Joined: 8/25/2023
Posts: 1
Location: Norway
Hi! Probably a sub-optimal question, but I'm asking anyways: Can I use a lua script to perform a RAM search? I know you can interact with TAS studio this way. I want to search for an unchanging value over x amount of frames and then at frame #y, search for a changed value and then spit out the results if possible. Cheers! Forgot to mention I'm using BizHawk! Cheers.
YoshiRulz
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Joined: 8/30/2020
Posts: 110
Location: Sydney, Australia
Untested: Download search.lua
Language: lua

local CUTOFF = 40; memory.usememorydomain("WRAM"); local LENGTH = 0x10000; local mem_prev = memory.read_bytes_as_array(0, LENGTH); local matching = {}; for addr = 0, LENGTH - 1 do table.insert(matching, addr); end while true do emu.frameadvance(); local mem = memory.read_bytes_as_array(0, LENGTH); local filtered = {}; if emu.framecount() < CUTOFF then for _, addr in pairs(matching) do if mem[addr] == mem_prev[addr] then table.insert(filtered, addr); end end else for _, addr in pairs(matching) do if mem[addr] ~= mem_prev[addr] then table.insert(filtered, addr); end end -- probably want to write to file at this point end matching = filtered; mem_prev = mem; end
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Hey look buddy, I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "What is software," because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems. For instance, how am I gonna stop some high-wattage thread-ripping monster of a CPU dead in its tracks? The answer: use code. And if that don't work? Use more code.