Homebrew RELEASE Noexs Remote Debugger

[talixme]

I'm not sure the depth is working in noexs, I've never got it to work.

For some instances, I find a pointer to another pointer (it's convoluted) but sometimes on PC, that's what you have to do (pc being easier due to amount of tools and sheer speed)

If you are not using noexs, how are you finding the pointers?

 

[khuong]

If you are not using noexs, how are you finding the pointers?

I meant I can't get the depths to work in noexs (I've been using it)

Used your very detailed and great tutorial to find some pointers

 

[JonJaded]

Hey uh, im trying to modify values of Shadow Fight 2 (Gems mainly) but literally any modification after finding (the presumed) value, crashes the game.

I get a "The software was closed because an error occurred." Then if I try to reboot the game, the screen blackens, then the switch freezes.

Is this a title with anti-cheat?

 

[fadx]

With the pointer search rework you're doing, can we expect a large performance increase?

 

[matt123337]

With the pointer search rework you're doing, can we expect a large performance increase?

Hopefully! The way I do it now is a dumb search, I'm working on making it smarter

Hey uh, im trying to modify values of Shadow Fight 2 (Gems mainly) but literally any modification after finding (the presumed) value, crashes the game.

I get a "The software was closed because an error occurred." Then if I try to reboot the game, the screen blackens, then the switch freezes.

Is this a title with anti-cheat?

Odd, I haven't heard that happening before. Does the client still work? Like are you able to refresh the PID list or anything? If so you may still be attached to the game (even when it's crashed) and you need to manually detach after.

 

[mflvs]

GLad to hear pointer searching will get a rework I was stuck on a depth 3 search for 12 hours until i cancelled.

 

[fadx]

GLad to hear pointer searching will get a rework I was stuck on a depth 3 search for 12 hours until i cancelled.

Yeah it took me an hour to do a scan with a max offset of 00000300 and max depth 3 on 12 threads.

 

[dsrules]

Yeah it took me an hour to do a scan with a max offset of 00000300 and max depth 3 on 12 threads.

are you able to find that dead cells pointer that you posted?

 

[matt123337]

Yeah it took me an hour to do a scan with a max offset of 00000300 and max depth 3 on 12 threads.

Still working on the rework stuff right now... But there's this:

Doesn't actually show the results yet (thus the blank output) but it does all the heavy computation in around 3 seconds vs 1 hour.

 

[fadx]

Still working on the rework stuff right now... But there's this:

Doesn't actually show the results yet (thus the blank output) but it does all the heavy computation in around 3 seconds vs 1 hour.

And that's only on 1 thread! Running my CPU OC'd to 4.5GHz maxing all threads is great for the power bill haha. Can't wait!

 

[talixme]

Still working on the rework stuff right now... But there's this:

Doesn't actually show the results yet (thus the blank output) but it does all the heavy computation in around 3 seconds vs 1 hour.

 

[mflvs]

@matt12337 Awesome my 12 threads are going to be happy with that thank you for such a great addition to the community 3.19 ghz (i7-8700)

 

[matt123337]

And that's only on 1 thread! Running my CPU OC'd to 4.5GHz maxing all threads is great for the power bill haha. Can't wait!

Well to be fair my old code was bad, then I made it bad multi-threaded code... Current code actually ignores the thread value completely (it's only single threaded)

 

[khuong]

@matt123337

can't wait..

 

[khuong]

anyway we can get.. ascii search? (some games store items as text instead of id.. i can manually convert ascii to hex but if possible in the future?)

 

[JonJaded]

Hopefully! The way I do it now is a dumb search, I'm working on making it smarter


Odd, I haven't heard that happening before. Does the client still work? Like are you able to refresh the PID list or anything? If so you may still be attached to the game (even when it's crashed) and you need to manually detach after.

Being attached while launching is indeed what causes the freezes. Thanks.


Would you happen to have any tips on how to attack a problem like this, or should I resort to save editing save editing somehow? Thanks.

 

[matt123337]

anyway we can get.. ascii search? (some games store items as text instead of id.. i can manually convert ascii to hex but if possible in the future?)

Actually you kindof can, the pattern search on the memory viewer. It's meant for byte pattern matching, but you can also search for ASCII text using the * op (* meaning toggle ascii mode on/off).

The following will look for "EXAMPLE" followed by the bytes 00, anything less then 11, any byte, anything greater then 33 and not 44

*EXAMPLE* 00 <11 ?? >33 !44

I need to document this a little bit better on github, when I get time I'll start to write the wiki.

Being attached while launching is indeed what causes the freezes. Thanks.


Would you happen to have any tips on how to attack a problem like this, or should I resort to save editing save editing somehow? Thanks.

I'm not too sure, it could be some leftover debug stuff from the developers. If you're capable of editing your save I'd say do that for now.

I was also thinking about having an alternative version of Noexes that uses Atmosphere's process debugging API instead of (or alongside) the native debug syscalls. Perhaps that would help (I don't actually know if it requires the IsDebugMode flag to be set, whereas the syscalls do), I'll message you when/if I have a test build ready for it.

 

[JonJaded]

You don't have to rush on that special debug mode.

I extracted the save, dropped it on my pc expecting a file I would need to meticulously hexedit...

Nope. Not at all.
Everything is literally in plaintext.

Snippet:

<Warriors><Warrior ID="1" FirstName="NAME_SHADOW" Avatar="avatar_hero" Voice="Male" Money="1966996" Bonus="1844884" Strength="3" Stamina="3" Level="2" Experience="60" Power="5" PowerSyncTime="1378445901" Difficulty="50"

Sometimes the what seems the most simple might actually be.

Edit: I know you said that the crashes might be from residual debug code, but the only time the game crashed for me was when I was trying to edit key values such as money and gems.


sf2 devs rn:

 

[mflvs]

Just wondering can this be used with atomsphere as i cant seem to get it to load at the same time. dont know what config im messing up

Appreciate all the help even if slight

Thanks

 

[matt123337]

Just wondering can this be used with atomsphere as i cant seem to get it to load at the same time. dont know what config im messing up

Appreciate all the help even if slight

Thanks

They may be losing files that end in .kip and not .kip1, try that.

Or use Hekate.