns cos you might be showing up 4 addresses for one 32 bit address..

example: sometimes cheat engine treats each byte of the 32 bit address as 4 separate addresses, the same as if you do an all byte type search.. just the way some games addresses are written..

in a lot of games.. especially flash games you get lots of first level addresses for a single item or health anyway..

[pilgrams]

What I been doing is as I play I would search for unknown value. Then I lose some health then search for changed value, there are alot of addresses. So what could I be doing wrong trying to search for this value?

thanks

[me]

just what I said really, picking out patterns.. if you have too many problems with that try something else to cheat on in the game...

I have come across a game some time ago that changed the addresses of health and ammo seemingly spontaneously every few moments, though it could have been doing a check on the addresses then moving them..

if your using [unknown value] searches, have you also used decreased and increased values in your searches.. I'm guessing you have.

I always used loads of [unchanged value] searches when using the [changed value] searches to cut out the addresses that change while your health or ammo is not being affected.

cuts out most of the non useful addresses..

might be worth you looking at dissecting data as well.. you find a suitable address and use that as a basis for finding data structures..

http://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?t=530548&sid=eb9f466bdef37d160afdb60f0bb08397

good info on that link..

[pilgrams]