Luck manipulation: Difference between revisions

:Before the pseudorandom number generator is used the game will use generate a 'random' number based on the product of the values of eight bytes (known as the [[random seed]] or 'seed state'). The seed is the product of eight bytes and can range from any value between 1 and 4294967295. This number is usually generated after the player chooses 'Continue' on the title screen or will depend on the values of previous in-game variables. To determine a 'random' number the game will then use the algorithm (0x41C64E6D * Seed) + 0x6073, where 0x41C64E6D is the product of eight in-game variables between 1 and 1103515245 and where 0x6073 is the product of two in-game variables between 1 and 24691.

:The second pseudorandom number generator also depends on a [[random seed]] but instead the game will use the algorithm 0x6C078965 * Seed) + 0x1, where 0x6C078965 is the product of eight bytes ranging between 1 and 1812433253 and 0x1 is 1 or 0.

A [[glitch]] in Pokémon Emerald and Pokémon Platinum has meant that a [[random seed]] will no longer change after the player selects Continue, therefore this has made catching shiny in-game event Pokémon more predictable because if a player does not encounter a shiny Pokémon the first time he or she can use an item for example, to change the seed and information about the next encountered Pokémon.

A few players have taken advantage of the fact that a new [[random seed|seed]] will not be generated in Pokémon Platinum when the player selects 'Continue' on the title screen, after finding the value of a seed through the use of either a [[game-altering device]] or knowledge of a previous value used by the game a player can use the Coin Toss application for a specific amount of times so that the next egg that the player obtains will contain a shiny Pokémon.