Download BlueStacks for Windows and Mac. Enjoy over 1 Million Top Android Games with the best app player for PC. The installer automatically detects the Operating System your device is running and chooses the right version of BlueStacks.
- Update your Graphics Drivers to the Latest Version. If your drivers are outdated, the system will not.
- Alternatively you can install Total Commander, Root or File Explorer (or similar app) in BlueStacks, then transfer your files into fake SSD card and they should appear in C:ProgramDataBlueStacksUserDataSharedFolder folder. On Mac, you probably need to convert SDCard.vdi file into RAW format (as mentioned above) and mount the image, or use VirtualBox.
Problem: User reported that BlueStacks gets stuck in a loop with the error message “Could not start the Engine” or “BlueStacks Engine Won’t Start” showing upon BlueStacks launch. Restarting the BlueStacks Engine from the error dialogue or PC usually do not resolve the issue.
The detail error message as below:
For macOS: Bluestacks Engine Won't Start
For PC: Could not start the Engine. You can try restart the Engine or your PC.
Follow below solution steps to resolve BlueStacks Engine could not start issue.
Content Summary
Potential Causes
Solution 1: Disable Antivirus temporarily
Solution 2: Switch to DirectX graphics mode
Solution 3: Change CPU Cores and Memory
Solution 4: Enable Virtualization Technology
Solution 5: Update graphic card driver
Solution 6: Reinstall BlueStacks Engine
Reference
Potential Causes
- Bug in Windows or BlueStacks update
- Improper settings or disabled in virtualization technology
- Antivirus
Solution 1: Disable Antivirus temporarily
Disable the antivirus application by right-clicking the antivirus icon from the system tray and select the option Disable to check if BlueStacks working.
Solution 2: Switch to DirectX graphics mode
Step 1: Open BlueStacks.
Step 2: Click on the options button on the top right corner.
Step 3: Select Settings.
Step 4: Click Engine from the left pane.
Step 5: Select DirectX for graphics mode.
Step 6: Click the Restart Now button.
Solution 3: Change CPU Cores and Memory
Once you have selected DirectX option, change the CPU Cores number from the drop-down menu and increase the RAM capacity settings to the recommended setting. Click Restart Now button after the changes.
Solution 4: Enable Virtualization Technology
Step 1: Reboot your PC.
Step 2: Press either Esc, F8, F12 or F10 when your manufacturer’s logo appears in order to enter the BIOS setup menu.
Step 3: Look for the option related to virtualization such as Virtualization Technology, Intel Virtualization Technology, Intel VT for Direct I/O. Enable these options.
Step 4: Save the changes and exit the BIOS.
Refer to below video for more detail about how to enable Virtualization Technology on PC to boost the performance of BlueStacks Engine.
Solution 5: Update graphic card driver
Step 1: Press the Windows + “R keys to open the Run box.
Step 2: Type devmgmt.msc and click on the OK button.
Step 3: Expand the Display adapters.
Step 4: Right-click on your graphics card and choose the Update driver option from the context menu. Follow the on-screen instruction to update the drivers.
Solution 6: Reinstall BlueStacks Engine
Step 1:Download and execute the BlueStacks Uninstaller. Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the uninstall process.
Step 2:Download the latest version of BlueStacsk Engine.
Step 3: Reboot your PC into Safe mode.
Step 4: Navigate to the location where you downloaded BlueStacks and run the installer. Install the BlueStacks.
Reference
BlueStacks Help Center > Solution for BlueStacks is stuck on “Starting the Engine” screen
BlueStacks Help Center > How can I enable virtualization (VT) on my PC?
Reddit > Could not start the Engine
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Cheat Engine is a very definite software that most of the people have been using for so many years now. It is mainly used to cheat on computer games, mainly offline games and it is the go-to software if you want to hack any game for free. Cheat Engine can also be used to cheat on Android games like Clash of Clans or Subway Surfers and games like these. Most people know how to play an Android game on PC using Bluestacks but don’t know exactly how to use Cheat Engine on Bluestacks.
So, in this article, we are going to have a look at the basics of the Cheat Engine and see how you can use the Cheat Engine on Bluestacks to hack any Android game that you like. But first, let’s learn about how does the Cheat Engine work.
How does Cheat Engine work?
Cheat Engine is nothing but a simple memory scanner. It can scan your RAM/Physical memory and can locate where certain files are stored. With the help of the Cheat Engine, you can access those memory locations and make changes to the value stored there. These changes will reflect inside the application/game associated with that location. This principle can be used to cheat in certain aspects of a game like increasing points/money/keys/coins or whatever.
For eg: Let us say you are playing a game X and that game has a concept of ‘coins’ that you have to collect. Now suppose, at the moment you have Y amount of coins in the game. The amount Y is obviously stored somewhere on the RAM. By using the Cheat Engine, you will first need to find where this amount is stored, access it and then change that value to whatever you like. this will instantly reflect in the game. You can do this multiple times and there is no limit on what values you can put.
How to use Cheat Engine on Bluestacks
Now let’s hack an Android game on Bluestacks. For the sake of this tutorial, we are going to hack a popular game ‘Subway Surfers’ and increase the number of coins that we have inside the game.
Also, we are going to assume these following things to be true in your case.
- You have Bluestacks 4 installed on your computer
- You have your Android game installed inside the Bluestacks
- Cheat Engine is already installed and from here
- Your Antivirus software is temporarily disabled
1. Configure the Cheat Engine
Open the Cheat Engine to configure it first. We don’t have to make any changes and let all be set to default except the one that is shown below. You just need to change this.
Click on Edit and select ‘Settings’. Then go to ‘Extra’ and make sure that the ‘Read/Write process memory’ option is checked and then click ‘OK’. Basically, you are granting Cheat Engine permission to access and edit memory adresses on your system.
Click on that computer icon in the corner. In the ‘Processes’ tab, select the ‘Physical Memory’ option and click Open.
2. Open Bluestacks and play the game at least one time
Open Bluestacks. Run the game and play one or two rounds. And after that pause the game.
As you can see we have around 24 coins. We are going to increase that. Now we have to find where the value 24 is located on the physical memory so that we can edit thatvalue.
3. Search for the Memory location(s)
Iteration 1
Open Cheat Engine. Put ’24’ in the ‘Value’ field and then click on ‘First Scan’. The first scanning process will take some time.
It turns out that a lot of memory locations have the value ’24’ stored inside them. We will need to refine it to find the desired memory location.
Iteration 2
Now again open the game and play one more round such that the value of the coins is changed.
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Now put that value i.e 33 in the ‘Value’ field and click on ‘Next Scan’. Again we can see that there are so many locations. We need to scan again.
Iteration 3
Again open the game and play it. Make sure the value of the coins is changed. Put the new value and select ‘Next Scan’
Final iteration
Repeat this process until you are sure that these are the memory locations that we are looking for. You can deduct that by observing the number of memory locations found after every iteration. If that remained unchanged after an iteration then you can say that we have found them.
4. Change the value
In my case, there are 5 memory locations where the value of the coins is stored. Sometimes it can be just 1 or multiple addresses. Now we need to edit all of these to complete the hack.
Select all the memory locations and right-click on them. Select ‘Change value of selected addresses’.
Put any value you’d like and click ‘OK’.
Done
However, if the changes are not visible immediately after pressing OK then play another round and you will see. You can do this with any other offline game that you wish. For me, it took over 5 iterations to find the required memory locations but it can take more or less for you.
Important: If you are facing some stability issues with your Bluestacks then I highly recommend you to follow this guide to get help. If you still have some queries then comment below, we read all the comments.
FAQs
Clash Of Clans Cheat Engine Bluestacks
Is Cheat Engine illegal?
No, definitely not. However, when you are cheating you are possibly violating the terms of use and that can get you permanently banned from the game.
Not to say, this will only happen if you get caught. This also depends upon the game that you are playing. If that game has its anti-cheat measures in line then it will be game over for you. Almost 99% of the time this will not be the case if we are talking about an old game. And also cheating might not be illegal but it sure is unethical.
Can Cheat Engine hack online games?
Not Most of the time. All the online games perform their data storage and calculations on the server-side of the application. But in some cases, you can still find a way to send modified data to the server.
You still won’t be able to do this on modern AAA/Battle Royale games that have a reliable cheat detection system implemented inside the game.
Is Cheat Engine a virus?
No, Cheat Engine is not a virus. Technically, it does the same work as a virus i.e, scanning/altering memory addresses. But it does this only when the user wants it to do it.
Because of this behavior, it can often be picked up by various antiviruses or windows defender and flag it as a virus.
What are some other Cheat Engine alternatives?
Cheat Engine is the most popular software but its not the only one in its category. There are other softwares that are even better and provide more flexibility than Cheat Engine in some cases. Some of the examples are ArtMoney, GameConqueror, GameGuardian, Squalr.
One more thing, if you liked our this guide on how to use Cheat Engine on Bluestacks then we are sure you’ll love the videos that we publish on Youtube. Have a look.