Official 3rd Gen IVs/EVs/DVs FAQ and Discussion Thread!

[ShinyFufu]

save. once it saves to your computer, try to open it. it will unzip itself, and run.

So now do I click open folder?

[WhiteWizard42]

yes. then double-click on the alakazam icon.

[ShinyFufu]

There is no alakazam icon... it says MKPPv.400Alpha with that little Windows Icon, u know the one that has multi-colored squares? Yeah, well I click that, and nothing happens. THen, I minimized some stuff on my computer, and it asked me which place i wanted to use it with and I chose Microsoft Word, and then, it asked me some stuff about decoding messages, I chose Windows Default and clicked OK, and now all these weird symbols are in Word. What did I do wrong?

About what I said about I chose Microsoft Word, it says, 'Open With', and it is giving me all these choices like Internet Explorer, Clip Organizer, and lots of other things.

[~Sirnight~]

Hey ,i wanted to ask, ya know how on the IV Calculator there is part where you have to enter the Effort Points? Well, how do tyou know what they are to put them in?

[WhiteWizard42]

MM-SP, i don't know what to tell you. do you have a program like WinZip or something similar, that decompresses files? because i think the file downloads zipped.

S_E, if you don't keep track of EVs as you gain them, there's no way to calculate them. usually, you only try to calculate IVs of a pokemon with no EVs, when they're freshly-caught or something.

[ShinyFufu]

MM-SP, i don't know what to tell you. do you have a program like WinZip or something similar, that decompresses files? because i think the file downloads zipped.

S_E, if you don't keep track of EVs as you gain them, there's no way to calculate them. usually, you only try to calculate IVs of a pokemon with no EVs, when they're freshly-caught or something.

I am not sure, but the thing for the MKPPv4.00 Alpha has a .zip at the end of it. What does that mean? And I have that screen that says My Documents, and it says MKPPv4.00Alpha ZIP File, Attributes:Normal. Do u know what that means?

[TRJessie579]

You have to have kept track of them. Once you've gained EVs there's no way to know how many you've gotten unless you've kept track.

[Whompithian]

I am not sure, but the thing for the MKPPv4.00 Alpha has a .zip at the end of it. What does that mean? And I have that screen that says My Documents, and it says MKPPv4.00Alpha ZIP File, Attributes:Normal. Do u know what that means?

Right-click on MKPPv4.00 Alpha.zip and select Extract All... Choose a folder to place all of the files. A file with the Alakazam icon should now appear in the folder you selected. Double-click that icon and the program will install.

[WhiteWizard42]

thanks, whomp. i could've figured it out by just doing it over again, but i didn't feel like deleting and re-downloading.

[ShinyFufu]

Right-click on MKPPv4.00 Alpha.zip and select Extract All... Choose a folder to place all of the files. A file with the Alakazam icon should now appear in the folder you selected. Double-click that icon and the program will install.

Well, I right-clicked on it, but now Extract All option appeared... it gave me Open With(that was in Bold, and it had an arrow coming from it), Scan for Viruses, Send to, Cut, Copy, Create Shortcut, Delete, Rename, and Properties. I chose Properties, and I clicked on something called Advanced, and it gave me two empty boxes where if I clicked in it it became checked. One said "Compress contents to save disk space" and the other said "Encrypt contents to save data". What should I do?

[Whompithian]

Well, I right-clicked on it, but now Extract All option appeared... it gave me Open With(that was in Bold, and it had an arrow coming from it), Scan for Viruses, Send to, Cut, Copy, Create Shortcut, Delete, Rename, and Properties. I chose Properties, and I clicked on something called Advanced, and it gave me two empty boxes where if I clicked in it it became checked. One said "Compress contents to save disk space" and the other said "Encrypt contents to save data". What should I do?

It sounds like you don't have WinZip. Just as well (it's not a very good application). So, you will need to download an extractor. I recommend 7-zip, since it is capable of extracting several common compression formats in addition to ZIP:

http://www.7-zip.org/

Select the first of the three download options. You will be redirected to the Sourceforge.net download page. Choose a city that is close to you to download from and select Run when given the option. Once you have installed 7-zip, you should be able to extract and install MetalKid's program, as well as other compressed files you download.

[ShinyFufu]

It sounds like you don't have WinZip. Just as well (it's not a very good application). So, you will need to download an extractor. I recommend 7-zip, since it is capable of extracting several common compression formats in addition to ZIP:

http://www.7-zip.org/

Select the first of the three download options. You will be redirected to the Sourceforge.net download page. Choose a city that is close to you to download from and select Run when given the option. Once you have installed 7-zip, you should be able to extract and install MetalKid's program, as well as other compressed files you download.

You mean the one that says .exe? I chose it, and none of the places are reallly close to me... I live in the state right above Florida, but the closest state to me is Virginia, I'll click it anyways.

Also, I did't see anyting that said run, but next to it I chose download, and then a box came up asking me if I wanted to save it, or if I wanted to open it. I think I will save it, correct?

[Whompithian]

You mean the one that says .exe? I chose it, and none of the places are reallly close to me... I live in the state right above Florida, but the closest state to me is Virginia, I'll click it anyways.

Also, I did't see anyting that said run, but next to it I chose download, and then a box came up asking me if I wanted to save it, or if I wanted to open it. I think I will save it, correct?

It doesn't really matter where you choose to download from, but you tend to get a faster download if you choose a location close to where you are.

If you selected Save, you can Run the installer by double-clicking on the .exe wherever you saved it. It's fairly straighforward once you begin installation.

[Slim]

Hey ,i wanted to ask, ya know how on the IV Calculator there is part where you have to enter the Effort Points? Well, how do tyou know what they are to put them in?

Although you can't know the exact Effort Points if you haven't kept track. But there are ways to estimate. If you have Emerald, you can save, then use the effort reducing berries. If you use 1, you have 1-10 EVs, 2, 11-20 EVs, etc. Start the game again without saving, and you know a range of EVs it may have.

[$%^Shiney Pokemon !@#]

Where specifically is the pokemon rbeeder at the BF?

[Whompithian]

Where specifically is the pokemon rbeeder at the BF?

He's in the little hut just north of the Pokemon Center, sitting in a chair along the left wall of the room.

[Humph...]

I'm not really into formulas and all that, but lets say you fed your pokemon a whole bunch of vitamins at a low level. Does your pokemon instantly gain a shole bunch of stats when it levels up or does the stats raise unnoticably?

Also, when you EV train a low level, do your stats increase unnoticably as well? I have a feeling that my Venasaur isn't getting high enough stats. Either it has REALLY low IV's or some EV thing isn't working.

[Whompithian]

I'm not really into formulas and all that, but lets say you fed your pokemon a whole bunch of vitamins at a low level. Does your pokemon instantly gain a shole bunch of stats when it levels up or does the stats raise unnoticably?

Also, when you EV train a low level, do your stats increase unnoticably as well? I have a feeling that my Venasaur isn't getting high enough stats. Either it has REALLY low IV's or some EV thing isn't working.

The stat gain from Effort Points will always be very slight at lower Levels. Since part of the equation for your final stats is multiplied by (Level / 100), Level 6 Pokemon only have 6% of the increase visible. Even if you managed to get 252 Efforts Points in one stat between Levels 5 and 6, you would only see, at most, 4 more points in that stat's increas than under a normal Level-Up.

[Slim]

That's right. And also, if you feed with Vitamins (or effort-reducing berries) it recalculates the stats immediately, and doesn't wait until level-up.

[Humph...]

Didn't look like any stat increase though...

eg. My Eevee had 10 irons. when it leveled up, the overall stat increase was something like 2 or 3.

Also, do stat points raise through EV's while evolving?