Cheat Engine :: View topic (2024)

let me describe what I mean giving an example: I had been using Cheat Engine for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (for a difficulty mod) and it was working just fine, but the longer I played, the worse my FPS would become. It was a very slow process, so not something noticeable after just one session, but something that would slowly become worse over days. So I played and my fps gradually became worse, until everything was just really slow and at that point it really wasn't fun anymore..
I searched for a solution but it seemed like the save was simply corrupted or something.. when I loaded on earlier saves of the same playthrough, the FPS was better. I checked the savegames, and they weren't of particularly big size. I've been thinking about starting over (i have since gotten a new PC) but i am worried the same is going to happen again..

Could CE be what is responsible for my problems? Because it didn't happen when I played the game without CE.

If you are interested, here is a link to the cheat I used:
sendspace com/file/0sdnbb
(or the thread where the link is from; just so that no one thinks its a virus or something:)
steamcommunity com/app/102500/discussions/0/1489992080524516532/

I had to edit the links out because the page wouldn't let me enter links, sorry about that (so if you want to check add a "." between name and com)

I see, yeah perhaps that was it. How would I notice a memory leak? Because as i said, the saves werent that big size-wise and if i remember correctly the game wasn't taking up a lot of RAM either.

Are there any tips you can give me on what to care for? Sorry im really clueless haha

e.g in borderlands there was a flag for 'perma death' gameplay mode.
if that flag was set and you'd die, the game would delete your save.
So setting that flag isn't something you want and could only be done by editing fields you don't know what they do (since they'd never change in game)
very special side effect of this one is that if you played online with that character other people you'd play with would also get that flag set on their character save. Effectively creating a perm death STD

Do not ask me about online cheats. I don't know any and wont help finding them.

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You might also want to check that the code you run is running only on the resource intended. Your code will be inherited to all instances of a class using the same code, so we vary of hooking generic code.

I see, thanks for your advice! I actually reinstalled the game today, and still had my saves surprisingly. I tested some and interestingly there was no considerable FPS difference between the later and earlier stages of my playthrough.. i wonder if it may have been my pc.

So the safest way to use Cheat Engine would be, when i stop playing, to save, then quit CE and then quit the game? Or should i save, quit the game first, and quit CE after?

Thanks, but i am sorry to say that i have no idea to do what you mentioned first, i played around a bit with some memory view function, but no idea how to make sense of it

And for what you mentioned last, i literally have no idea what that's supposed to mean sorry

I see, thanks! Could i also ask you the question as to how i use Cheat engine safely? Like, when i use it for the game i mentioned in my example, should i close Cheat Engine and then close the game? Or should i close the game first, and close Cheat Engine after? In the guide it says:

"Please don't deactivate/reactivate scripts on a running game. A script once in memory is at some occasions only partially removed from memory, therefore relaunch both Cheat Engine/Standalone file and KOA:R itself for deactivation/reactivation operations."

Does that mean when i finish playing i save -> close game -> close Cheat Engine?

Thanks so much for your help guys!

Anyway, some games require you load a game first, while some don't.
Most scripts tap into code other than save/load, so enabling it should not interfere with your saves or loads.

It is a good practice to do things in reverse though.
For example, if you activate script1, then script 2, then you might want to deactivate script2 for and then script1.

Me, I don't care. I just hit ALT+F4 to exit the games after I saved.