Cheat Engine

[KIguy]

Okay there is a flash game I am playing. What I do is I make a score and scan for the first value 300 then I make a second score and scan for the next value 600 this gives me 3 three random addresses each time I play its three different address. Then I have to use the option find out what writes to this address on each of the three addresses found and then I score one more time to get 900 and the instructions show up in the windows. From the three windows I then go into the memory viewer and I go into the tools and use the Auto assembler and I do a code injection to those three memory spaces. On each of the 3 memory locations I change a mov [ebx+10],esi to an add [ebx+10],9999 the part in the [] brackets varies but the location is the same on each its line 11 and its always the first part changed and the part after the comma.

Of course I have to close out Cheat engine and restart the game to redo this entire process.

I just wonder if this can in some way be scripted so it can be done a bit quicker? I am not a programmer by any means I do my fair share of vbs and batch scripting but thats about all I have ever got into.

Is this feasible with any type of tools out there?

Basically its score once, scan, score twice, scan, select all three addresses,and get what writes to these three addresses with a third score then code inject all 3 locations with changing a mov to an add and chancing ,XXX to ,9999 and then release once the game is done. Seems like it should be able to be done I just need help on how I can do it.

Please speak slowly and direct nicely. I am very new to this.

[gameplayer]

I don't understand what you say completely. You should give a clear request and give more details. I'm not good at reading abbreviations, slang, idioms, wrong grammatical expressions, etc. If you want to undo the code injection, you should use the "Cheat Table framework code" before using "code injection" so that you can disable the script without restarting the game. I don't think there's any problems if the change you made is at the lines after "originalcode" label. Make sure the found addresses is only used for the score. It's very odd to use three addresses for a score. Maybe, the game wants to prevent cheater. You should check if the addresses works by changing their values and return to the game to see what happens.

[chASM]

I think he/she means to automate the searching, in this order (using semi-assumed functionality, as that is not entirely clear in the post):

1. Score in the game.
2. Scan for something.
3. Score again in the game.
4. Scan for a changed value.
5. Fetch the three resulting addresses.
6. Get where those addresses write to (by scoring in the game again).
7. Generate auto assembler script to code inject changes to the three locations.
8. Perform code injection by activating the script.

Should be easily possible using a plugin IMHO. Does not mean that it is an easy one to do, certainly not one for a 'non-coder', despite the experience with scripting (coding in C/C++ or Assembler vs writing script code is... well.. quite a leap, although ANSI C could be easily learned with the knowledge of script code, ANSI C is very easy (albeit verbose in certain areas) to code in, C++ just makes things a bit more complex, but requires less actual code (depending on what is being coded) than ANSI C. Assembler is a whole other beast and no amount of C/C++/scripting experience is going to help you a whole lot with that one (apart from, perhaps, an easier time with understanding the 'layout' of Assembler code, and other 'non-code' details).

But, I'd say that with a plugin, 99% of what he/she wants can be done, the problem I see is finding a 'starting point' for all this to happen, one would have to find where the game actually deals with 'scoring' so the plugin knows when to trigger a search. Alternatively, one could simply use a key combination to press once one 'scores'. The latter being far easier but defeating the '100% automated' abilities, but not too problematic.

Coding such a plugin for a single game is, however, in my opinion, overkill. It would be much more interesting to see a plugin like this with configuration options, and the ability to work with 'any' game.

I might give it a shot actually, sounds... challenging.

Oh, and much of the automation may be directly possible within CE using LUA, but LUA is the vilest thing ever and as thus, I avoid it like the plague (in fact, I would prefer actually GETTING the plague over the very IDEA of LUA). So, I know enough about it to point and laugh at its sheer idiocy (and/or those who actually use it), but not enough to determine (the lack of will to even LOOK at CEs implementation doesn't help here) what it can and can not do within CE.

chASM

[gameplayer]

Ok, I can understand now. I think finding pointers deserves a try before scripting is chosen. By the way, thank you very much.
I don't know how to install and use plugins. Could you show me what to do, please?

[chASM]

[gameplayer]

That means I hardly expect to get plugins from others. And I need advanced programming to make them on my own. I can somewhat comprehend your gist. Thanks a million.