Cheat Engine

Dark Byte · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:14 pm Post subject:

This is just a temp fix till i implement a better Critical Section

It is possible that because the critical sections are removed that sometimes when the speed gets changed (including init to 1) ,and multiple threads of the game are getting the time at the same time, that one of them will get a time in the far future.
If it's just used to check if it's time to continue it's fine, but if it's used to set the time on when to continue it may result in a veeeery long wait

Dark Byte · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 3:31 am Post subject:

I've posted an improved speedhackv3.lua at https://pastebin.com/6kp3cmCt
it has a more complex but smoother critical section implementation

(this is also why I like going DLL-less so it's easier to patch issues)

Thorxic · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2025 10:14 am Post subject:

I've had a similar experience with speedhack. At first I thought it was due to something with Unreal Engine 5 games.

I've had the problem with games like the Half Sword Demo where I enjoy using Cheat Engine for slow motion. And in Ready or Not to speed up the tedious parts, like walking places. Both games are UE5. And when Cheat Engine has speed hack injected it experiences random intervals of freezing.

No problem in other games like Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, which uses CryEngine.

I'm no expert. I am fairly tech stupid. Just sharing my experiences and hoping it is somehow helpful <3

Edit: The improved speedhack lua works absolute wonders! Thank you!!! No issues anymore after using that on my side. I appreciate it!

Krom · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 20 Mar 2016 Posts: 3

SubSonix · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 25 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

So far so good (I've only tested one game so far) with the improved lua

Arandrie · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 20 Apr 2025 Posts: 1

I'm still new to tweaking cheat engine. What do I do with the lua file? I put it in the autorun folder and I still get lag.

SubSonix · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 25 Apr 2011 Posts: 7

Thorxic · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2025 5:19 pm Post subject:

I had some playing around with it and it doesn't seem perfect perfect, but it is an enormous improvement over the previous. There are some occassional minor freeze ups where the CPU tanks, but it's quite rare now.