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Script stays active after memrec.Active = false

 
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careca777
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 7:53 pm    Post subject: Script stays active after memrec.Active = false Reply with quote

Hi experts!
I got this issue that i cannot solve, what im trying to do is stop a script when the process is not found, let's say it's a game, and the game crashed, the script should stop, but it doesn't, maybe im looking at this the wrong way.


Code:
[ENABLE]
{$lua}
tmer = createTimer(nil, false)
tmer.OnTimer = function(timer)
local proc = getProcessIDFromProcessName('process.exe')
if proc ~= nil then
--print("process.exe Found")
--============================================================
--Doing stuff
--============================================================
else
    print("Script - process.exe NOT Found")
    memrec.Active = false
    --break
end
end
tmer.Interval = 300
tmer.Enabled = true
--============================================================
{$asm}
[DISABLE]
{$lua}
tmer.Enabled = false
tmer.Destroy()


I thought this would print that the process was not found, (once) and disable the script (which it does, at least it unckecks it), stopping the "does the process exist"check, but it keeps printing that the process was not found.
Im confused, as i thought unchecking the script would stop it all.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Setting the memrec from inside the Lua script does not cause the 'DISABLE' part of the script to execute. So you need to destroy the timer yourself in the 'ENABLE' section as well after setting the memrec.Active to false.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi, i tried your solution, unfortunately, when the game closes i still get a loop of "process.exe NOT Found" messages and the entries do not uncheck.
I was thinking that maybe one solution could be to force a detatch from the target process, is this even possible? i did not find any code for it in the lua page: https://wiki.cheatengine.org/index.php?title=Lua
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Add a check to see if the lua code is being syntaxchecked or not

Code:

if syntaxcheck then return end


else when you edit the script you're creating the tmer

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This will disable the timer if the process isn't found. I believe setting the interval to 300ms would be too slow for it to detect if the process is there fast enough.

Code:

[ENABLE]
{$lua}
-- Initial settings for the timer
tmer = createTimer(getMainForm())
tmer.Interval = 20
tmer.OnTimer = function()
                 local proc = getProcessIDFromProcessName('process.exe')
                 if proc == nil then
                   print("Script - process.exe NOT Found")
                   tmer.Destroy()
                   tmer = nil
                   memrec.Active = false
                  else
                    -- Process found
                  end
               end

{$asm}
[DISABLE]
{$lua}
if tmer then
  tmer.destroy()
  tmer = nil
end
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Byte wrote:
Add a check to see if the lua code is being syntaxchecked or not

Code:

if syntaxcheck then return end


else when you edit the script you're creating the tmer


Thank you for the suggestion.
There was no change, scripts did not uncheck by themselves as they detect that the process doesnt exist. Manually unchecking also did nothing, it's like it keeps looping regardless of what i do, only way to stop is closing CE.

@LeFIXER: if i tighten the loop up, it causes issues because of load, stutters and such. Regardless of this, i don't see how tightening the loop would make a difference, with a larger timer when eventualy the loop checks for the process and it is not found, it should disable the timer and uncheck the entry, and it doesn't. Have no idea why.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 1:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

careca777 wrote:

@LeFIXER: if i tighten the loop up, it causes issues because of load, stutters and such. Regardless of this, i don't see how tightening the loop would make a difference, with a larger timer when eventualy the loop checks for the process and it is not found, it should disable the timer and uncheck the entry, and it doesn't. Have no idea why.


Perhaps the interval of the timer isn't an issue. Nevertheless, the code I provided prints to the console if the process isn't found and subsequently destroys the timer. In your initial submission there wasn't a check to see if the timer exists upon disabling and asks Cheat Engine to destroy it anyway which is bad. You can't set something to nil if it doesn't exist.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That makes sense, i didn't notice it.
Thanks, will try.

EDIT: That was the issue indeed, it now unchecks and does not throw errors at all.
Many thanks! Smile

EDIT2: So, i needed to change
tmer = createTimer(nil, false)
to true, or it wouldn't do anything, other than that seems to be ok.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

careca777 wrote:
That makes sense, i didn't notice it.
Thanks, will try.

EDIT: That was the issue indeed, it now unchecks and does not throw errors at all.
Many thanks! Smile

EDIT2: So, i needed to change
tmer = createTimer(nil, false)
to true, or it wouldn't do anything, other than that seems to be ok.


I would also set the owner to Cheat Engine to prevent any memory leaks. i.e.:
Code:

-- getMainForm() returns the handle to the Cheat Engine main window.
local owner = getMainForm()
tmr = createTimer(owner, false)
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