Cheat Engine

NINTENDO · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:34 am Post subject: [c#] Listing games

So like I want my program to list all my games.

For this task I currently use registry and it seems to work.

Is it enough to check in the registry or do you have to look in the hdd aswell?

atom0s · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject:

Depends on if the game leaves traces for you to locate in the registry. Also depends on if the game was a pirated copy or incorrectly installed (copy/pasted from another machine) and so on.

You can do what Xfire does if you need fail-safe methods to fall back on:
- Scan the registry for the known keys.
- Scan the default install path.
- Scan the full drive if you feel it is needed afterward.

You wont automatically detect anything without first knowing about the software to begin with though.

NINTENDO · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:33 am Post subject:

I only tend to list games that were installed. No rips or such things.

Let's say I want to list steam games at first.

Steam apps are written like this

"<software>\Valve\Steam\Apps\x"

Where x is an number identifying the game.

Is there any way I could get my hands on the steam app id list? Or are the ids created when installing the games?

I checked the list that valve has provided but it doesn't include third party games.

atom0s · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:00 am Post subject:

The full list, probably not. I haven't tinkered with any of Steams files since I have little interest in most games on it. There may be a file that could contain a full list, but I doubt it.

You can obtain the app ids from the site just by viewing the game pages. Its in the url of the game. You can also check the gameinfo.txt file inside the game folders which contains the app id. For example, Counter-Strike Source:

NINTENDO · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:04 am Post subject:

Thank you. That is most awesome.

AhMunRa · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 8:18 am Post subject:

Xfire does come with a pretty comprehensive games list, you could use their list.