Hacking Generation V PID

[Hakoda]

So I thought that I understood how to play Pokemon however I've never really though about the logistics of it. For now I'm using PokeGen for manipulate Gen V Pokemon and PokeSav for everything else.

So I know each Pokemon has its own unique PID depending on its species, nature, ability, & gender. However I don't really understand EV/IV as well as what they have to do with PID generation. Also, in PokeGen there is an option with a drop down menu with methods such A-B-C-D or A-B-C-F. What does these mean? I assume they pertain to a specific set of Pokemon but PokeGen only supplies info for 4 Methods. Is that all we know or is there more to it?

Also what are Extra Bytes?

 

[DarkShadow96]

I am not too sure what your question is but I do think you are asking a more detailed explanation of EV/IV.
Every Pokemon is allowed to have a maximum of 512 EV's where each stat is allowed to have a maximum of 255 but it's better to only use 252 since you'll be sparing 6 EV's to put in any other giving stat you'll want.

IV's is a number generated in a stat to determine it's maximum amount it's going to reach. So let's say You have 31 IV's in Attack where your Pokemon's Nature is say... Adamant, you'll be able to get the max amount of attack stat in the beneficiary section of the attack.

PID Generation is mostly used for Pokemon's that you can only get in random event's or ones you can only get once(Legendaries) to make the legit. Since Legendaries or Pokemon's that you get in random event's are designed to get only certain Natures or IV's, you'll need to use PID to find a legit counterpart of the Poke.

Hope it helps.

 

[maddenfong]

actually, the max EV's are 510, i think.