Static Mystery Gift Editing

[MisterAlex]

I inserted my PBR Surf Pikachu wondercard into my Platinum save file, picked it up at the store, saved, dumped a PKM file, and then repeated the process with my original save three times and gotten the following:

As you can see, the PID is the same every time and the IVs change. All three report as legal--which they should, since I didn't modify them.

My objective, though, is to edit some more favorable IVs on this "Mystery Gift (Static)" pokemon. Pokegen's PID calculator obviously gives me a different number every time I change IVs.

So can I just edit IVs willy-nilly and leave the PID (433683475) and nature (Hardy) as they are? Thanks, y'all.

[Sabresite]

IVs and PID are independent with Mystery Gifts for D/P/Pt/HG/SS. The PID is generated very similar to other Pokemon (subject to a shiny check for wondercards with a template PID of 1), however the IVs (if I remember correctly), are generated via a timer/counter. According to what I remember of SCV explaining it, it goes through HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS if not MILLIONS of combinations of IVs per second.

EDIT: SCV says that the seed (for IVs) is cycled by 1 via a counter/timer.

Edited March 6, 2011 by Sabresite

[Kaphotics]

IVs come from the Method 1 (ABCD) RNG, shifted back 2 frames because no PID is generated (thus the "AB" is used for the IVs and not the latter "CD")

You can edit IVs willy nilly. C'mon, just RNG them!

[Guest]

(subject to a shiny check for wondercards with a template PID of 0)

The default PID for an ungenerated dynamic PID event Pokémon is actually 1, if that changes anything.

[Kaphotics]

I'm pretty sure it's 0, as the gift editors would default it to 1 as opposed to a zero.

It's the same case in generation 5, an unset PID is zero.

[MisterAlex]

Thanks a lot for the info, y'all. And thanks for the link, kaphotics--very interesting information. =)

[Sabresite]

The PCD's PID can be 0 or 1 for dynamic. The shiny check is as follows, if ( PID ) { cannot be shiny }....

[Kaphotics]

Even though this got pretty off topic, I'm gonna elaborate for those who don't understand true/false stuff:

Sabresite --> the PID{0} // PID{1}

Can not be shiny == 1 (true)

Can not be shiny == 0 (false)

For gen 4, it should always be 1.

In gen 5, it should always be 0.

[allistersmith]

Great friend! you have done the nice work and it is totally different and amazing.