Ok, it looks like we have lost touch with RNG abusage after a few years; I would really appreciate a bit help in troubleshooting (extra large), so, we thank you in anticipation.
First we have learned than there is no need for calibration anymore, thanks new timer. We have used the EonTimer(1.5) which is said to be the most accurate one.
Our goal is to generate a Timid Eevee with HP Ice from Bill in Soul Silver. We took the only seed with a delay less than 1000.
Method 1
Seed: C5150212
Frame: 63
Date: 2012.05.16
Target Time: 21:58:59
Delay: 518
So far so good, right? The delay is pretty sweet, because it doesn't feel like it lasts forever nor we are forced to button mash though the process.
Meanwhile we insert the data in EonTimer. It looks like this:
Gen IV
Calibrated Delay: 480
Calibrated Sec.: 14
Target Delay: 518
Target Second: 59
Next, adjusting the DS lite clock: 21:58:00 (the EonTimer says "0 Minutes before Target"), then lauching EonTimer and the clock simultaneously. We think this part is pretty much foolproof.
For the next part, we restart the DS and enter the game; I usually take my time, because the timer gives us 44:37 seconds to do so - my partner inist I should enter the game as fast as possible, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
To be honest, I haven't listened to the beep sound when we've tried. It felt like we had soft-reset the game with less than 00:20 left. Roughly the same timing with entering the world via continue.
What really bothers him is that it doesn't look like we have hit a seed in a range of -20,+20 (confirmation via calling Juggler Irwin). He though is should be somewhere near because the inaccuracy is less than half of a millisecond.
My opinion: We may not have studied EonTimer enough. It has the current standard setting: 2 beeps per second and 5 beeps before reset/target time. For me it sounds a bit off: I've heard six beeps, definitely.
It sounds like the first beep occurs at 02:50 and the fifth at 00:50. The sixth one must be on the exact reset/target time. Even if we listen to the sound it may not make a diffenrence, since we (seemingly?) are below 00:50 anyway. I'll try later and eventually tell you the result.
I did some research and looked at some videos with synchronous timer. Some of them (again, seemingly) hit the timer below 00:10, which would be twice to trice as fast as we do.
Hopefully I haven't provided to much needless documentation. We thank you for your time.