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Most Generation PRNG Help / Information
- Thread starter mingot
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In HG/SS, roamers advance the frame by a number greater than the number of roamers out only if the game is saved with one of the roamers already on the route that it would normally be on when hitting your seed, correct? Does this mean that the most number of frames that can be advanced from having 3 roamers out is 6 (if the game was saved with all 3 already on their routes for your target seed)? The most I've seen is 4.
See, I don't get this, when I verify my seed I often find that I alternate between even and odd delays. Neither seems to be set in stone for me.
Diamond/Pearl seem to alternate between even and odd delays quite frequently, so unless these are the only games you have, I wouldn't recommend them for RNG abuse. Platinum is strictly odd or strictly even (mine is always even, but I think it varies by cart), and you can change from one to the other by removing/inserting a GBA cart into the DS. I've found that HeartGold and SoulSilver occasionally alternate, but they have long consistent periods of hitting strictly odd or strictly even delays, and you can change from one to the other by scrolling to the bottom of the Continue/New Game/etc. menu with the arrows and back up before entering the game and hitting your seed.
i hatched a skarmory earlier with near perfect IVs, but it wasn't shiny and wasn't perfect. so i went back to the daycare and RNGed for a shiny with the new skarmory and the same staraptor from before. i successfully got the shiny and saved in front of the old man, but i'm having trouble with the IVs. i can't seem to get a seed anywhere near my target. if i get a sequence of elm calls they end up being within the sequence and not from beginning. all my roamers are dead so they aren't messing with the frames. is there an NPC at the daycare in SS? does the menu mess with the frames? i didn't have this problem with my first IV breed.
I'd catch a wild Pokémon (there are level 50+ Pokémon available on the mountainside of Mt. Silver - enter the cave, go to the right, exit, and you'll be in the right area) to find out exactly what seed/delay you're hitting, and adjust your timer accordingly. Opening/closing/navigating the menu does nothing to the RNG (and no NPCs can advance the frame while the menu is open), unless of course you use the PokéGear's Phone or Radio. There is 1 NPC on the route that the Daycare is on, and the recommended strategy is to calibrate once (with only 1 NPC, you don't need to calibrate several times like you do in D/P/Pt), then aim for a spread on the frame you got (or if you must, aim for a higher frame, load the game, open the menu ASAP, advance the frame with the PokéGear, close the menu, and talk to the Daycare man ASAP).
are yuo sure? I did it again but the frame was wrong..
Flipping/opening the diary to a page where it says a pokemon has been caught/defeated etc. advances the frame by 2. You're doing something else wrong. Remember that if you're on frame, say 21...Heatran's IVs are generated on frame 22.
ok, but my frame is odd (13.671), but i've 13.672.. it's impossible..
I am using Platinum. >.> I own Platinum, HG and SS, with ROM backups on a flashcart which is what I actually play through.
You could try to shift the year to see if that helps, but if that swaps your delay I think you might be out of luck / might need to breed the pokemon.
Your problem is that your using decimals. Use whole numbers :p
Okay so I've learnt a lot of things about RNG is this help thread.
However one thing I still do not fully understand is the part of RNG to capture wild pokemon.
Let's say I've found my shiny seed using the time finder under method K.
Normally, for RNGing stationaries, I would simply enter my seed into the main window of RNG reporter after hitting and verifying my seed, advance my frame to one before my target, and capture my trophy.
However, when capturing wild pokemon, I've found that using this method, everything I will encounter the same one.
After searching around the thread, I've found that the seed (and pid?) I use generates an enemy encounter slot.
Now here's my question, as I cannot find it after searching:
How can I find out what encounter slot my seed and/or pid is producing? Can I alter it so that I can catch a different pokemon, with the same nature and IV spread that I desire?
Also, where can I look out specific routes' encounter slots?
ANY help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot to the ones that helped me :)
However one thing I still do not fully understand is the part of RNG to capture wild pokemon.
Let's say I've found my shiny seed using the time finder under method K.
Normally, for RNGing stationaries, I would simply enter my seed into the main window of RNG reporter after hitting and verifying my seed, advance my frame to one before my target, and capture my trophy.
However, when capturing wild pokemon, I've found that using this method, everything I will encounter the same one.
After searching around the thread, I've found that the seed (and pid?) I use generates an enemy encounter slot.
Now here's my question, as I cannot find it after searching:
How can I find out what encounter slot my seed and/or pid is producing? Can I alter it so that I can catch a different pokemon, with the same nature and IV spread that I desire?
Also, where can I look out specific routes' encounter slots?
ANY help will be appreciated. Thanks a lot to the ones that helped me :)