Questions tagged [game-hacking]
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Need help reverse engineering an 1995 Arcade game with jackie chan in it for modding purposes, (Motorola 68k)
I am looking for a way to decrypt these files and attempt to balance the game because the top tiers are top and the low tiers are low, also there might be two hidden characters that I would like to ...
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Modify main function for C++ game file
I am trying to modify the main function for a specific decompiled .exe. More specifically, I want to remove the reference to GUI from that .exe file, so that GUI doesn't get initialised on the startup ...
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Unknown binary format (.scp) - No Header
I hope everyone is doing well. I've recently been trying to decode the structure of some files that contain a lot Unicode-8 IIRC characters, with a mix of binary. When I put it into IDA, I can't seem ...
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How can I get the correct offset from that instruction?
I have the following instructions:
The registers' values in the First instruction are:
RAX=0000000033307EE0
RCX=0000000000000000
The registers' values in the Second instruction are:
RAX=...
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How can I get a value from a memory address that changes almost every millisecond?
After a lot of time, I found an address in the memory that has the target value but there is something unusual in that address! that address changes every millisecond.
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I did a hardware ...
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Retrieve user data as if it were the game making the request
Don't think the title really summed it up but here goes.
There's a game built in Unreal Engine 4 that displays your (and other users) in-game statistics e.g a leaderboards page.
I can determine some ...
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Reverse Engineering SNES adapter
A good "Hello world" for everybody here
I've bought a Mayflash PC052 adapter to convert an original SNES-mini controller (CLV-202) to a USB port on PC or PS4...
The thing is, this CLV-202 ...
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I want to write some mods for doom eternal
Regarding doom eternal (steam) I want weapon swapping to be faster, but there are no mods for that currently available. What do I need to do to get to see doom eternals files? I can probably minifi ...
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How can I extract working files (in the form of graphics) from these MZP executables?
There's a 1999 PC/Mac game that I'm hoping to extract assets from. All game data appears to be stored in various files with the extension .rsc. I've been able to extract all the game's audio from the ...
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How do I find missing/undefined vtable functions in IDA64?
I'm reverse engineering a game and came across some function calls like the ones shown below, how do I find where these functions are located / decompile them?
(*(BaseClient->int640 + 304))(...
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Pressing an application's button
I'm trying to press a button in a game (Final Fantasy XIV). I was hoping to make my life easier by automaticlaly log me in. Currently I want to press "Play" by reversing the Play button ...
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Is EVB protector Reverse-able?
i try reverse game that has Enigma Virtual Box as Protector and unable to read it via decomplier program. or the way to reverse this protector is manual only?
reverse that i mean is unpack the dll ...
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Reverse engineering PS2 Naruto 3D Model Format
As a personal project, I've been trying to reverse engineer the model for a Naruto PS2 game, but to no success in trying to visualize vertex data and faces with Model Ressearcher, and the .OBJ ...
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Need starter-help on reverse-engineering a game algorithm
I've got a dataset of about 1700 attacks in this game. Subset of the data is provided here. It comprises of 9 columns:
modifier Astr Aspd Adex Adef Dstr Dspd Ddex Ddef
The ...
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finding a not-so-straightforward game's function
I am working on Mad Max game [ APEX engine ]
I do my best to explain the situation.
so my target executes function like this:
there are commands like " call [eax+XX] " or " call RX &...
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Reverse Engineering API's of Browser games
I like the idea of Reverse Engineering API's and creating bots/scripts for Browser games. However, I am a beginner in the Computer Science field. I recently started my Computer Science Degree and ...
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Restoring online functionality of an obsucure Korean PS2 horror game
Last year I posted for help in order to reverse-engineer and translate a Korean exclusive Horror game for the Playstation 2 called Mystic Nights. Here is the Original Post.
Thanks to the kind folks ...
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Modifying UnityPlayer.dll with dnSpy or other
I've been looking into reverse engineering a game developped with Unity 2017.4.10, to find a way to get a freely controlled camera. I found the values that interest me in Managed/Assembly-CSharp.dll ...
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Reverse engineering Unity 4 iOS game built with the legacy AOT system?
I'm trying to reverse engineer the behavior behind an old iOS app that runs on Unity 4.1.5.
So far what i've done is extracted the ipa file, loaded the main binary into Ghidra, and also attempted to ...
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How do you recommend going for applying minor changes in an executable through a dll?
My choice of words in the title might be poor, I apologize: english is not my primary language and I have no idea how to word it better.
I have a game executable to which I applied several changes, ...
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How would I start to decode this? Asking for help from a friend (Alien Hominid Invasion)
I have literally no idea how to start to decode this kind of a file, but I really want these fonts and a decoder would be huge for the community, so any help would be great. Linked below is a google ...
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Cant recognise where is my targeted function executed
Im trying to recognise where is my targeted function int64 __fastcall sub_1400CE4F0(__int64 a1, const char *a2)executed. When stepping through this function, after return it's redirecting me here:
if (...
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Trying to edit the source code of AOC monitor
So long story short the AOC monitor comes with a G-Menu gui that lets you customize different monitor features. One specific one I am interested in is the "Dial Point" setting. Where it ...
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How to extract .nsh file?
I am trying to edit the graphics on a game and have a .nsh file where post-process effect data is contained. I cannot seem to find a program to extract/read its contents.
Googling it, I see something ...
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How to find and edit the source of a string in a DX11 game's exe/files (debug build of the game available)
I want to find and edit the values for the motion blur effect in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 on PC (Windows, DX11) to be more in line with the PS3 version (and the other Storm games on PC as well). ...
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Help with decoding japanese text from binary
I'm building a fan website for a japanese mobile game. I'd like to have access to game data like character stats and ability names. I'll start by saying that this is the first time I have done ...
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how to change the read destination of the data in the game
I would like to know how to change the read destination of the data in the game.
I now want to modify the player data and fonts in a psx baseball game.
However, the player data in the target game(...
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Get string from function and pass it to another program
I want to make a small tool that analyzes text from console in online game and I'm stuck at reading a string from a function and sending it to another program. I managed to find function that takes ...
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Reversing WSASend finding functions that called it
I'm trying to make my first DLL calling game functions
What I need is tracing functions that call WSASend, so it will be easy for me to get all functions address to call them from my DLL.
What I ...
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Resource hacker and Resource tuner don't change taskbar and window icons
I wanted to change a icon of a programs. I tried both Resource Tuner and Resource Hacker programs. When i opened the program there were multiple icons sizes, but when i tried to replace one icon, it ...
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Decrypting some possibly XXTEA encrypted lua/game files
I am trying to extract assets from a Chinese game, I downloaded the apk file and unzipped it. I looked through the files and they are encrypted in some ways, the PNGs and LUAs are unviewable.
The ...
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How to capture specific data packets sent in an online game?
I am playing an online MMORPG game, based on player versus player idea. In this game, characters have skills. I want to capture the sent packet, when a specific skill is pressed on keyboard or etc. ...
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What is the usual way to determine if a Game uses KernelMode or UserMode Anti cheat?
How does one find out if a game uses KernelMode anti cheat or UserMode?
For example the Game Black Desert Online uses Xigncode.
If i google a bit about Xigncode i immediately find out that:
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Deconstructing Unity games
Note: I only want to edit/mod the games not trying to steal things etc.
I'm trying to deconstruct some Unity games from both PC and Android platforms and already extracted assets with uTinyRipper ...
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How do I reverse engineer a game using dnSpy?
I've been reading some about reverse engineering and decided to try to learn as I go, which has proven somewhat difficult. Sorry about the generic title, I'll try and give enough info so it can be ...
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J2ME games obfuscator - Spyro and Tekken 5
While reversing some J2ME games like Spyro or Tekken 5 Mobile I have encountered a weird obfuscation where all fields, methods and classes have names like A, a, B, b, Aa, Bb etc.
It's really hard to ...
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Injecting C++ code, while also maximizing compatibility with other injections
Using the New Vegas Script Extender C++ API for Fallout New Vegas, I am able to write to the process' memory directly at runtime through a .dll plugin that's loaded by the NVSE injector. But it is not ...
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Decrypting Lua Files from game
I'm truing to decrypt LUA scrpits from cocos2dx game (for wiki).
Links to files of game:
libhellolua.so (cocos2dx external library)
example encrypted LUA-scripts (*.abc files)
I was reading a ...
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Decrypting Lua Files
I am trying to decrypt a lua file which has been encrypting using a key. Some background to the LUA file. Its from an android Game i decompiled the APK and found that all the lua files are encrypted.
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Unity game: Assembly dll embedded inside the exe
I'm trying to reverse engineer a game made with the Unity engine, and usually all of the games's scripts are in the files \<Game>_Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll and \<Game>_Data\Managed\...
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Finding lua C functions compiled binary
So i am trying to "hack" a game however not for cheating purposes. I am looking to extend the games scripting functionality through a DLL that can look for processes and return them. The game I am ...
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How to 'hack' the chat box in an online game
First and foremost, this is really just a UI hack, nothing that would give you an unfair advantage over an opponent.
I play an online game that is predominately played by Spanish speaking players. I'...
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x64dbg - Locating where data is initially written
I am hoping someone can help me with a question or two.
Essentially I used to be a computer programmer who always wanted to get into a bit of game hacking, having not done any serious programming for ...
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Issue with debugger - black screen and freeeze after loading game executable
I have issue with debugging. When I try to load game executable to debugger and go to certain place in code, game window shows up but it is black and it looks freezed. I can't even go back to debugger ...
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OllyDBG - Game Hacking
I am trying to reverse game called Assault Cube where I am gonna be making game hacks for. I using Ollydbg to reverse though I have no theoretical understanding of asm at all. I just follow online ...
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Is it possible to check what engine was used to produce an Android game?
I want to know what engine was used (if any) to produce an Android game, is it possible? What to look for in decompiled apk? Or maybe I have to check with a proxy for some certain http requests? Or ...
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How do i find the decryption key for a encrypted text file [closed]
So context i have a game and a encrypted save file. My thoughts were how to find the decryption key in reverse engineering my game .I watched tuts but i think this topic isnt much detailed so i need ...
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Why is it “safe” to write to ModuleBase.exe+0x100, and possibly other header offsets after PE is mapped to memory?
Typically when I write a game-hacking executable after reversing a game, I go about code-caving to find where I can inject my code as need be. Well, while reversing a few such executables from someone ...
