How do I hit Method 4 spreads in Emerald / Ruby / Sapphire ?
You don't. Only possible on emulators that are crap and only if the area is "busy" enough (this includes the emulator on Box R/S - I have M4 Regis).How do I hit Method 4 spreads in Emerald / Ruby / Sapphire ?
You don't. Only possible on emulators that are crap and only if the area is "busy" enough (this includes the emulator on Box R/S - I have M4 Regis).
I'm saying M4 is unnatural and doesn't happen on retail game carts. Only R/S can get M4 via the GC title Box R/S, and that's for only a few mons.
Pretty sure it only has an effect when you're breeding; otherwise, no it doesn't affect the frames.
If you have your roamers out, then you need to know they advance the frame, usually 1 frame per roamer. If you have 6 pokemon on your party, it is possible you stept over the step counter, which advaces the frame by one for every pokemon on your party. Add them together and you end up in frame 18.
If your roamers are out tho, I would recommed using the roamers method to verify your seed which will allow to check the seed without moving.
Figured out I had the wrong method selected (had method 1 instead of method K). After switching to the correct method and after running a few more test runs, I kept getting advanced 5 frames (5 in party). Turns out I was tripping the step counter.
Sadly I have no roamers roaming (KO'd them early in the game) So I have to verify using calls outside the cave. I would respawn them just to make this easier, but I can't challenge the elite 4 till I complete this part of the story. :(
Thanks for the help :)
-Psy
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You can KO lugia and come back after defeating the e4
If you have a good ear, you can also use Chatot pitches to verify your seed (and advance the frame), which works anywhere in the game.