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Hey guys, I was wondering how people get so good at hex editing. If I were to learn where would I go (online) to do so? Do I need to know any other stuff to learn how to do it, or could I just learn hex editing alone?

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they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
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Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere


I just learned over time, editing gamesaves & mapping them out; after a while you just get good at it. (If this is the kind of stuff you are referring to)


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Depends. If you are trying to edit a ROM (i.e. Mario Party 64) then you could find it on YouTube. As for editing anything else, I'm not too sure about that, seeing how I'm not a programmer or whatever.
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Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
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Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
Get .DLL's and check its code play around with editing etc. Never "Back Space" always just write over.
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Describe wrote
DrewPeadic wrote
Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
Get .DLL's and check its code play around with editing etc. Never "Back Space" always just write over.
Thanks for the responses, I will try that
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DiamondCoding wrote
DrewPeadic wrote
Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
Get .DLL's and check its code play around with editing etc. Never "Back Space" always just write over.


I wouldn't recommend trying to modify a dll with a hex editor unless you know what you're doing, i.e. understand assembly instructions and their op-codes.

@OP, to get better at hex editing, you have to get better at programming. You need to understand the data structures that you're looking at before trying to recognize them. You need to learn how arrays and structs work before you can really even try to understand a save format. Once you truly understand different data structures, you'll begin to recognize them in game saves.
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Experiment5X wrote
DiamondCoding wrote
DrewPeadic wrote
Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
Get .DLL's and check its code play around with editing etc. Never "Back Space" always just write over.


I wouldn't recommend trying to modify a dll with a hex editor unless you know what you're doing, i.e. understand assembly instructions and their op-codes.

@OP, to get better at hex editing, you have to get better at programming. You need to understand the data structures that you're looking at before trying to recognize them. You need to learn how arrays and structs work before you can really even try to understand a save format. Once you truly understand different data structures, you'll begin to recognize them in game saves.
Modding a .DLL for like mw3 that has mods is not hard bubby, you simply Ctrl + F type "^1" then write over the text. Its easy. And best choice since he is starting out
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DiamondCoding wrote
Experiment5X wrote
DiamondCoding wrote
DrewPeadic wrote
Describe wrote they learn from problems, errors, etc. but you can learn from anywhere
Well I tried youtube, and it's nothing but NBA and NFS modding tuts. I don't want to learn how to mod those specific games. I want to learn how to be able to do hex editing on any game that I have that allows me to.
Get .DLL's and check its code play around with editing etc. Never "Back Space" always just write over.


I wouldn't recommend trying to modify a dll with a hex editor unless you know what you're doing, i.e. understand assembly instructions and their op-codes.

@OP, to get better at hex editing, you have to get better at programming. You need to understand the data structures that you're looking at before trying to recognize them. You need to learn how arrays and structs work before you can really even try to understand a save format. Once you truly understand different data structures, you'll begin to recognize them in game saves.
Modding a .DLL for like mw3 that has mods is not hard bubby, you simply Ctrl + F type "^1" then write over the text. Its easy. And best choice since he is starting out


Hm, I've never done anything with MW3 stuff so I'm not entirely sure what you're talking about, but either way if he's just searching for something that he read from a tutorial he's never going to learn what's actually going on. To understand the data structures that he's modifying he needs to learn how to program.

EDIT: Actually, I think I know what you're talking about. Searching for a string and replacing it with whatever you want isn't difficulty, anyone can do that. I thought we were talking about figuring out game save structures.


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