Enabling scripts in the Cheat Table automatically

[Vinnie_Irish]

Hi guys,

I need some help/advice please with getting a game running with CT scripts in cheat engine, to turn off certain effects.

I’ve managed to get hold of a CT file which does exactly this and has been successfully tested with the game manually.

I'd like to have this process automated via a batch file though. So far, I've managed to script the batch file so that it's starts up Need for Speed, then opens the CT file using Cheat engine. “Needforspeedunbound.exe” is automatically selected as the process. The scripts for the CT then appear in the table at bottom.

I’m struggling to get these scripts enabled automatically though.

Can someone please point me in the right direction? It would be much appreciated. I’m clueless with LUA scripts, which I’ve seen recommended as the solution in these cases. Even if it's one line, something to lead with and I'll do the rest. Thanks in advance.

My batch file looks like this:

echo off
start /b "" "E:\Program Files\EA Games\Need for Speed Unbound\NeedForSpeedUnbound.exe"
start /min "" "F:\Documents\My Cheat Tables\NeedForSpeedUnbound.ct"
exit

The CT in Cheat engine looks like this, I've marked the scripts that need enabling with red X's:



Actual Cheat Trainer file: download/file.php?id=47735

[Paul44]

^ add following in your Lua startup script ('Table' menu option):
(just add it after 'getAutoAttachList()...' line ~ you can add empty lines for readability)

local mr = al.getMemoryRecordByID(26072)
mr.Active = true
mr = al.getMemoryRecordByID(26080)
mr.Active = true
...etc...

=> save table and load again: it will ask to run scripts... yes ofc...

tip: try first with 1 script !

note: open your CT table with notepad, find the script in question use its '<ID>26072</ID>'

eg: Cartoon Smokes -> id = 122

[Vinnie_Irish]

Thanks for your help Paul, I'll give it a go and let you know how it goes.

[LeFiXER]

Thanks for your help Paul, I'll give it a go and let you know how it goes.

This won't watch for the process and then attach automatically, but here is a script that will attach to the game and then enable all the scripts assigned to the table:

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local scriptsToActivate = {
	[1] = 'Cartoon Smokes',
	[2] = 'Cartoon Wings While Airborne',
	[3] = 'Trail Lights and Air Lines',
	[4] = 'Wheel Confetti',
	[5] = 'Cleaner Burst Nos Effect',
}

local processList = getProcessList()
local currentProcess = readInteger(process)
local gameName = '.exe' -- Set EXE name here!

local function enableScripts()
	for i = 0, AddressList.Count - 1 do
		local mr = AddressList.getMemoryRecordByID(i)
		for k,v in pairs(scriptsToActivate) do
			if mr.Description == v then
				mr.Active = true
			end
		end
	end
end

if processList[getProcessIDFromProcessName(gameName)] ~= nil then
   if (currentProcess == nil) or (currentProcess ~= readInteger(gameName)) then
      openProcess(gameName)
   end
   enableScripts()
end

[Vinnie_Irish]

Thank you so much for your input, I'll add this to the lua script.

[Vinnie_Irish]

Hi guy,

Thanks for your help so far, but I'm not having much luck with scripting this file. I'm not sure where to include the script you advised I use. Do I include it in the Lua Script: Cheat Table of the CT file?

When I load the NeedForSpeedUnbound.CT file, the Lua Script: Cheat Table has one line in it
1 getAutoAttachList().add("NeedForSpeedUnbound.exe")

Do I include the script you gave me under the line above?

I feel like a clueless tit

This won't watch for the process and then attach automatically, but here is a script that will attach to the game and then enable all the scripts assigned to the table:

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local scriptsToActivate = {
	[1] = 'Cartoon Smokes',
	[2] = 'Cartoon Wings While Airborne',
	[3] = 'Trail Lights and Air Lines',
	[4] = 'Wheel Confetti',
	[5] = 'Cleaner Burst Nos Effect',
}

local processList = getProcessList()
local currentProcess = readInteger(process)
local gameName = '.exe' -- Set EXE name here!

local function enableScripts()
	for i = 0, AddressList.Count - 1 do
		local mr = AddressList.getMemoryRecordByID(i)
		for k,v in pairs(scriptsToActivate) do
			if mr.Description == v then
				mr.Active = true
			end
		end
	end
end

if processList[getProcessIDFromProcessName(gameName)] ~= nil then
   if (currentProcess) == nil) or (currentProcess ~= readInteger(gameName)) then
      openProcess(gameName)
   end
   enableScripts()
end

[LeFiXER]

Hi guy,

Thanks for your help so far, but I'm not having much luck with scripting this file. I'm not sure where to include the script you advised I use. Do I include it in the Lua Script: Cheat Table of the CT file?

When I load the NeedForSpeedUnbound.CT file, the Lua Script: Cheat Table has one line in it
1 getAutoAttachList().add("NeedForSpeedUnbound.exe")

Do I include the script you gave me under the line above?

I feel like a clueless tit

Copy the whole of this section, then in your Cheat Table press Ctrl + V. With the game deactivated, and not automatically attaching. Enable the script that was added. It will attach to the game then enable the scripts set out in the Lua data table "scriptsToActivate":

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CheatTable>
  <CheatEntries>
    <CheatEntry>
      <ID>0</ID>
      <Description>"Activate &amp; Attach"</Description>
      <LastState/>
      <VariableType>Auto Assembler Script</VariableType>
      <AssemblerScript>[ENABLE]
{$LUA}
if syntaxcheck then return end
local scriptsToActivate = {
	[1] = 'Cartoon Smokes',
	[2] = 'Cartoon Wings While Airborne',
	[3] = 'Trail Lights and Air Lines',
	[4] = 'Wheel Confetti',
	[5] = 'Cleaner Burst Nos Effect',
}

local processList = getProcessList()
local currentProcess = readInteger(process)
local gameName = '.exe' -- Set EXE name here!

local function enableScripts()
	for i = 0, AddressList.Count - 1 do
		local mr = AddressList.getMemoryRecordByID(i)
		for k,v in pairs(scriptsToActivate) do
			if mr.Description == v then
				mr.Active = true
			end
		end
	end
end

if processList[getProcessIDFromProcessName(gameName)] ~= nil then
   if (currentProcess == nil) or (currentProcess ~= readInteger(gameName)) then
      openProcess(gameName)
   end
   enableScripts()
end

[DISABLE]


</AssemblerScript>
    </CheatEntry>
  </CheatEntries>
</CheatTable>