A popular tool on Windows - Cheat Engine recently gained a Linux version, so you can mess with your games under Linux now too.
  • tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    42·
    1 day ago

    Turns out that it’s only available for Patreon supporters now and that the dev stopped updating the code on the public GH repo And in addition to that, when you use the official installer it plays a creepy laughter every 10 mins

    Kinda weird, virus-like behaviour

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      12 hours ago

      You have no fucking idea how deep that rabbit hole goes. Cheat engine has a fantastic history of being literal malware and ran by one of the biggest pieces of shit I’ve ever fucking seen.

      The fact cheat engine gets used at all is great proof that people are stupid as fuck and way over trusting.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
        4·
        10 hours ago

        Cheat engine has a fantastic history of being literal malware and ran by one of the biggest pieces of shit I’ve ever fucking seen.

        Got some reading for us on those things? I’m really curious. I never let CE connect to the internet (blocked by firewall, but I don’t recall it ever attempting to), but it’s too useful for when I want to fuck around with a game.

    • DacoTaco@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      Ye i just gave it a go and promptly removed it again after looking at github, seeing the version there ( with no binaries ) and having the patreon popup. CE can bugger right off if what you said is true…

  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
    5·
    1 day ago

    Been using GameConqueror in the lack thereof, since it was the best replacement I could find. Let’s see how the Cheat Engine fares in this version now.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Last I used GameConqueror, some 3 years ago, it sucked major ass. Speedhack didn’t work and, half the time, it wouldn’t find the addresses I wanted to edit.

      • Auster@thebrainbin.org
        1·
        9 hours ago

        I don’t use speedhack so can’t comment on that. But on searching other values, I guess it’s a bit finicky if not looking for basic stuff indeed.