Cheat Engine

argarg · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 45

Hi, recently, all aoe3 players using a maphack have been banned. Eventough they disn't record their game or played only 2 or 3. The guy wh made the maphack is just changig the values of fog of war and blackmap to 0 (1= no maphack , 0= maphack). I'm trying to make one which will bypass that. I'd like any idea on how the server does the check and how to bypass it. Or maybe someone to try it with me! thanks

Labyrnth · Moderator Reputation: 10 Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6301

So this is working client sided.

You can look for what is being changed from 0 to 1.
If it is a key word in the game itself such as.

lights 1
lights 0

Then take a hex editor and go digging in the game files and find it.
Change the word to something else of equal bytes and it might work.
But the trainer will not work any more.

fights 1
fights 0

I do not play the game but, this is how some bypassing can work.
Also has the game patched? Then people tried to use this maphack?
Then thats the reason they are getting busted as well.

Also can you link the maphack for me to look at it.

argarg · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 45

http://www.agerage.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4442

This is the one people get banned with. I just posted a new version which make the changes BEFORE the game start. the other guy just changed the values from 1 to 0.

here's my code:

Labyrnth · Moderator Reputation: 10 Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6301

Ok look for the address in CE, and then look where it is in a file. This should point to it.
Then you can disassemble it at this location and see whats there.

argarg · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 45

Labyrnth · Moderator Reputation: 10 Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6301

When you find this address in CE, you can select to patch in a file.
Do this and it will show you the hard coded address in a file for it, such as the exe.
Then you can investigate farther to see if you can alter the code a bit.

argarg · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 45

Labyrnth · Moderator Reputation: 10 Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 6301

Yeah, thats what the cheat controls.
<String _locID="19006" symbol="cStringFogOfWar">Fog of War</String>
<String _locID="22542">Reveal Map</String>
<String _locID="25363" symbol="cStringStatMapExplored">Map Explored</String>

Now see if you can find any of those strings in a file such as exe, or a dll.
and changing it could work.

cStringFogOfWar
cLetmecheatdamn

argarg · Cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 19 Jul 2005 Posts: 45

Do I have to unpack or anything? because I can't really find nothing interesting by hexing and scanning as text ...

ok i find it searching for it as text in ce, then i add it to the codelist but can't find it in ANY file =/

edit: ok found it in a file named data.bar Do I have to replace in the XML also?