*************************************** * SNES97: Cheat Finder(tm) * * Windows95 / NT4.0 * *************************************** * Table of Contents 1. What does the Cheat Finder do? 2. How do I use the Cheat Finder? 3. How do I use the Find Exact method? 4. How do I use the Find Near method? 5. How do I use the Find Changed method? 6. How can I use the memory addresses found with the Cheat Finder? * 1. What does the Cheat Finder do? ----------------------------------- The Snes97: Cheat Finder (tm) can be used for finding values like lives, life, experience and keep them at a constant value. The usage of the Cheat Finder is kept very easy so that everybody can use it, it has the ability to search on any value you want, ranging from lives to life to cash to experience and more! The methods you can use will be described in this document and it also describes how you can use the cheats you found. What the Cheat Finder actually does is it searches the memory for the value you're searching for and stores all the memory addresses that contain the current search value. The next time you search it will compare the previously stored memory addresses and check if they contain the new value and if they do store that memory address. By doing this you will narrow down the number of memory addresses that contain your search value and when it's down to one address you'll know that that's the memory address containing your value. * 2. How do I use the Cheat Finder? ----------------------------------- You can use the Cheat Finder by selecting Cheat-Finder from the menu. This will show the Cheat Finder dialog box, it contains several options and buttons. This is where you can start a new search, show the results, switch search methods and search for a specific value. It also contains an edit box where you can enter the value your searching for. The value you want to search for is probably the number of lives you still have left or how much cash you have. Each of the search methods that are meant for different values, the Find Exact method is best used for values that are shown on the screen like lives, cash and time. The Find Near method is best used for values that you can't find with Find Exact. Some games use a different value to store into their memory, for example, your number of lives shown on the screen could be 2 but the number stored into memory could be 1. The Find Changed method is best used for values that toggle, for example: You are invisible or you're not invisible, you are big or you're small. It can also be used for values that can't be found with the other search methods. * 3. How do I use the Find Exact method? ---------------------------------------- The Find Exact method can be used fairly easy. It's the fastest way to search for an exact value like lives. The value you are searching for must be the same as the value stored in the memory. If it's not the same then you will not find the correct memory address. Here's an example on how to use the Find Exact method: * Start a new search * Search for the current number of lives * Lose a life * Search for the current number of lives again * Repeat step c and d until the Cheat Finder only has one memory address left. The memory address that you have found is probably the memory address that contains the number of lives. How to use and what to do with this memory address read section 6: How can I use the memory addresses found with the Cheat Finder. * 4. How do I use the Find Near method? --------------------------------------- The Find Near method is a harder to use then the Find Exact method. It takes more searching to find a memory address. It can be used the same way as the Find Exact method except the value you're searching for doesn't have to contain the same value that is shown on the screen. It can also be used for values like life bars, etc. If you want to search for the memory address of your life then you should enter the number of % you think the bar is at. For example when the bar is full you enter 100, when you think the bar is at 3/4 then you enter 75, etc. This search method will not search for the exact value that you enter but it will search for the relation between the numbers you enter. If for example you enter 100 the first time and 75 the next it will search for all the values that have decreased. * 5. How do I use the Find Changed method? ------------------------------------------ The Find Changed method is probably the hardest method to use; it also takes a LOT more searching until you find the correct memory address. Only use this method if all the others fail or your searching for a toggling value. This method searches for memory addresses that were changed or stayed the same since the last search. As with Find Near also this method won't search for an exact value but it will also search for the relation between the numbers you enter. The only difference between this method and Find Near is that this method doesn't check if the value is decreased or increased since the last search. For example if you enter 1 the first time and 0 the next it will search for all the values that have changed and not only the values that have decreased. If you enter the same value as your previous search then it will search for all the values that stayed the same. * 6. How can I use the memory addresses found with the Cheat Finder? -------------------------------------------------------------------- When you've searched enough then the Cheat Finder will return a memory address in the form of: Address - History Value(s) - Current 7E0DBE - 4 3 2 - 1 The address is needed to keep the value constant. History Value(s) is easy if you have a toggling value like invisibility, then you know what the on and off state are. The Current value is also shown. At this time the addresses you found with the Cheat Finder can only be kept constant. It does not allow you to just change them. SNES is a trademark of Nintendo. Windows95 / NT4.0 / DirectX are trademarks of Microsoft. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jerremy Koot a.k.a The Teacher is a member of Damaged Cybernetics You can EMail me at jkoot@euronet.nl or chat with me on #EMU