BEGINNER • Cheat Engine Introduction
Freezing Values
This lesson covers freezing values in the context of Cheat Engine Introduction. Topics include: First Scan / Next Scan in Cheat Engine, Add address to list, Search for value type. Educational use only.
Code Example
// DLL injection via CreateRemoteThread
LPVOID mem = VirtualAllocEx(hProcess, NULL, pathLen, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
WriteProcessMemory(hProcess, mem, dllPath, pathLen, NULL);
CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, NULL, 0, LoadLibraryA, mem, 0, NULL);Commands & References
- First Scan / Next Scan in Cheat Engine
- Add address to list
- Search for value type
Lab Steps
- Set up your environment: First Scan / Next Scan in Cheat Engine
- Locate the target process or game and attach your tool.
- Apply the technique and verify the result.
- Document your findings and any variations.
- Consider detection risks and mitigation.
Exercises
- Try the same technique on a different value type or game.
- Explore what happens when the game updates.
- Consider how anti-cheat might detect this.
- Design a minimal, undetectable implementation.