Stationaries are plain Method 1 in all GBA games IIRC; FrLg might be the only exceptions. I know Game Corner mons are Method 1.Alright so now I'm a little lost, can I not use Method H-1 for stationary Pokemon on RS? Because it does give you the option to choose what type of encounter it is under this method?
Does FrLg start on seed 5A0 like RS as well?Stationaries are plain Method 1 in all GBA games IIRC; FrLg might be the only exceptions. I know Game Corner mons are Method 1.
No, infact FR/LG seed differently altogether compared to R/S.Does FrLg start on seed 5A0 like RS as well?
All right, please don't take this the wrong way; I just gotta get the right info out there.No, infact FR/LG seed differently altogether compared to R/S.
As you already know, R/S seeds based on Time and Date. With a dead battery, R/S have the default seed of 5A0 and will remain that way. Because of this flaw, one could manipulate the starting seed by disconnecting the battery, reconnecting it and then wait for a specific seed to roll over and then RNG on that seed.
However, FR/LG do not have an internal clock(no battery, see for yourself inside the cartridge). So they must seed in a different method. How do they do this? They seed based on user input. The seed starts rolling at the beginning of the title screen(Not the Gengar/Nidorino intro), and end a few seconds after Venu/Zard's cry ends with the press of A.
Now you might think "Well that's not too bad I guess, just need to be precise, right?"
Well, not quite, I believe there are 256 seeds in FR/LG(I think), and the game runs on a 16MHz timer. It literally goes through all possible seeds in about 0.039 seconds, therefore making it almost impossible to abuse.
No hard feelings, I'm tired as hell anyway.All right, please don't take this the wrong way; I just gotta get the right info out there.
Not sure where I got 256 then, but you're right. My bad.1) 65536 possible seeds, 0x0000 - 0xFFFF.
When I was viewing the seed via VBA, it looked like it started running through seeds after the Nido/Gengar fight, as soon as the trumpet started to play the title screen music.2) I'm 99.98% sure that seeding starts at power on, and if not, then at the Gengar intro. If it started at the title screen, wouldn't the skipping method only use 2 presses, not 3?
I was referring to live battery abuse where you take out the battery to have it sit at 5A0, put it back and power it on. Since the RTC's running now, say I want seed 5A7. I'd wait 7 minutes before turning on my game/soft resetting and when it's 7 minutes, soft reset and have the seed of 5A73) I think you're forgetting that in RSE, the next seed is ALWAYS determined by the LCRNG equation, title screen or not. Waiting for a particular seed "to RNG on" is 4th or 5th Gen.
Must first have rngreporter and FRLGSeedFinder(At the bottom of the first post)How would I go about calculating my starting seed from a Pokemon I captured in FRLG? Seems you have to manually do it from what I've read but I'm at a loss as to what the formula is.
Im not sure but others said it when you press A and hear the pokemon cry(Seed selected and frame starts). From my experience with Mewtwo, when I try to rng it, I would be 1000s to 10s frames under my target frame. This mean if the frame really did start to advance upon turning the system on, I really shouldn't be 1000s under my target frame. But anyway it goes, unless emu, FRLG on a cart is basic suicide, well for near flawless anyway, or unless someone is extremely lucky and a near-flawless or flawless seed have a low frame2) I'm 99.98% sure that seeding starts at power on, and if not, then at the Gengar intro. If it started at the title screen, wouldn't the skipping method only use 2 presses, not 3?
@DarkChaos (HCZ) Thank you very much! I successfully RNGed a shiny starter :) albeit crappy IVs & nature but nonetheless I succeeded. Just to be clear am I right in understanding that BASICALLY every time you start the game anew the seed WILL change and the only way to 'predict' what seed you're hitting more consistently than others is to rinse and repeat correct?[/QUOTE]basically yes
No, it won't make much difference actually.My Emerald cart's internal battery ran dry. Will that screw me over for Rnging?
It makes the intro longer, so there's a few hundred early frames you won't be able to hit, but other than that it has no impact on RNGing at all.My Emerald cart's internal battery ran dry. Will that screw me over for Rnging?
If I'm doing the math in my head right, it sounds like you're hitting Method 4.Sounds good...
On another note I was aiming for a rather high frame and eventually was able to 'somewhat' hit it but it's taking the first half (HP/Atk/Def) of the TARGET frame and the second half (SpA/SpD/Spe) of the following frame...is this inevitable for certain frames or is their a reason this occurs?
I figured it out. The default Min/Max Delay for 4th Gen Time Finder is 600/610. I changed it to 650/3000.I'm trying to hit the right delay for capturing a Giratina with a good IV spread in Pearl but all the seeds that have good IV spreads have delays of 603~608 which I can't seem to hit because even when mashing A to get to the "Continue" screen the earliest delay I can get is about 624. I'm using Eon timer. Is it even possible to start the game with a delay of 603?