Okay, I know how to do all this RNG stuff, but I'm just not doing it accurately, so I have a few questions:
1. I figured out my average delay and second. I create my initial seed, and it has a delay close to my average delay and second. So how come when I soft reset for IVs with the EXACT same time span, it has a slightly different delay. In simpler terms, my average second delay is 11 seconds. I hit continue roughly in the middle between 11 and 12 (so 11 seconds and 50 milliseconds). But, I have delays that are slightly different.
The seconds are easy to keep stable. It's the delays that are hard to keep constant, so that's completely normal. The delays mostly have to do with how fast you tap A (delay = the time between SR and when you hit continue).
2. I'm really having trouble with the Frames. Every time I create the initial seed, then hatch the egg from the Day-Care, I always have Frames from 3-17. Recently, I've hatched in egg in Frame 6. I go change all the time and date stuff on my DS to the stuff that the Time Finder gives me. I do the EXACT same thing, and I get different frames. If someone could just give me a simple explanation of how the frames are calculated (aside from the Journal pages), I'd greatly appreciate it.
I find it easier to just save again and then go through the frame calibration phase and see if the frame is consistent. If it is, I'll go with that save to hatch my egg. You also have to make sure that you cancel the journal when it pops up and that you immediately collect the egg. If you don't do this immediately, the frame might increase because of the moving cowgirls.
3. Okay, say the Time Finder has my desired Egg IVs with this data:
Year: 2009
Month: 6
Target Time: 15:20:11
Now, I shut off my DS and change it all the data to this, correct:
Year: 6
Month: 6
Time: 15:19:00
Should I go into the game world and soft reset once the time reaches 15:20:00, or should I hit "Pokemon Platinum" on the DS Menu at 15:20:00?
You have to SR when the time reaches 15:20, because your average seconds value is 11. The seconds value is the time it takes for you to hit continue after a SR. So in this case if you'd reset at 15:20 with a seconds delay of 11, you'd hit continue at 15:20:11, thus hitting your target time.
Thanks to anyone who answers any of these questions. I know I didn't word 'em right, but still, it's the thought that counts.