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Odecey · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Trouble finding pointer

So im trying to hack Assassin's Creed. While testing things out I noticed that the address which held the amount of throwing stars changed from time to time. The tutorial said that this was one of those times I'd have to use pointers, so I tried to find the pointer of the address, but when searching for the it using the value suggested by the CE i found nothing, leaving me a little confused. What could be the reason the search doesnt return any results?

iktov · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject:

What does the instruction at the address you found look like?

ie: something like

0044BADB MOV DWORD PTR DS:[EAX+168],ECX

Attach your game to ollydbg and go to your address. In the example above to find the pointer you would need to find out what sets EAX. Scroll up from the function and try to find something like:

MOV EAX,DWORD PTR DS:[A92D38]

In this case your pointer should be A92D38 + 168.

if you still can't find it take a look at this tutorial and it should help you out a lot. It is written for International Silkroad Online but it should help in the general purpose of searching out the Base Pointer.
http://miniloader.mi.funpic.de/downl...y%20blub22.pdf

Odecey · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks alot for the info. I will try the mehod you suggested.
Edit: Does OllyDbg work on Vista?

iktov · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:47 pm Post subject:

Thats a good question actually, I had no idea since I don't have or plan on getting vista, But a quick google search and I found the same question on another board:

Odecey · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:52 am Post subject:

Thanks again, I appreciate it ^_^.