Cheat Engine

Oswald · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Posts: 2

Hi all,

I've been using Cheat Engine for a few months, mostly for basic stuff like infinite health/items. But recently, I've discovered that there may be some test levels still used in a couple of games I play. Epic Mickey has loads of them.

I don't know if they would load of course, but... What's the best way of locating a level address/forcing the game to load a specific level address? Is there a specific tutorial I've missed for this? Or is this something that just won't work with a Wii game?

gameplayer · Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:13 am Post subject:

Some simple old games can use single address that stores the next level which would be loaded by the games. I have once succeeded in modifying this address in the game called Plants Vs. Zombie version 1.2.0.1073. For example, if the value of this address is 24 then the game will load level 3-4. However, a lot of newer games possibly don't use this simple method. Unfortunately, I don't know how to help you because I have no ideas about how the other games define the levels.

hydris · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 19

I'm sure a lot of games will treat levels very differently, but for a start you should try to find a level i.d, then see how the game uses it (i.e after finding what instructions access it, look for other variables accessed in the function).

There are probably multiple values associated with identifying the levels, but it really depends on the game,
example being Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition there are i.d's for mission (the playing space) and room (subsection within playing space), there is also an additional i.d if playing on the survival mode.

File names for the levels in that game give a hint on what value to scan for, like st705.arc, scan for 705, etc, however for yours there might not be that kind of help available.

Oswald · How do I cheat? Reputation: 0 Joined: 17 Jul 2015 Posts: 2

Thanks for both of your responses.

I did a little 'test' on a PS1 game to see if I could find the level by searching for variables higher than 0 and lower than 25 (since I was using the early levels) and finding what changes each time I enter a level. That worked (albeit poorly since levels were numbered rather randomly), so I'll be trying that too.

I did peek through Epic Mickey's files, but the first game labels files as (for example) hub_meanstreet_v2_defaultinterior.pak and the second game labels them as zone@00000250 (with no indication of what level it is until you extract and make a judgement based on what characters/enemies are in the folder).

Having said that, zone@00000001 is actually a mid-way boss level, but also the first level we saw in promo shots. I'll see if these numbers are actually random, or if they can actually lead me to the other variables.