I appreciate it. I understand everything up to and including what I said in the thread. What I don't quite know is how to actually do the RNGing of the SID. I've done TID/SID manipulation for Platinum, SoulSilver, and Black, and I sort of figure it's similar to the 4th Gen games, but I'm still wondering how it works on an emulator when loading a save state; is the save state *exactly* the same as the game it was saved off of? Are all the hidden mechanics still as they were when it was saved, or do the timers start ticking anew as soon as the player loads the save state again? Again, your help is much appreciated.