Homebrew idea

[Flaya]

So I've been dabbling a bit with cheats for some games. I did notice that with each update the games Build ID changes, rendering the cheat file seemingly useless.

A way to fix this issue in many cases is to simply rename the file to match the Build ID.
My thought was to have an app that scans the games and cheat files, to automatically rename the files to match.

 

[binkinator]

So I've been dabbling a bit with cheats for some games. I did notice that with each update the games Build ID changes, rendering the cheat file seemingly useless.

A way to fix this issue in many cases is to simply rename the file to match the Build ID.
My thought was to have an app that scans the games and cheat files, to automatically rename the files to match.

I’m by no means a cheats expert, but doesn’t Breeze and AIO already handle this? How do they miss the mark for what you’re looking to do?

 

[Flaya]

I’m by no means a cheats expert, but doesn’t Breeze and AIO already handle this? How do they miss the mark for what you’re looking to do?

Afaik these apps just download the database available from this site. Haven't seen anything indicating that they can do this.

 

[StringIsNullOrEmpty]

Many times the cheats stop working because the memory addresses change.
You're going to have a bunch of people complaining why their cheats stopped working.

 

[masagrator]

I did notice that with each update the games Build ID changes

That's not true in 0.01% of cases.

BuildID changes every time there is even one byte changed in main. If change is minor enough, cheat offsets won't change.
You don't want automatic renaming because this can be harmful for noobs who will do it anyway if they have a chance and then complain why their save got corrupted because it will turn out in worst case this cheat after update will actually corrupt saving process. So first someone must confirm it's actually safe to do that.