What Is Cheat Engine
Cheat Engine is an open-source tool whose sole purpose is to help you use tricks and cheats on your favorite video games, therefore allowing you to manipulate and change all sorts of parameters on them.
In order to use it correctly, you have to run it before launching the video game and leave it running in the background. Once it’s running, you select the game’s executable file which then gives you the option of editing some important variables, such as the number of lives, or any other modifiable parameter.
Now, not only are you able to use cheats in order to pass the game more quickly, but you can also modify some important parameters in order to, for example, reduce your character’s life if you feel it’s a little too easy.
Using the program is not all that easy, which is why as soon as you run it the first time it gives you the option of getting a full tutorial that explains exactly what it is you need to do. You will, however, find pre-configured cheats for over a hundred games on its official website.
Cheat Engine is a very interesting application for avid gamers who will now be able to get the most out of their favorite games, especially the more difficult ones.
How to Install
1. Go to the download link (At the bottom of the page)
2. Download the latest software
3. Then install the setup file
4. Now enjoy Cheat Engine
How to Use
1
Start a game. Open the game that you want to use with Cheat Engine.
- Remember, this cannot be an online multiplayer or server-based game.
2
Click the "Processes" icon. In the Cheat Engine window, click the computer-shaped icon in the top-left corner. This will open a pop-up window with your computer's current programs in it.
3
Select your game's process. Scroll through the list of processes until you find your game, then click the game's name. If you're attempting to use Cheat Engine for a browser game, you'll select your browser's name instead.
- If your game doesn't appear in the "Processes" list, you cannot edit it in Cheat Engine.
- You may first have to click the Processes tab at the top of the window.
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Click OK. It's at the bottom of the window. This will open the game in Cheat Engine.
Then
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Determine a game aspect to change. In order for you to be able to change a game aspect, the aspect must have a number attached to it (e.g., amount of ammo, health, or items).
- The number must be on-screen. For example, if you want to change the number of a certain item in your inventory, you would first have to open your inventory to the page on which the item's number is available.
2
Minimize the game window and click over to Cheat Engine. You'll need to pull up the Cheat Engine window while the game is minimized.
- Don't pause the game when you do this.
3
Click New Scan. It's at the top of Cheat Engine next to the panel on the left. Any time you want to scan for a new value, you need to click New Scan.
4
Select a scan type. There are five scan types you can do when you start a new scan. The two main ones you'll be using are "Exact Value" and "Unknown initial value". Use the drop-down menu next to "Scan Type" to select the type of scan you want to do. The scan types are as follows:
- Exact value: Use this scan type if you know the exact number you want to change. For example, if you know the exact number of lives, or ammo you have, you can select this option.
- Unknown initial value: In video games, sometimes a value isn't represented with a number. For example, your health may be represented by a health meter instead of a number. In which case, you don't have an exact number for how much health you have. There is a number that represents your health, you just don't see it on-screen. In this case, you can select Unknown initial value.
- Bigger than...:' Select this option if you don't know the exact number you're look for, but you know the smallest possible value.
- Smaller than...: Select this option if you don't know the exact value, but you know the largest possible value.
- Value between...: This option allows you to enter a range of values to look for.
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Select a data type: The data type represents how a value is stored in the memory. It can be hard to know what data type to select, so this can take a little guesswork. Use the drop-down menu next to "Data type" to select a data type. If you can't find the value you are looking for using one data type, click New Scan and try again using a different data type. Some of the more common data types you will be using are as follows:
- Bytes: 2 Bytes and 4 Bytes are the data types you'll be using most often. Most Windows applications use 4 Bytes, so start with that. You can also find these values using 2 Bytes. 1 Bytes and 8 Bytes can work as well, but you may run into problems.
- Float: Floating point data types are values that have a decimal point in the value (though you may not see the decimal point on-screen in the game). Some times games store values as floating points to prevent simple memory scans. If you're not able to find the value you are looking for by scanning bytes, try scanning for floating points.
- Double: Doubles are similar to floating points, but they can contain twice the amount of digits. If you are unable to find a value by scanning for bytes or floats, try scanning for it as a double.
- All: This option scans all values of all data types. This is a good option if you don't know what you are searching for, but it will also return more search results that you will need to narrow down.
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Enter the value you want to change and click First scan. For example, if you have 20 bullets left in your ammo, you would type 20 into the "Value" text box. This will scan for all values that have the number "20" in it. This will likely produce a long list of values in the list of addresses, you'll need need to narrow it down a bit.
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Return to your game and change the value. How you do this will depend on the game itself; for example, if you're trying to give yourself more health, you might purposefully damage your own health in order to lower the number. If you want more ammo, you might fire a couple of shots to lower your ammo count
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Return to Cheat Engine and scan for the updated number value. Minimize the game again and click back over to Cheat Engine. Type the new number into the "Value" section, then click Next Scan. This will scan all the values in your first scan and narrow down the addresses to the ones that changed to the value you entered in the "Value" bar.
- Unknown initial value: If you selected "Unknown initial value" for your first scan, select Increased value or Decreased value under "Scan type" depending on if the value (or meter) increased or decreased. This will scan for all values that increased or decreased instead of scanning for an exact number.
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Repeat the search process until you have 4 or fewer values. You'll keep changing the number and then searching for the updated number until you have no more than 4 values listed on the left side of Cheat Engine.
- You should eventually see the previous number you searched for listed in the "Previous" column of each value's number, while the current value of the item will be in the "Value" column.
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Add the values to the address list. You can either double-click a value to add it to the address list at the bottom, or you can click an address to select it and click the red, diagonal arrow in the bottom-right corner of the list of values. Doing so will place the values in the list of addresses at the bottom of the window.
- To select multiple addresses, you can hold "Shift" and click the top address and the bottom address.
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Change the number to a value you want. Use the following steps to change the value number:
- Double-click the number below "Value" in the list at the bottom of Cheat Engine.
- Enter a new number in the "Value" field.
- Click Ok.
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Check to see if the value updated in your game. When you re-open the game, the value you edited should reflect the number you just entered. The next part teaches you how to stop a value from changing by replacing it with non-operational code.
- You may need to change the value one more time before it will update.
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Scan for a value you want to stop. This part teaches you how to use the Code Finder to find what writes to the address you want to change and then replace it with non-operational code. This will prevent the value from changing in-game. Use the steps in the previous part to find a value you want to change. Add it to the list at the bottom of the screen.
2
Right-click the address and click Find out what access this address. This opens the Cheat Engine Debugger. This displays instructions that write to the address you are accessing.
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Click Yes. This confirms that you want to attach the debugger to the Cheat Engine process. This opens the Code debugger. The list will be blank when the window first opens.
4
Return to the game and change the value again. Once again, return to your game and do something to change the value you want to stop. This will cause the code instruction that accesses the address you selected to appear in the debugger window.
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Return to Cheat Engine and click the instruction in the list. There may be more than one address. If that is the case, select the one that doesn't write to the same base address. Look for the instruction that has a different value between the "[' and "]" brackets than the rest.
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Click Replace. This replaces the code with non-operational (NOP) code. [1]
- If there is more than one item in the list, go ahead and select all of them.
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Click Stop. This puts the non-operational code into effect. This will prevent the value from changing in the game.
- To restore the original code, select the item in the list and clck Show disassembler. Right-click where it says "NOP" and click Restore with original code. If you don't see this option, click Replace with code that does nothing, click Yes. Then right-click NOP again and select Restore with orignal code.
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