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Generation II Glitch Discussion

Call glitch? - Page 1

Call glitch?

Posted by: Krys3000
Date: 2016-12-11 08:43:25
Hello guys,

A while back, I've been told that in Cristal only, if you call a friend then ask your Mom to change the hour, there are good chances that someone will randomly call you immediately.

Could this be a glitch in subroutines or somewhat?

Thanks!

Re: Call glitch?

Posted by: Crystal_
Date: 2016-12-11 09:58:19
Relevant video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEREhdoJF-4

Simply put, a random trainer has a 50% chance to call you after a time interval that starts at 20 minutes and decrements each time that a trainer fails to call you after each of those intervals (goes back to 20 mins after a call). Changing the time one hour forward, is enough to ensure that 20 minutes have passed since the last trainer call check, so you get an immediate 50% chance for a call after you do it. If you change it one hour backwards instead, the time difference as interpreted by the game will just underflow into several days.

Re: Call glitch?

Posted by: Krys3000
Date: 2016-12-11 11:09:01
Thanks for that very interesting piece of information! That explains everything. I guess Game Freak could have done something against this… So it can be called a glitch without being really one. They probably knew it was happening, but they didn't really care.

Re: Call glitch?

Posted by: Crystal_
Date: 2016-12-11 12:08:52
There is no DST in Japan so it wouldn't be a concern until localization.