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Confusion about exact offset values for pointer addresses

 
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Pingpongus
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:12 pm    Post subject: Confusion about exact offset values for pointer addresses Reply with quote
Hey all, I have pinned down a few offsets to read from for a new application I am working on. However, when I try and implement it in code by adding the offsets to the base address, I end up with a different value than what is listed in cheat engine. I went to an online tool for hex math and manually added up the values, and sure enough it doesn't seem to match? Am I missing something about the way these values are displayed in cheat engine? Will include a screenshot.

You can see it says
Code:
BASE + 0x01DD4358 + 0x78 + 0xC = 0x1B93BB92AFC


But if I run those same values through an online calculator, the final value I end up with
Code:
0x1B9642851B4


Thanks in advance for any help you can give!


EDIT: I think I see what I gotta do looking at it more closely. I gotta get the address pointed to by BASE + 78, then add the C offset to that new address.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What CE actually says is [[game.exe + 0x01DD4358] + 0x78] + 0xC = 1B93BB92AFC.

The arrow symbol -> means "points to". e.g. the value of the pointer at the address game.exe+1DD4358 is 1B964285130.
1B964285130 + 78 = 1B9642851A8, which points to 1B93BB92AF0.
And finally 1B93BB92AF0 + C = 1B93BB92AFC.

Look up how pointers work in lower level languages (e.g. C/C++) for more information.
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