Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Glitchless FAQ v4

      Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Glitchless FAQ

Q: Why do you keep resetting and changing the time?

A: I need to use a specific time in order to use RNG manipulation, so I set the clock in such a way that I can use it.

The timer counts down to when I need to reset for the correct second.

Q: What is RNG?

A: Random Number Generator, the thing that determines everything random within the game, such as stats or encounters.

Q: Why use RNG Manipulation?

A: RNG manipulation is used in this speedrun, which involves resetting on a specific second starting from a specific time, and hitting the correct frame for the correct seed after resetting. This allows me to get a Cyndaquil with almost perfect stats and Pokerus, with 0 encounters that waste time.

Q: Why almost perfect stats? Why don't you just get 31 IVs on every stat?

A: Because it's not possible to do so. Technically, it is possible to get a better Cyndaquil but it would require waiting for several minutes / hours during the Professor Oak's intro, AND no Pokerus, so it's not worth it. IVs of the Cyndaquil I'm looking for are HP 28 / ATK 29 / DEF 28 / SP ATK 30 / SP DEF 25 / SPEED 31, and a Naive Nature.

Q: Why Pokerus?

A: It allows me to outspeed some key enemies and deal even more damage with special attacks. To give an example, Gengar no longer is a huge threat due to this manipulation.

Q: What causes the resets?

A: I missed the trainer ID. The one I am trying to hit is 18406. If I don't get it I know I incorrectly RNG manipulated so I reset.
I might have messed the movement up if I reset otherwise.

Q: Why don't you check Cyndaquils stats?

A: Because I already know what stats Cyndaquil is going to get after hitting the right trainer ID.

Q: Why don't you catch Raikou?

A: Unless your Raikou has HP Ground 70 and is perfect, Cyndaquil is always faster. lol

Q: Why pick the girl?

A: She is faster, because of the catching tutorial. When the girl does the catching tutorial, she messes up, so it's better to pick the girl so the boy does it.

Q: Why not Soul Silver?

A: http://pastebin.com/5pN4mMUD (I don't own soul silver atm though)

Q: How are you getting no encounters?

A: Using RNG manipulation, you can influence the encounters you get based on how you move. If all my movement is frame perfect I can control this up until Sprout Tower, and after this I use Repels. At Cherrygrove, the old man cutscene when you first enter requires decent mashing or the RNG is going to be messed up.