Questions tagged [game-hacking]
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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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I want to inject a DLL and then memory patch it with a loader, how would I do it?
This DLL is protected by VMprotect 3.x and I can run it in a debugger fine without it showing the "debugger detected" message. I applied my patches to it but it won't save due to it being dynamically ...
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Finding out what creates FIFA RTWC 98's main window
I am currently familiarizing myself with x64dbg as a tool for reverse engineering. As an exercise, I challenged myself to try and patch FIFA RTWC 98's executable to force it to run on a windowed mode.
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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.
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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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Cheat engine process causes game to crash
When I start cheat engine while game is running, the game crashes nearly immediately with error: "Exe does not work anymore."
To figure out which checks the game does on processes I created a fake ...
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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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Need help accesing the Lua scripts from a game
I've been having trouble getting access to the lua scripts in Killer Instinct While looking through the files I extracted from the GLOBAL.PAK, I managed to find where the frame data for all the ...
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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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How to research the executable file of a game written using the Unreal Engine?
I want to make changes to the gameplay of a game written using the Unreal Engine.
To do this, I need to find the function that interests me, embed my DLL in the game process, and change the pointers.
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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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REing GameCube model (GCR) and texture (GCT) formats
I'm attempting to reverse engineer the mesh and texture formats used by the 2005 GameCube game "TimeSplitters: Future Perfect". Unfortunately, I'm not nearly good enough at this kind of thing to ...
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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 ...
