How Speedrunners Use Game Hacking Tools @LiveOverflow
How Speedrunners Use Game Hacking Tools  @LiveOverflow
Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We continue our journey into Windows game hacking with Pwn Adventure 3 by using Cheat Engine pointer scans. Surprisingly, speedrunners use the same memory-reading techniques to build automatic time splitters.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Why the skill address changes after restart
01:23 - Modeling the game as object pointer chains
02:07 - Scanning for paths from GameLogic.dll
04:22 - Validating pointer paths after a restart
05:20 - From trainers and cheats to speedrunning
06:14 - How LiveSplit makes automatic splits
06:59 - ASL pointer paths and the BioShock example
09:05 - Process injection, detours, and hooks
10:45 - The same techniques can build useful tools

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