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<blockquote data-quote="ajom" data-source="post: 104506" data-attributes="member: 56907">Looks like that pointer you are trying to read stores the address value of a certain string? And it might be returning address 0 I think.Looking about info regarding base pointer 0xBAACC0, <a href="https://gtaforums.com/topic/194199-documenting-gta-sa-memory-addresses/page/4/" target="_blank">this</a> website says something about:And within this base pointer needs an offset index with 0x80 in size. Im not sure yet I assume that The number of index depends on how many GXT you have been using in you GTA SA I think:I have seen an <a href="https://pastebin.com/hKQkHCKX" target="_blank">example</a> in AHK format :[CODE]; Autohotkey FunctiongetGameText() {if (!checkHandles())return &quot;&quot;Loop, 7 {dwAddress := 0xBAACC0 + (A_Index - 1) * 0x80gameText := readString(hGTA, dwAddress, 128)if (ErrorLevel)return &quot;&quot;if (gameText != &quot;&quot;)break}[/CODE]He is inspecting 7 gametext, and you just need the 6th index I think. This is my function based on this(untested yet since I Don't have PC with me):[CODE]{$CLEO .cs}0000: gxt examinerwait 10000 // not necessarywhile true&nbsp; &nbsp; wait 0&nbsp; &nbsp; if 04B1: @getgxt 1 _gxt_index 5 _return_string 1@ // gets gametext 0x200&nbsp; &nbsp; then 0ACD: show_text_highpriority 1@ time 1000&nbsp; &nbsp; else 0ACD: show_text_highpriority &quot;no string found&quot; time 1000&nbsp; &nbsp; endend:getgxt // 04B1: @getgxt 1 _gxt_index 0@ _return_string 31@ // index starts at 0(0 to n)0@ *= 0x80 // size per index0@ += 0xBAACC0 // base pointer for Center, Center, Orange, Black Outline+Medium+Fade Out+Cool FadeIn/Out Effect, &quot;Mission Complete&quot;31@ = -1 // supporting value in case that the read memory fails0A8D: 31@ = read_memory 0@ size 0x80 virtual_protect 0 // turn virtual protect to 1 if crashingif 31@ &gt; 0 // if there is a string, this will return the address of the gxtthen 0485:&nbsp; return_trueelse 059A:&nbsp; return_false // returns -1 or 0 if there is no string or if it failsendret 1 31@ // return the gxt pointer[/CODE]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ajom, post: 104506, member: 56907"] Looks like that pointer you are trying to read stores the address value of a certain string? And it might be returning address 0 I think. Looking about info regarding base pointer 0xBAACC0, [URL='https://gtaforums.com/topic/194199-documenting-gta-sa-memory-addresses/page/4/']this[/URL] website says something about: And within this base pointer needs an offset index with 0x80 in size. Im not sure yet I assume that The number of index depends on how many GXT you have been using in you GTA SA I think: I have seen an [URL='https://pastebin.com/hKQkHCKX']example[/URL] in AHK format : [CODE]; Autohotkey Function getGameText() { if (!checkHandles()) return "" Loop, 7 { dwAddress := 0xBAACC0 + (A_Index - 1) * 0x80 gameText := readString(hGTA, dwAddress, 128) if (ErrorLevel) return "" if (gameText != "") break }[/CODE] He is inspecting 7 gametext, and you just need the 6th index I think. This is my function based on this(untested yet since I Don't have PC with me): [CODE]{$CLEO .cs} 0000: gxt examiner wait 10000 // not necessary while true wait 0 if 04B1: @getgxt 1 _gxt_index 5 _return_string 1@ // gets gametext 0x200 then 0ACD: show_text_highpriority 1@ time 1000 else 0ACD: show_text_highpriority "no string found" time 1000 end end :getgxt // 04B1: @getgxt 1 _gxt_index 0@ _return_string 31@ // index starts at 0(0 to n) 0@ *= 0x80 // size per index 0@ += 0xBAACC0 // base pointer for Center, Center, Orange, Black Outline+Medium+Fade Out+Cool FadeIn/Out Effect, "Mission Complete" 31@ = -1 // supporting value in case that the read memory fails 0A8D: 31@ = read_memory 0@ size 0x80 virtual_protect 0 // turn virtual protect to 1 if crashing if 31@ > 0 // if there is a string, this will return the address of the gxt then 0485: return_true else 059A: return_false // returns -1 or 0 if there is no string or if it fails end ret 1 31@ // return the gxt pointer[/CODE] [/QUOTE]

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