Getting players names

[andy2002ua]

Is any other method to read player name (not own, but any other players in visible range) except as searching in cache DB records?
Trying to find any offsets, like a units and gameobjects names have, but still unsuccessfully. I know about injections, but still want to
use memory reading only.

Thanks for any help and sorry for my english

[schlumpf]

Iterate over objects in manager, check for type, if player, get name, add to list.

[andy2002ua]

Have a problem right here. Can't find any pointers to player name in player objects.
This offsets :
unitName1 = 0x91C, // CGUnit_C__GetUnitName
unitName2 = 0x64, // CGUnit_C__GetUnitName
valid only for units which is not players.
Looking in CGUnit_C__GetUnitName I find checking for OBJECT_FIELD_TYPE and using
this pointers only for OBJECT_FIELD_TYPE = 0008h. Otherwise function looking in cache database.

[schlumpf]

Then fire up IDA and look for the same method in the vtable of CGPlayer_C. Or, as its in the vtable, just call it, as the entry will be the same as the one for CGUnit_C.

[JuJuBoSc]

Player name is only in the cache database

[andy2002ua]

Many thanks. Find some outdated but useful info about cache structure here: ([C#] Get quests cached information) Now will torture IDA for name cache address. If someone have actual numbers, I'll glad to see it in this thread. In any case, thx for right direction.

[miceiken]

There must be atleast 10 threads about reading player names on this forum, I expect the offsets are in the Info Dump Thread...

Cheers to good old searching and spoonfeeding http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/worl...ml#post2095289 ([WoW][4.2.0.14333] Info Dump Thread)

Here's some very old code:

        public override string Name
        {
            get
            {
                ulong mask, base_, offset, current, myGUID, currentGUID;

                mask = Memory.Read<UInt32>(Memory.BaseAddress + Pointers.NamePointers.NAME_STORE + Pointers.NamePointers.NAME_MASK);
                base_ = Memory.Read<UInt32>(Memory.BaseAddress + Pointers.NamePointers.NAME_STORE + Pointers.NamePointers.NAME_BASE);

                myGUID = this.GUID & 0xFFFFFFFF;
                offset = 12 * (mask & myGUID);

                current = Memory.Read<UInt32>((uint)(base_ + offset + 8));
                offset = Memory.Read<UInt32>((uint)(base_ + offset));

                if ((current & 0x1) == 0x1) { return ""; }

                currentGUID = Memory.Read<UInt32>((uint)(current));

                while (currentGUID != myGUID)
                {
                    current = Memory.Read<UInt32>((uint)(current + offset + 4));

                    if ((current & 0x1) == 0x1) { return ""; }
                    currentGUID = Memory.Read<UInt32>((uint)(current));
                }

                return Memory.Read<string>((uint)(current + Pointers.NamePointers.NAME_STRING));
            }
        }

[andy2002ua]

Ooh ... I feel blind. Using this thread 1000 times and miss cache offsets.
Sprinkle ashes on my head ((

[Jadd]

Use lua.

(filler)

[andy2002ua]

Jadd, I want to limit memory reading only. I plan to use injections in future, but need to expand my knowledge first. I don't like just copypasting code without knowledge of the essence of what I do. Now working on enumerating name database records. Any advices in this direction will be great.

[lanman92]

If you're going to use injection sometime anyway, why not use it now? You're more likely to end up copy-pasting sh*t when you try to do only memory reading because the Cache is confusing. You can let WoW do all those crazy memory reads while you simply call a function. There's plenty of information on injection here for you to be able to jump into it.

[andy2002ua]

I have a paranoid idea that injections more detectable then process memory reading. Botting is my main livelihood now and thought about the loss of all my accounts made ​​me to be careful.

[Cypher]

This thread is retarded. Use search.