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FilipPetrovic · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:27 pm Post subject: unknown values

Hello folks...
I was trying to find a value to change, but i couldn't...
if somebody knows, for example, a warcraft game. and when a mage casts something, it has cooldown. i wanted to find the value of that cooldown and to freeze it.
i tried it more than three different ways, and i haven't succeeded. if somebody could help me a little. i would appreciate the help... thanks for understanding...

daspamer · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:28 pm Post subject:

you'll need probably a pointer..

Chris12 · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject:

I once tried to find the super weapon cooldown in CnC:Generals and I was in the same situation. In the cnc game the game was using the second method I'm describing here.

The cooldown value could be:
- A value "remaining time" that decreases every frame. If its 0 the spell is ready.

- A value that saves the point in time (for example tickcount) when the spell will be ready next. In this case you have to cast the spell, serach for increased and many times for unchanged. Then cast the spell again, search for increased once and then many times for unchanged...
It will take a lot of time.

You could also search for 1 when the spell is ready and 0 when it's not, or vice versa. Then look what address this value changes and search the cooldown from there.