Farcry 2 In-game Console Hook

I got bored again so I decided to come back to Far Cry 2 to see if it's any fun. As someone that doesn't have the energy to learn anything drawing related (dx/opengl) I decided that I'd go the usual route of CLI-based commands. The in-game console can be launched using the tilde (~) key and you can issue a limited set of commands. Using the data structures/functions below you can replace the default callback function with your custom one in order to add custom commands for your hax.

NOTE: Since there isn't any data on this game (SDK/PDB/etc.) I'm naming data structures with names I deem fit.

Code:

struct __declspec(align(4)) IConsole
{
 __int32 N00000001[0x1A];
 char EnableConsoleWrite;
 __int16 mIsOpen;
 char Padding1;
 __int32 N0000001[0X90];
};

IConsole represents the in-game console. There's 1 instance of this class which is a global variable located at:

Code:

.data:11555980

You can build a wrapper class that uses singleton pattern to properly rebuild this class or just use the pointer directly.

Every time a command is entered the game takes the input, formats it and sends it to the callback function for parsing, filtering etc. The address of this callback function is at:

Code:

.code:0x102955E0

Pseudo-code for the callback function (Hexrays):

Code:

void __thiscall OnCommandEntered(IConsole *this, CommandDescriptor *commandDescriptor)
{
  IConsole *pConsole; // ebp@1
  unsigned int src_; // esi@8
  _BYTE *v4; // ecx@8
  unsigned int v5; // eax@11
  unsigned int v6; // esi@13
  unsigned int v7; // eax@13
  unsigned int v8; // eax@13
  int v9; // ST10_4@15
  unsigned int v10; // ST0C_4@15
  unsigned int srcLength; // eax@18
  const char *v12; // eax@18
  const char *v13; // esi@18
  int v14; // eax@20
  int v15; // edi@22
  int v16; // edi@24
  int v17; // eax@27
  int v18; // eax@27
  const char *i; // eax@27
  void *v20; // eax@32
  int v21; // ST10_4@34
  void *v22; // ST0C_4@34
  int v23; // esi@35
  char *v24; // eax@35
  CommandDescriptor *v25; // ST14_4@35
  wchar_t *v26; // eax@35
  int v27; // eax@38
  wchar_t *v28; // eax@39
  char *v29; // eax@41
  const char *v30; // eax@44
  const char *result; // eax@45
  const char *v32; // eax@46
  _BYTE *v33; // eax@46
  const char *v34; // eax@49
  int v35; // edi@49
  signed int v36; // ebp@51
  unsigned int v37; // eax@51
  const char **v38; // ebx@51
  const char *v39; // ecx@52
  const void *v40; // edx@57
  const char *v41; // ecx@60
  char *v42; // ecx@64
  int v43; // eax@67
  int v44; // ecx@70
  int v45; // eax@70
  wchar_t *v46; // eax@71
  char *v47; // eax@74
  char *commandStr; // eax@80
  char searchCharacter; // [sp+10h] [bp-150h]@1
  int v50; // [sp+14h] [bp-14Ch]@21
  bool v51; // [sp+1Bh] [bp-145h]@48
  int a1; // [sp+1Ch] [bp-144h]@1
  unsigned int src; // [sp+20h] [bp-140h]@5
  int v54; // [sp+30h] [bp-130h]@6
  unsigned int v55; // [sp+34h] [bp-12Ch]@4
  void *v56; // [sp+38h] [bp-128h]@1
  char *userCommandStr; // [sp+3Ch] [bp-124h]@1
  int v58; // [sp+4Ch] [bp-114h]@1
  unsigned int v59; // [sp+50h] [bp-110h]@1
  int v60; // [sp+54h] [bp-10Ch]@48
  unsigned int v61; // [sp+58h] [bp-108h]@48
  int v62; // [sp+5Ch] [bp-104h]@48
  char v63; // [sp+60h] [bp-100h]@26
  char *v64; // [sp+64h] [bp-FCh]@32
  int v65; // [sp+74h] [bp-ECh]@34
  unsigned int v66; // [sp+78h] [bp-E8h]@32
  int descriptor_1; // [sp+7Ch] [bp-E4h]@20
  IConsole *pConsole1; // [sp+98h] [bp-C8h]@1
  int (__stdcall **v69)(int, int); // [sp+9Ch] [bp-C4h]@35
  wchar_t *fmt; // [sp+A0h] [bp-C0h]@35
  int v71; // [sp+A4h] [bp-BCh]@78
  int *v72; // [sp+A8h] [bp-B8h]@78
  int v73; // [sp+ACh] [bp-B4h]@78
  unsigned int v74; // [sp+B4h] [bp-ACh]@35
  int descriptor; // [sp+B8h] [bp-A8h]@8
  char v76; // [sp+D4h] [bp-8Ch]@21
  char v77; // [sp+F0h] [bp-70h]@27
  int v78; // [sp+10Ch] [bp-54h]@27
  char v79; // [sp+128h] [bp-38h]@27
  char v80; // [sp+144h] [bp-1Ch]@27
 
  pConsole = this;
  pConsole1 = this;
  sub_100033D0(&a1, commandDescriptor);         // parses the descriptor?
  v56 = &unk_10F239D1;
  v59 = 15;
  searchCharacter = 0;
  v58 = 0;
  std::char_traits<char>::assign(&userCommandStr, &searchCharacter);// ZeroMemory
  if ( !sub_1028F9E0(pConsole, &a1) )
  {
    if ( !v54 )
    {
LABEL_85:
      sub_10096AC0(&v56);
      sub_10096AC0(&a1);
      return;
    }
    CommandDescriptor::CommandDescriptor(&descriptor, &version);// Constructor for a2
    sub_10002850(&descriptor, commandDescriptor, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF);
    sub_10292EE0(pConsole, &descriptor);
    src_ = src;
    v4 = src;
    if ( v55 < 0x10 )
      v4 = &src;
    if ( *v4 == 35 )
    {
      v5 = src;
      if ( v55 < 0x10 )
        v5 = &src;
      v6 = v5 + 1;
      v7 = std::char_traits<char>::length(v5 + 1);
      sub_10002D40(&a1, v6, v7);
      v8 = src;
      if ( v55 < 0x10 )
        v8 = &src;
      v9 = v54;
      v10 = v8;
      sub_102A7350();
      sub_102A7C90(v10, v9, 0);
      goto LABEL_84;
    }
    if ( v55 < 0x10 )
      src_ = &src;
    srcLength = std::char_traits<char>::length(src_);
    sub_10002D40(&a1, src_, srcLength);
    searchCharacter = 32;
    v12 = ParseCommand(&a1, &searchCharacter, 0x100000000ui64);
    v13 = v12;
    if ( v12 == -1 )
    {
      sub_10002B00(&v56, &a1, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF);
    }
    else
    {
      v14 = sub_10003110(&descriptor_1, 0, v12);
      sub_10002B00(&v56, v14, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF);
      sub_10096AC0(&descriptor_1);
    }
    sub_10742C00(&v56);
    sub_10002CC0(&v76);
    sub_10290810(&v50, &v76);
    if ( v50 != pConsole->N00000012 )
    {
      v15 = v50 + 40;
      if ( sub_1028F7D0(pConsole, v50 + 40) )
      {
        sub_10002B00(&a1, &a1, 0, 0xFFFFFFFF);
        sub_10294370(pConsole, v15, &a1);
        goto EXIT_FUNCTION;
      }
    }
    sub_10290190(&v50, &v56);
    v16 = v50;
    if ( v50 != pConsole->N00000018 )
    {
      v50 = *(v50 + 40);
      if ( sub_1028F7D0(pConsole, v50) )
      {
        sub_10047090(&v63);
        sub_100032C0(v16 + 12);
        if ( v13 != -1 )
        {
          v17 = sub_10003110(&descriptor_1, v13 + 1, -1);
          sub_100032C0(v17);
          sub_10096AC0(&descriptor_1);
          sub_10003300(&descriptor_1, filename);
          sub_10003300(&v78, "=\"");
          sub_100031F0(&v77, &v78);
          sub_100031F0(&v80, &a1);
          v18 = sub_100031F0(&v79, &descriptor_1);
          sub_100032C0(v18);
          sub_10096AC0(&v79);
          sub_10096AC0(&v80);
          sub_10096AC0(&v77);
          sub_10096AC0(&v78);
          sub_10096AC0(&descriptor_1);
          searchCharacter = 32;
          for ( i = ParseCommand(&a1, &searchCharacter, 0x100000000ui64);
                i != -1;
                i = ParseCommand(&a1, &searchCharacter, 0x100000000ui64) )
          {
            sub_100BC060(&a1, i, 1u);
            searchCharacter = 32;
          }
          if ( AreStringsEqual(&a1, "?") || AreStringsEqual(&a1, "help") )
          {
            v27 = sub_10290660(&v77);
            if ( *(v27 + 24) < 8u )
              v28 = (v27 + 4);
            else
              v28 = *(v27 + 4);
            CommandDescriptor::CommandDescriptor(&descriptor_1, v28);
            v29 = userCommandStr;
            if ( v59 < 0x10 )
              v29 = &userCommandStr;
            sub_10293700(pConsole, &descriptor_1, v29);
            sub_10002930(&descriptor_1);
            sub_10002930(&v77);
            sub_10096AC0(&v63);
            goto EXIT_FUNCTION;
          }
          if ( v54 )
          {
            v20 = v64;
            if ( v66 < 0x10 )
              v20 = &v64;
            v21 = v65;
            v22 = v20;
            sub_102A7350();
            sub_102A7C90(v22, v21, 0);
          }
        }
        v23 = v50;
        v24 = sub_102ADAC0(v50);
        sub_10003300(&v78, v24);
        CommandDescriptor::CommandDescriptor(&descriptor_1, L" = ");
        v25 = Descriptor::Descriptor(&v79, &v78);
        Descriptor::Descriptor(&v80, v23 + 4);
        sub_10191620(&v77, &descriptor_1);
        sub_10191620(&v69, v25);
        sub_10002930(&v77);
        sub_10002930(&v80);
        sub_10002930(&v79);
        sub_10002930(&descriptor_1);
        sub_10096AC0(&v78);
        v26 = fmt;
        if ( v74 < 8 )
          v26 = &fmt;
        WriteToConsole(pIConsole, 0, v26);
        sub_10002930(&v69);
        sub_10096AC0(&v63);
EXIT_FUNCTION:
        sub_10096AC0(&v76);
LABEL_84:
        sub_10002930(&descriptor);
        goto LABEL_85;
      }
    }
    searchCharacter = 63;
    v30 = ParseCommand(&a1, &searchCharacter, '\x01\0\0\0\0');
    searchCharacter = 0;
    if ( v30 + 1 == 0 )
    {
      searchCharacter = 33;
      result = ParseCommand(&a1, &searchCharacter, '\x01\0\0\0\0');
      searchCharacter = 1;
      if ( result + 1 == 0 )
      {
        if ( commandDescriptor->CopySize < 8u )
          commandStr = &commandDescriptor->UserCommand;
        else
          commandStr = commandDescriptor->UserCommand;
        WriteToConsole(pIConsole, '\0', L"Unknown command: %s", commandStr);
        goto EXIT_FUNCTION;
      }
    }
    v32 = sub_10AD7180(&a1, " ", '\0');
    sub_10003110(&v63, '\0', v32);
    v33 = src;
    if ( v55 < 0x10 )
      v33 = &src;
    v51 = *v33 == 63;
    v60 = '\0';
    v61 = '\0';
    v62 = 0;
    sub_10295300(&v60, 1);
    v50 = '\0';
    if ( v61 <= '\0' )
    {
LABEL_78:
      v72 = &v61;
      fmt = &v60;
      v71 = 0;
      v73 = 4;
      v69 = &off_10DC385C;
      sub_10225F00(&v69);
      sub_10096AC0(&v63);
      goto EXIT_FUNCTION;
    }
    while ( 1 )
    {
      v34 = v64;
      v35 = *(v60 + 4 * v50) + 4;
      if ( v66 < 0x10 )
        v34 = &v64;
      v36 = strlen(v34);
      v37 = *(*(v60 + 4 * v50) + 28);
      v38 = (*(v60 + 4 * v50) + 8);
      if ( v37 < 0x10 )
        v39 = (*(v60 + 4 * v50) + 8);
      else
        v39 = *v38;
      if ( strlen(v39) < v36 )
        goto LABEL_77;
      if ( !v51 )
      {
        if ( searchCharacter )
        {
          v42 = v64;
          if ( v66 < 0x10 )
            v42 = &v64;
          if ( v37 < 0x10 )
            v43 = *(v60 + 4 * v50) + 8;
          else
            v43 = *v38;
          if ( !sub_1018DAD0(v43, v42) )
            goto LABEL_77;
        }
        else
        {
          v40 = v64;
          if ( v66 < 0x10 )
            v40 = &v64;
          if ( v37 < 0x10 )
            v41 = (*(v60 + 4 * v50) + 8);
          else
            v41 = *v38;
          if ( memicmp(v41, v40, v36) )
            goto LABEL_77;
        }
      }
      v44 = *(v60 + 4 * v50);
      v45 = sub_10290660(&v77);
      if ( *(v45 + 24) < 8u )
        v46 = (v45 + 4);
      else
        v46 = *(v45 + 4);
      CommandDescriptor::CommandDescriptor(&descriptor_1, v46);
      if ( *(v35 + 24) < 0x10u )
        v47 = (v35 + 4);
      else
        v47 = *v38;
      sub_10293700(pConsole1, &descriptor_1, v47);
      sub_10002930(&descriptor_1);
      sub_10002930(&v77);
LABEL_77:
      if ( ++v50 >= v61 )
        goto LABEL_78;
    }
  }
  if ( v59 >= 0x10 )
    sub_10419130(userCommandStr);
  v59 = 15;
  searchCharacter = 0;
  v58 = 0;
  std::char_traits<char>::assign(&userCommandStr, &searchCharacter);
  if ( v55 >= 0x10 )
    sub_10419130(src);
  v55 = 15;
  searchCharacter = 0;
  v54 = 0;
  std::char_traits<char>::assign(&src, &searchCharacter);
}

The function takes a pointer to a data structure I named CommandDescriptor. This contains information such as the actual string, length of the string and some other stuff that I'll act like I understand. CommandDescriptor:

Code:

struct CommandDescriptor
{
 int field_0;
 char *UserCommand;
 int field_8;
 int field_C;
 int field_10;
 int CommandLength;
 int CopySize;
};

If you want to implement your own commands then just hook/redirect the callback function and add in your own parsing, filtering code. A nice way to implement this would be to use an std::map that maps strings (the command) to a second callback function to be called for that specific command.

Enjoy (:

Bonus:

The version of the console is printed in a different position inside of the console. In order to print out in any position on the screen you can reverse the way it's printed. This is at:

Code:

.text:104C262F

Example Case (Command length):