Ok here goes nothing:
NOTE: This is my first attempt at an RNG, please tell me if anything is obviously wrong.
Ok, I'm trying to get a shiny 13/31/28/31/31/30 Mild Ralts.
Its Seed is: 10150260
Its PID is: 91A254EB
The year is: 2009
My Min/Max Delay Range is: 598 - 614
So I'm in the part where you can catch Ralts (Route 208). I'm in the grass and I save, switch off and synchronize so I will hit my target time (2009 01 01 21:00:15) and I'm fairly confident that I hit my target time. I then procede to advance the RNG by journal flipping, I'm also fairly confident that this goes off without a hitch. The Frame I'm trying to hit is 191. This is down to 190 to begin with because Mesprit is running around somewhere (idk lol). So I flip until I get to 188 and then walk forward two steps.... Nothing happens.
So some questions:
1. What is the starting frame number? Is it always the same? What affects it?
2. Even if the NPCs are out of sight (but still in the Route) does their movement advance the RNG?
3. Do you have to walk forward (or just the direction you are facing) in the grass on the advance that the RNG reaches your frame and if so is the pokemon supposed to appear on that part of the grass?
Thanks if you can answer my questions, I would really appreciate it (I've been getting so frustrated and I'm sure this has been asked before... Somewhere in 213 pages o.O)
EDIT: My problems seem to match that of the above poster, although I've never tried the 'Coin Trick' (Is that my downfall?)