His heart stopped. Two seconds later, a message appeared in the game chat, system-colored red:
First scan: current ammo – 30. Fire one bullet. Next scan: 29. Repeat. Within minutes, he had the address. Right-click, "Find what writes to this address." A few assembly instructions later, he froze the value. Infinite ammo.
He minimized, went back to Cheat Engine. Ammo was just the beginning. He searched for his health—100. Let a grenade clip him: 87. Scanned. Narrowed. Found the address. But instead of freezing it, he set a hotkey: NUM1 to write 999. NUM2 to write 1.