Cheat Engine Wiki

Welcome to the Cheat Engine Wiki
This wiki documents Cheat Engine features, Lua scripting, Auto Assembler, debugging, code injection, Mono tools, and general game-hacking research.

New here? Start with the Help File, learn how to open a process, then follow the basic tutorials for adding addresses, adding scripts, and CE Lua Basics.

Start Here

• Cheat Engine — Main Cheat Engine overview
• Help File — General reference and usage information
• How to open a process — Get read and write access to a target process
• How to add addresses to the address list
• How to add a script to a table
• Tutorials — Tutorial index

Main Documentation Areas

Cheat Engine
Core Cheat Engine usage, features, and workflows.

• Cheat Engine
• Help File
• Tutorials

Lua Scripting
Lua functions, classes, scripting basics, and debugging.

• Lua
• Lua Language
• CE Lua Basics
• CE Lua Functions and Classes
• CE Lua Debugging Functions

Assembler and Auto Assembler
Assembler commands, Auto Assembler scripts, and code injection foundations.

• Assembler
• Assembler Commands
• Commands Tables
• Commands List
• Auto Assembler
• Auto Assembler Commands

Debugging and Analysis
Debugging tools, decompiling, memory analysis, and low-level research.

• Debugging
• Decompiling
• Hex editing
• Code injection
• Ultimap
• Ultimap1
• Ultimap2

Mono and .NET
Mono features, structure dissection, Lua helpers, and Auto Assembler integration.

• Mono Features
• Mono Dissect Form
• Mono Structure Dissection
• Mono Lua
• Mono Lua Functions
• Mono AA Commands

Advanced Topics
Advanced Cheat Engine features and related research areas.

• DBVM
• Packet editing
• Programming
• Generic Gamehacking Tutorials

Lua Resources

• Lua overview
• Lua Language
• CE Lua Basics
• CE Lua Functions and Classes
• CE Lua Debugging Functions
• Lua Basics Tutorial
• Lua Object Oriented Tutorial

Auto Assembler Resources

• Auto Assembler
• Auto Assembler Commands
• Auto Assembler Basics
• Assembler Commands
• Code injection

Mono Resources

• Mono Features
• Mono Dissect Form
• Mono Structure Dissection
• Mono Lua
• Mono Lua Functions
• Mono AA Commands
• Tutorial - Mono - Basic

Tutorials

Cheat Engine

• Value Types
• Pointers
• The Stack
• AOBs
• How to attach to a process
• How to add script to table
• How to add addresses to the address list
• Cheat Engine Tutorial Guide (x32)
• Cheat Engine Tutorial Guide (x64)
• Finding values - Integers
• Finding values - Floats
• How to break and trace code in a process
• Tutorial - Cheat Form

Auto Assembler

• Auto Assembler Basics
• Auto Assembler Templates
• Code Injection - Basic injection
• Code Injection - Full injection
• Code Injection - Adding Editable Values
• Code Injection - Working with Integers
• Code Injection - Working with Floats

Lua

• Lua Basics
• How to setup a Lua auto attach script
• Introduction to Lua with CE: Beginner to Basic Script Writer

Mono

• Mono Basics

Videos

• Video Tutorials

Generic Gamehacking

• Generic Gamehacking Tutorials

Contributing

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Useful areas for contributions include:

• Updating outdated documentation
• Adding missing Lua functions and classes
• Improving Auto Assembler command pages
• Writing beginner-friendly tutorials
• Expanding Mono documentation
• Improving examples and code snippets
• Fixing broken links or formatting issues

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