Getting unexpected value when reading Integer

[naWik]

Hello. I wanted to learn more about Lua and Cheat engine so I got a Lua book yesterday and started learning a little on my own.

As a basic first test ever I am simply trying to get the 2 byte value at the address 009188A4 which cheat engine shows as 2400 on the address list but when using ReadSmallInteger I get 1024 instead.

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testaddress = ("[bio4.exe+8388A4]")
value1 = ReadSmallInteger(testaddress)
value2 = ReadInteger(testaddress)
value3 = ReadQword(testaddress)
value4 = ReadFloat(testaddress)
value5 = ReadDouble(testaddress)
value6 = ReadBytes(testaddress)

print("Read Small Integer: ".. value1.."\n","Read Integer: "..value2.."\n","Read Qword: "..value3.."\n","Read Float: ".. value4.."\n","Read Double: "..value5.."\n","Read bytes: ".. value6)

Can someone let me know what I am doing or expecting wrong?

[ShyTwig16]

In CE "[ ]" has a special meaning, using "DEADBEEF" as the address CE will look at the acual address "DEADBEEF". But using "[DEEADBEEF]" as the address CE will look at the address stored at "DEEADBEEF" (i.e.: "[DEEADBEEF]" is a pointer with an offset of 0).

Try something like this:

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testaddress = "bio4.exe+8388A4"
value1 = ReadSmallInteger(testaddress)
value2 = ReadInteger(testaddress)
value3 = ReadQword(testaddress)
value4 = ReadFloat(testaddress)
value5 = ReadDouble(testaddress)
value6 = ReadBytes(testaddress, 1)

print("Read Small Integer:", value1)
print("Read Integer:", value2)
print("Read Qword:", value3)
print("Read Float:", value4)
print("Read Double:" value5)
print("Read bytes:", value6)

[naWik]

Resolved thank you very much. I missed that looking at Wiki cheat engine and didn't pick it up looking at the other LUA threads ><