Game Hacking: Cheat Engine Game Hacking Basics

Introduction to reverse engineering and memory hacking using Cheat Engine

Created by: Paul Chin, PhD
College lecturer

What Will I Learn?

• How to get started with Cheat Engine
• How to hack a process memory
• Finding variables and pointers in memory
• Using data structures to hack health and ammo
• Hacking games to get invincibility and unlimited ammo
• Get a solid foundation in memory hacking
• Using Pointer Scanning to hack health
• Writing scripts to inject code to reload ammo
• Basic Assembly Language
• Use inline assembly (code caves) to inject code into process memory
• Do Array of Bytes (AOB) injection
• Use Freeze Method to verify memory addreses
• Use double pointer map scanning
• Use Range of Module Address and Offset Parameters to optimize pointer scans
• NOP, JMP and Reverse assembly code get unlimited ammo reload
• Creating Cheat Tables for Teleporting
• Hacking 3D coordinate Systems for Flying
• and more . . .

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of C/C++ and Assembly would be helpful, but not necessary
• PC running Windows 7 or 10

Target audience

• Anyone interested in learning game hacking
• Reverse engineering students looking for alternative ways to hack a running program
• Software or game developers who want to know game or app hacking works so that they can protect their software