You are correct. There are only 8192 possible shiny combinations, but there are billions of pokemon.
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Most Generation PRNG Help / Information
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Okay, I'm having trouble hitting the right delay. I'm using PikaTimer, so I find a spread and time I want, and enter the delay I want. I enter my average delay and my calibrated seconds, and I set my wanted seconds. I create a timer, and set my DS clock to 11:27:00 (my target time is 11:28:20).
I then press OK on the DS at the same moment I start my first timer (which is 65.98s). I then reboot the DS and load the game, and wait. At the end of that timer on the final sound I soft-reset my game and mash A as fast as possible usually getting past Continue on the final sound. I then open the Coin Flip app and check the flips in comparison with those generated by Time Finder to check what I actually hit.
Am I just doing something wrong?
I then press OK on the DS at the same moment I start my first timer (which is 65.98s). I then reboot the DS and load the game, and wait. At the end of that timer on the final sound I soft-reset my game and mash A as fast as possible usually getting past Continue on the final sound. I then open the Coin Flip app and check the flips in comparison with those generated by Time Finder to check what I actually hit.
Am I just doing something wrong?
How far off are you? Most likely you have input too high of a calibrated delay.
Just because you're using the PikaTimer doesn't mean you'll automatically hit your delay. Check and see if your delay was at least close to your desired delay. I don't know a lot about the PikaTimer though, so that's really all I can tell you to do.
When HG/SS shiny breeding, do you have to have a certain number of pokemon in your party like in DPPt? You had to have six in your party in DPPt. I ask because I hit my delay, collected thirty six eggs, and the thirty seventh was supposed to be shiny, but it wasn't. Then I realized I hit my delay with five pokemon in my party...
Nope! You need to have six Pokemon in DPPt because of the Happiness Checker (it advanced the egg RNG by 2 for each Pokemon in your party, with every tap). But there's no happiness checker in HGSS. Unfortuntely, that means no taps, either.
Guess I just did it wrong then... :s Thanks.
how many minutes does the timer tell you to set before your goal time? for my current project my goal time is 17:55, but it tells me 2 minutes so I need to set my clock at 17:53 for the sync
It depends on what your delay and frame range are. The bigger it is, the longer it takes.
800-999 seem like too big a delay range?
Yes. I usually go in increments of 10 searching frames 1-20. Maybe increments of 20-30 if I'm looking for a really specific spread.
yeah, like the others have said, usualy you only want a range of 10-20. as for the frames, I usualy find my calibrated frame, put the range that to 99 with the "even/odd match min frame" thing checked. that way if my regular delay is 6, but my spread is on 28, I can just journal flip to get it
Heck, I search for delay of 660, and frames 5-15, and it takes next to no time.
Um, could someone explain this to me? I'm sure I've inputted the correct time and date into the RNG Reporter(22, 25 for hours and minutes), but it keeps saying it doesn't have the reasonable seed for the time. I've double checked the inputted stats multiple times, but it just isn't working. Can someone help?
Make sure the DATE it right as well.
Does anyone know why DPPt sometimes just refuses to hit certain frames when hatching eggs? For instance, say my target frame is 12. I'll set the time up and reset a few times, and get the correct coin flips, and see that I landed on frame 6 (this number isn't consistent either, I've found initial frames ranging from 3-12). I'll then reset, flip the journal page 3 times, and land on 13 3-4 times before giving up. When I try flipping twice, I'll get frame 10, and when I try flipping 4 times, I'll get frame 14. The only frame I can't hit is 12. It happens that more often than not, the only frame I can't hit is the one I want.
I'm really confused here.
I'm really confused here.
You might have had a delay that it doesn't check for, I'd recommend saving, reseting, and trying again.
I've put 2010/2/19, which I'm pretty sure is right since I'm MST...
@Ferrouswheel: I've just resetted, and it still didn't work. It worked when my DS clock and the external clock weren't in sync though, so maybe that's the problem?
If you haven't noticed, this is my first time RNGing >.<.
You start with the frame of 1. There are a number of Cowgirl NPCs who are moving and each time they move/turn it advances the RNG by one. Each time you save, the number of cow girls moving is different. I've gotten from 2-16 as my starting frame. The trick is to mash the 'A' button as fast as you can after you close the journal. That should let you get a consistent frame for that particular time that you saved.
Let's just say you DIDN'T have an external clock.
Hit continue on the start screen, and input the time that you see on your in-game poketch, #1).
If you're inputting the time for an external clock, when in reality it's, for example, 5 minutes ahead of your in-game clock, then of course it's not going to find the correct seed.
Good luck with your RNG abuse! :-D
I do get a consistent frame. Right now, I'm starting on frame 4, and I'm trying to get frame 16. Here are my results:
0 page flips: frame 4
4 page flips: frame 12
5 page flips: frame 14
6 page flips: frame 17
I'm consistently landing on the same numbers, which leads me to believe it's not just random error. Either that or I'm getting RNG haxed even while trying to abuse the RNG.