Posted: 10/28/2007 4:10 AM
Post subject: RAM Watch Problem
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Sonikkustar
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I cant get RAM watch working! can someone tell me how to do this?
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Posted: 10/28/2007 4:38 AM
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Try telling us what you've tried so far, and what specifically you're having problems with. That could help.
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Posted: 10/28/2007 4:56 AM
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Well I went to tools then RAM search/watch and I dont know what to do from here?
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Posted: 10/28/2007 5:11 AM
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The RAM watcher lets you see values that you have chosen to be important to you, but first you have to search for those. Say you're looking for the X-coordinate of a character. Start a search, and search for all addresses greater than 0 (most games won't have negative coordinates). You'll get a bunch of results. Now, move the character one or two steps to the right, and search for addresses that have increased from the last entry. The list should shrink dramatically. Repeat this as necessary until you find a few addresses that you can monitor on your own, and watch them to see if they coordinate with what you're character is doing on screen. Play around with it for a while and see if this helps.
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Posted: 10/28/2007 6:32 PM
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It helps to use "different from" instead of "increased" in many cases, since you don't know how the game stores data. For example, the y-axis is usually pointing downwards in video games, but not always. Speeds can be stored as positive/negative or always positive, with the direction stored somewhere else.