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X.inzo · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject: GeometryWars [Question]

Hey, CEF.

I just downloaded this game called Geometry Wars - Retro Evolved.
offline, simple, lame.. thats pretty much the whole game ^^

Here is a video: [link]
Download game: [link]

now, I (with NO hacking experience whatsoever) tried to mess around with the game abit.. so I started MLE and searched for some adresses (lives, bombs, score) so I could change the value and freeze it ^^

So, turns out that it was easy Razz

4byte scan with 3 lives, lose one, scan for 2 -second in the list is the amount of lives :p change > freeze > done
same with the bombs.. but any noob could figure that out!

have a few questions.

1: Right after you die, you get some sort of armor around you, making you able to hit any enemy without dieing, how do I find that adress? or how do I hack that?

2: I would like to know how I can keep certain enemy's from Spawning.. OR make only 1 kind spawn. I tried to search for some random enemy, change the amount of points you get for it (this worked) but I thought.. what if I kill it, and see what accesses it.. in the hope I would find a way to keep it from spawning or something. (i failed)

3: How could I turn score / life / bomb "hack" into a trainer?

Thanks in advance. ~X.inzo

ps: I am willing to learn ^^ so please don't flame!
(working on scanning file, but uploading to virusscan.jorri.org takes a while, sorry)

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

X.inzo · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

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

Pause game when you see the force shield.
Scan for 1, because it is on.
Then when it goes away, pause game and scan for 0, because it is off.

X.inzo · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject:

Okay, tried that.. and I believe I found it
but whenever I freeze it and change the value to 1.. it changes back to 0 anyways Sad

how do I fix that?

92Garfield · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:02 am Post subject:

X.inzo · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:17 am Post subject:

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

What was the value of the address when the shield was on?
Thats what value you need to freeze it at.
Also, i would find what writes,reads and access's this address to see the assembly.
Maybe a pointer to this address will let you freeze it.
If not you have to alter the assembly.

stonezilla · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

yes im a newb but i do know that the bubble thing ur rapped around in when u spawn makes u invincble

Psy · Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:16 am Post subject:

Yeah it sounds like a spawn protection system.
Could well be easily do-able to make it so that it stays on indefinately after spawning.