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Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Glitchless FAQ v5

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  1. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Glitchless FAQ
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  3. Q: Why do you keep resetting and changing the time?
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  5. 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.
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  7. The timer counts down to when I need to reset for the correct second. I then have to clear Oak's dialogue at a specific frame.
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  9. Q: What is RNG?
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  11. A: Random Number Generator, the thing that determines everything random within the game, such as stats or encounters.
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  13. Q: Why use RNG Manipulation?
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  15. 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 with 0 encounters that waste time. The seed I aim to hit also gives me a Raikou with a perfect stat spread, that beats the game fast. Other than this, a Master Ball is manipulated to save time capturing Raikou, as well as RNG manipulation for the Raikou's location so I can catch it even faster.
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  17. Q: Why almost perfect stats? Why don't you just get 31 IVs on every stat?
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  19. 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, so it's not worth it.
  20. IVs of the Cyndaquil I'm looking for are: HP 22 / ATK 22 / DEF 8 / SP ATK 30 / SP DEF 16 / SPEED 24, and a Mild Nature.
  21. IVs of the Raikou I'm looking for are: HP 19 / ATK 24 / DEF 29 / SP ATK 26 / SP DEF 22 / SPEED 27, a Rash Nature and Hidden Power Ground with a Base Power of 66.
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  23. Q: Why no Pokerus?
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  25. A: It would be worth getting, but it takes 45 seconds to manipulate after getting Raikou, making it a bad decision to get.
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  27. Q: What causes the resets?
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  29. A: 1 of 4 things:
  30. - I mess up the Trainer ID manipulation by being off by 1 second or a few frames
  31. - I mess up the movement by 1 tile or get too many encounters whilst trying to get no encounter manipulation
  32. - I mess up Raikou step count manipulation and get the wrong stat spread for Raikou
  33. - I get bad RNG and lose the run to
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  35. Q: Why don't you check Cyndaquils stats?
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  37. A: Because I already know what stats Cyndaquil is going to get after hitting the right trainer ID and getting the movement correct.
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  39. Q: Why pick the girl?
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  41. A: She is faster, because of the catching tutorial. When the girl does the catching tutorial, she does it in the overworld first, so it's better to pick the girl so the boy does it. This saves 8 seconds.
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  43. Q: Why not Heart Gold/Soul Silver?
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  45. A: Depends on what is faster. At the moment I will use Soul Silver, for an extra Rare Candy and to catch Lugia as a HM slave, but both games are viable. There is little difference between the two versions.
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  47. Q: How are you getting no encounters?
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  49. 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.
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