Keeps showing this error about base tag address.

[reno911unlocred]

So, when infinite came out i used this flawlessly, but after many years I tried again and i can't because of this error, i did the same as every video i could find and as i did when this tool came out.

Start the game
On the menu screen open IRTV
Click on load

Tags and stuff should show up now, so.. i check the settings:

Click on "set game exe" click on either my updated infinite from steam or on my backup old crkd copy of the game the way it was many years ago before they removed the coil jump and speedrun stuff.

Click on load again, same thing.

Downloaded the .NET 5 SDK, reboot, same thing.

Deleted the settings on %appdata%

This is now, but i remember at one point i tried on a completly new install of windows, same thing. WTF is going on?

EDIT: Also forgot to mention, after clicking load when it failed it gives "Offset failed, scanning..." and then the other thing.

[Sopitive]

Clear your settings. This is usually 90% of issues, the data the program needs to find the tags is probably outdated.

[reno911unlocred]

Clear your settings. This is usually 90% of issues, the data the program needs to find the tags is probably outdated.

Sorry, which settings? As i said i deleted the settings that are created on %appdata%, are you reffering to those? because, to make matters worse, i created a vm and installed just infinite (the cracked one so no settings or stuff from that which could be saved onto the could or something being from steam, and the latest IRTV version, all directx and .net stuff and the exact same thing. :(

[Sopitive]

Your issue may be related to the fact you are using a different version of the game which could be interfering with how the pointer works. However, it should scan for the address and find it if the pointer doesn't work. Its hard to say what the issue is exactly. Make sure you are in an actual game, it may not find the tags if you are not.

[reno911unlocred]

Your issue may be related to the fact you are using a different version of the game which could be interfering with how the pointer works. However, it should scan for the address and find it if the pointer doesn't work. Its hard to say what the issue is exactly. Make sure you are in an actual game, it may not find the tags if you are not.

Is there a way i can find this "pointer" by my self? because, i have tried with both versions, both with a new copy of infinite and irtv, and the one that throws my theories out the window is not even on the vm with all new files of everything works... i saw this "pointer" referenced somewhere else, here to be exact and they talk about the "offset" so, i guess i should find that "HaloInfinite.exe+0x495B060" last characters after the + sign somewhere somehow and that could fix it for me. Where can i find this or what does it do i have no idea, but that is what i reckon i need, and why this is not working for me "automatically" as it does for everyone else, that is what is bugging me so much now.

EDIT: Just aditional info, what is on mine by default is this "HaloInfinite.exe+0x5" and i think some times at least with the steam version when clicking Options > Process Selector the drop-down menu does not open or do anything. And i might add i am trying to do this soley for campaign no multiplayer at all if that matters.

[Sopitive]

Try setting the pointer to HaloInfinite.exe+0x4357FD8

[reno911unlocred]

Try setting the pointer to HaloInfinite.exe+0x4357FD8

I will, thank you, but, i would actually like a small dumbed-down explaination on what this is and why it may not be able to retrieve it by itself, this feels like a bandaid and if it works i will be so gratefull but i like to understand things too. :3 If it's not too much to ask for.

[reno911unlocred]

HaloInfinite.exe+0x4357FD8

Update, nope, no dice, with both the cracked and steam versions. When I click on upset pointer, I paste the given one, and if I select OK and close that and come back it still has it, but if I click "load" and if fails, if i come back to the "pointer" setting it is back again in "Haloinfinite.exe+0x5" in either case. And i have set the exe location to either the steam or cracked versions depending on which i am trying and selecting the infinite process manualy.

[Sopitive]

Ok so finally got around to this. The pointer for the current update is HaloInfinite.exe+0x481F6C8

For some reason, the scan to find the tags in memory is failing for you. I was able to easily find the tags list upon use of the current update and got that exact value for the pointer with it working pretty much flawlessly for me. That pointer should work until the game updates again at which point it should scan for and should be finding the value automatically. Its hard to say why it can't find it for you, but there may be some strange way that specific code is setup that makes it not work for you. Unless you can provide any further insight on your specific issue or the way you have the game setup and running I have no way of knowing why the backup scan fails to locate the tags. For all intents and purposes, that failsafe should find the tags list 100% of the time and has done so for pretty much everyone up until this point as far as I know.

even though they vaguely state they've tried on the latest version of infinite, they also state that

for campaign no multiplayer

contradicting the first statement (probably unknowingly)
so that address will probably not work for them

[reno911unlocred]

Ok, so, i think i have provided most of what i can think of to show why i am so confused by this, so, in general:

• I have the game on steam.

• I also havem the game cracked on a very early release when the coil jump worked.

• I have tried with both.

• When I try with the steam version I try on the main screen that is used for multiplayer or after clicking campaign, same result.

• I remember that I used this for that cracked version way back, and even on basically the same version but from steam. Heck, I even remember applying the all black armor chief mod and seeing that the loading screen just said Infinite and a look of the sky and when you clicked an option the camera pans down and there is chief. This thing basically:
  
  And then this:
  
  And after that, you could load any mod that was about chief's armor and since he is already loaed but offscreen it was applied.
  

• Here is a dxdiag of that pc. I will try on a laptop i just bought but for now...
  DxDiag.txt

• Next thing i have mentioned is that i created a vm and just loaded halo, everything needed to run it like dx and .net stuff and the program, same thing, either with steam or the cracked version. I have ALWAYS used it soley for campaign and i had it working before, did all the same things i am doing today. Now i know that pointer thing or address changes with each version change or update but, the point here is WHY is it not finding it on it's own, and at this point I don't NEED the mods, but I really do need to know why it is not working, even "probably" on an entirely different computer, or if something is wrong on my main hardwarewise that even a vm has the same result...

Other maybe usefull info is:

• On my main PC the game is on D: and all the main directories (desktop, images, downloads etc) are pointed to D:
• I have probably in all folders in C: and D: enabled permission for "Everyone" to modify any file (please don't hack me) but no on the laptop or VM
• Every thing i could about anti virus or firewall is disabled (again, please, don't hack me)

I really can't think of much else that could be the same between my main, a vm and a laptop other than the same account of steam is used and the same cracked game files too, altho the cracked is an installer so no info should be saved on the original cracked files than what is actually installed on my pc.

If there is anything else you would like me to share or do to crack this weird case please tell me, if you can, please tell me how i find the address you've been giving me after "Haloinfinite.exe+0x" to provide you with the one i have from the cracked and steam versions if that helps.

Thank you guys.

[Sopitive]

The vm to me sounds like it could very well be the culprit for the scan not working. If the memory can't be accessed properly it won't find the data it needs. There is a third party dependency used to scan for the info it needs if the game updated. Of all the things you mentioned, that is one thing that may restrict some things as virtualizing the OS in any respect can have unintended consequences for reading memory and can be unpredictable. If it still doesn't run without a vm just on basic hardware/ non-virtualized, the issue could lie elsewhere. The firewall/antivirus has nothing to do with it, file permissions also have nothing to do with it. IRTV doesn't touch your files in any respect. It only cares about the game memory and nothing else. Try loading the tags in other places as well such as in an actual campaign mission or in multiplayer. I am unable to replicate your issue on my end at the moment, as it still works just fine for me even in just the campaign menu.

[reno911unlocred]

Yeah I knew It probably was not something caused by the permissions or all that, but it is all i could think off that was different from most computers, and the vm thing, well, the issue is that it happens in or out the vm so.. i mentioned it because all the files and configs that could have something to do with the issue are just not there when using it in a vm, as far as the game and IRTV knows, it is a completley different pc, except for the hardware, which brings back my question, could a ram hardware issue, cause this problem?

I will be trying on my laptop today to see if anything changes, in the menu, in MP, campaign etc. By targets you mean the +0x stuff or just clocking on "load" on IRTV?

[reno911unlocred]

Update, I just tried with the laptop, with 3 different versions of the game, the steam (my main), the windows store version and the cracked version. The same result with each, even tried on each to load on the main screen, the menu and in gameplay.

The first one i tried was the cracked version as the saves and settings and all that is in a diferent place than for the windows store or steam version, so, it should be completley isolate of any weird corrupt files that could be passed on over a diferent copy of the game, then the other 2, the same thing.

My main PC has W10, this laptop w11, everything to the absolute most recent update, drivers, windows, bios, everything. Since i have the 3 versions, i tried on multiplayer (i just don't want to get banned but i guess my copy on the WStore will have to take the fall since it is with gamepass and i never use it...) but i used the "HaloInfinite.exe+0x481F6C8" provided above, and at least on the MStore it finally hooked the f-ing process! BUT; changing the game to campaign and pointing to the same thing it fails again, so, it is quite obvios that it is not being able to retrieve the "Haloinfinite.exe+0x..." thing on it's own for campaign, i guess everyone just plays MP and no one has noticed this issue before or what..

Have you been testing and saying you can't replicate my issue only on the MP menu? Can you try on campaign? And please, for the love of god, can you tell me or help me on your end get the pointer for the campaign? it would be much more useful to have the pointer to the cracked version of the campaign because i really like it more, loads faster, still has the fun stuff like coil jump and skipping some campaign missions with glitchs, so having the most updated pointer is quite useless to me since i don't ever play MP, please, PLEASE explain to me what would i have to do to get the pointer for whatever version, if it is a trade secret that keeps this mod alive, whatever, please help me get it for this version of the game: V6.10020.17952.0
Which is the one i have cracked. many thanks, at least i feel now that we are making progress.

[Sopitive]

Trying to rule out the release build being the issue. Try this version of IRTV
https://github.com/Gamergotten/Infinite-runtime-tagviewer/actions/runs/6987574180/artifacts/1072585827

Mine works just fine in campaign menu and in campaign itself.

Also try HaloInfinite.exe+0x3ED5F08 for campaign if that doesn't work. I am still unable to reproduce the issue. For some reason the scan is failing for you. I honestly would not know why it doesn't work for you. Even running Halo Infinite as admin won't affect that. There must be some memory that it isn't accessing properly?