Basically I save on the sixth tile from the lass and then start the manip where you walk left, down, left, up, left, hold a on moon stone, release a, walk down and to the ladder. i then get a zubat encounter about 5 tiles down. Plz help.
Encountered this issue myself and started researching hard (explains what I'm doing on a 2 month old post) and made a post myself about it. I've found Youtube comments and forum posts explaining the exact same issue, a level 9 Zubat 5 tiles down from the ladder. I have found no answers. The usual reply is to make sure you're buffering right on the moon stone but I know I am. I feel like for this many people to have the same specific problem means there's a very specific thing we're doing wrong, but so far I've found nothing. If anyone out there knows, please help.
It might be due to saving on a bad frame. You should try resaving when this happens and redo the manip.
I've tried resaving, new save states, new runs, everything. Always the same Zubat on the same tile. There has to be an incredibly specific error all of us are making.
I recently started to run Pokémon Red too, the fact that I’m playing on a MAC doesn’t allow me to emulate with Gambatte, the RNG manipulation is different according to your emulator, so I had to find myself my own RNG manipulation So if it’s really not working, I suggest you to do this ^^
Well if you are doing the manip there are 3 A presses plus the moon stone to buffer that you could be messing to get the zubat. I would be guessing the first A press is the one you are maybe not pressing in the right spot. Dont just tap the A presses either really smash it down and hold it for a split second.
Here is the A press map. https://imgur.com/a/6VTvF
good luck. Also remember these manips take a lot of practice to get down consistently.
