Disclaimer
These tools are listed for educational and research purposes only
Reverse Engineering tools
Cheat Engine
- Cheat Engine For live memory scanning, pointer finding, value tracking, and simple injection. Excellent first step in understanding game internals.
x64dbg (previously ollydbg)
- x64dbg A debugger for setting breakpoints, analyzing code execution, and watching Lua glue logic or file loaders in action.
Hex Editor
- ImHex Modern, powerful format-aware hex editor
- HxD Lightweight, simple hex editor Use for asset exploration, patching, comparing game files, and reverse engineering archive formats.
IDA Free/Pro
- IDA free/pro A disassembler for exploring .exe and .dll internals, cross-referencing functions, and decompiling Lua C bindings.
System Informer (previously process hacker)
- System Informer For process/module inspection, verifying loader injection, suspending threads, and analyzing runtime behavior.
Visual Studios 2022 (Community Edition)
- Visual Studio 2022 For writing C/C++ tools, DLL injectors, Lua mods with FFI, or analyzing debug output. Also required for compiling advanced modding tools.
Frida (Code)
- Frida A dynamic instrumentation toolkit for developers, reverse engineers, and modders. It lets you inject JavaScript-based code into a live process.