Cheat Engine

[JackDinn]

Hi,

Iv learned a lot today and I understand multi level pointers & static pointers now but i do have a question.

Iv been practising use of the pointer scanner , I have reset the game many times and rescanning I have narrowed a couple thousand addresses down to about 20 but now i always seem to end up with these last 20 or so addresses.


I know which one was chosen for the health on this game by another member of the forum (highlighted in red) but how did he get it down to 1 choice ?

Cheers.

[jucce]

Well often there are several pointers that point to the same address so you can just choose any one of them. I would prefer taking a pointer based on the game exe rather than Steam dlls. Possibly some pointers can be more stable and reliable over different game versions or operating systems.

[JackDinn]

hmm, so basically any of them could be chosen , taking into consideration what you said above.

Iv been testing on halflife and its pretty much the same thing , about 20 addys to choose from.

It just seemed odd from my understanding why the programmers would have/need/want multiple pointers pointing to the same addy. I suspect they dont but I does add a little confusion for me ^^


Thx,

[Dark Byte]

The pointerscanner also finds paths the programmer might not use themselves because there are better paths

E.g: Let's say the game is build up like this:

[JackDinn]

Ahh, very nice explanation , its obvious now

Many thx.