[lukeworm]

Hi,

Just wanted to share few tips using CheatEngine for mass effect. First of all it seems cheat mod mentioned before works just fine and has most options you need, may be in exception for talent points. Invulnerability, Unlimited ammo, credits, resources. Anyway, here's few tips.

Most options I mention here (credits, resources, stat points) are one time cheats, so you don't need to do it all over again.

1. Save your game before you do any cheating, something might go wrong, even more - go to your save game folder and backup save game before you've cheated in case it gets overwritten or deleted.
2. Save your game after you've cheated, so you don't need to do it again if you get killed and have to load.

NOTE: For best results, ESPECIALLY when looking for talent (squad) points, you should do search when you Alt-Tab in game (Not in mission computer, not in squad points distribution window). Take a note of value you are going to look for, press resume game, Alt-Tab.

Money and resources:
Be in a place where you can easily gain or spend some money, preferably few times in a row. Citadel shopping district for example.
Search for your initial money in CE (Exact Value, 4 Bytes Integer). If you get lots of adresses, buy something or crack a safe and search again for new value (usual stuff for CE). You should be left with few addresses, preferably only 2. Try changing them by +1, +2 credits accordingly and check in game to see which one of them stores the real value you need to change.

When you have money, all other resources seem to be stored in tight record relative to money. All resources are stored as 4 byte integers, they go in sequance:
MediGel is Money address +4 bytes.
Element Zero: +8 bytes
Iridium: +12 bytes
Palladium: +16 bytes
Platinum: +20 bytes
Easy way to add these is to select money address and from drop down menu press Browse this memory region, select address and from drop down menu press "Add This address to the list".

As for heavy weapon ammo, it's stored somewhere else, not in this record.

Talent (squad) points:
Save your game, and back it up.
You should have few spare points to spend, and be able to spend them few times to change talent point value.
Take a note of slected members squad points, exit squad point distribution, and resume game, then Alt-Tab to CE.
Look for first value. Alt-Tab to game, go to point distribution, spend some points (take note of new value), exit point distribution, resume game, Alt-Tab to CE and search for new value.
Rinse and repeat until you are left with 2 addresses. Change them to see which one works.
Save your game.

Hope this will help someone.

P.S. I break my toys before i play.