[Noted] Incorrect IV inheritence in breeding

[fiend 0]

Uh ok so I never actually played gen 5 so I tried breeding in this game to see how hard it was. From what I see here, http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_breeding#Generation_V, all children should inherit 3 IVs from its parents. I suspect that isn't the case in reborn.

This is the situation I landed in: I had a father with 31 IV in hp/atk/speed, and the same for the mother. Statisically, the child should have an equal chance of inheriting all 3 perfect stats as a child inheriting sp atk/spdef/def IVs. But I have seen much, much more children hatching where not a single stat was 31 IVs. In some of the children I don't even see how it is even possible to get the IVs that it got unless the IV inheritence distribution is wrong. I'm thinking that the inheritence algorithm is accidentally selecting 1 stat twice (ie. pass down hp from father.. and pass down hp from mother) to pass down.

My sample size was a few hundred btw.

[Beefkek 0]

Bulbapedia quote:

"A new breeding system where the offspring inherit three random IVs from each parent or a set and two random if one of the parents holds a >>>>> EV-enhancing item<<<<<."

[fiend 0]

Well yea but, there isn't any ev enhancing item in reborn yet, so it's always 3 IVs passed down.

"From Pokémon Platinum on, the baby will inherit three IVs, each from a different stat and from a random parent."

"Inheriting IVs in Generation V is determined in the same way as in Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver."

[DJ Mewdeon ft Dan Punk 43]

I'm working on updating the breeding scripts to gen 6 for e13, so I'll take this into consideration when I do. Thanks.

[Beefkek 0]

Well yea but, there isn't any ev enhancing item in reborn yet, so it's always 3 IVs passed down.

"From Pokémon Platinum on, the baby will inherit three IVs, each from a different stat and from a random parent."

"Inheriting IVs in Generation V is determined in the same way as in Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver."

No they will only get the IVs from their parents if they are holding the items.

[Cowtao 5]

As far as this topic is concerned, this is noted so it will be fixed. Calm down you two. :I

[Beefkek 0]

There is noting to note because there is no bug, there might be but we cant test it because we don't have access to the ev items. The ot just misunderstood the breeding rules.

[DJ Mewdeon ft Dan Punk 43]

If there's no bug then I won't fix anything, if there actually is something with the IV inheritance I'll fix it. I have to add things like Destiny Knot and such so I'll have to look at it regardless.

[fiend 0]

No they will only get the IVs from their parents if they are holding the items. If they don't the IVs are random.

I don't know what to tell you lol. I quoted directly from the bulbapedia page.. there's no way that a child will inherit nothing from its parents. That defeats the entire purpose of breeding.

Anyway, the ev enhancing items has almost nothing to do with the issue I brought up. The only thing ev enhancing items do is de-randomize 1 of the 3 IVs that are passed down to the child. It's written clearly in the very text you quoted.

What my issue was this:

Dad: 31/31/x/x/x/31

Mom: 31/31/x/x/x/31

The chances of a child being 31/31/x/x/x31 should be the same chance as getting one with none of the 3 perfect stats passed down. There are 6 stats, 3 are perfect and wanted, 3 are unwanted, the odds should be the same for both situations.