<p><div class="ind"><a href="#2">2. What is The Cheat?</a>
<div class="ind"><a href="#2-1">2.1 How The Cheat works</a></div>
<div class="ind"><a href="#2-2">2.2 Is cheating dangerous?</a></div>
- <div class="ind"><a href="#2-3">2.3 About the program author</a></div>
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<p><div class="ind"><a href="#3">3. The fundamentals of cheating</a>
<div class="ind"><a href="#3-1">3.1 What is cheating?</a></div>
<p>The Cheat is designed with expert users in mind. The interface is tailored for rapid use, and it wastes few words in describing its functions. Nevertheless, the interface is simple and intuitive once you know a little bit about what is going on. New users should have little trouble in picking up the basics of cheating, and there are many resources available to you to help you get started. Here are some resources to check out:
-<div class="ind"><a href="http://www.brokenzipper.com/thecheat/">Tutorials/FAQs</a></div>
-<div class="ind"><a href="http://forum.brokenzipper.com/">User Support Forum</a></div>
-<div class="ind"><a href="mailto:chaz@brokenzipper.com">Email Me</a></div></p>
+<div class="ind"><a href="http://www.dogcows.com/chaz/wiki/TheCheat">Tutorials/FAQs</a></div>
+<div class="ind"><a href="mailto:onefriedrice@brokenzipper.com">Email Me</a></div></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">Tip:</span> You will also see a few "tip" boxes throughout this document. They typically contain information that is not crucial to understanding, but will surely be beneficial if you take the time to read them. They will often expand upon certain points.
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-<p>If you come across any material in this document which is unclear or unreasonably vague, please <a href="mailto:chaz@brokenzipper.com">let me know</a>. Otherwise, enjoy the ride.</p>
+<p>If you come across any material in this document which is unclear or unreasonably vague, please <a href="mailto:onefriedrice@brokenzipper.com">let me know</a>. Otherwise, enjoy the ride.</p>
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-<p>The Cheat is an application referred to as a <b>universal game trainer</b>. It allows you to alter many different aspects of computer games. For example, you can change things like the amount of lives your character has, the amount of ammo, the level you're on, the abilities you have, your location in the game, and more. This all occurs in real-time while the game is running, and it will work for almost any game. If you are interested in The Cheat from a more technical standpoint, there is also some information available on my web site about the <a href="http://www.brokenzipper.com/developer/">virtual memory system</a>, and of course The Cheat is also open source.</p>
+<p>The Cheat is an application referred to as a <b>universal game trainer</b>. It allows you to alter many different aspects of computer games. For example, you can change things like the amount of lives your character has, the amount of ammo, the level you're on, the abilities you have, your location in the game, and more. This all occurs in real-time while the game is running, and it will work for many types of games. This software is open source. You can get the source code online at the <a href="http://www.dogcows.com/chaz/wiki/TheCheat">project website</a>.
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<p>To do what it does, The Cheat accesses the memory of other applications. It first reads through the entire address space, searching for variables based on input you provide. Search results are then narrowed down by scanning the memory again after the value of the variable you are searching for has changed. After a few searches, there should only be one variable remaining (ideally). The Cheat will then allow you to change this variable to whatever you want. The rest of this document will focus on the best ways to find variables, since that is the trickiest part.</p>
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<p>Mac OS X includes support for protected memory which disables programs from accessing the memory of the system and other programs. This causes a more stable system because faulty applications won't be able to trash the memory of other applications which could cause crashes and lockups. Since The Cheat is able to get around this protection, might this be bad for stability? Potentially, yes. However, The Cheat only changes the memory of other programs where you tell it to. If you are careful, your games should never crash. Furthermore, assuming you don't run The Cheat as root (which would be a Bad Thing), The Cheat will not be able to alter any system-critical processes, so it would actually be very difficult if not impossible to crash or mess up your system using The Cheat.</p>
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-<p>The Cheat was written by some random guy named Chaz McGarvey. He is also the guy who is writing this help file, so he will now refer to himself in first-person. Currently, I'm 19 years old. Programming is just a hobby of mine; I've never really taken any classes or anything. I just think it's fun, so I do it sometimes. I'm going to school at the University of Utah, studying to become who knows what. Besides programming, I enjoy sleeping and participating in anything that occurs in the water. A few of my more ambitious goals include taking over the world and being involved with the colonization of Mars. I also have an <a href="mailto:chaz@brokenzipper.com">email address</a> and a <a href="http://www.brokenzipper.com/">web site</a> if you care to take advantage of either.</p>
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