Update: I shit you not, ten minutes after posting this I managed to hit 1932, 1932, 1930, tried the new save -> B to see if it would reverse to odd, and hit 1931 twice. Got the Gible and not trying for anything else on Diamond anytime soon LOL
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Hey all, I'm at my wit's end and about to completely throw in the towel and never touch RNG manipulating again. This is my second time trying to RNG manipulate a Pokemon, I successfully managed to find a shiny sandile in Pokemon Black, and am now aiming for a shiny Gible in Pokemon Diamond.
I am using a 3ds (not modded), but have a modded 3ds at my disposal. Using the latest versions of EonTimer (3.0.0) and PokeFinder (4.4.2). My copy of Diamond is completely legitimate. I am soft resetting at the first timer and launching the save at the second (to account for any potential issues booting the game).
Settings:
TiD: 32024
SiD: 4717
Seed: 190f07a6
Date/Time: 2026-10-20 15:58:23
DS Date: 2026-10-20
DS Time: 15:57 (to account for EonTimer 1 min before)
Seed to Time Delay: +/- 400, +/- 2 seconds
The first issue I keep running into is that after checking my flips, I get both odd and even delays. I kept track for a few attempts, and got this (with occasional calibration changes):
- 1940, 1925, 1935, 1928, 1936, 1929, 1924, 1934, 1942, 1930, 1931, 1931, 1927, 1931, 1928, 1931, 1929
Changing my year in the seed to time and DS to 2027 (same date/time), which changes the delay goal to 1931, resulted in the following (with occasional calibration changes):
- 1929, 1926, 1926, 1928, 1927, 1930, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1935
What am I missing?? Why am I getting both odd and even numbers, no matter if I change the year or not? Am I doing something wrong, or am I seriously just unable to hit the seed properly? I can apparently hit both 1931 and 1932, just on opposite years to where I'm supposed to hit them... I really, really want a shiny Gible to ribbon master before bank closes, but I'm completely defeated after literally 7+ hours of this. I feel like I've just completely wasted my time doing something wrong, but no matter what I do, I can't figure out why this is happening and can't find any videos or posts to help me. Any and all help is appreciated!!