Most Generation PRNG Help / Information

[Phallylapper]

Originally Posted by Fat Nexus

ok can I have the seed your using and the nature and IVs your going for along with the frame

Seed: 19120275
Frame: 37
Nature: Adamant
IV's: 31/31/30/20/30/31
Roamers: 2
Synch: Adamant

[Bucky]

I've been doing this for quite some time now, my first attempt was successful but my second attempt is driving me nuts. I'm trying to IV breed a Gible. The nature and gender are fine and set but I for some reason I can't hit the right frame. The Delay and Seconds values are fine. My game is saved at Frame 3. My Target Frame is 65. So I figured the number of Journal flips I'd have to do is 31 before immediately collecting the egg. Each one of my Journal pages says I caught a Wild Pokemon. But for some reason, when I hatch the egg and check my results, I land on a different frame. Last time I landed on Frame 43, can anyone help me figure this out?

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat Phallylapper

Seed: 19120275
Frame: 37
Nature: Adamant
IV's: 31/31/30/20/30/31
Roamers: 2
Synch: Adamant

hmm i don't see how you can get sneasel with this spread so either the encounter slots are incorrect or your in lake acuity not acuity lake front and i don't think you can sweet scent in acuity lake front as its snowing

[Misdreavus]

After calibrating my egg frame 5 times, I got 5, 4, 4, 5, 5 (yes, I spoke to the Daycare man as quickly as possible). I figured I'd go ahead and SR for my spread now; even if I don't get frame 5 the first time I hit my seed, I won't mind repeating it a few times.

After spending several hours SRing, I've hit my seed at least 10 times, and each time has resulted in frame 4. Is this normal?

Since the only way for me to get my desired fully-flawless spread is on an odd frame, should I keep trying since I got frame 5 over 50% of the time in my calibration, or should I take the best spread I can get on an even frame, and use that in a new breeding project?

[King_Cobra]

I believe this is a simple question, and a mistake that I shouldn't really be doing but for some reason whenever I try to hatch a shiny egg it tells me "No Initial Seed found please check my date and time" Which is fine but I looked at the smogon guide to why it was happening, and it says the date and time don't match or something like that. I check and I check and everything is the same on the DS and the calculator, which completely baffles me. However there have been a few times where it has worked but I did nothing different those times.

[Pehu]

You need to input the time of the moment you've enter the game, and not the time at the moment you catch a pokemon.

[King_Cobra]

Originally Posted by Fat Pehu

You need to input the time of the moment you've enter the game, and not the time at the moment you catch a pokemon.

That is what I have been doing.

[Jubilee]

Originally Posted by Fat David

A simple question:
I do a soft reset and the journal shows automatically. There is a defeated pokémon on the first page listed. Does this advance the frame by 2 for capturing? Or only if I open the journal manually?

Yes it will advance it by two

[David]

Originally Posted by Fat Steveebomb7134

Yes it will advance it by two

Thanks, I've done it this way and worked

[greed]

whats the year is needed to get a good adamant flawless shiny metagross... im breeding IVs onto it with a flawless adamant ditto holding an everstone... and its parent is also shiny aswell... im needing to know if it is possible

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat greed

whats the year is needed to get a good adamant flawless shiny metagross... im breeding IVs onto it with a flawless adamant ditto holding an everstone... and its parent is also shiny aswell... im needing to know if it is possible

its possible but any year will work you just have to find a spread with the IVs you want

[greed]

i want 31/31/31/31/31/31... it will be beast. wanting it to be bred on Nov.5 2012, a very special day, and i am trying to find the frames, but the reporter isnt giving me the seed... it just isnt working... can you help

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat greed

i want 31/31/31/31/31/31... it will be beast. wanting it to be bred on Nov.5 2012, a very special day, and i am trying to find the frames, but the reporter isnt giving me the seed... it just isnt working... can you help

hmmm then if it doesn't give any results then that spread doesn't exist on that day and year nothing you can do about it but maybe you can try changing your delay range that may fix it

[greed]

well... ive been trying it with other pokemon and other dates, wouldnt do anything... when i tryed again today it wouldnt run when i hit the run RNG program... computer is bad though... check it and find out for me, if you dont mind

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat greed

well... ive been trying it with other pokemon and other dates, wouldnt do anything... when i tryed again today it wouldnt run when i hit the run RNG program... computer is bad though... check it and find out for me, if you dont mind

if you tell me what your usual delay range is then I can do it

[greed]

well, i usually have about 6 sec between when i turn on the switch to my DSL and the continue screen...

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat greed

well, i usually have about 6 sec between when i turn on the switch to my DSL and the continue screen...

hmm are you just trying to do shiny egg abuse or IV abuse or both? because if your doing IV abuse you need to know what a delay is

[Pehu]

And if you're trying to do shiny egg, you must forget completely that idea of using an everstone.

[greed]

im trying to do it all...i really wish i knew what you were talking about when you say delay... it would mae it alot easier... i just know the time it takes me from my star screen to gameplay screen

this is one of my first RNGs... why not use an everstone

[Nexus]

Originally Posted by Fat greed

i really wish i knew what you were talking about when you say delay... it would mae it alot easier... i just know the time it takes me from my star screen to gameplay screen

this is one of my first RNGs... why not use an everstone

ok read the articles in the front page they will explain everything bearsfan even has some videos posted in the front page if reading isn't your thing, do that then comeback with any remaining questions

[greed]

okay then... it has alot of reading to do so thanks on heads up on videos... really just trying to get good pokes... thanks though

[snus]

So I've never done anything with IVs or an RNG before and this is going to be my first. Aside, apparently, from patience, is there anything I need?

I keep getting a "No matches found for the IV's entered. Please check and try again."

[Showsni]

Originally Posted by Fat snus

So I've never done anything with IVs or an RNG before and this is going to be my first. Aside, apparently, from patience, is there anything I need?

Well, the RNGReporter programme, and a DS and Pokémon game. Depending on what you're trying to do, you might need or want any of the following:
The happiness checker app (Used to advance the IRNG for breeding shinies/good natured/good ability Pokémon)
The coin flip app (Used to advance the IRNG and to check you've hit your initial seed)
The daycare app (To see if an egg has formed)
The journal (with entries saying you caught something) (Used to advance the RNG for catching good Pokémon and IV abusing hatched Pokémon)
The bike (Makes hatching eggs easier)
A clock with second hand/stopwatch/timing programme (Used to accurately time yourself when trying to get the right initial seed)
A foreign Ditto (Makes breeding shinies easier)
A flawless Ditto (makes breeding good IV Pokémon easier)
A Pokémon with Fly (To fly to and from Solaceon)
Some Repel and a high enough level Pokémon (When walking in long grass to advance the RNG for catching good Pokémon)
A way of catching Pokémon (Pokéballs, for instance) (When catching Pokémon and to check your initial seed)
A way of checking IVs (supply of rare candies plus access to metalkid's IV calculator, for instance) (To see if you've got the right thing, what frame your on, what your initial seed was and so on)
A Pokémon with Flame Body or Magma Armour (To help hatch eggs)
A Pokémon with Sweet Scent (To catch good Pokémon)
A Pokémon with Synchronise of the right nature (To catch good Pokémon)
A naturally caught shiny/4-8 chained shinies/knowledge of your SID (To get shinies)

I keep getting a "No matches found for the IV's entered. Please check and try again."

At what stage? Finding your initial seed? Or looking for a seed that gives the spread you want?

[snus]

Originally Posted by Fat Showsni

Well, the RNGReporter programme, and a DS and Pokémon game. Depending on what you're trying to do, you might need or want any of the following:
The happiness checker app (Used to advance the IRNG for breeding shinies/good natured/good ability Pokémon)
The coin flip app (Used to advance the IRNG and to check you've hit your initial seed)
The daycare app (To see if an egg has formed)
The journal (with entries saying you caught something) (Used to advance the RNG for catching good Pokémon and IV abusing hatched Pokémon)
The bike (Makes hatching eggs easier)
A clock with second hand/stopwatch/timing programme (Used to accurately time yourself when trying to get the right initial seed)
A foreign Ditto (Makes breeding shinies easier)
A flawless Ditto (makes breeding good IV Pokémon easier)
A Pokémon with Fly (To fly to and from Solaceon)
Some Repel and a high enough level Pokémon (When walking in long grass to advance the RNG for catching good Pokémon)
A way of catching Pokémon (Pokéballs, for instance) (When catching Pokémon and to check your initial seed)
A way of checking IVs (supply of rare candies plus access to metalkid's IV calculator, for instance) (To see if you've got the right thing, what frame your on, what your initial seed was and so on)
A Pokémon with Flame Body or Magma Armour (To help hatch eggs)
A Pokémon with Sweet Scent (To catch good Pokémon)
A Pokémon with Synchronise of the right nature (To catch good Pokémon)
A naturally caught shiny/4-8 chained shinies/knowledge of your SID (To get shinies)

I'm interested in IVs rather than shinies. Until March 14, I'm more or less getting comfortable with the whole process of breeding for IVs. I have everything listed except Synch/SS, which shouldn't be hard to get. Nevermind, I also don't have either listed Ditto.

Originally Posted by Fat Showsni

At what stage? Finding your initial seed? Or looking for a seed that gives the spread you want?

I was following bear's video (the reading in the abstract is somewhat confusing for me) and I was just following the calibration video steps.

http://www.metalkid.info/Pokemon/Calculators/IV.aspx
Also, metalkid's IV calculator is giving multiples. I understand how to narrow it down, but is there any better option that certain EVs and rare candies?

[Showsni]

Ah, okay. I usually use the stats to seed method, but both should work the same. Assuming you entered the IVs and the Pokémon's Nature correctly, then you must have entered the wrong date or time. The time you enter should be the time your DS's clock shows when you press continue at the COntinue/New Game screen; though, of course you can't see your DS's clock at that point, which is why you need an external clock, and to be sure that your DS clock is set to the same exact time as the external clock. Then you do the soft reset as soon as the external clock reaches a new minute, and enter that minute into RNGReporter.