Cheat Engine

[NormalUser200]

Hello,

i tried to change the value ingame(StrongholdCrusader 2). I used the method to point out what writes to the adress and i found the adress that shows the same value that is shown ingame, but if i change the "pointer" value, the value ingame does not change :/


(added)I want to find the base adress.
I tried to use multilevel pointer but while i tried to use "finde what accessess this pointer"(of the first pointer) the game crashed.

(added2) After using normal Pointer scan i found the adress but if i want to change the value, the value does not change too.
The adress is correct because its always the adress of the item i am searching for even if i restart the game.

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So my problem is the first pointer doesn't change the value and if i try to use multilevel pointers the game crashes. Also the "base pointer" doesn't change the value.
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P.S I am using the VEH debugger on Stronghold Crusader 2(STEAM).


I hope somebody is able to help me

[NormalUser200]

Sorry for de double post but i don't want to open more topics with the same question!

Nobody has a conclusion what might help me out?

There is also a problem that if i scan for a value(amount of Cheese etc) the engine always displays more 1 value after some rescans. Should i work with all the values to find the base adress ?

Example:

I scanned for cheese and cheat engine shows me

(HEX Code) 250 250
(HEX Code) 250.2516161 250.2516161
(HEX Code) 250.222321 250.222321
(HEX Code) 250 250

(no green numbers)

[Lithium.]

If you're ending up with more than 1 offset in the search results, then yeah, try changing all of them one at a time to see which offset changes the value. When the offset is green that just means it's static if I remember right. When you try to "find out what writes/accesses" the offset, what did you see? I could help you more if you posted a screenshot of what writes to the offset. As for pointers, I'm not really all that savy with them. I only use those when the game randomizes code each time it restarts. But anyways, post a small screen of "what writes" and I'll see if I can be of any help.

[Zanzer]

I may be thinking of a different game, but I believe Stronghold's stockpile values were separated by the visual stacking of items. For example, if apples stacked 10 per pile and you had 25 apples, you would see three stacks. Two with 10 and one with 5. Each stack is stored as a separate memory address. The game totals every stack to display the value you see on screen. So changing that total won't do anything.

Your only hope is to find the individual address before the stack maxes out.

That game frustrated me so much that I had to resort to changing the way taxes worked. I made it so giving my gold away actually increased my gold value. I then used the market's auto-buy feature to keep my stocks up so I did not have to worry about hacking that.

[barbarbarz]

Your information, I have to say, and then it turns out that it is true.

[skinpenthar]

When you try to "find out what writes/accesses" the offset, what did you see? I could help you more if you posted a screenshot of what writes to the offset. As for pointers, I'm not really all that savy with them. I only use those when the game randomizes code each time it restarts. But anyways, post a small screen of "what writes" and I'll see if I can be of any help.???

[TheOrigan]

I don't know if anyone's still into this, but you can still hack gold and resources in SHC2. The values are encrypted, but you can find them with changed value/unchanged value if you take your time for it. You can find them as 4 byte values but they will look something like "3346198012". Just copy the value, sell everything and change it back, it'll work.

For me the problem is that I cannot find a pointer that keeps pointing to the right address every time I start the game, so hacking it every time really becomes annoying.