Single Player Game Hacking 101 | Becoming a BILLIONAIRE by manipulating FFVII memory and save games
With the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, I felt it was an apt time to use the original Final Fantasy VII game as a way of helping explain the basics of Single Player game hacking.
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** Timestamps **
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Disclaimer
00:34 - Fixing glitches with save file manipulation
01:04 - Understanding game processes
01:18 - Save game with a billion Gil
01:50 - Explaining tools
02:03 - Save file structure
02:48 - Checksums with save files
03:11 - FFVII Steam save manifest file
03:49 - Starting a new game
04:54 - Getting into a battle
05:05 - Taking note of key variable values
05:22 - Scanning game memory for variables
05:53 - Monitoring addresses for changes
06:20 - Freezing address memory
06:31 - Pseudo-Invincibility
07:05 - Modifying address values
07:40 - Limitations in memory tampering
08:10 - Understanding address pointers
08:45 - Cheat tables and trainers
09:01 - Loading a created cheat table
09:11 - Understanding offset addresses
09:47 - Killing enemies
10:05 - Looking at various variables
10:50 - Real-time variable tampering
11:35 - Black Chocobo for save file manipulation
12:15 - FF7 Toolkit
12:35 - Using already created structures
13:05 - Tampering with save game
13:43 - Crazy Hair Man Lv 99
14:00 - Adding a Chocobo to party
14:10 - Krakka Greens
14:40 - Saving tampered save file
14:58 - Stronk Cloud
15:22 - RIP Chocobo Glitch
15:35 - Wrapping up
** Tools **
Black Chocobo - https://github.com/sithlord48/blackch...
Cheat Engine - https://github.com/cheat-engine/cheat...
HxD - https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
Credits:
Final Fantasy VII and "Wark" Chocobo sound by Square Enix.
Other SFX by Pixabay.