Alright, so I've mastered iv abusing. Good for me. Now I need to figure out how to shiny abuse. I don't have my SID, but going by
Smogon's guide, I'm trying the cumbersome Chatot/Saving method. The Smogon guide isn't really clear with some of the steps.
So here's a screen of RNG Reporter:
According to the Pokémon White encounter slot, on Route 5 I should see a shiny solosis on the 46th frame. The next step is:
Find your initial frame with the Calculate Initial PIDRNG button
Seems pretty simple, except I can't find the 'Calculate Initial PIDRING' button. I was searching for help on Google, and I stumbled upon this picture, uploaded by earlier in
this very same thread:
The button is there right underneath the gender slot. So what exactly is the difference between the main RNG Reporter window and the Time Finder window? Both seem to have the same function (generate hits), so why aren't Time Finder's functions integrated into the main window?
Anyway, the button is not appearing on my RNG Reporter. Is it a version difference?
After that step is finished, the guide says the following:
The first time you hit your seed, take note of the nature you hit. Go back to RNG Reporter's frame output search and look for that nature.
-This frame is now your Shifted Starting Frame (SSF), and should now be considered your initial frame.
The first time I hit my seed, that means I've seen the shiny, right? So why do I need to go back to RNG Reporter and look for its nature?
What's the SSF? In the screenshot I linked, it says the shiny will be on the 46th frame. Since you start the game on the first frame, can't I just save/listen to Chatter 45 times, putting me on the 46th frame, and use sweet scent?
And earlier in the guide, in the iv abuse section, it said that if your seed is on more than one frame, you have to carry a specific number of pokemon. Since this one is on the 46th frame, how many do party member should I have?