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RNG abuse, also referred to as RNG manipulation, is a procedure that manipulates the pseudo-random number generator in the main series games to obtain a desired Pokemon. It is commonly used to obtain shiny Pokemon or Pokemon with high Individual Values or IVs.

RNG abuse is a series of techniques that allow you to manipulate the game's internal random number generator in order to obtain the perfect Pokémon. This allows you to get shinies, eggs, or event Pokemon with perfect IVs.

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German Discord RNG

Is there a German speaking Community or Discord Server to exchange each other and ask questions on RNG and Stuff?

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2024/12/01
18:49 UTC

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PCalc nor working?

I have installed Boot NTR and it works, when I press X and Y the menu comes up, and i have installed PCal, but when I press X and up nothing happens. Do I need to install something more?

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2024/12/01
08:51 UTC

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1 Frame Off

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2024/12/01
04:45 UTC

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First time trying rng manip and running into issues

I'm trying out rng manipulation for the first time and I just can't seem to get it right. I'm following im a blisy's guide on how to rng abuse wild pokemon in platinum. I do exactly as stated in the video and after some time I manage to get the right seed. After that however, the chatot pitches don't match and I don't get what I'm looking for.

I just can't seem to figure out what's going wrong, and I've wasted hours trying to find out. This is the seed I'm trying to get; 2A1309D2.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

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2024/11/30
19:31 UTC

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Capture RNG in 3ds RNG Tool?

Is there any guide or explanation for the Capture tab in the MiscRNGTool of 3DS RNG Tool? Didn't really find anything on google

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2024/11/30
17:49 UTC

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I need help with this rng from Uxie, how many frames can increase the npcs of the city? Someone to tell me an approximate.

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2024/11/30
04:28 UTC

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Forgot my SID on my cute charm pokemon diamond file

Years ago I made a save file with the cute charm glitch on my ds. I got it to work and chose a trainer ID of 00200, but after coming back to it years later I completely forgot my secret ID, is there any way I can retroactively know what my SID is since I do have the cute charm glitch?

My Trainer ID is 00200 and I use a male lead cute charmer and I get shiny group 2 pokemon. I have no idea where to go from here, checking IV's is weird since there's a range of IV's that could be true for the pokemon I catch. Can someone with more knowledge on this than me help me with this?

EDIT: my adventure started on 2020 May 27th

EDIT2: Solved, I got it to work via the shiny2.5 and uploaded my pkmn to my PC. and checked it there

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2024/11/29
02:34 UTC

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Wild Pokemon Spots for XY and ORAS

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2024/11/28
22:40 UTC

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Trying to to Rng Manipulation with lua but when i pause the emulator the lua script values disappears

I'm trying to hatch a shiny charmander on a Fire red save file using this guide. https://devonstudios.it/2021/04/02/rs-frlg-breeding/ It basically says that i have to pause the emulator and increase the advantages using CTRL-N, but how am I supposed to know what my advantages are if they disappear when I pause the emulator? There is something that I'm doing wrong? If there's a better guide that also use lua script that wouldn't give the same problem please send me the link. RSE are also an option i but i keep getting the same issue.

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2024/11/28
19:20 UTC

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Landing on randomly inconsistent frames in UM, help!

Trying to RNG for shinies in Seaward Cave, and following guides to the letter, using PCalc. Will set up everything in the RNG tool and open bag on the frame it tells me. Get the wrong mon, so I catch it and find out it's a mon from 2 frames late. So I adjust, and try again, and this time I land on a frame 3 more frames late (for a total of 5 frames late). Try a third time, and the delay has reduced, now it's only +1 frame late from the original target.

There are no NPCs in Seaward Cave - the tool tells me this and PCalc confirms it. What's weird is when I used the same method to RNG on Route 2, I didn't have this problem, even though that's a significantly busier area. What else could be giving me these random frames? Help appreciated.

5 Comments
2024/11/28
18:21 UTC

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How to install Gen 3 Seed Assistant on Mac

I'm new to RNG Manipulation and want to start with FR/LG. I found a list of the programs I need to get started, but it looks like Gen 3 Seed Assistant is a windows only application and unfortunately all the computers I have access to are Macs.

Anyone have a workaround/insight on how I'd be able to download and use it anyway?

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2024/11/27
14:19 UTC

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I need Gen 6 help!

So I finally started on my XY and ORAS games today. I managed to get my personalized TID that I use for every save I can. However, I have had numerous attempts on getting a shiny starter and I have no idea where or when this Pokemon is seeded. I have my exact seed and TinyMT seed due to Pcalc and being on Citra but whenever I search for the pokemon frame I landed on it doesn't give me any hits or information. Any help would be appreciated!

Also, what is the point of Tiny Finder? And how does Im a Blisy find his perfect IV shinies? I have so many questions!!

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2024/11/27
04:34 UTC

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Why am I coming up short when using xdseed?

https://preview.redd.it/vjz21zqs1c3e1.png?width=979&format=png&auto=webp&s=fe9c8f6e1696f14becb46c17c8c6cafd7293d214

Okay, so I'll describe what I'm doing from beginning to end:

I start Pokemon Colosseum and find my seed.

I am on seed 8AA92E1E.

I want to get to seed 47685A6E, which is 14416 advances away.

I open up the "シード調整(コロシアム)" tab of xdseed.

I put 8AA92E1E under "現在のーど", and 14416 under "目標の消費数".

I find a path that will get me exactly onto that seed:
シ最→シ強→ダ弱→ダ普→シ最→ダ普→シ弱→シ最

(Translation:
S Ultimate → S Hard → D Easy → D Normal → S Ultimate → D Normal → S Easy → S Ultimate)

So I do this; opening up the "Battle Now" menu, and going to Single Battle Ultimate, Single Battle Hard, Double Battle Easy, and so on, like it says...

But when I am finished I am NOT ending up close to seed 47685A6E.

I used Dolphin's "Watch" tab to double-check, and apparently I ended up on seed 449a59ef, which is 3833 short of seed 47685A6E.

What happened? What am I doing wrong?

It worked for Papa Jefé in this video @ 2:33:51:
https://www.youtube.com/live/21MX5jXGMGs?feature=shared&t=9231

4 Comments
2024/11/26
23:58 UTC

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[3] RNG manipulation

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2024/11/26
02:03 UTC

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Wormhole Console RNG Help

I've tried using the fidget method as well as the method outlined by cappy and am getting wildly inconsistent delays while trying to get an Entei using Pcalc.

I just tried using cappy rng's method outlined here that doesn't factor in the fidget and im unable to close the menu without unpausing the frames which makes it near impossible to hit. Any tips?

11 Comments
2024/11/25
22:50 UTC

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Gen 5 randomly moving NPC "Encyclopedia"

I have done a lot of research into gen 5 randomly moving NPCs over the past year to help people RNG wild encounters more easily in gen 5. For most of this year the document included "only" areas without any interference from NPCs in locations that do have 1 or more randomly moving NPCs which was already pretty cool but last week I've also added "Less Noisy Areas" which are parts of locations that have the least NPCs loaded in that I could find. With this I've now essentially completed the document aside from a few minor additions I have in mind. More important information, full explanations and pictures of the affected locations and areas within can be found in the document.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hxz24gvMLrt8Qk-_6tG50hEA0TI8fuCI6yqQwBckwR4/edit?tab=t.0

3 Comments
2024/11/25
20:16 UTC

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Emerald Lati@s: conflicting information on which button press(es) matters

I’m trying to soft-reset for a good-natured Latios. That’s it, not RNG (no way to get SID), not looking for a shiny, just a not sucky nature. I’ve seen conflicting reports on which button press has to be timed differently to ensure I don’t get identical Latios:

  • Start, to load the menu screen
  • A, to continue game
  • Both of the above in combination
  • A, to select ‘Blue'

Can someone please clarify? Due to having made an error setting up my capture mons beforehand this hunt is taking absolutely forever. Like 1 hour per capture on average. I’m bored.

Also if someone can just confirm that for stationaries its the time between actually loading up the save and pressing A on the legend to start the encounter that matters?

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2024/11/25
01:19 UTC

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big yellow bird max iv & shiny, my first ever manip 😁😁😁

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2024/11/25
00:26 UTC

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Emerald RNG

I'm hunting for a perfect shiny Staryu on my Emerald.

So far I hit 14 shinys, but all of them where Method 4 instead of Method 2.

Is Method 4 more frequently than Method 2 when u fish?

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2024/11/24
17:57 UTC

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Can't get valid seed?

I'm wanting to hunt for a shiny starter in BDSP using Papa Jefé's blink method. I got all the downloads done, can launch the Project X software, track the blinks, but then it reports back all 0's after the 40 blinks. My camera set up isn't the best as I'm just using my laptop's built in camera + zooming in on the switch but it seemed to be tracking fine in the preview screen. Is this part of the process figuring out the right settings in the gui or am I doing something wrong?

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2024/11/23
06:53 UTC

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Can be considered cheating using lua script?

If i have understood the process. With this method you're be able to see the frames fo you're game (in this case pokemon emerald) plus many other information such the moves and the ivs of the pokemon that you're encountering. Ones you know your SID and TID you're be able to find a shiny frame using poke finder. The only thing that bother me is that with this version of VBA with the lua script you can literally manipulate the frames using save states adding or removing it using CTRL+ a i don't remember XD. If you know what you're doing you can get a shiny at your first try (in this case mew). Would this be considered cheating?

Here's the tutorial that i watched: https://youtu.be/MUeTSsrdZaw?si=d4HXpBBcXJVRUICd

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2024/11/22
06:18 UTC

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Is the legends Arceus rng manipulation tool for PC safe?

I saw a tutorial for legends Arceus rng manipulation that could be used on PC like the bdsp rng manipulation tool, it required the same program as the bdsp one, but also needed a program called git. Is it safe to use?

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2024/11/20
23:51 UTC

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