When I run the seed calculator script for Manaphy, I notice sometimes only the first pa8 dump file is used. Does that mean we can sometimes mathematically calculate the group seed with only one dump, but sometimes we need two dumps?
#Calculating Manaphy Spanwer Seed
civic elm
When I run the seed calculator script for Manaphy, I notice sometimes only the f...
i dont know the specifics of the script youre using but this is generally true yes
civic elm
a single pokemon can provide 64 bits of information if you can narrow down its fixed seed entirely (fairly easy with ec+pid+ivs)
group/generator/fixed seeds are all 64 bits
so a fixed seed is theoretically enough info to determine a group seed but its not perfectly 1-to-1
faint fern
It seems having the second file in my directory changed the output, even though the script didn't display a message that it checked the second file.
Thus, using only one dump will probably give an incorrect result right?
civic elm
it seems to just exit out on the first match
so if there are multiple possible group seeds for the first mon then itll only give you the first one
and if thats wrong then its wrong
but there shouldnt be more than 1 possible group seed when you give it two pa8s
faint fern
If the calculated group seed generates the right PID, IV, and Nature for the first two pa8s, can I be sure the calculated group seed is correct?
An incorrect seed could generate the right PID, IV, and Nature for the first Pokémon, but it will probably not match the second one, from my understanding.