Cheat Engine

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

Hey, I'm liking the new dark mode but few things are harder to see now.

For example, the syntax highlighting in Auto Assembler window (Which can be turned off I know, but it has to be done everytime it seems. Is there a way to disable it permanently?)

Also the "Find out what accesses this address" window, when the window isn't focused its hard to see the highlighted instruction.

Is there a way to change these colors permanently to something easier to see? Thanks

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:27 am Post subject:

You can actually modify the syntax highlighting colours to suit your needs. As for the other thing you will probably have to do it in a hacky way like this:

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 8:40 am Post subject:

Are you certain you have executed Cheat Engine with administrative privileges, this seems likely to be the cause since the colour values are written to the registry. I have no issue changing the syntax highlighting properties. I have just tested again by changing the colour, fully closing Cheat Engine (without saving the table) and re-opening it. The colours reflect the change I made.

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:22 am Post subject:

I would uninstall with something like Revo Uninstaller or Geek uninstaller, restart your PC then install fresh and try again. I can't say what's causing the problem but it would be taking basic troubleshooting steps to try and resolve it.

I can only think of two ways why it wouldn't work, the first would be a permission issue, the other being CE can't find the color values and decides to use default colour values.

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:26 am Post subject:

There are preferences for each language: Lua, C, and auto assembler. They can be different for all. Even colour preferences for the disassembler viewer.

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:36 am Post subject:

I apologise if this question comes across as condescending but, you did click the 'ok' button after making your changes right? I know some people would click the X assuming that the changes have saved, but unfortunately, they have to be confirmed.

Dark Byte · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 9:38 am Post subject:

There is issue where the addresslist auto assembler script editor doesn't load the saved color.

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

LeFiXER · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:00 am Post subject:

xMichael · Newbie cheater Reputation: 0 Joined: 24 Jun 2012 Posts: 20

So reinstalling didn't help...

I open the auto assembler window, type something like mov eax,1000
The 1000 is still the default green color which is bit hard to see on the black background.

The only way to actually make the custom colors work is to manually click View-Auto assemblers syntax highlighting preferences. This seems to enable them until I close that window.

When I open the new one, it has to be done again.

Mainly because of these, I will have to use the light theme. Which is a shame.

Before, I tried using windows high contrast theme which also worked as a dark theme for CE. But it had even worse bug, my cheat tables refused to save lol. So I was forced to use the default bright theme.

LeFiXER · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:49 am Post subject:

I think the only thing it could be is a permission issue preventing the values from changing in the registry, perhaps an intervening anti-virus?