Getting the Area name

[Chumbax]

I've been trying to get the area name, but with some problems.

This returns the correct value if the "name" is long enought

Memory.ReadString(0x180437c + 0x29, 100);

But if the Area name is "Stonefort" it reads the "old" value togheter with the new.
"Stonefort Level 1" etc.

How do I make it so that it only reads the "current" area and don't apply the old togheter with the new?
Greetings

[enigma32]

How is the ReadString method implemented? Keep in mind it probably is a null-terminated string that you are trying to read. Anything after, (and including '\0' depending on language) is junk and is not considered valid data.

[Chumbax]

Its Loot Alert source. Do I check in ReadString if its the value is null ?

  public string ReadString(int addr, int length, bool ascii = true)
        {
            if (ascii == false)
                return Encoding.Unicode.GetString(ReadMem(addr, length));
            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(ReadMem(addr, length));
        }

[enigma32]

Here's how I convert bytes into a string:

private string ReadString(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
{
    return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
        buffer,
        offset,
        length)
        .Split('\0')[0];
}

Note how I split the string on all '\0' (null) chars, then just take the first part.

[Chumbax]

Here's how I convert bytes into a string:

private string ReadString(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length)
{
    return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
        buffer,
        offset,
        length)
        .Split('\0')[0];
}

Note how I split the string on all '\0' (null) chars, then just take the first part.

Works like a charm, but I had to get the index at 5 instead of 0. Thanks Enigma32

[enigma32]

You're welcome

And, that's because the address or offset isn't quite right.
Example of what is read:

"\0\0\0Bastion's Keep Stronghold\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"

As you can (hopefully) see the address should start 3 bytes later.

Not sure why you get it to work at index 5 though since for me I get index 3 (0,1,2 contains '\0'),
I'd say the correct address is "0x180437c + 0x2c".