(copied from
https://github.com/Electronics/F1NameChanger/pull/20)
Patch 1.18 of the F1 2020 game has proven rather problematic... The memory address space used has apparently increased by 256x meaning my magic fix of Find Offsets a bit more non-solutioney. To trawl through all memory space used would take hours with the way I search for the various bits and bobs.
The fixes (or work-arounds) I have made:
- The default Find Offsets now considers 2, larger, memory ranges. This now actually takes up to minutes to search through sadly.
- In some cases, this will still not find the correct starting addresses
- Added a new Find Offsets with Custom Start option in the Game menu. This allows for the search process to start at a specified address given in the popup in hexadecimal.
tl;dr or how to make the F1NameChanger work now
If you want the quickest and most reliable method follow these steps:
1. Use
Cheat Engine to scan the F1 process for the
Value Type: string of
{o:mixed}Carlos{/o}.
2. There should only be one result, copy and paste the resulting address (Ctrl+C works) into the popup search offset of the new item
Game -> Find Offsets with Custom Start
3. Should work as before!
4. This will likely need to be repeated every time the game starts
Unless someone else can come up with a faster way than my current implementation of scanning through the memory.