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Bookmarks
Bookmarks let you mark important addresses in the disassembly view with comments. They're saved as part of session files and automatically relocated when you restart the game or reattach to a process.
Open it from the Memory Viewer menu: View -> Bookmarks
The Bookmarks window has this layout:
- Left pane: A list labeled Bookmarked Addresses showing all bookmarked addresses
- Right pane: Two read-only fields: Info (shows region details) and Comment (shows your comment)
You can create bookmarks from the disassembly view in several ways:
- Right click and select Bookmark this address[Ctrl+B]
- Press Ctrl+B on any row
- Double click the Comment column of a row that isn't bookmarked yet
When you bookmark an address, you'll be prompted with Enter the comment for bookmarked address. Enter a description to help you remember what this address is for.
If you try to bookmark an address that's already bookmarked, you'll see This address has already been bookmarked.
Bookmarks cannot be created for addresses in the heap or stack regions. These regions change location on every run, so bookmarks there wouldn't be relocatable.
Right click in the bookmark list for these options:
- Add new entry - opens a dialog with Enter the expression where you can type an address or expression to bookmark
- Change comment - lets you edit the comment for the selected bookmark
- Delete[Del] - removes the selected bookmark
- Refresh[R] - reloads the bookmark list
You can also press Del to delete the selected bookmark or R to refresh the list.
Double click any bookmark in the list to jump to that address in the disassembly view.
Right click a bookmarked row for these options:
- Delete this bookmark - removes the bookmark
- Change comment - edits the comment
- Go to bookmarked address - submenu listing all bookmarks with their resolved symbol names
Bookmarked addresses are highlighted in the disassembly view:
- Cyan background for bookmarked rows
- (M) prefix in the address column (for "Marked")
- Your comment appears in the Comment column
When multiple states overlap, colors are combined:
- Yellow for PC + Bookmark
- Magenta for Breakpoint + Bookmark
- Green for PC + Breakpoint + Bookmark
Bookmarks store three pieces of information:
- Symbol - the function or symbol name at the address (if any)
- Comment - your description
- Address region details - the memory region name, offset within that region and the region's index among same-named regions
When you load a session or reattach to a process, bookmarks are automatically relocated using the stored region details. The bookmark system looks up the same memory region by name and index, then applies the stored offset to calculate the new address.
Bookmarks are saved as part of session files (.pct format). They're included in the session data alongside the address table, notes and structures.
Good comments help you remember what each bookmark is for. Instead of just marking an address, write what it does: "health decrement", "inventory update", "collision check".
Bookmarks mark code locations (instructions) while the address table tracks data locations (variables). Use both together: bookmark the code that modifies a value and add that value to the address table for monitoring.
Since bookmarks are part of session files, they persist across PINCE restarts. Save your session after creating important bookmarks so they'll be there when you load the session next time.
The region-based relocation system is quite accurate. Even if the game is updated or the memory layout changes, bookmarks will find their target as long as the same memory regions are loaded in the same order. However, if a region is no longer present or has a different index, the bookmark will be dropped with a warning in the logs.