Clotic posted on Feb 01, 2014 8:43:14 AM - Report post
anyone got a more in-dept tutorial on how to find the pointers or pointer.
been checking out tutorials on youtube.
[Edited by PoxHD, 2/1/2014 8:44:04 AM]
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0x90 posted on Feb 01, 2014 9:01:28 AM - Report post
Take a look at: forum.CoSMOS.org/viewforum.php?f=14
Pointers are trial & error because you never know which pointers are valid and which not (except to know to skip pointers without base range or invalid base range like system dll files or whatelse).
You mostly have to restart the game several times and try out on different machines. There is no real 'in-depth' because it's quite simple. The real challenge is to spend enough time on it to find a valid pointer.
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DABhand posted on Feb 01, 2014 9:48:35 AM - Report post
One way for level 1 pointers is to scan for your initial memory address that contains the value for say money or ammo or whatever.
While in CoSMOS (we will use CE) right click that address and scan for a pointer. Now it will show you a long list of pointers, all with the same value to them.
From here you can save the game, and load up the save and watch the pointer list and see if any of them still contain the same value.
Or simply rescan so it will remove pointers no longer valid from your list.
Now if you try to find a level 5 pointer, well you can be scanning for quite a while, possibly up to 1hr.
Oh and Don't forget some tuts on ASM and defeating DMA