Cheat Engine

[omoe]

First of all as you may guessed im 16 years old and i don't know much about programing or codes anyway , i wanna ask what is the language which used in auto-assemble in Cheat engine so i can learn it , My other question is now that i can find pointers and all different type of values float , 4 bytes, double..etc ,What should i focus on next to become better at doing trainers, I would appreciate it if someone give me steps to follow so when i master a step i know what to move to focus on next because i tried to mess around with everything and i'm not learning much so i think organizing steps will help , Also do i have to learn a programing language like C++ or anything ? I have free 5 hours a day for the next 9 months so i wanna spend them learning these kinda stuff because i think they gonna help me in college too,
Thanks.

[grasmanek94]

first learn lua (months, weeks?), then assembly (don't know), then go with C++ (a few years) and you will automaticly start to understand why some things are like this and that in cheat engine :p and hacking will become much easier.

[Gniarf]

[pellik]

I'd say start with one of those 'learn C++ in 20 lessons' kind of tutorials out there. You don't need to learn really any of the massive amount of libraries serious programmers are going to know, but you should be familiar with the logic and flow of a C++ program. It's also really nice to be able to compile simple programs and look at them in a debugger. Once you understand how to interact with windows API you can set C++ aside for a while.

With a basic knowledge of C you really don't need to learn much assembly to get into CE. You'll just want to pick up the basics relating to registers (don't read anything that says any register besides ESP or EBP has a special purpose, that's teaching ancient ASM that compilers have nothing to do with). Then learn about memory (if you understand why we use hex then you'll understand what's going on when you see test al,al). Entry points, data segment, etc. Learn about the stack. Finally, learn about calling conventions (cdecl or stdcall).

At this point you should be able to mentally navigate through a programs memory and understand the general flow of things by imagining what it would be like in C. Understanding exactly what's going on in ASM (whats in each register, why every shift is there) is really tedious, so instead try to visualize the overall flow of the program and only worry about the details when it seems like you're already looking at the right spot. For example, in a call to a documented api like dxgi you can mentally connect the documentation with the pointer that just got pushed, and from there you can find how a program is performing some very obscured math that neither memory scans nor ultimap will help you find.

Once the ASM is down a bit you already know how to use auto-assemble. It's not really something you need to learn. The only really useful trick you need to figure it all out is that first you load the enable/disable template, then you load the code injection template in the same window.

Also now your knowledge of C means that learning LUA is more a matter of being aware that LUA exists, and you don't really have to do much else.

Good luck.